Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Genesis 47-48; Psalm 10; Luke 19Click HERE to give! Get Free App Here! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome to today's episode of Daily Radio Bible. On this 19th day of January, join Heather as she guides us through our daily journey through the scriptures. Heather shares her heartfelt return after dealing with personal challenges, including the passing of her mother and her daughter’s hospitalization. Today’s readings cover Genesis chapters 47 and 48, Psalm 10, and Luke 19. Heather delves into powerful stories such as Jacob blessing Pharaoh, Joseph managing the severe famine, and Jacob’s final days including his blessings for Manasseh and Ephraim. We also explore Psalm 10's lament and plea for justice, and the transformational encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus in Luke 19, concluding with the parable of the ten servants. Heather's reflections emphasize the recognition of our identity in Christ, the importance of investing in our loving King's riches, and the generous, kind nature of our King. Join us in prayer and spiritual contemplation as we draw closer to God’s love through the scriptures. Stay connected with us at dailyradiobible.com and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe. Let's go forward with the joy of the Lord as our strength, always remembering that we are deeply loved. TODAY'S DEVOTION: Do you see it? 2 of the 3 servants described in this parable saw it. They saw a gift and an opportunity. All 3 were chosen by the king to steward his riches. They had no riches of their own. They were given the opportunity to be made wealthy by someone else's wealth. They would be honored by the king, and that honor would be multiplied simply by investing money that wasn't even theirs. They harvested riches that they did not plant. They were given cities that they had no hand in building or growing. That is the kind of king we serve. He is generous and loving, so much so that he blesses us with things that we haven't and cannot earn. He has chosen us to invest his riches, and then he multiplies our honor even beyond that. What a good, generous, kind, and loving king. 2 of the 3 servants saw it. Zaccheus, the disciples, and some notorious sinners saw it. But one servant of the king saw the complete opposite. He got it completely wrong. His response to the generous king was, master, I hid your money and kept it safe. I was afraid because you are a hard man to deal with. Taking what isn't yours and harvesting crops you didn't plant. This servant is deceived about who the master is, what the master's heart is like, and who he himself is. He has forgotten that he is a servant, that he has nothing, and that he has a responsibility to the king. That's his role. That's who he is. He has forgotten his identity. Apart from the king, he has no riches or honor. He has forgotten this and missed the loving, generous heart of the king. Our king rewards, honors, and multiplies his blessing upon us, his people, who have nothing apart from him, simply because he is a King of love. May we invest our loving King's riches and see the honor in doing it. May we recognize our identity in him, our King of love. That's a prayer that I have for my own soul. That's a prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, and my daughters, and my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen. Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our ...
