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Bite-Sized Bible Encouragement A Bible devotional podcast that contains: The Bite: Verse of the day The Digest: Application questions The Chew: Encouraging Takeaway

Red Letters Luke 24 Recap 04/02/2024

Red Letter Luke 23 Recap 03/29/2024

Red Letter Holy Week Luke 22 Recap 03/28/2024

Holy Week Red Letter Recap Luke 21 03/26/2024

Red Letters Day 36/37 Luke 20 Recap 03/21/2024

Red Letters Day Luke 19 03/20/2024

Red Letter Day 31/32 Luke 18 Recap 03/16/2024

Red Letter Day 30 Luke 17 Recap 03/15/2024

Special Episode: Hell is Real Luke 16: 19-31 03/14/2024

Red Letter Day 29 Luke 16 1:1-18 03/13/2024

Red letters Day 28 Luke 15 03/12/2024

Red Letter Day 27 Luke 14 Recap 03/11/2024

Red Letter Day 25 Luke 13:1-35 03/10/2024

Red Letters Day 24 Luke 12:35-59 03/09/2024

Red Letters Day 24 Luke 12:35-59 What would you do if you knew a thief was coming to your home today? I hope you will prepare! Be Ready to open the door Be Ready for service and keep your lamps lit You are to be like people waiting for the master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks on the door they can open Blessed are those whom the master finds alert when he comes He will get ready to recline and serve them If he comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and he finds them alert blessed are those who are alert If the homeowner knew the thief was coming he would not let his house be broken into You must also be ready because you do not know when the Son of man is coming when you least expect him Be faithful The master put faithful managers in charge of his household Blessed is the servant who is found doing his job when the Master returns He will put him in charge of all his possessions But the servant who says my master is delaying his coming and begins to beat his servants eats and gets drunk when the master comes on that unexpected he hew will cut him into pieces and assign him to a place with the unfaithful The servant who knows that his master will and does not do it will be severely punished The servant who didn't know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating For everyone who has given much, much will be required and from the one who has been entrusted with much even more will be expected Jesus says he came to bring fire on the earth (judgment -what does fire do REFINE I wish it were already here to set it ablaze BUT I have a baptism (the crucifixion and resurrection) How it consumes me until IT IS FINISHED the mission would be complete Do you think I come to bring peace? Peace with God those who choose to be his disciples Unbelievers remain at odds with God and His requirements He would bring division in households and families Division over the gospel of Christ in some families split them down the middle The Spiritual family is more important the family bloodline Holman commentary They could interpret the weather but not the present time they refused to see Jesus as the Messiah Be Reconciled He compares it to a legal dispute reconciles to God before you get to the court of final judgment when the Gravel is down it is done Settle the account before it is too late If Jesus were to come today will you be found ready, and in faith? Have you been reconciled to Christ through this finished work at the cross? The chew Be Alert for you don’t know when your Master will return. Don’t Delay the Master is on his way For more about Gloribites /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30303703

