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August 14 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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In today's reading we will read Luke Chapter 3:1-18, 21-23, Mark Chapter 1:2-11, and Matthew Chapter 3:1-17. Today we read about God calling John the Baptist to fulfill His prophecy of being a voice calling in the desert, making the way for the coming of the Lord. John taught confession and repentance of sins and bearing fruit worthy of that repentance after baptizing. We also read about Jesus coming to be baptized, telling John that it was good for them to do everything that was right.
In our discussion for daily application today we will talk about the fact that Jesus is not above the law. He always does what is right, like our Heavenly Father, and we, too, should strive to do all that is right and bear fruit worthy of our repentance. Everyone is known by the fruit they produce. By abiding in Jesus and being one with Him we, too, can continue to produce fruit and be encouraged in knowing that even when we bear good fruit our Heavenly Father will prune us and refine us so that we bear EVEN MORE good fruit!
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Introduction and Welcome
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Well, here we are again. Welcome back to today's daily Bible reading as we go through the Day by Day Kids Bible written by Karen Henley. My name is Robin, in case you don't already know.
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I am within the Family Way Coaching, and it is my pleasure to ah bring to you this year the reading of the Day by Day Kids Bible.
Encouragement to Follow Along
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If you are following along on your daily commitment calendar, it's time to take that out and get that sticker out, get that pen out, whatever you're using, and mark it off because you're about to hear the Bible today.
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Today we are going to be reading about John the Baptist.
Staying Focused on the Reading
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And I tell you, it is so hard for me not to get stuck down a rabbit trail.
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There is so, so, so much to learn in God's word. This event only focuses on daily application in today's reading.
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But you know that i include a lot of other stuff too, explaining and and going into other things and giving references to other verses and stuff like that. And man, oh man, I wanted to do that today.
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it it would just take too long. And I don't have time to go down that rabbit trail today.
Passion for Learning and Reading
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But that is why am really just thinking that God would love for me to go ah and next year have ah like a second course event.
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this is a great overview, and we are learning a lot about the Bible. But there's even more!
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it just never ends. I don't know about you, but I am somebody who can just never get enough. of god's word I love learning about it.
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I've always been an avid reader. ah loved reading growing up. I used to read and read and read. And I would just read
Reflections on Understanding God's Word
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all the time. i was a bookworm.
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And people ask me nowadays, oh, are do you read? What kind of books do you read? And I say, you know what? don't really have interest in reading fiction anymore because there is so much for me to read that is not fiction.
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I get a greater enjoyment now by learning about things. And I have for a number of years. I guess it started after I had my daughter. So that's 23 years ago when I had to start reading, you know, stuff about babies and children and and learning. and And then I still enjoyed reading about other things, but it became less.
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And i made an effort for a while to to read ah fictional books, which I enjoyed, but I just don't have that same drive to read the fiction anymore.
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But I do have a drive to read and learn and study about God's word. And it's just increased over the years. And i I just, I gotta believe that God is is putting that in me in order to do something with it. It's not just for personal edification.
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And that's where I got kind of frustrated, um I don't know, about 15 years ago and was like, gosh, I take all these Bible studies and I'm learning, what am I gonna do with all this knowledge?
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And so I looked into doing seminary school, but that just, God didn't call me into that. And he he wanted to teach me himself rather than just attending school.
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And I love that. And i love that he gives me time to spend in his word and gives me curiosity. So I'm very driven to to learn more when I read the verses that we read.
Considering a Deeper Bible Study
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And it's kind of like looking through ah like first a binoculars where you see things from far away and you kind of bring them up close. But then I like bringing it down even further and looking at it through a microscope.
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And that's what I'm thinking about doing for next year is to bringing it, bringing our focus in closer. to ah host a similar event where we keep reading and we reread the Bible in chronological order using the full version of the Bible.
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And God is just really putting that on my heart. I'm just, I'm very excited about that prospect. So again, I mentioned yesterday, and I'm going to mention again today, that wherever you are watching or listening, please pray for me, that if that is the path that God is leading me on, I'm very excited about that prospect, but I get excited about things.
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as you can see by watching or listening to this event. and um And I want to be sure that God is inviting me to do that. And it's not just my own desire. um So thank you.
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So let's get into reading about John the Baptist and and reading about Jesus's own baptism today.
