The Quiet Rest Podcast

A Change of Mind Today's Passage: 2 Peter 3:9 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day "Be Alert" by Warren Wiersbe provides some great insight on God's timeline for Christ's return as well as about the definition of repentance. To further explain repentance, we'll look at 2 Cor. 7:9-11. Our prayer from The Valley of Vision is entitled "The Cry of a Convicted Sinner" (used by permission from Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Before the Throne of God Above" by Charitie Bancroft (1863). Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lord, Finish What You've Begun Today's Passage: Psalm 138:8 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day Today we'll take a look at Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible. This is a special passage to me personally. I'll tell you how I pray it into my life. Our prayer is "Praying Through Psalm 138:2" from the Knowing Jesus site. Hymnary: "Psalm 138" by Isaac Watts. Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to Ben Everson for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lost and Found Today's Passage: Matthew 16:25 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We have a little commentary from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Mt. 10:38-39. Today we look at Jim Elliot's journal containing a well known quotation that fits with this scripture Our prayer from The Valley of Vision is entitled "Man, A Nothing" (used by permission from Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Teach Me, My God and King" by George Herbert (1633). Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Love Your Neighbor Today's Passage: Leviticus 19:18 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We'll consider a thoughtful quote as well as Mt. 19:19, Phil. 2:3, and John 13:34 regarding forgiveness. The Mayo Clinic site makes some observations that we'll look at about letting go of grudges and bitterness. Today's prayer from the Knowing Jesus site is "Prayer For All Who Struggle With Anger, And Unforgiveness". Hymnary: "Forgive Us, Lord, to Thee We Cry" by Thomas Hastings (1886). Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waiting Today's Passage: Isaiah 40:31 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day Albert Barnes has some excellent commentary on this verse that we'll read together today. Psalm 62:5 speaks of our "expectation"--what does it mean? Today's prayer from The Valley of Vision is "The Soldier in Battle" (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "The God of Abraham Praise" by Daniel ben Judah (1404) Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shamar Today's Passage: Psalm 121:7-8 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We'll discover what "shamar" means in Spurgeon's Treasury of David. It's important to have perspective on hardships in this life. I'll share a quote and also we'll look at The Pulpit Commentary on Job 42:5. Today's prayer from The Valley of Vision is "Voyage" (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "A Mighty Fortress" by Martin Luther (1529) Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Shadow of the Almighty Today's Passage: Psalm 91:1 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We'll read some commentary from the context of this verse as well as Exodus 15:26. There is a book by this title, written by Elisabeth Elliot. We'll look at a bit of the background from a post at the Desiring God blog post, "Slain Under the Shadow of the Almighty". Today's prayer from The Valley of Vision is "Refuge" (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "The Secret Place" by Ron Hamilton's CD Songs of Home and Heaven: https://music.apple.com/.../songs-of-home-heaven/1095948113 Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What Is It All For? Today's Passage: Mark 8:36 We'll read from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day as well as Shakespeare's "MacBeth", Gill's Exposition, and the Gospel Coalition Prayer: "Evening Praise" (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Take the World, But Give Me Jesus" by Fanny Crosby (1879). Access all episodes here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I Am His, And He Is Mine Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:25-26 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day Isaiah 54:5, Revelation 2:4, and Matthew 6 are our commentary today. Here is a link to the "31 Days of Praying for Your Husband" Challenge: https://www.reviveourhearts.com/.../31-days-of-praying.../ Today's prayers are "Prayer in Grateful Thanks for My Husband" and "Prayer to Find a Loving Husband" from the Knowing Jesus website. Hymnary: "I Am His And He Is Mine" by Wade Robinson (1890). Access all episodes on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Father's Pity Today's Passage: Psalm 103:13 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We have to look at Luke 15 to see this illustrated in parable form Wiersbe's Be Courageous (his commentary on the second half of Luke) offers some heartfelt insight. Today's prayer is "New Beginning" from The Valley of Vison (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven" by Henry Francis Lyte (1834)--"Fatherlike, He tends and spares us..." Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Access all episodes of The Quiet Rest Podcast on our Podpage here: https://www.podpage.com/the-quiet-rest-podcast/episodes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wise Children Today's Passage: Proverbs 23:24 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day John Gill's Exposition is the commentary we'll read from together today We will also look at 3 John 1:4. Today's prayer is "Prayer for Our Children" by Amy Carmichael Hymnary: "The Father Looks on Me" by Chris Anderson, 2015 (music by his daughter, Rebekah). Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keep Looking Up! Today's Passage: Philippians 3:20 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day "Be Joyful" by Warren Wiersbe has some great thoughts today We'll also look at Titus 2:11-13 and 1 Cor. 15:52-54 Today's prayer is "The Second Coming" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from The Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Jesus Shall Reign" by Isaac Watts (1719). Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Giver and His Gifts Today's Passage: Luke 11:13 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We will also look at the context (Luke 11:1-13) of this verse, which is important. What is the greatest gift God has given us, aside from our salvation? We'll talk about this. Today's prayer is "Prayer to Become a Giving Person" from the Knowing Jesus website. Hymnary: "We Plough the Fields and Scatter" by Matthias Claudius (1782). Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God Speaks Today's Passage: Psalm 19:1-2 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day We'll look briefly at Romans 1:20 together, as well as a quote from Aristotle. We'll have two hymn texts today, with such a worshipful text. "God Has Spoken" is a meditative, effective hymn text by friend Chris Anderson, which begins with God speaking at creation and ends with Jesus speaking on the cross. Today's prayer is "God, the Source of All Good" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from the good folks at Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "How Great Thou Art" by Carl Gustav Boberg (1899-the current version is actually an English translation of a Russian version based on an earlier German translation of the original Swedish!). Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Narrow Way Today's Passage: Matthew 7:13-14 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day Today we will look at a quote from "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan. We'll also look at a poem entitled "Flame of God" by Amy Carmichael. Today's prayer is "Worship" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from the good folks at Banner of Truth). Hymnary: "Believe Not Those Who Say" by Anne Bronte (1850). Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hinds Feet Today's Passage: Habakkuk 3:19 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day I'll share some excerpts from "Hinds Feet on High Places" by Hannah Hurnard (on our Little Books list in the Featured Posts here in the group) Today's prayer is "Prayer to Keep Me From Fear When Times Are Hard" from the Knowing-Jesus blog. Hymnary: "My Jesus, As Thou Wilt" by Benjamin Schmolck. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is an audio conversion of a video devotional presentation I gave for a departmental webinar for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, June of 2023 on the topic of God's omniscience. I hope it's a blessing to you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eternal God Today's Passage: Psalm 90:2,4 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day Where does "everlasting" occur most in the Bible? I'll tell you! I'll share a portion from "My Father's Names" by Edward Towns, accessible via the digital commons at the Liberty University website. Today's prayer is "Things Needful" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Banner of Truth⁠⁠⁠⁠). Hymnary: "I Am His, and He Is Mine" by Wade Robinson (1890), including a verse you may have never heard. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Love of JesusToday's Passage: Ephesians 3:17-19--We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day--And we'll look at the context of these verses--the entire prayer--I have some commentary from MacLaren's Expositions to share: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ephesians/3-19.htm--Today's prayer is "The Love of Jesus" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Banner of Truth⁠⁠⁠⁠).--Hymnary: "O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" by S. Trevor FrancisThank you to Ben Everson our intro and outtro music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once for All! Today's Passage: Hebrews 9:28 We'll read the brief devotional from⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Verse of the Day⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hebrews 10 provides some important context for our study today. Today's prayer is "Evening Prayer" from The Valley of Vision (used by permission from ⁠⁠The Banner of Truth⁠⁠) Hymnary: "Once for All" by P. P. Bliss Don't miss any announcements, giveaways, free resources and more--join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Catch up on past episodes at our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podpage⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Everson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro and outtro music!