Red Letters Day 23 Luke 12:1-32 03/08/2024

Red Letter Day 22 Luke 11 remainder 03/06/2024

Red Letters Day 21 Luke 11:1-23 03/05/2024

Red Letters Day 21 Luke 11:1-23 Apart from a personal relationship with Jesus, your prayers are void-GB The Desire to Learn to Pray Jesus was praying in a certain place The disciple asked to be taught to pray. Prayer can be taught and shown by example. They see him praying and they want to pray for themselves He tells them what to say : Father - we called God by Name Hallowed be your name- your name is holy Your kingdom come- we operate for the purpose of glorifying the kingdom will Give us each day our daily bread - pray for daily provision we don't stockpile this kind of bread We can't live off bread alone but by every word of God Forgive us our sins-we acknowledge our sins 1 John 1:9 Forgive others because we have been forgiven Lead us not into temptation- protect us from the things people and places that cause us to fall away from God Persistent Prayer He then gives the story of the persistent friend who needed bread and his friend didn't have anything but his friend but because of his friend's boldness he will get up and help him ask it will be given So he said asking it would be given seek and you will find knock And the door will be open everyone who acts receives whoever seats fine to him who knocks the door will be open Our Earthly parents if we ask for something we'll try their best to give us what we asked for and not the opposite so how much more will our heavenly father give us the good gifts The greatest gift that he gives us is the gift of the Holy Spirit How is your prayer life? Jesus > Satan Jesus is casting out a demon and someone who is mute The person begins to speak everyone is amazed so they say that he is driving out demons with demons Others told him to do a sign from heaven despite his continuously doing all of these Miracles healing and casting out evil people still did not want to believe He said that a kingdom against itself would be divided in a house divided against itself will fall and he said if Satan is divided against himself how can his kingdom stand Then he kind of like roasted them he said that if I'm driving out by saying then how y'all driving it out but if I drive them out by the Finger of God and the kingdom of God has come near you He was letting them know that he was driving this out through his power and God He next says that when a strong man fully armed guards his house his possessions are safe but when someone stronger than him attacks and overpowers him and takes away his armor that Plunder his stuff-divides his spoils satan thinks he is winning for now but God is taking Satan’s kingdom one by one Whoever is not with me is against me whoever does not gather with me scatter If you are not on God’s side then you are on satans There is no middle no neutral Why would you want to stay on the losing team? To be undecided is to be decided The two forces are at work, trying to win your allegiance One will win He was letting us know that he is stronger than the evil one He can overcome all of Satan's plans Any vacancy in your heart? Vacant hearts have opportunities if your heart is not occupied by Jesus then there is a vacancy for Satan It goes back to the house because there is not a resident he says when an evil spirit comes out of a man it goes through places looking for rest and does not find it this lets us know that demonic spirits love to find a body to reside in a place to take up residence I will return to the house I left and even though it's been swept clean and put so that is going to come back seven times more wicked than itself and go in and live there and at the final state was worse than the first state To empty the evil we must fill with Jesus and his Holy Spirit This woman cries out blesses you know he that was born in his mama who nursed him and Jesus said blessed are those who hear my word and Obey it The Chew We must train ourselves to pray on every occasion and we must make sure we are in the right standing with God to pray "Prayer always begins with a relationship. If there is not an established relationship, there is no basis for prayer. The Father's ear is always open to the children's cry. And if you have that relationship with God where you can say, "Father," then you've established that relationship that opens prayer for you, effective prayer for you. But if you do not have that relationship, then prayer is meaningless. There is only one prayer that God wants to hear from you if you are not His child, and that's the prayer, "God, be merciful to me a sinner." And that establishes then relationship, and opens this glorious opportunity of prayer for each one of you. But prayer begins with relationship" Chuck Smith For more about Gloribites /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30247198

Red Letters Day 20 Luke 10 Recap 03/04/2024

Red Letters Day 17/18 Luke 9 Recap 03/03/2024

Red Letter Day 16 Luke 8:26-56 03/01/2024

Red Letters Day 15 Luke 8:1-25 02/29/2024

Red Letters Day 15 Luke 8:1-25 To grow a seed must be planted On Tour with Jesus Jesus is on a tour of the nearby town and villages Preaching the good news with his 12 disciples Some healed women with him on the journey They had been healed of demonic and diseases They were using their own resources The Farmer Did His Job He gives this parable about a farmer scattering seed The seed fell on 4 types of soil Footpath-stepped on and eaten by birds Rocks-wilted and died from lack of moisture ( you have go to be watered by the Word) Thorny-grew and choked Fertile-produced a crop hundredfold They all grew but all were affected by the circumstances surrounding them Which soil are you in? He uses parables fulfilled with scriptures He explains the meaning The Footpath- hear the message, only to have the devil snatch and prevent them from believing and being saved Rocky- hear, receive with joy, don't have roots so they believe for only a little while fall away from face temptation Thorny-hear the message but quickly gets crowded out by the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life, never matures Fertile-honest good-hearted people who hear the word and cling to it and patiently produce a harvest Shine your light and Listen No one hides lamps around their house It's on a stand display Where are your lamps? How is it shining? Our witness is public. What secret will be brought out in the open Everything concealed will be revealed Therefore consider how you hear. Listen and get more understanding Don’t listen and what you understand will be taken away from you Hear the Word and obey it Jesus mother and brothers came to see him and they couldn't get to hi So they sent the word to your family outside Jesus responds my mother and brothers are those who hear the Word and obey it Are you in Jesus' Family? Where is your faith? Jesus said Let’s go to the other side of the lake They get in the boat Jesus takes a nap They failed to realize Jesus said they were going to get to the other side Fierce storm, boat filling up, they were in danger They woke him up shouting we are going to drown Jesus woke up and rebuked the wind and the waves, all is calm He asked them Where is your faith? Their eyes were on the storm and not the Savior They were terrified and amazed Who is this man? The wind and waves obey him They have seen his authority over the death, the sick, and now the creation and they still asking who is this man We must see Jesus for who he is. Rebuke the storms when they arise don't wait until the water fills the boat Chew We must have fertile soil, watered daily by the Word of God to obey and shine our light and to walk by faith For more about Gloribites /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30173703