John the Baptist's Life and Teachings
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We are having our readings today come from the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, all of which are in, oh let's see, no, Mark is chapter one, and Matthew is chapter three, and Luke is chapter three.
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Our first section is entitled, The Man Who Wore Camel's Hair.
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Another Caesar was now the highest ruler of the land, and he had ruled for 15 years. At this time, God sent word to Zechariah's son, John.
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John was living in the desert. He wore clothes made of camel's hair, and he wore a leather belt. He ate honey and big grasshoppers called locusts, and many people went to hear him teach.
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John went to the land around the Jordan River. He told all the people there to be sorry for their sins. He told them to be baptized.
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And that's how the prophet Isaiah's words came true. There is a voice calling in the desert. Make the way ready for the Lord. Make a flat road for him.
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The valleys will get higher. The hills will get lower. The bumpy ground will get smooth. God will show who he is.
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And everybody in the world will see how God saves.
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Crowds of people came out to hear John. And they came to be baptized in the river water too. Many of the people said that they had sinned.
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And they were sorry. So John put them under the water and brought them up again. He baptized them and God forgave them.
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John had this message for some of the Jewish leaders. You are a pack of snakes. Who told you to get away from God's anger? Do things that show things that show you are sorry for your sins.
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Don't say that you are good enough because you're from Abraham's family. God can turn rocks into children, pray Abraham. What happens if a tree doesn't grow good fruit?
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Asked John. It gets cut down. Then it gets tossed into the fire. So stop doing wrong and do good, or you will be in trouble.
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What should we do? asked the people. Let's say you have two coats, said John. Share one with somebody who doesn't have a coat.
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Let's say you have food. Share it with someone who needs food. Men who gathered tax money came to be baptized, and they asked,
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What should we do, teacher? Do not take more money than you should, said John. Men from the army asked, What should we do?
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Don't make people give you money, said John. Don't lie to get people in trouble, and be happy with the money you are paid.
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Jesus at the River
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People wondered if maybe John was the promised one. Maybe he was the one God had promised to send. and But John told them, I just dip you into water, but somebody else is going to come.
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He has more power than I have, and I am not even good enough to untie his shoes. He will soak you with the Holy Spirit. said John.
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He will bring fire. He will gather what is good the way wheat is gathered into a barn. But he will burn up everything that is not good.
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John told the people many other things, and his words brought good news.
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One day, Jesus came to the Jordan River, and he asked John to dip him under the water. John tried to stop him. You should baptize me in water, said John. Instead, you want me baptize thanks you?
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Yes, said Jesus. Go ahead. It's a good thing to do, and we should do everything that is right.
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So John dipped Jesus into the water.
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Jesus came up out of the water, and then he saw heaven open. God's spirit came down like a dove, and it landed on Jesus.
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This is my son, said a voice from heaven. I love him. i am very happy with him.
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And Jesus was about 30 years old
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That's the end of our reading today.
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Isn't that awesome? Oh man, I had to read that over and over today.
Repentance and Spiritual Growth
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The rabbit trail that I wanted to go down is that John was not just baptizing. He was teaching. He was baptizing them and God forgave them.
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Prior to this point, how did people get forgiven? had to go to the priests and the priests had to do it. But when John was baptizing them, God forgave them.
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We will learn more about that next year, hopefully. Oh man. So let's look at John's message. Is it anything new?
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Have you been here for a while and been hearing the Bible this year? Did you hear all of the old covenant with me? Does this sound like what God has been telling the people from the very beginning?
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If you have something, share it with others. If you have food, feed those who are hungry. What about producing good fruit? In the Big Bible, it says that ah from John, John the Baptist speaking, he says to produce fruit that is worthy of repentance.
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Meaning that after you have been forgiven for your sins, after you have confessed your sins, and after you are doing better, correcting your behavior, produce fruit.
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We are known by our fruit. Even a child hold is known by their fruit. And what happens to it the tree that doesn't bear fruit that is good?
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That's right, it gets cut down. And we're going to hear Jesus teaching about this exact same thing. He says, does a fig tree produce thorns?
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No. Does a thorn produce fig tree, figs? No. We are known by the fruit that we produce. So we are to be known by our love.
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We are to be known by our fruit. And it is easy to see our fruit. And God tells us, Jesus told will tell us later on, that even those of us who are producing fruit, God will prune us so that we produce even more fruit.
