The Church Within You!

This 6m episode provides you the listener a reading of James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” This is the first thing James writes in his letter after his salutation. Why? Becaus...

This 7min episode provides a peek into what is the biblical understanding of faith vs. works. The faith vs. works debate often comes up in discussions of salvation. There are many who say that a person is saved based on some mixture of faith and work. Biblical Christianity teaches salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, apart from any works we do. Perhaps the best place to start is to clearly define f...

This 7m episode provides the listener the reading of the 2nd chapter of the Book of James where the word favoritism is addressed in the Bible.  The Bible is clear that favoritism is not God’s will for our lives. First, favoritism is incongruent with God’s character: “God does not show favoritism” ( Romans 2:11 ). All are equal before Him. Ephesians 6:9 says, “There is no favoritism with him.”...

This 9m episode provides a reading from the 3rd chapter of the Book of James, verses 1 - 12 in regards to the untamable tongue of man. The concept of taming the tongue is found in James 3 where God declares, through the apostle James, that “no one can tame the tongue” ( James 3:8 ). The lengthy discussion about the tongue in this chapter is both convicting and illuminating. Among the things this c...

This 5min and 25second episode provides a reading of the beautiful psalm by King David, God's chosen one. How David celebrated God's mercy and wondrous deeds for Israel consisted largely of praise and thanksgiving. Under the new covenant, all believers are priests unto God (1 Pet. 2:5, 9) and should offer the spiritual ministry of praise and thanksgiving to God. "By (Christ) therefore let us offer...

This 15m episode opens with scripture readings throughout the Bible. Then taken from a short story that takes one's imagination to one of a child reaching upward to grasp the finger of an adult. The child is represented as the one telling the story and the Adult is the Heavenly Father. An image that is precious to the storyteller as one sharing the pure intimacy of the joy of knowing that his Heav...

This 5min episode introduce readings from James chapter 1. The word "temptation" (Gk. peirasmoi) does not refer to enticements to sin, but to trials, persecution, and afflictions or Satan. The believer must meet these trials with joy (Mat. 5:11-12); Rom. 5:3; 1 Pet. 1:6), for they will develop patience (perseverance, endurance). Our faith can only reach full maturity when faced with difficulties a...

This 10m episode bears witness to the LIGHT . Much as our words reveal to others our hearts and minds, so Jesus Christ is God's "Word" to reveal His heart and mind to us. "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (14:9). A word is composed of letters, and Jesus Christ is "Alpha and Omega" (Rev. 1:8), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. According to Hebrews 1:1-3, Jesus Christ is God's...

David gave an amazingly accurate description of the suffering the Messiah would endure hundreds of years later. David was obviously enduring some great trial, but through his suffering he, like the Messiah to come, gained victory. Jesus, the Messiah, quote this verse while hanging on the cross (22:1); carrying our burden of sin (Matthew 27:46). It was not a cry of doubt, but an urgent appeal to Go...

This 9m episode provide you the listener, readings from chapters 1 and 2 of the book of Proverbs the Wisdom of Solomon . One of the most annoying types of people is a know-it-all, a person who has a dogmatic opinion about everything, is closed to anything new, resents discipline, and refuses to learn. Solomon calls this kind of person a fool. Don't be a know-it-all. Instead, be open to the advice...

This 7min episode provide you the listener a short story concerning election and predestination, where we might use the analogy of a great ship on its way to heaven. The ship (the church which is within you) is chosen by God to be His very own vessel. Christ is the Captain and Pilot of this ship. All who desire to be a part of this elect ship and its Captain can do so through a living faith in Chr...

This 13min episode provide you the listener a reading of the story of the woman with the issue of blood found in Mark 5:24–34 and Luke 8:42–48 . I read from Mark's account here because it offers a little more details than that of Luke's.  What we know about the woman is, first, she had a bleeding condition , and the issue had continued for twelve years . That’s a very long time. Secondly, she...

