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Outdoors with Shaun Merrell

How to Catch a Buffalo
The temperatures are warming up here in Arkansas and that means it's time to hit the water for some fishing! Shaun and Hunter are trying to reel in some buffalo, but are they going about it the right way?
By: Shaun Merrell
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Aired on Apr 01, 2024
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Day by Day Hacks

Day By Day Hacks
Memorization is an important part of daily Bible study.
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on Apr 01, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

Is there a plank in your eye?
By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 29, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

Don’t miss today worrying about tomorrow.
By: Allison Hawkins
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Aired on Mar 28, 2024
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Day by Day - 1 Samuel

Talk To Yourself...In The Right Way
We should avoid talking down to ourselves and discouraging ourselves.   ~~~   Beware of being tired. Beware of self-talk. The events of chapter 27—the moving away from the Promised Land into Philistine territory, the gaining of Ziklag, the raiding, the manipulating, the being caught in a trap, all begins with what David says to himself. He was led astray by his own self-talk. He talked himself and others away from God’s temple, away from God’s people, away from God’s worship. David replaced the word of God with his own words. David had previously been told by Jonathan, his trusted friend, and by Abigail, a faithful servant, that he would reign as king over Israel. But instead of holding on to those words of grace from God, David spoke to himself, not what the eyes of faith could see, but only what human perspective could discern. And he walked away from God’s designed place into the enemy territory. It seems to me that anytime you are consistently walking away from the worship of God, away from God’s people, you are walking into temptation’s trap.
By: Clif Johnson
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Aired on Mar 29, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

Who you LOVE the most matters…
Here’s why!
By: Allison Hawkins
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Aired on Mar 27, 2024
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Tailgate Talks

What This Soil Needs
Christians must examine ourselves to make sure we're walking in faith.
By: Blake Martin
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 27, 2024
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Mental Health Minutes

Breaking the Rules
Humans tend to break more rules when they find one that is too strict.
By: Brian Sheppard
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 28, 2024
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Lori Cline - Red-Letter Words

Whose Feet Are You Washing?
When we experience the undeserved love and grace of God, we can’t help but share it with others.   ~~~  

Do you get uncomfortable when someone does something for you? I can.

If we were to get real honest, real quick, I know the root of that uncomfortable feeling often is control, mixed with a bit of pride, which has deeper roots of hurt and distrust. I know it well. You see we want to do things ourselves. We don’t want help. We don’t want to depend on anyone. When we can’t do something on our own and we really need help, we face a crisis. Will we accept help in our time of need?

My husband and I learned this lesson early in our marriage. We were moving from an apartment to our first home in Houston, TX. We had scheduled movers in the evening to miss the heat of the day. Our movers stood us up. We loaded up what we could in our cars and drove to our new home planning to move the next day. In that season we were a part of a small community church. When we drove up, we were met with a row of trucks and SUVS. Our faith family wasn’t going to let us reschedule anything. They were there to move us. They were there to wash our feet. To say we were uncomfortable was an understatement. Our no you’re not, was met with, you have a need and yes we are. We were in need. We were humbled. We were blessed.

When we don’t admit or even recognize our need, we miss an opportunity to be blessed.

John 13:3-9 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

Peter didn’t see the big picture. He didn’t see HIS need in this moment. Jesus wanted him to see what it’s really all about, love and humble service for one another. Doesn’t it often take laying our pride down to see the bigger picture in moments or seasons God is at work. What Peter saw made him very uncomfortable, but what was at first uncomfortable became a lesson learned in not only how to serve, but also in how to submit.

Who’s feet are you washing? Who are you allowing to wash yours?

Don’t miss a blessing and don’t miss being blessed. This is how the body of Christ works. We need one another and we need to love one another.

When we surrender our lives to Jesus, we receive the undeserved love and grace of God. When you experience it, you can’t help but share it with others. We do that in how we submit one to another and in how we love and serve one another. That IS the big picture.

That’s the truth.

Friends we are all in NEED of a savior. You can’t save yourself. Jesus IS the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. He wants to wash you clean today, all of you! I pray you let Him. He is the only one who can.

If you missed any of this months broadcasts where we looked deeper into the words of Jesus, you can find them all at Lifeword.org. Thanks for listening.

I’m Lori Cline.