Red Letters Day 14 Luke 7:24-50 02/28/2024

Red Letter Day 12 Luke 7:1-23 02/27/2024

Red Letter Day 12 Luke 7:1-23 Jesus raises us from the coffin of our sin to new life in Him I Have Not Found Such Great Faith Jesus is in Capernaum A highly valued slave was sick and nearing death He was the slave of a Roman officer The officer heard about Jesus, and he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal his slave They earnestly begged Jesus to come with them and help the man who felt that he deserved the help bc of his love for the Jews and he built them a synagogue He was uncertain if Jesus was going to grant a Gentile request. Jesus is for everyone Jesus went with them Right before they get to the house the officer sends word to Jesus that he should not trouble himself by coming to his house because he feels unworthy for Jesus to enter his house so he said Just say the word from where you are and my servant will be healed He explains that he is a man under authority and he has authority and he only needs to say Go and his servants go and come and they come do and they do. He was humble Jesus was amazed and he turned to the crowd and said I tell you, (the crowd) I haven’t seen faith like this in all the land of Israel that gentile understood his authority and not his own chosen people When the officers who were sent went back to the house they found the slave completely healed What does your faith look like right now in the eyes of Jesus? Get Up Jesus went village with his disciples with a great crowd following A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village The boy who died was the only son of a widow she would have no hope and no support The Lord saw her and was overflowed with compassion Don’t cry Jesus walked to the coffin touched it and the bearers stopped Young man, Get up The dead boy sat up, began to talk Jesus gave him back to his mother this was the first time he raised someone from the dead Great awe and praise We have seen the hand of God at work today The news spread all over Judea and surrounding areas Jesus is saying to the woman and us don't cry get up I can handle rather it is what you are dealing with hurt, pain, and grief. He has compassion on us just this women We see salvation in this we were dead in the coffin of sin like this boy and Jesus loved you and had compassion on you while you were still sinners and he called you to get up and be raised from death to life. Should We Expect Someone Else John’s disciples told him about everything Jesus was doing John sent two of them to ask Jesus Are you the Messiah we are expecting or should we expect someone else? At that very time, he cured many people of their various diseases, cast out evil spirits, and restored sight to the blind They were expecting a Messiah and asking should expect someone else. Who are you expecting him to deal with life in the world as we have seen that is going crazy the only hope you have is to put your trust in Jesus and surrender your life to him John needed reassurance and so do we when we are suffering and it's about to take our doubts and questions to God we just don't stay there God Blessed those who are not offended by me Jesus tells them to Go back and report to John What you seen What you heard The blind see The lame walk The Lepers are cured The deaf hear The dead are raised to life The Good News is being preached to the poor God blessed those who are not offended by me They said a mighty prophet has risen among us when it was God himself in the flesh in the form of Jesus The Chew: To Have Faith in the authority of Jesus to get us up when and down to raise us from the dead place of sin. We are to expect Him alone, He is the one who blesses us. For more about Gloribites /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30122088

