Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What Are You Willing to Release for Love?
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- 0:04Hello
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- 0:04Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:05Miller
- 0:05here
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- 0:06Bible
- 0:07Refresh.
- 0:08This
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- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:16Lectionary
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- 0:17this
- 0:18very
- 0:18day.
- 0:19The
- 0:19reading
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- 0:20understandable.
- 0:20I
- 0:20use
- 0:20the
- 0:21Message
- 0:21version
- 0:22Relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:23to
- 0:23the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:24ponder
- 0:24and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:26steps
- 0:26you
- 0:27can
- 0:27take.
- 0:28We
- 0:28pray
- 0:28and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:29in
- 0:29less
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- 0:2910
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:30It's
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- 0:35free
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- 0:36Bible
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- 0:43mission
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- 0:46millionaires
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- 0:47people
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- 0:49You
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- 0:52podcast
- 0:52and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:53your
- 0:53friends.
- 0:54Here's
- 0:54today's
- 0:55reading.
- 0:56Today's
- 0:57reading
- 0:57is
- 0:57from
- 0:57the
- 0:57Gospel
- 0:58of
- 0:58Luke
- 0:5925:33.
- 1:01Reading
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- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
- 1:03version
- 1:04of
- 1:04the
- 1:05Bible
- 1:06Figure
- 1:06the
- 1:07Cost
- 1:08One
- 1:08day
- 1:09when
- 1:09large
- 1:09groups
- 1:09of
- 1:10people
- 1:10were
- 1:10walking
- 1:11along
- 1:11with
- 1:11him,
- 1:12Jesus
- 1:13turned
- 1:13and
- 1:13told
- 1:13them,
- 1:14anyone
- 1:15who
- 1:15comes
- 1:15to
- 1:15me
- 1:15but
- 1:16refuses
- 1:16to
- 1:17let
- 1:17go
- 1:17of
- 1:18father,
- 1:18mother,
- 1:18spouse,
- 1:19children,
- 1:20brothers,
- 1:21sisters,
- 1:21yes,
- 1:21even
- 1:22one's
- 1:22own
- 1:22self
- 1:23can't
- 1:23be
- 1:24my
- 1:24disciple.
- 1:25Anyone
- 1:25who
- 1:26won't
- 1:26shoulder
- 1:26his
- 1:26own
- 1:26cross
- 1:27and
- 1:27follow
- 1:27behind
- 1:28me
- 1:28can't
- 1:28be
- 1:29my
- 1:29disciple.
- 1:30Is
- 1:30there
- 1:31anyone
- 1:31here
- 1:31who
- 1:31planning
- 1:32to
- 1:32build
- 1:32a
- 1:32new
- 1:32house
- 1:33doesn't
- 1:33first
- 1:33sit
- 1:34down
- 1:34and
- 1:34figure
- 1:35the
- 1:35cost
- 1:36so
- 1:36you'll
- 1:36know
- 1:37if
- 1:37you
- 1:37can
- 1:37complete
- 1:38it?
- 1:39If
- 1:39you
- 1:39only
- 1:40get
- 1:40the
- 1:40foundation
- 1:41laid
- 1:41and
- 1:41then
- 1:41run
- 1:42out
- 1:42of
- 1:42money,
- 1:43you're
- 1:43going
- 1:44to
- 1:44be
- 1:44looking
- 1:44pretty
- 1:44foolish.
- 1:46Everyone
- 1:46passing
- 1:47by
- 1:47will
- 1:47poke
- 1:47fun
- 1:47at
- 1:47you.
- 1:48He
- 1:48couldn't
- 1:49start
- 1:49at
- 1:49something
- 1:49he
- 1:50couldn't
- 1:50finish.