By: Lori Cline
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 28, 2024
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Day by Day - 1 Samuel

Be On Guard Against The Temptation To Quit
When we are most tired of our struggle, we must be aware of the temptation to quit.   ~~~   Several years ago our family went snow-skiing. And one of my favorite things as a father was to ski with my kids, who had never been btw, down a pretty significant slope, and then when we got to a stopping point or to the bottom of the hill, to turn them around and have them look at what they had just conquered. And then say with excitement in my voice, “You want to do it again?” Sometimes the answer, after having looked at the scale of the accomplishment, sometimes the answer was, “No! Absolutely not!” In the actual event of the skiing there is adrenaline. But once you get finished, and you look back towards what you just did, you recognize the magnitude of it, and don’t think that you have it in you. Adrenaline is gone and fear rises, and incapacitates you, even though you were just successful. This seems to be the possible case with David. There was a great victory. And now looking back at what is left of that victory, namely that Saul was not repentant at all, which left David still on the run, the prospecting of keeping up the fight wore him down. More exile, more running. This has been going on for years now, 8-10 perhaps. And it is not just David, it is David’s 600 men, compared to 3000 choice men of Saul. And then we are told that it is not just David’s mighty men, but also wives and children, including two of David’s own wives. David is the leader. He is responsible not just for their safety, but those wives and children. And food! Where do you find food? A band of warrior men might put up with the life of exile and hiding, fighting, midnight escapes, daring raids, but not the wives and the children. And David has been at this for years! When will it let up, settle down? I can’t imagine the pressure, the mental exhaustion, the spiritual fatigue David must have been under, the longing for peace and quiet, stability and ease. And it is at that point that we need to be aware of temptation. It was at that point that Jesus warned his disciples, “Take heed, watch, lest you enter into temptation.” Do you know what the temptation was in that situation? It was sleep. The temptation to rest and sleep in such an important time of their lives. They were afraid. Jesus had just told them that he was leaving. Judas had just walked out. Tensions were high! It could be very easy for us to look at a passage like this, without giving it much thought, and just say, “David just should have trusted God more,” without giving any thought to the stress, pressure, turmoil, ache in his life. Many of you can identify with David right here, can’t you? When will this end? You have been fighting against the enemy, you have even been having victories, learning spiritual truths, but things in your life just don’t seem to change or be advancing at all, and you just want a vacation from it. Let’s just stop the rollercoaster because you want off of it. And it is at that point that you must be on guard against temptation.
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 28, 2024
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A daily word of encouragement

How to love them when they hate you.

If you're wondering how you could possibly love your enemy. Let's take a closer look at his passage.

By: Allison Hawkins
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 25, 2024
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Day by Day - 1 Samuel

Is Your Soul Tired?
We must be aware of our own tiredness so that we encourage ourselves rather than running.   ~~~   Without even realizing it, we can slip into the sneaky clutches of sin. Sin is real, and can be real sneaky. So what must I do in my fight against the sneakiness, deceptive nature of sin? In 1 Samuel, we are given a glimpse into the sneakiness of sin. Not every story in the Bible is a story of victory. Many times we are given stories of what not to do. And we learn that even though David is a man after God’s own heart, he is still a man of flesh. He is not our hero. He can’t be. Sin snuck up on him in the most appetizing of ways, and he succumbed. This text is a bit of a cliffhanger. The story here is interrupted in chapter 28 with an episode of Saul’s depravity, and we do not read of a resolution to David’s dilemma here in chapter 27 until chapter 29. But all of that is done by the narrator in hopes of adding a sense of excitement for us as the reader and to make us lean in and give thought to all that is going on. Leaning in would be very good for us at this point. We would do well to pay attention to this text, because I promise you, that just as sin snuck up on David, sin is crouching at your door. Sin is taking note right now to see if you are taking notes right now. So if you will, work with me to recognize two actions you must take in your fight and struggle against sin. What can I do in my Struggle Against Sin? Beware of being tired. And it is this question that is most interesting to us today as we consider 1 Samuel 27. In chapter 26 David had just bagged a physical and spiritual victory. He had successfully entered into Saul’s camp while they slept, not giving into temptation to kill him, but yet taking Saul’s spear and canteen, as a demonstration that Saul’s life was not well protected at all. David had just preached a convicting sermon to Saul telling him he needed to repent or else he would be found on the wrong side of God’s judgment. But then in the opening line of chapter 27, David says that he is probably going to die by the sword of Saul. What is going on? David is all kinds of tired that he just wants to escape from the fight. We must be aware of when our soul is tired so that we can know how to encourage ourselves, and not try to run and hide.
By: Clif Johnson
(Lifeword)
Aired on Mar 27, 2024
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