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A daily word of encouragement

Please come home.

Maybe today you need to rededicate your life to God.

By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 06, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

On this day one year ago the Lord laid this video on my heart to make.

On this day one year ago the Lord laid this video on my heart to make.

By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 03, 2024
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Moving Works

The Day Kyle Died
Kyle has it all figured out. He’s got the girls, the grades, and lives at the best party house on campus. But one fateful day, Kyle’s heart stops beating and he suddenly comes face to face with a dark truth that he’s ignored his entire life. #movingworks   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!
By: Moving Works
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Aired on May 03, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

Have you ever noticed this?
By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 01, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

How often does tradition stop us from being Christ-like?
By: Allison Hawkins
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Aired on May 01, 2024
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Day by Day - 2 Samuel

Grieving Over Leadership
It is important to recognize what events are worth grieving over.   #daybyday   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   Should the widow grieve the loss of a husband? Should she be wrought with emotion? Should the grief be because it was a personal and devastating loss? Absolutely. Without a doubt. We would think it strange if that wasn’t the case. But we should also grieve at the hole in leadership that is left; at the spiritual vacuum that was created. Don’t forget that the relationship between husbands and wives, and children and parents, and friends are all pictures of kingdom-realities, that help make kingdom living glorious and clear and full of joy.   I think we are to understand something deeper in 2 Samuel 1 than just the fact that there had been a sword fight and Saul and Jonathan, others lost. This is not the first time war has been fought and there was loss of life. What David is lamenting is the fact that God’s anointed one had been killed, along with his successor, that God’s people were without a leader. David is grieving over the fact that the people of Israel were experiencing God’s severe discipline, because Saul refused the leadership of God. And as such, the army of Israel was defeated. “because they had fallen by the sword.” He is grieving because a hole has been left in leadership, and what are the people of God to do now? He is grieving that God will be mocked and seen as small among the Philistines. There is something here from which we need to learn. We need to learn what is worth grieving over.
  • When you see the people of God afflicted with bad leadership, or no leadership, does it grieve you?
  • When you see a lack of repentance in your own life, or in others’ lives, like we see in Saul’s life, does it grieve you?
  • When you see churches in defeat, do we weep?
  • When you see a loss of confidence in God, is your heart broken?
  • When you see the people of God moving and living in weakness, and being routed by the enemy, does it tear at your soul? When they are more inclined to hide out and wait, instead of standing up to fight, does it bother you?
  • Do we stop what we are doing and cry out to God on their behalf?
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 10, 2024
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Day by Day - 2 Samuel

Grief Can Be Deeply Emotional, And That’s Okay
We should not look down on someone for having a deep, emotional reaction to grief.   #daybyday   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   In 2 Samuel 1, as David is grieving the deaths of Jonathan and King Saul, we see David take his clothes and tear them, along with his men doing the same thing. If we are familiar with the Bible, we are familiar with this practice somewhat. We see it happen among people in times of tragedy, or great fear. The tearing of the clothes is a very dramatic act. Garments were not easy to come by in those days, so the ruining of a garment on purpose would be pretty monumental. Your clothes were also a sign of status. What you wore usually indicated where you fell in the pecking order of society, so to ruin your clothes in such a way was a way of saying, “Status does not matter at this time. We are all to be devastated by this news.” The tearing of the clothes, in this case, signifies deep sorrow and agony and tribulation from within. A broken heart. A coming undone due to shock or pity. Grief is an emotional thing. Do not look down on someone when they express deep grief. And that expression is fleshed out in different ways among different people and cultures.
By: Clif Johnson
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Aired on May 09, 2024
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Day by Day - 2 Samuel

