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. Happy Friday, everybody. We have our

coffee on ice. We do, we do, and we actually have ice in it today. So that's a win. We also

have our Christ. We have our word today. You guys, I'm really excited for today because we've never done this. Well, okay, we've done this, but we've never read from Genesis. And I'm really excited because I mentioned this in the episode a few weeks back now that we did with Angela, Halili, when she was in and she had asked a question where she was like, what is your favorite book in the Bible in the Old Testament? Because I think a lot of times I gravitate to the New Testament. I don't know. I might be the only one. I don't think I am though. I think a lot of us can probably relate to that. The Old Testament can just be intimidating in a lot of ways. And so I typically gravitate to the New Testament for that

reason. And also I just love reading about Jesus. So yeah, but I have been dabbling a lot more in

the Old Testament because it's just as relevant and it actually all still points to Jesus. And

yeah, there's just so much wisdom in the Old Testament. And so she'd asked me though, she was like,

what's your favorite book? And I was like, this is going to sound so cheesy and maybe even lazy. I don't know. But I was like Genesis. Like I love reading just the beginning of time and the beginning of God's creation and his thoughtfulness and like how he thought of us from the very beginning. And so I was thinking about that on my way here

today. And I was like, wait, why don't we just read Genesis? Like, I mean, I don't know. We're not going to read all of Genesis because it's pretty long. I don't know how much of it we will get through. Yeah, wait, how long is Genesis? Genesis is 50 chapters. It's pretty hefty. But we're going to read a little bit of Genesis. So you guys are

welcome to kick back, relax, listen. I would also love to encourage you guys to follow along as well. And so I am reading the NLT translation. I'll mention this every time we're reading on the podcast because I don't know if this would be your first time tuning into the podcast or not. I know it could be repetitive for some of you guys, but I just always want to clarify that it is the NLT

translation that I will be reading today. My Bible is from Hosanna Revival, which is like the sweetest company run by some of the sweetest people ever, and they have beautiful, beautiful Bibles and journals and all sorts of stuff. I have a code with them that you guys are more than welcome to use if you'd like to save

with shopping on their website, which is just my first and last name, Allie Oast. But yeah, guys, let's just get into it. Let's get into it. I'm going to start right at the top of Genesis 1. First and foremost, actually, I didn't even take a sip of my coffee. What am I crazy? Today I got a cinnamon dolce latte.

Yeah, I like the cinnamon. That's good.

Also, let's just pray really quick.

Jesus. crazy. Today I got a cinnamon dolce latte. Yeah, I like the cinnamon. That's good. Also, let's just

pray really quick. Jesus, I just pray for this time as we are reading from the very beginning of

the Bible as we are reading Genesis 1. And Lord, I just ask that our hearts are open and receptive.

Holy Spirit, I ask that you are with us, that you are in this room,

and you are in the room of my listener here on the other end, and that we are able to let this

scripture just speak to us, God. I pray that the Holy Spirit actually is our translator and is

able to translate what it is that you've put in this scripture to our hearts

and our minds. And so, God, I just pray against any distractions. I pray that we can just lock in

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