- 1:52Or
- 1:52can
- 1:52you
- 1:53imagine
- 1:53a
- 1:53king
- 1:53going
- 1:54into
- 1:54battle
- 1:54against
- 1:55another
- 1:55king
- 1:56without
- 1:56first
- 1:57deciding
- 1:58whether
- 1:59it
- 1:59is
- 1:59possible,
- 2:00with
- 2:00his
- 2:0110,000
- 2:01troops,
- 2:02to
- 2:02face
- 2:02the
- 2:0220,000
- 2:03troops
- 2:04of
- 2:04the
- 2:04other?
- 2:06And
- 2:06if
- 2:06he
- 2:06decides
- 2:07he
- 2:07can't,
- 2:07won't
- 2:08he
- 2:08send
- 2:08an
- 2:08emissary
- 2:09and
- 2:10work
- 2:10out
- 2:10a
- 2:10truce?
- 2:12Simply
- 2:12put,
- 2:13if
- 2:13you
- 2:13are
- 2:13not
- 2:14willing
- 2:14to
- 2:14take
- 2:14what
- 2:15is
- 2:15dearest
- 2:15to
- 2:15you,
- 2:17whether
- 2:17plans
- 2:17or
- 2:18people,
- 2:18and
- 2:18kiss
- 2:18a
- 2:19goodbye,
- 2:19you
- 2:19can't
- 2:19be
- 2:20my
- 2:20disciple.
- 2:24Some
- 2:24profound,
- 2:25profound
- 2:26passage
- 2:26of
- 2:26scripture
- 2:26here
- 2:28in
- 2:28this
- 2:28episode,
- 2:29we
- 2:29were
- 2:29talking
- 2:29about
- 2:30the
- 2:30cost
- 2:31of
- 2:31transformative
- 2:32love.
- 2:33So
- 2:33my
- 2:33friends,
- 2:33My
- 2:34name
- 2:34is
- 2:34Dr.
- 2:34Brad
- 2:34Miller
- 2:35and
- 2:35here
- 2:35to
- 2:35help
- 2:35you
- 2:35to
- 2:36unpack
- 2:36this
- 2:36a
- 2:36little
- 2:37bit
- 2:37as
- 2:37we
- 2:38explore
- 2:38a
- 2:38challenging
- 2:39passage
- 2:40about
- 2:40what
- 2:40it
- 2:40really
- 2:40means
- 2:41to
- 2:41follow
- 2:41Jesus
- 2:42Way
- 2:42of
- 2:42love
- 2:44Reminds
- 2:44me
- 2:44when
- 2:45my
- 2:45wife
- 2:45and
- 2:45I
- 2:45first
- 2:46decided
- 2:46to
- 2:47start
- 2:47out
- 2:47on
- 2:48some
- 2:48of
- 2:48the
- 2:48things
- 2:48we
- 2:48work
- 2:49on,
- 2:49we
- 2:49had
- 2:49to
- 2:50count
- 2:50the
- 2:50cost
- 2:51of
- 2:52opening
- 2:52ourselves
- 2:53up
- 2:53to
- 2:54others.
- 2:54Pain
- 2:54and
- 2:55struggle.
- 2:56Here's
- 2:57some
- 2:57points
- 2:57to
- 2:57ponder
- 2:59the
- 2:59first
- 2:59has
- 3:00to
- 3:00do
- 3:00with
- 3:01radical
- 3:01priorities.
- 3:03Jesus
- 3:04isn't
- 3:05actually
- 3:05telling
- 3:05us
- 3:06to
- 3:06hate
- 3:06our
- 3:06families.
- 3:07He's
- 3:08using
- 3:08hyperbole
- 3:09to
- 3:09make
- 3:09a
- 3:09point
- 3:10about
- 3:10about
- 3:10priorities
- 3:11and
- 3:11systems.
- 3:13Just
- 3:13like
- 3:13when
- 3:13I'm
- 3:14watching
- 3:14my
- 3:14beloved
- 3:14Pacers
- 3:15play,
- 3:15sometimes
- 3:15you
- 3:16gotta
- 3:16be
- 3:16willing
- 3:16to
- 3:17completely
- 3:17change
- 3:18your
- 3:18strategy
- 3:18to
- 3:19win
- 3:19a
- 3:19game.
