April 23rd, 25: Sent Out With Compassion: Walking Through 1 Samuel, Psalms, Chronicles, and Matthew

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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, where we journey through the pages of Scripture together every single day. In today’s episode, Hunter—your host and Bible reading coach—guides us through pivotal passages from 1 Samuel 27, Psalm 141, 1 Chronicles 9, and Matthew 10. We’ll witness David’s escape to Philistine territory, hear the heartfelt prayers of the psalmist, trace the returning exiles in Israel’s genealogies, and listen as Jesus sends out his disciples with challenging words on mission, authority, and compassion.

Along the way, Hunter offers encouragement for our own walk with Christ—reminding us that, like the disciples, we are sent into the world with both Jesus’ credentials and his compassion. Through prayer and reflection, today’s episode is an invitation to renewal, perseverance, and joy—even in the midst of life’s challenges. So grab your Bible, settle in, and let’s discover what God has in store on this day in our journey together.

TODAY'S DEVOTION:

He sends us out with his credentials and his compassion. In today’s reading from Matthew 10, we see Jesus sending out his twelve disciples. He isn’t sending them out on their own or with their own limited resources—he’s sending them with his authority, his message, and his compassion. The disciples are given the power to heal, to cast out evil spirits, to announce the kingdom of heaven. They go out in his name, equipped to do his work, to be his presence in the world.

But Jesus also tells them, and us, to be prepared for misunderstanding and rejection. It’s all a part of following him. If he was misunderstood and persecuted, it shouldn’t surprise us if we are treated in the same way. Even when we offer Jesus’ message of love and grace, we may face resistance—maybe even from those closest to us, in our families or our communities. But we are not to lose heart. He is clear: What happened to him will happen to those who walk in his way, but he still sends us out empowered by his Spirit.

And he sends us not as distant messengers, but as his apprentices. Christ in us—his presence moves through our actions, our words, our lives. He asks us to see the world as he sees it: through the eyes of the Father, with a heart determined to restore, heal, and make new. We are to take that compassion, that vision, and move out into the world with it. That is our calling—to show up, to represent his credentials, and to live out his compassion.

This journey will not always be easy. It may involve suffering, rejection, or leaving things behind. But Jesus promises that life—tru