Red Letters Day 11 Luke 6:17-49 02/25/2024

Red Letters Day 11 Luke 6:17-49 Day 11 Luke 6: 17-49 Jesus is teaching the disciples The Beatitudes - God blessed the poor - the Kingdom of God is theirs (spiritually poor) God blessed the hungry now -they will be satisfied (spiritual appetite) God blessed those who weep now they will laugh with joy (spiritual grief over sin) You may be experiencing this now but not always God blessed the hated, excluded, mocked, cursed-identifited with me the Son of Man Because he was hated, excluded, mocked, and cursed When these things happen to you -rejoice Your reward is in heaven He reminds them that their ancestors were mistreated as well The Sorrows Who does sorrow await? The rich -you have your only happiness now they have no spiritual wealth The satisfied and prosperous now time of awful hunger is before you You who laugh carelessly-laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow Praised by the crowds- ancestors also praised false prophets They may have now but will lack later Divine approval over human praise Love for Enemies If you are willing to listen ( to do these you have a willingness Love your enemies Do good to those who hate you Pray for those who curse you Pray for those who hurt you Turn the other cheek Give what you have to anyone who asks Do for others as you would like to do them Do you deserve credit for loving those who love you, even sinners do that If you do good to those who do good to you is that wonderful sinner do that Lend money to those who can repay even sinners do that Love your enemies do good to them lend to them don't be concerned if they can repay bc the reward from heaven will be great and you are acting like children on the Most High Because he is kind to the unthankful and the wicked Be compassionate bc your Father is compassionate Judgment Stop judging and you will not be judged this verse is about discernment Stop criticizing others or it will come back on you Forgive others you will be forgiven Give and you will receive Your gift will return to you in full measure pressed down and shaken together to make room for more running over What you use in the measure that the standard measure you will be used The blind leads the blind to death you need someone who can See to lead those who reject Christ and teach others to do so will end up in destruction The student is not greater than the teacher the one who works hard will be like the teacher. Christ is our teacher and we are to be like him Be careful about following the wrong person Worry about the log in your own eyes vs the speck in your friends Hyporcrietes one who pretends to be someone else Deal with you first then you will see well enough to worry about someone else The Tree and its Fruit A good tree can't produce bad fruit Bad trees can't produce good fruit A tree is identified by the fruit it produces A good person produces good deeds from a good heart An evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart You can identify people who follow God based on what they say and do Whatever is in your heart determines what you say Two Foundations Why do you call me Lord when you won't obey me or do what I say I will show you what it is like to Come to me Listen to my teaching Obey me A person who builds their house on a strong foundation when the floodwaters rise and break against the house It stands bc it well built Your foundation determines your future Listening and not obeying Like a house without a foundation when the flood goes against it, it will crumble into a heap of ruins /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30102148

Red Letters Day 10 Luke 6:1-16 02/24/2024

Red Letters Day 10 Luke 6:1-16 The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields and his disciples began to eat some of the kernels from the grain God had commanded the Sabbath to be a time of rest and no work no labor The Pharisees asked them why they were doing something unlawful on the Sabbath Jesus answered them with Word about David and his companions eating the consecrated bread which was unlawful b/c it was only for the priest He then tells them The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath ( he wass affirming his deity he was the Lord who created the Sabbaath and had the authority to make exceptioon On another Sabbath, he was teaching in the synagogue and a man whose right hand was shriveled The Pharisees were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath Jesus knew what they were thinking Get Up and Stand in Front of Everyone Jesus tells the man with the shriveled hand to Get Up and stand in front of everyone So he gets up and stands there Jesus asked them two questions Which is lawful on the Sabbath: To do good or to do evil To save life or to destroy it? They were more concerned about the law than freedom for the man Stretch out your hand He looks at all of them and then at the man he stretch out your hand The man did He was completely restored They were furious and began to discuss what to do about Jesus Calling the Disciples This is the third portion of Scripture that we have read that reminds us to pray Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray He spent the night praying to God After spending time with God, he called his disciples and chose 12 designated disciples Disciples means learner or follower Apostles means sent one Simon peter Andrew James John Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James Simon Judas (Jude) Judas- the traitor What can we learn? Jesus Lord over All He is not a secret healer. His healings were visual and on display so that the credit would go to God Obedience brings restoration Our important decision must be bathed in prayer God calls ordinary people these men had different personalities and lifestyles For more about Gloribites /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30087548