- 3:20Jesus
- 3:21is
- 3:21calling
- 3:21us
- 3:21to
- 3:22prioritize
- 3:23the
- 3:23work
- 3:23of
- 3:23justice
- 3:24and
- 3:24love
- 3:25over
- 3:25maintaining
- 3:26comfortable
- 3:27systems,
- 3:28even
- 3:28when
- 3:29those
- 3:29systems
- 3:31benefit
- 3:31us
- 3:31personally.
- 3:33Another
- 3:34point
- 3:34to
- 3:34ponder
- 3:34is
- 3:35about
- 3:35the
- 3:35cost
- 3:35of
- 3:35transformation.
- 3:37The
- 3:37construction
- 3:38metaphor
- 3:38here
- 3:38hits
- 3:39home
- 3:39for
- 3:40me.
- 3:40After
- 3:4033
- 3:41years
- 3:41of
- 3:41marriage,
- 3:41I
- 3:42learned
- 3:42that
- 3:42building
- 3:43anything
- 3:43worthwhile,
- 3:44whether
- 3:44it's
- 3:44a
- 3:44relationship,
- 3:45a
- 3:45movement
- 3:45of
- 3:45justice,
- 3:46or
- 3:46a
- 3:47home
- 3:48or
- 3:48a
- 3:49more
- 3:49inclusive
- 3:49world,
- 3:50requires
- 3:51careful
- 3:51planning
- 3:52and
- 3:52total
- 3:52commitment.
- 3:54When
- 3:54my
- 3:55wife
- 3:55and
- 3:55I
- 3:55plan
- 3:55our
- 3:56hiking
- 3:56trips,
- 3:57we
- 3:57don't
- 3:58just
- 3:58start
- 3:58walking.
- 3:58We
- 3:59prepare
- 3:59and
- 3:59we
- 4:00count
- 4:00the
- 4:00cost.
- 4:00We
- 4:01prepare
- 4:01and
- 4:02take
- 4:02water
- 4:03and
- 4:03other
- 4:03things
- 4:03with
- 4:03us.
- 4:04We
- 4:05know
- 4:05what
- 4:05we're
- 4:05getting
- 4:05into.
- 4:07Another
- 4:08point
- 4:08to
- 4:08ponder
- 4:08is
- 4:09liberation
- 4:09through
- 4:09release.
- 4:11There's
- 4:11something
- 4:11powerful
- 4:12about
- 4:12Jesus
- 4:13calling
- 4:13to
- 4:13kiss
- 4:14goodbye
- 4:15what's
- 4:16dearest
- 4:16to
- 4:16us.
- 4:17It
- 4:17reminds
- 4:17me
- 4:18of
- 4:18watching
- 4:19my
- 4:19three
- 4:19adult
- 4:19children
- 4:20kind
- 4:20of
- 4:21forge
- 4:21their
- 4:21own
- 4:22paths
- 4:22in
- 4:22their
- 4:22life.
- 4:23And
- 4:23sometimes
- 4:24love
- 4:24means
- 4:24to
- 4:25let
- 4:25them
- 4:25go
- 4:26go
- 4:27out
- 4:27of
- 4:27our
- 4:27control.
- 4:28In
- 4:28progressive
- 4:29Christianity,
- 4:30this
- 4:30might
- 4:30mean
- 4:30releasing
- 4:31privileged
- 4:32positions,
- 4:32comfortable
- 4:33theologies,
- 4:34or
- 4:34traditional
- 4:35power
- 4:35struggles
- 4:36to
- 4:36embrace
- 4:37a
- 4:37more
- 4:37just
- 4:38and
- 4:38inclusive
- 4:39way.
