Humble Leadership
Our Daily Bread Podcast
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Among you stands one you do not know, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. |
| 0:07.6 | John 1, 26 through 27. |
| 0:12.7 | Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. |
| 0:16.4 | Humble Leadership was written by Lisa M. Samra and read by Rochelle Trout. |
| 0:22.3 | John Chapter 1, verses 19 through 28. |
| 0:27.3 | Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and |
| 0:32.1 | Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, I am not the Messiah. They asked him, |
| 0:41.7 | then who are you? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, no. |
| 0:50.5 | Finally they said, who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. |
| 0:56.5 | What do you say about yourself? |
| 0:59.1 | John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, |
| 1:02.3 | I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness. |
| 1:05.7 | Make straight the way for the Lord. |
| 1:08.7 | Now the Pharisees who'd been sent questioned him, why then do you baptize |
| 1:13.1 | if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? I baptize with water, John replied, |
| 1:20.5 | but among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose |
| 1:27.1 | sandals I am not worthy to untie. |
| 1:30.8 | This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. |
| 1:38.6 | Humble Leadership, written by Lisa M. Samra. |
| 1:43.5 | My friend Butch Briggs has been the beloved coach for the swim teams at a local high school for 51 years. |
| 1:51.7 | Out of curiosity, I asked him how many state championships he'd won during his five decades. |
| 1:58.6 | In his trademark, gentle tone, he quipped, |
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