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There is no limit to the abundance, like the tree of life. The tree of life produces fruit abundantly. And God wants us to be just as fruitful as that tree of life because we have the way, the truth, and the life with us.
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He is God with us. We are able to bear much fruit.
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We are to do what is right. Jesus came and told him when John said, ah How can you want me to baptize you? It is you who should be baptizing me.
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Jesus said it is good for us to do everything that is right. Jesus is not above doing what is right. He is not so good that he can afford to slack off.
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That's not the way it works. God never does what is wrong. Our God is perfect and holy. And we are to be holy and set apart like God.
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To be not of the world, but of God. So as his children, we cannot be perfect. But we are to do our best to produce fruit and God will grow fruit with us.
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And whatever is not producing fruit, he will cut down and throw into the fire. Jesus tells us that we have to abide in him. We have to be with him all the time because he is the vine.
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And we cannot survive on our own. We cannot do it on our own power. We can only do this through Jesus, through God. This is not something that we can attain on our own by simply being good people.
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We do this by acknowledging that we are one with God. We are one with Jesus. And we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit. We were given the Holy Spirit to connect us for shalom, wholeness, fullness with God, wellness.
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And we can produce fruit. God will produce fruit through us. So it's not enough to simply confess our sins and say, yes, I did this. We need to be renewed by a transforming of our mind.
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We need to think differently. We've talked about this in the past. If you're new, you may not be aware of it, but we have to take care of what we put into our mind by what we hear and out of the mouth comes the overflow of the heart.
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So we need to take care about the people we keep company with around us. We need to take care about the things we listen to to because these things affect our thoughts. And that affects our mind.
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And we need to be renewed by a transforming of our mind so that we can bear much fruit and be known by that fruit. And even then, don't be discouraged. I know I was at first.
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I was trying so hard ah for a while. um I shared this once before, but it's possible you may not have heard this, that i um i want I'm very easy to discipline.
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I don't want to be disciplined. I work hard to do what is right, but I'm not perfect. And so I only need gentle correction if I have done something wrong. And God is gentle with me.
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And ah our big Bible teaches that fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And our our version puts it, putting God as the most important one is the beginning of wisdom.
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And i don't want to have to be disciplined for doing something wrong. I want to do what is right so that God doesn't need to discipline me. And then, but we can't expect that nothing bad will ever happen or that bad things won't won't occur that we won't be disciplined because we're not perfect.
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and And at first I was rather discouraged because I'm like, but I'm doing my best and I would get frustrated. And then God showed me where Jesus taught us that even those who bear fruit, God prunes so that we bear even more fruit.
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So don't be discouraged if you feel like you're doing your best and you're producing fruit and yet God is still pruning you. Jesus tells us that he refines us And we there's always something more to be refined.
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But our God is delicate with us when we went he deals with us. He is gentle. He knows our hearts. And he doesn't treat us the way he would treat someone who has no care for his his will.
God's Discipline and Spiritual Fruit
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So we know that when he is refining us and pruning us, He is doing so with love. And even when he disciplines us, he disciplines us with love, like a father does a child or like a mother does a child, because he is our heavenly father.
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And his goal is to produce more fruit. Just like when we go out and we start tending the branches and we're sniffing and we go, oh, this one we can get rid of, and then it will bear more tomatoes or something.
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So there you go. I hope that you feel God has lit your light today. i know today's reading was was very exciting for me. and i say that often, but I hope it was very exciting for you as well as you are listening and that you are encouraged.
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and That's what I mean by God has lit your light. I hope that you feel that you are encouraged, that you have understanding of of our Father's word. And that you are motivated ah in it to do and to apply what we have learned today.
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That's what I mean by i hope you feel God has lit your light today.
Encouragement and Conclusion
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So thank you for joining me today. If you do feel that God has lit that light, please click that light button.
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It's kind of like raising your hand and say, yes, God lit my light today. And together by lighting that light, we are shining and our lights onto this event so that people can hear God's word and be encouraged.
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We want to spread that love and spread that word for reading God's word and to be for other people to be encouraged. So if you have the ability also to click the follow or subscribe wherever you are watching or listening and and
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to share it if you know of somebody who could benefit from hearing from today's reading. I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day here on August 14th or whatever day you are getting around to watching this reading.
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And guess what? Yep. I'll be here again tomorrow. See you later.