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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 the Daily Radio Bible, dear friends! On this July 18th episode, join your host Hunter as we celebrate day 200 of our journey through Scripture together. Today, we explore a rich selection of Bible passages, beginning with Isaiah chapters 32 through 35 and concluding with James chapter 2. Hunter guides us through themes of justice, transformation, and the outpouring of God’s Spirit promised in Isaiah, leading us into James’s powerful message that faith is made alive through good deeds. Along the way, you’ll be invited to reflect on the true meaning of obedience, participation with God, and a faith that moves from our heads to our hands and feet. We close our time together in prayer, seeking to be bearers of peace and love in our world. Whether you’re a seasoned listener or joining for the first time, settle in as we turn our hearts to the words of life and the love God has for each one of us.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
When we think about good deeds, as James talked about in today’s passage, it’s easy to imagine that God is simply after a long list of accomplishments or acts of kindness—things we do to prove ourselves. But that’s not it. He’s not looking for a checklist. He’s inviting us into something much deeper, into a real relationship—a relationship rooted in trust, participation, and obedience.
George MacDonald, the Scottish theologian, once said, “When we cease listening to the cries of self seeking and self care, then the voice that was there all the time enters our ears. It's the voice of the Father speaking to his child. Never known for what it is until the child begins to obey it.” Real good deeds, the kind James writes about, are not simply about outward performance. They’re about hearing the Father’s voice and responding in obedience—a loving participation in the life God has given us.
It's not just about thinking the right things, or believing the right doctrines in our heads; it's about moving from our heads to our hands and our feet—letting faith become real through action in the everyday, in love that serves others. Jesus calls us not only to agree with him, but to walk with him, step by step, letting our faith be seen and known through how we live and love.
It’s in the doing, in the participating, that we find transformation. This is how Christ is made visible in this world—when we act on what we say we believe. Let us do the next thing the Father sets before us, with hearts of trust in his loving care. Let’s allow our faith to come alive by engaging, serving, loving—letting Christ’s life flow through us.
That’s my prayer today—for my own soul, for my family, for my wife, my daughters and my son. And that’s my prayer for you. May it be so.
TODAY'S PRAYERS:
Daily Radio Bible Prayer – July 18th, 2025
Lord of heaven and earth, you have awakened us in your mercy once more. Still our anxious minds, quiet our striving hearts and help us to rest in the knowledge that we are held by you. May we walk in step with your spirit today—not ahead, not behind, but beside you—in trusted love through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
O God of all peoples, you formed every soul in your image and breathed life into every heart. Open the eyes of the nations, soften hearts grown cold, and teach us to live as neighbors and friends. Let your spirit move in power. Renew the face of the earth and usher in your reign of peace.
Amen.
And now, Lord, let me be a bearer of your peace. Where voices divide, let me speak grace; where fear takes root, let me plant trust; where the world rushes on, let me walk with you. May I seek not to climb but to kneel, not to win but to love, not to grasp but to give. For it is in emptying that we are filled, in surrender that we are strengthened, and in union with you that we find our truest joy.
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen.
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