Daily Dose

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. A short note from me. I'm travelling due to a bereavement, so the show is taking a break and will be back on Monday 9 November. Thank you for your prayers. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a whole lotta God. Follow for a new episode each day.

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. What happens when you and the person you love are at different places with God? We look at what "unequally yoked" is actually picturing, what Paul and Peter say to couples who are already married, how Timothy's mixed household worked, and the practical conversations that tend to get skipped until after the wedding. Scriptu...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Everyone has a number in their head, a salary or a savings pot, and it tends to move once you reach it. We look at Agur's short prayer in Proverbs 30, the rich man who built bigger barns, and the promise in Hebrews 13 that sits underneath contentment. Scripture: Proverbs 30:7-9, Luke 12:15-21, Hebrews 13:5 Daily Dose. A li...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. The clocks went back and we all got an extra hour, or so it seemed. We look at the one man in the Bible who got a real one: Hezekiah, who was given fifteen more years. We ask what he did with them, and what we're doing with the time we've got. Scripture: Psalm 90:12, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Isaiah 38:1-8, Isaiah 39:1-8 Daily Dos...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. A boy hears his name in the dark, an old priest answers the hardest news of his life with a shrug, and Israel asks the right question and goes looking for the wrong answer. We look at what it means to hear God, and at what happens when we treat holy things like lucky charms. Scripture: 1 Samuel 3 & 4 Series: 1 Samuel,...

Myrin joins us to talk honestly about nine months of feeling far from God. He shares the verses he went back to, a memory of his auntie, the story of the lost sheep, and what he felt God said back to him when he asked why. Scriptures: Matthew 28:20, Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 41:10, Deuteronomy 31:6, Psalm 23:4, Isaiah 43:2, Luke 15:3-7, Philippians 4:6-7 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Nothing physical has happened, but your closest friend is no longer your partner. We talk about emotional affairs: how closeness drifts, why it never feels like cheating while it's happening, and what Proverbs, the Song of Solomon and Samson have to say about who gets your heart. Scripture: Proverbs 4:23, Song of Solomon 4...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. October is Black History Month in the UK, and Black history is often taught as if it starts with the chains. Today we go further back and look at the African kings in your Bible. We cover the land of Cush, the pharaoh Tirhakah, and what historians know about the Kushite dynasty that ruled Egypt. We also ask what it changes...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Why does everyone else's life seem to look better than yours? We go back to Cain and Abel, where the trouble started with a sideways look rather than a crime. What God says to Cain before anything goes wrong has a lot to say to anyone who has ever felt that little twinge while scrolling. Scripture: Genesis 4:1-7 Daily Dose...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. The last of three episodes looking at familiar stories through the eyes of people the Bible barely names. Today, a servant at Cana who filled the jars and knew where the wine came from. Scripture: John 2:1-11 Series: Through Other Eyes, 3 of 3 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a whole lotta God. Follow for...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Is church discipline actually biblical? A listener asks whether it's man-made, whether it's judging, and what the church should do for someone going through it. We look at Scripture and at what the Adventist Church Manual says. Scripture: Matthew 18:15-17, Matthew 7:1-5, Galatians 6:1, 2 Corinthians 2:6-8, Romans 8:1 Got a...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. The story of Stephen, seen through the eyes of a young man at the edge of the crowd with his arms full of other people's coats. A short imagined look at what he might have seen and heard, and what it means to stand by. Scripture: Acts 6:15, Acts 7:54-60, Acts 8:1, Acts 22:20 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, a...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. You notice someone, and straight after comes the guilt. Is attraction itself a sin? A look at where the Bible places the line, from Adam's first words to David on the rooftop. Scripture: Genesis 2:23, Matthew 5:27-28, James 1:14-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-4 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a whole lotta God. Follo...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Nine questions that are harder than they look. Four comebacks from Manasseh, Naomi, Job and Peter, then five from 1 Samuel 1 and 2. Keep score, and drop a comment below. Scripture: 2 Chronicles 33, Ruth 1, Job 42, John 21, 1 Samuel 1-2 Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a whole lotta God. Follow for a new e...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Imagine standing in the crowd of the five thousand, tired and hungry, at the very back. You can’t see Jesus. You’re hearing it all third-hand, and you’re doing the maths on whether it’s worth staying. A short imagined look at a familiar story from where most of us actually stand. Scripture: John 6:1-14, Mark 6:34-44 Series...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Hannah hands over the son she waited years for, and sings. Then we meet the priests at Shiloh who should have known better. We look at the setting, the fork and the fat, a plain linen ephod, and a little robe sewn a year at a time. And we ask what God does when the people running His house let people down. Scripture: 1 Sam...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. A chilled Sabbath episode. Why God rested first, what Jesus said the Sabbath is for, and some ideas for spending it well as the evenings get darker. Church is good, and there's a note for the weeks you can't make it. Scripture: Genesis 2:2–3 / Mark 2:27 / Matthew 11:28 — Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Do I have to forgive someone who isn't sorry? Forgiving, trusting and reconciling are three different things, and you don't have to do them all at once. Jesus on the cross, Joseph and his brothers, and one honest prayer for anyone who isn't there yet. Got a question you've been too awkward to ask? Send it in, completely an...

Heads up: this episode is about mental health. Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. It's okay to not be okay. Elijah in the desert, Jesus in the garden, and a psalm that ends in the dark. What God does when someone's at the end of themselves, and one small thing to do today. Scripture: 1 Kings 19:4–8 / Mark 14:34 — Daily Dose. A little word, a little real tal...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. The word nobody can say without wincing. What sexual purity actually means, what it isn't, and where grace fits for anyone who's been hurt or got it wrong. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 / Matthew 5:8 Part of the Above the Sheets series, every Wednesday. — Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk, and a whole lotta...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. "I'm fine" has covered up a lot of things for us all. The masks we wear are usually armour we picked up years ago and forgot we had on. Jesus on actors and audiences, David's prayer in Psalm 139, and one true sentence to try this week. Scripture: Matthew 6:5 / Psalm 139:23–24 — Daily Dose. A little word, a little real talk...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Some of the best and hardest parts of you were handed down. Something you do without thinking took people before you generations to get to. Exodus 3, Matthew's messy family tree, and why none of it disqualifies you. Plus one thing to do with an older person this week. Scripture: Exodus 3:15 / Matthew 1:3-6 — Daily Dose. A...

Heads up: this episode touches on infertility and the grief of waiting. Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Sunday Bible study begins. We're going through 1 Samuel together, starting with Hannah. The setting, the history, the Hebrew behind the English, and why God let her wait so long. Scripture: 1 Samuel 1 Part of the Daily Dose Bible Study series. — Daily...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Who told you that about yourself? God asks Adam a question in the first pages of the Bible that still applies to what we believe about ourselves. Plus Gideon, hiding in a winepress and called a mighty warrior, and why it's worth tracing where your worst thoughts about yourself came from. Scripture: Genesis 3:11 / Judges 6:...

Your daily word. A moment to pause, reflect, and invite God into real life. Good Question is back every Friday. Is it okay to doubt your faith? What Thomas, a desperate dad and John the Baptist show us about doubt, and what to do with it. Got a question you've been too awkward to ask? Send it in, completely anonymous: https://freesuggestionbox.com/pub/zkhkpua Scripture: Mark 9:24 / John 20:27 Part...