- 4:40Here's
- 4:40your
- 4:41action
- 4:41step
- 4:42this
- 4:43week.
- 4:43Take
- 4:43an
- 4:43honest
- 4:44inventory
- 4:44of
- 4:45what
- 4:45you
- 4:45might
- 4:45need
- 4:45to
- 4:46kiss
- 4:47goodbye
- 4:48to
- 4:48fully
- 4:48embrace
- 4:49justice
- 4:49work.
- 4:50Maybe
- 4:51it's
- 4:51a
- 4:51privilege
- 4:51that
- 4:51you've
- 4:52had
- 4:52in
- 4:52your
- 4:52life,
- 4:52or
- 4:53something
- 4:53you've
- 4:54hung
- 4:54onto
- 4:54that
- 4:54you
- 4:54need
- 4:55to
- 4:55let
- 4:55go
- 4:55of,
- 4:56or
- 4:56a
- 4:56comfortable
- 4:57silence
- 4:57in
- 4:57the
- 4:57face
- 4:58of
- 4:58injustice.
- 4:59Choose
- 4:59one
- 5:00thing
- 5:00and
- 5:00create
- 5:00a
- 5:01concrete
- 5:01plan
- 5:01to
- 5:02let
- 5:02it
- 5:02go.
- 5:03Remember,
- 5:03like
- 5:04a
- 5:04dad
- 5:05telling
- 5:05jokes
- 5:06to
- 5:06his
- 5:06granddaughter,
- 5:07sometimes
- 5:07the
- 5:07hardest
- 5:07things
- 5:08become
- 5:08easier
- 5:09when
- 5:09we
- 5:09approach
- 5:09them
- 5:10with
- 5:10honesty
- 5:11and
- 5:11love.
- 5:12We'll
- 5:12come
- 5:13back
- 5:13with
- 5:13a
- 5:13closing
- 5:13prayer
- 5:14here
- 5:14in
- 5:14just
- 5:14a
- 5:14minute.
- 5:15Just
- 5:15want
- 5:16to
- 5:16remind
- 5:16you
- 5:16again
- 5:17that
- 5:17if
- 5:17you
- 5:17like
- 5:18what
- 5:18we
- 5:18do
- 5:18here
- 5:18on
- 5:18the
- 5:19Daily
- 5:19Bible
- 5:19Refresh,
- 5:20then
- 5:20you
- 5:20really
- 5:21need
- 5:21to
- 5:21be
- 5:21studying
- 5:22the
- 5:22Bible
- 5:22on
- 5:22your
- 5:22own
- 5:22as
- 5:22well.
- 5:23You
- 5:23know
- 5:23that.
- 5:24So
- 5:24here's
- 5:24a
- 5:25helpful
- 5:25tool
- 5:26for
- 5:26you
- 5:26to
- 5:26use.
- 5:27It's
- 5:27called
- 5:27the
- 5:27ABC
- 5:281,
- 5:292,
- 5:293
- 5:29Bible
- 5:30Study
- 5:30Guide.
- 5:30It's
- 5:31our
- 5:31free
- 5:31gift
- 5:31to
- 5:31you.
- 5:32So
- 5:32please
- 5:33go
- 5:33over
- 5:33to
- 5:33our
- 5:33website,
- 5:34voiceofgoddaily.com
- 5:36there's
- 5:36a
- 5:36link
- 5:36there.
- 5:37We'll
- 5:37help
- 5:37you
- 5:37with
- 5:38that.
- 5:38So
- 5:38go
- 5:38there
- 5:38and
- 5:39pick
- 5:39it
- 5:39up.
- 5:40Let's
- 5:40pray.
- 5:41Oh
- 5:42God,
- 5:42you
- 5:42are
- 5:42the
- 5:43divine
- 5:43challenger.