This 8m episode provide you the listener a reading from the 6th chapter of the Book of Daniel. Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge,” and his three countrymen from Judea were chosen and given new names. Daniel became “Belteshazzar,” while Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah became “Shadrach," "Meshach," and "Abednego.” The Babylonians most likely gave them new names that were completely disassocia...

This 21m episode provide you the listener with scripture text in regard to the infinite mercy of our LORD God!  Demonstrating mercy is one way God reveals His Glory. The word mercy in Exodus 33:19 means “kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.” When God said, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy,” He meant that He would show kindness, compassion, and forgiveness to anyone He chooses. G...

This 7m episode provides you the listener a full reading of the 55th chapter of the Book of Isaiah .  This great invitation is descriptive of God calling the people of Israel to come to Him. God’s words at the beginning of the 55th chapter uses the metaphors of water, wine, milk, and bread. The action that God desires is for the people of Israel to “come to the waters.” Specifically, God want...

This 5m episode provides you the listener with a scripture read of the 90th division of Psalms vs. 1-17, followed by commentary thought of the Prayer of Moses the man of God . This prayer was prayed in regard to the Israelites disobedience to God. After acknowledging their iniquities and God's punishment, Moses prays for the restoration of God's favor and of God's blessing. The Word of God says, m...

This 2min episode is a reading from the 8th Book of Psalms, a Psalm of David. THE SON OF MAN: The N.T. quotes these verses from the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew O.T.) and applies them to Jesus (Heb. 2:6-8; cf. Eph. 1:19-22). It is only in Him that these truths are perfectly realized. He is the One who, as a representative of the human race, will be given the full dominion over a...

This 15m episode discuss the Scripture text surrounding Pentecost . The outpouring of the Holy Spirit—the pouring out of God’s Spirit to fill and indwell people—was prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled at Pentecost ( Acts 2 ). This event was predicted in the Old Testament: in Isaiah 44:3 God said to Israel, “I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour...

This 5m episode is regarding the Powerful Prayer that was prayed by Jabez . The prayer of Jabez is found in a historical note within a genealogy: “Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! The prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:10 cont...

This 8m episode provides the listener with the reading of The Parable of the Good Samaritan which is precipitated by and in answer to a question posed to Jesus by a lawyer. In this case the lawyer would have been an expert in the Mosaic Law and not a court lawyer of today. The lawyer’s question was, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" ( Luke 10:25 ). This question provided Jesus wi...

This 13m episode provides you the listener the reading of scripture from the parable of the Sower . Everybody lives by faith in something or someone. The difference between the Christian believer and the unsaved person is not that one has faith , and the other does not. They both have faith. The difference is in the object of their faith, for faith is only as good as the object. The Christian beli...

This 3m episode demonstrates why we sing unto the LORD with our hearts filled with praise. Mother Daley once again reminds us in song of the JOY in knowing that her LORD and Savior, Jesus is coming again . Psalm 95:2 reminds us; “Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him”. A psalm is a song intended to be sung with musical instruments. However, what a wonder when yo...

This 7min episode of Luke 16:19-31 contains the account of a very rich man who lived a life of extreme luxury. Laid outside the gate of this rich man’s house, however, was an extremely poor man named Lazarus who simply hoped “to eat what fell from the rich man’s table” (v. 21). The rich man was completely indifferent to the plight of Lazarus, showing him no love, sympathy, or compassion whatsoever...

This 10m episode is a reading from the Full Life Bible's Article in regard to THE PEACE OF GOD . The initial peace that comes from having our consciences wiped clean grows as we get to know God better ( Hebrews 10:22 ). Second Peter 1:2 says, “May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord” (NLT). When we grow in understanding of the depths a...

In this powerful prayer episode from Luke 18th chapter, it reminds us that the Word of God said that men ought to always pray! The Deacons gathered at the altar to shed prayer coverings over one and all. For the Christian, praying is supposed to be like breathing, easier to do than to not do. We pray for a variety of reasons. For one thing, prayer is a form of serving God ( Luke 2:36-38 ) and obey...