Red Letter Day 9 Luke 5 02/23/2024

Red Letter Day 9 Luke 5 Your Foundation Determines Your Future Luke 5 Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men Jesus is teaching the Word of God and the people are listening Simon Peter had left his boat and was washing his nets Jesus gets in Simon’s boat and asks Simon to push it out and little from the shore and he continues to teach from the boat After teaching, He told Simon to Put out into the deep water and let down the nets for a catch. We cant pick up what we are not willing to down Simon objects stating that they had worked all night and haven’t caught anything BUT IF YOU SAY SO, I WILL LET DOWN THE NETS Obedience produces blessings. He blesses us so we can bless others They caught so much that their nets began to break and they had to call for help They filled two boats and they were so full they began to break When this happened Simon Peter fell to his knees and told Jesus to get away because he was a sinful man His holiness exposes our sinfulness They were astonished. He had John and James the sons of Zebedee with him Jesus tells Simon “Dont be afraid from now on you will catch men They pulled the boats and left everything and followed him Are you willing to leave everything to follow him? If you say, I will -________ what needs to go and be put down in your life so you can pick up your blessings I am willing Jesus was in a town and the many was covered with leprosy Same response as Peter. When he saw Jesus he fell to the ground and begged him Lord, if you are willing you can make me clean only Jesus can make you clean Jesus touched the man and told him “I am willing, Be clean! The law would have considered the man unclean The healing was immediate Jesus ordered him to not tell anyone but go show yourself to the priest and offer sacrifice commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them a physical testimony vs verbal testimony The news spread and the crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sickness But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed When the eyes see Jesus they respond with humility they know him to be a healer before they are healed. This man desires his healing. Jesus was willing to heal and clean the man The healing was a testimony Our healings are not just for us they are for others Again we see the importance of withdrawing and break away from praying like yesterday The greater his platform grew the more he depended on the father Where do you need healing Your sins are forgiven Jesus was teaching and the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were there The power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick Some men carrying their disabled friend on a mat tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus When they could not find a way They went up on the roof and lowered him into the middle of the crowd Right in front of Jesus Friend that lay you before Jesus in prayer. Friends that make a way Friends that will not be afraid of the crowd and will stand in the middle with you Friends that stand with you in front of Jesus Jesus saw their faith. Jesus called the man a Friend Your sins are forgiven The Pharisees and the teachers of the law thought Jesus was blaspheming bc only God can forgive sins Jesus knew their thoughts and addressed the heart Why are you thinking these thoughts in your heart? The heart and mind intertwined Is it easier to be healed spiritually or physically? The Son of Man has the authority on Earth to forgive sins Jesus tells the paralyzed man get up, take your mat, and go home The mat to remember the healing? He stood up and took the he had been lying on and went home praising God Everyone was amazed and praised God filled with awe saying “We have seen remarkable things today As I have stated before physical and spiritual healing are both necessary for total wholeness. His greatest need was to be forgiven of his sin and Jesus knew that Why did he take the mat instead of leaving? When we get up don't forget the healing we received we look back on what was Lying on and we praise God for taking us up from that mat How are you faith friends Follow Me Jesus saw tax collector Levi Jesus just walked up to Levi and said Follow Me Levi got up and left everything and followed him Levi hosted these banquet for Jesus at his house and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them He was sharing his changed life with others The phrases on the scene again complaining asking Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners Jesus -it's not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance The fact that Jesus walked up and this man just followed him Who did you need to share the gospel with In those days they will fast They asked him about John’s disciples often fasting and praying and so do the Pharisees disciples but they keep on eating and drinking Jesus answered Can you make the guest of the bridegroom fast while he is with them The time would come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them and in those days they will fast He ends with a parable Jesus was bringing something new and they wanted the old No one who welcomes him would say the old was better after they have tasted and seen the Lord is good. 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Red Letters Day 7/8 Luke 4 Recap 02/21/2024

Red Letters Day 7/8 Luke 4 Recap Satan tempts us in our strength and not our weaknessess He then tempts Jesus in these areas: Provisions Turn these stones into bread Jesus response: People can’t live by bread alone Possessions The Devil told him I will give you all these kingdoms and authority over them because they are mine and I can give to whoever I please Posture If you worship me.... Jesus replied: You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him Protection The Devil took Jesus to the highest point of the Temple If you are the Son of God. Jump off Then the Devil used Scripture How you going to use the Word with the Word Jesus replied You must not test the Lord your God The Digest The Devil tempts us with our strengths, not our weaknesses. He knew Jesus had power and he wanted Jesus to use his power prematurely. Once he overcomes this temptation he will be ready for the mission field Jesus was tempted and temptation is part of the human experience so he like us was tempted and didn't sin. The Devil will misinterpret Scripture The Devil doesn’t isolate us to one temptation they are ongoing so we must be ongoing The best way to resist temptation is the Word of God Jesus was in the synagogue weekly making him the example for us to be in church each week Your family and friends may not welcome your life in Christ and that's ok. Keep seeking God because you belong to the greater family and the Kingdom Family Be a witness to them anyway Where Jesus is demons flee. The demons have an agenda of “interfering” Demons are fallen angels ruled by satan to harass people, tempt them to sin, and kill them. God restores our health through faith like Peter’s Mother in Law so that we can serve He has the ability to heal all kinds of diseases with a word. He shut the demons up to show his authority His identity would be revealed in God’s timetable The demons know who He was Jesus at daybreak went to a place of solitary to pray and be with His Father so should we. We are to proclaim the good news more places How are you handling temptations? In what ways, have you rejected by family and friends due to faith in Christ? How do you handle or need to handle Seeing the authority Jesus has and if you are his how can this help you combat the evil one. You have no power over me only which i give you.. The Chew Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you To help support this ministry To shop merch /episode/index/show/gloribites/id/30055928

Red Letter Day 6 Luke 3:1-38 02/19/2024

Red Letter Day 4 Luke 2:21-52 02/18/2024

Red Letter Day 3 Luke 2:1-20 02/16/2024

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