Today we determine to draw nearer to God and embrace the filling of His Spirit. Watch This Episode Instead: https://youtu.be/9Ki-nGTTHmM Focus Passage: Matthew 23:25-28 ESV Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact 25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. 27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 00:00 Intro 01:06 Breathing Exercise 03:01 Meditation Preparation 03:35 Prayer 04:15 Bible Reading and Meditation 1 07:05 Bible Reading and Meditation 2 09:52 Bible Reading and Meditation 3 13:37 Devotional 16:17 Closing Prayer 17:48 Closing Remarks Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode below. Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the pod on Patreon! Patreon.com/freedomstorymedia Enjoy fun and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryAndFriends.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Focus Passage: Acts 10:9-16 ESV Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact 9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.  Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode below. Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the pod on Patreon! Patreon.com/freedomstorymedia Enjoy fun and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryAndFriends.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 36, Revelation 22, Malachi 4, Psalm 150 Focus Passage:‭‭ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ ‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf365 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf730 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 35, Revelation 21, Malachi 3, Psalm 149 Focus Passage: ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭3‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf364 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf729 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 34, Revelation 20, Malachi 2, Psalm 148 Focus Passage: ‭ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf363 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf728 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 33, Revelation 19, Malachi 1, Psalm 146-147 Focus Passage: ‭Psalm‬ ‭147‬:‭7‬-‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf362 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf727 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 32, Revelation 18, Zechariah 14, Psalm 145 Focus Passage: ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭145‬:‭4‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf361 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf726 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 31, Revelation 17, Zechariah 13, Psalm 144 Focus Passage: ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭31‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf360 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf725 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Merry Christmas Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 30, Revelation 16, Zechariah 12, Psalm 143 Focus Passage: ‭‭ ‭‭ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭16‬:‭15‬ ESV Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)“ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭16‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf359 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf724 Get the devotional episodes and meditations via email in 2024 by subscribing at our partner site here: https://unshacklednetwork.org/bible/ Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com

Today's Readings from the Plan: ‭‭2 Chronicles 29, Revelation 15, Zechariah 11, Psalm 142 Focus Passage: ‭‭ ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭142‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Read the Text, Meditate on it, Pray Through It, & Contemplate the Impact ”I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me! Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.“ Listen to the Full Devotional For Today's Readings: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf358 Subscribe, rate, and share this episode to spread the word of God! Comment on this episode: https://freedomstorymedia.com/fbtf723 Want to be a part of telling inspiring stories of God's work among the poor and marginalized? Support the documentary series> Storiesfromtheedges.com Enjoy challenging and inspiring TV? Watch the Fury and Friends Show: FuryandFriends.com Want other great podcasts? FreedomStoryPodcastNetwork.com This podcast is brought to you by Freedom Story Studios and the Unshackled Network. Freedom Story Studios is a Freedom Story Media Company and exists for small business owners and nonprofit leaders who either don’t have the time, talent, or top dollar to create the compelling media needed to help grow their business or organization. If that’s you? Let Freedom Story Studios help tell your story with video production at affordable prices so that you can experience freedom in life and in business. FreedomStoryStudios.com