- 5:44And
- 5:44we
- 5:44confess
- 5:44that
- 5:45counting
- 5:45the
- 5:45cost
- 5:46of
- 5:46following
- 5:46you
- 5:46often
- 5:47leaves
- 5:47us
- 5:47trembling
- 5:48like
- 5:49a
- 5:49parent
- 5:49watching
- 5:50a
- 5:50child
- 5:50take
- 5:50their
- 5:50first
- 5:50step.
- 5:51Help
- 5:51us
- 5:52trust
- 5:52the
- 5:52journey,
- 5:53even
- 5:53when
- 5:53it
- 5:53feels
- 5:53uncertain.
- 5:54Give
- 5:55us
- 5:55courage
- 5:55to
- 5:55release
- 5:56what
- 5:56holds
- 5:56us
- 5:56back
- 5:57from
- 5:57full
- 5:57commitment
- 5:58to
- 5:58your
- 5:58way
- 5:58of
- 5:59love
- 5:59and
- 5:59justice.
- 6:00When
- 6:00we're
- 6:00tempted
- 6:01to
- 6:01claim
- 6:01the
- 6:01comfort,
- 6:02remind
- 6:02us
- 6:02of
- 6:03the
- 6:03freedom
- 6:03found
- 6:03in
- 6:04letting
- 6:04go.
- 6:05Help
- 6:05us
- 6:05build
- 6:05something
- 6:06beautiful
- 6:06for
- 6:06future
- 6:07generations,
- 6:08just
- 6:08as
- 6:08we
- 6:09hope
- 6:09our
- 6:09own
- 6:09children
- 6:10and
- 6:10grandchildren
- 6:11will
- 6:11build
- 6:11on
- 6:12the
- 6:12foundations
- 6:13we
- 6:13lay.
- 6:14Amen.
- 6:20My
- 6:20friend,
- 6:20I
- 6:20am
- 6:21delighted
- 6:21you
- 6:22chose
- 6:22to
- 6:22join
- 6:23me
- 6:23for
- 6:23today's
- 6:24reading.
- 6:25The
- 6:25Daily
- 6:25Bible
- 6:26Refresh
- 6:26is
- 6:27completely
- 6:28listener
- 6:29supported.
- 6:30Your
- 6:30gift
- 6:31goes
- 6:31a
- 6:31long
- 6:32way
- 6:32to
- 6:32getting
- 6:32the
- 6:32audible
- 6:33word
- 6:33of
- 6:33God
- 6:34from
- 6:34a
- 6:35progressive
- 6:35perspective
- 6:36into
- 6:372
- 6:37million
- 6:37years,
- 6:37a
- 6:38million
- 6:38people
- 6:39by
- 6:392028.
- 6:40I
- 6:41would
- 6:41be
- 6:41so
- 6:41grateful
- 6:42if
- 6:42you
- 6:42would
- 6:43go
- 6:43to
- 6:43voiceofgodddaily.com
- 6:45and
- 6:45share
- 6:46your
- 6:46gift
- 6:47of
- 6:47any
- 6:47amount.
- 6:48Thanks
- 6:49much.
- 6:50My
- 6:50name
- 6:50is
- 6:50Dr.
- 6:50Brad
- 6:51Miller
- 6:51and
- 6:51I'll
- 6:51be
- 6:51right
- 6:52here
- 6:52tomorrow
- 6:52with
- 6:53your
- 6:53Daily
- 6:54Bible
- 6:55Refresh.
- 6:56Please
- 6:56subscribe
- 6:57and
- 6:57tag
- 6:57your
- 6:58friends
- 6:59until
- 6:59tomorrow.
- 7:00Remember,
- 7:00God's
- 7:01loyal
- 7:01love
- 7:01doesn't
- 7:02run
- 7:02out.
- 7:02His
- 7:03merciful
- 7:03love
- 7:04hasn't
- 7:04dried
- 7:05up,
- 7:05it's
- 7:06created
- 7:06new
- 7:08every
- 7:08morning.