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One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on the Daily Radio Bible, a daily Bible‑in‑a‑year podcast with 20‑minute Scripture readings, Christ‑centered devotion, and guided prayer.This daily Bible reading and devotional invites you to live as a citizen of Jesus’ kingdom, reconciled, renewed, and deeply loved.
TODAY'S EPISODE:
Introduction
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible. It’s April 7th, day 97 in our journey through the Scriptures. I’m Hunter, your Bible reading coach and companion as we walk together daily through the Word of God. Today’s readings take us to 1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2, where we encounter Hannah’s deep longing for a child and her heartfelt prayer, followed by Psalm 66—a shout of joy and praise for God’s awesome deeds. We’ll also hear from 2 Corinthians 7, where Paul writes about godly sorrow that leads to life and restoration.
Together, we’ll reflect on the yearning for life that marks both ancient stories and our own hearts, remembering that God hears our prayers and calls us to live abundantly. We’ll close our time in prayer, trusting God to fill our lives with his purpose, peace, and joy.
So grab your Bible, find a quiet space, and join me as we read, pray, and journey onward together.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
Life is what we all want.
Hannah wants a child. She's a childless mother, and she longs for life. We see this story time and time again throughout the Bible—Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Samson’s mother, Hannah, Micah, and Elizabeth. All of these women experienced the ache of longing for life. They wanted children. They wanted life.
And, truthfully, isn’t that what we all want? We’re made for it. We are creatures who yearn deeply for life—real life, a life with meaning, hope, and fulfillment. And just like them, we cry out. Sometimes our cries are desperate, sometimes silent, sometimes shaped into prayers, sometimes only sighs. But God hears. He listens to the longing in our hearts. God, in His great love, makes a way for us to experience the life that we desire. That’s what we see over and over again in the scriptures.
Jesus tells us he has come so that we might have life, and have it abundant. This is his invitation—to bring our cries, our hopes, our very selves to him. He alone is our source. When we call out, he hears us, and from his fullness, we receive the life he’s designed for us.
Let’s be sure to bring every longing to him. Let’s open our hearts to receive the life only he can give. This is the prayer that I have for my own soul. This is the prayer I have for my family, for my wife and my daughters and my son. And that’s the prayer 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 Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ. Amen.
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