Hello everybody. Welcome to another episode of Christ with coffee on ice. I am your host,

Ali Yost. It is a joy and honor to be here with you guys. And I hope that you are having a really

incredible week so far. Well, it's near the end of the week. So I hope you had a great week.

Today is going to be a really fun day. Just because we're hanging out together, that's like the main thing for me at least, is this is going to be a great day because we get to be together and we're alive and we're breathing and God is good and he's faithful and he's kind and he's near to the broken hearted and he has compassion and he weeps when we weep. he laughs when we laugh. Like, he is such a good dad. He's such a good, good dad. Yeah, that's why today is going to be sweet. And I'm saying that also because I don't know where this episode is going to go. But I do feel it on my heart for us to read scripture today. We haven't done that in a while and I really don't want to lose that in the pod. I think that that is always going to be something that is fruitful. It's always good to do. And sometimes, I don't know, maybe for you guys, it's like you want to read with friends. Maybe that is what makes the Bible more fun for you, is reading it with friends. And so today is going to be a day of scripture. So I would really love for you guys to join me in that, whether you are near your

Bible, if you're in a situation where you can read your Bible. If you're operating a vehicle, though, don't do that. You're welcome to just listen to the word of God. But I would encourage you that if you're in a place to be able to read along, I just think that's like the most effective way for us to receive the word of God and to

like really meditate on it. It's just the best when we're really reading along physically in a book.

I don't know. Maybe that's just me. But it's also good to listen to it too. So I'm not judging you.

If you're on your holy girl walk and you're listening to this, praise God. Okay, I don't know what we're going to read. So Lord, guide us in this time as we are reading your

word. And I pray that whatever we open to, it is what you want your children to hear. I pray for

encouragement. I pray for revelation. I pray for clarity. I pray for peace, whether that's on

situations that they're actively walking through, but also just clarity of your heart. God,

I pray that we start to use this tool, not necessarily as a manual for life, but a resource of

understanding your heart more and knowing you. I pray that that's what

today is for. And I know that we could still have all the answers of our life probably answered in this.

And I do believe that as we are seeking your heart and we are seeking a deeper understanding of who you

are, through that we will receive the answers

and the clarity and the revelations that we may need for situations in our life. But first, God,

let us just seek your heart. And I ask that we just pursue you in this reading. That we want to

know more about you, God, because we only really know a sliver of you.

There's so much more to learn about you, God. And so I pray that that's what this episode is for,

and that's what this time of us reading scripture will be used for. In Jesus' name, amen.

Okay, do I just do a fun, any, meeny, mini, moan open?

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