Godly Grief
Godly grief provides boundaries so that we do not put personal gain ahead of righteousness.   #daybyday   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   They had been in Ziklag for a couple of days, resting from their war with the Amalekites, enjoying their families, and celebrating, when in the far distance, someone spotted a man coming into their city. His clothes were torn, his face covered with ash, the symbolic and ceremonial signs of mourning. It would be the equivalent of a parade of cars with their flashers on. This man asks around, looking to find David, the mighty warrior. And when he finally finds him, he falls down in front of David, paying respect and honor to him. But David knows by this man’s dress that he is in mourning, and quickly finds out that this man comes from the war that Saul and the men of Israel were fighting with the Philistines. And David asked, “How did it go?” The man begins to paint a picture in David’s mind: “The people, they fled, like deer escaping a burning forest, away from the battle. Some made it out, but many died on the battlefield, including Saul, and his son Jonathan.” David’s eyes grew to the size of platters, but he wanted certainty, so he asked, “How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?” The young man continued his story. “Sir, it just so happened that I was passing by Mount Gilboa, the same mount that Saul was on. And I saw him. He was weak, and injured, leaning on his spear just to be able to stand up. And when he caught a glimpse of me, he called me over to him. He asked me who I was, and I told him I was an Amalekite. And then your King, King Saul, asked me between labored breath, to stand over him and kill him. And sir, since he was mortally injured, but yet not dead, I did what he asked.” And then to offer even greater proof that Saul had really died, this young man pulled out of his bag Saul’s crown and armband and handed them to David. And bowed his head again to David. At this point we all might have an idea, or expectation, of what David might say or even do. After all, Saul is the man would had been chasing David all around the caves of the Promised Land. Saul was the madman who wanted to run a spear through David. So maybe we are thinking that the next words out of David’s mouth would be, “Finally! The old man is dead along with my own running from him.” OR MAYBE, “Now I can finally be king, like God desires! My time has come!” Read Text: 2 Samuel 1:11-12 “Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of Israel and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.” Maybe that wasn’t quite the reaction from David you were expecting. There is no dancing, no high-fiving, no congratulatory slaps on the back. Listen again to the laboring of the text: “David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. AND they mourned AND wept AND fasted until evening for Saul AND for Jonathan his son AND for the people of the LORD AND for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.” This is the humility of David on display. This is David’s humble and godly ability to see more going on than just the death of two people. This is deep, godly grief, and godly grief provides boundaries or reigns for us so that what might be personal gain does not get ahead of righteous grief.
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 08, 2024
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Day by Day - 2 Samuel

Good Grief
Grief is a necessary and godly response to tragedy.   #daybyday   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   Have you ever noticed how people will apologize for their grief? “I’m sorry for being like this, please forgive me.” But grief is not a bad thing. Grief can be a necessary and godly response to tragedy. The author of 2 Samuel 1 makes this moment right here, David and his men’s grief, the central part of the story. If we read this text through a literary lens, then this moment, this reaction, sits in the middle or the climax of the story. We first have the arrival of this young man, then David questions the young man. The story closes with David questioning the young man again, and then we have the young man’s elimination from the scene. So you have arrival, conversation, and then conversation and exit. But right in the middle here is David’s and his men’s mourning. This is not by accident. In fact, it is very possible that the order of events as listed here is not even chronological. It could be that the grieving actually takes place after the execution of the young man. But the author puts grieving right in the middle of the scene to stress its importance. The author does this to highlight the fact that the central element in this story is not the young man, but rather, David’s grief. And we just need to take a moment to make the comment that grieving is important. As Christians, it is not only okay to grieve, but it is good and right to grieve. But we should grieve in the right way, and over the right things.
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on May 07, 2024
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Day by Day Hacks

Day By Day Hacks
We can worship God and grow closer to him in the mundane moments of daily life.   #daybyday   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!
By: Clif Johnson
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Aired on May 06, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

Walking on Water.

Peter was being held up by the Lord. But then when things got scary and uncertain Peter forgot WHO was holding him up in the first place.

By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on Apr 29, 2024
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Doc Talks

"Never Alone" - ft. Dr. Jonathan Montgomery
Missionaries have needs that we should understand and support.   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!
By: Brian Sheppard
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Aired on May 07, 2024
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