Daily GNT Bible Reading Podcast

About Daily GNT Bible Reading Podcast

Join us in reading through the whole Good News Bible (GNT) in 365 24-minute-long podcasts!

Publisher

Phil Fields

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2022

Latest episode

31 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

383 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Dec 2025

   000: 2026 Daily Bible Reading Introduction and How-to's

   Hi there! I'm so glad you have clicked to listen to this introduction to the Digging Deeper Daily Bible reading plan and podcasts for 2025. If you want to read the Bible in a great reading plan that will hold your attention and enable you to stay with the program, you are in the right place. If you want to listen, the complete Bibles I have recorded following my reading plan are the New Living Translation and the Good News Bible. If you can, do both: listen to the podcast while reading along. My name is Phil Fields. I'm almost 75 years old and happily married to Gale. We have three children, and five grandkids. In 1983, when our kids were still small, our family went as Bible translators to Papua, Indonesia. We finished a New Testament translation for the Orya people in 2005. Since that time I have been leading an organization which is translating the Bible into the national language of Indonesia. We're hoping that the entire Bible in the Plain Indonesian Translation will be finished at the end of 2025. Our sponsoring organization is Pioneer Bible Translators. When I started the Daily Bible Reading Podcast in 2014 the primary audience I had in mind was my grandkids. I wanted to make a set of Bible recordings for them, to leave behind what I would tell each one of them if, and when, they fall into difficult times. Here's a list of what I will cover: Our web addresses How to contact me Podcast release schedule Take a look at the How-to's at our site. Different ways to follow the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan Choose a Bible translation that makes sense for you for daily reading. Please note these web addresses: For NLT podcasts and How-to information, go to http://ddeeper.today, or http://dailybiblereading.info. For GNT podcasts and How-to information, go to http://dailygntbiblereading.info. You can listen to the podcasts at the websites just listed, but it is a better user experience to use a podcast app for listening. How to contact me: My favorite way for you to contact me is via the contact button at the top of all my websites. Podcast release schedule: Every Sunday, seven podcasts will be released covering the next week of listening. Sometimes an eighth bonus episode will also be released. How-to's: If you would like pointers on podcast listening apps, please see the How-to's, linked in the banner of the websites above. A good podcast app makes it easy to see the episode notes, remembers your place and will automatically queue up your next episode, and lets you speed up my reading to 1.20%. Please also see the How-to pages for detailed information about the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. Different ways to follow the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan: READ in a real-book Bible: To do that, download the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan PDF. See the banner at our website and click on Plan.PDF. OR Follow the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan using the YouVersion Bible app on your phone or tablet. To find the 3D plan, go to the Plans page, choose Find Plans, and search for the name, Digging Deeper. How about READing and LISTENing?! Open your podcast player and start the introduction to your next episode. While listening to my greeting, you'll have time to open the YV app to your next day in the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. When you sign up for a YV reading plan, you are given an option to do the plan privately or share it with your friends. If you share the plan with friends, at the end of each day's readings, you will be given the opportunity to share something you gleaned from the readings. This is fabulous and a great way to connect with your friends through the Bible app. But since the Digging Deeper Daily plan is for the whole Bible in 365 days, I suggest you share with a select group of close friends, or maybe 1-2 other people, or just do the plan privately. Choose a Bible translation that makes sense for you and for a year-long reading program. Many churches use literal translations like the ESV. My own church uses that translation. But the ESV is not very well suited for a year-long reading program, especially if this is your first time reading the whole Bible. I strongly recommend the NLT or the GNT for following the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. Please take my advice as a Bible translator: Using a translation like the NLT or GNT is even more important if you will be listening to your Bible readings while doing something like driving to work. For more information about Bible translations, see the READ heading in the How-To pages.

2. 

   19 Oct 2025

   293: Buckling the Belt Lesson 6: Know who you are.

   Lesson 6 THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth by believing you are ACCEPTED, SECURE, AND SIGNIFICANT. According to Dr. Neil T. Anderson, nearly all Christians struggle to overcome Satan's lies in at least one of these three areas: 1) I'm not accepted. No one wants me. God certainly couldn't want someone like me. Even though I confess sins, I never feel that I am fully forgiven. 2) I'm not secure. I am weak. The evil one is stronger than I am. I'm gonna fall into the trap of sin and never get out. 3) I'm not significant. I never live up to anyone's expectations, even my own. I am worthless and stupid. If you are a believer in Christ and believe in what God's Word says, these are lies. I hope that the outcome of this lesson is that you know which of the three lies is the one you struggle with the most. Then, when you figure out which is your weakness, Anderson's Freedom In Christ Ministries gives you verses you can memorize to combat the problem. https://www.ficm.org/about-us/who-i-am-in-christ/ Buckle the belt of truth in your area of weakness. Of course, it seems obvious that the three areas I listed will likely be related to each person's personal history. Some children are permanently scarred by parents who cannot be pleased, no matter how hard one tries. Parents, after all, come with hang-ups that they have inherited from their parents. Other children suffer long periods wondering if they will have a mother or father tomorrow. In my case, I think my weakness relates to not learning to read in my first three grades of school. I think that harassing evil spirits possess keen observational powers by which they discover our weaknesses. I think they can tell when their whispered temptations work. So beware! Evil spirits often introduce thoughts into our minds which they pass off as our own thoughts. In other words, they don't tell you, "You're worthless." Instead they pass off the suggestion as if it came from your own mind, by whispering, "I'm worthless." If you experience insistent negative thoughts about yourself, I urge you to ask God to reveal the source of them. In my introduction above, I have stated the three weaknesses negatively. When stated positively, as I will start to do now, these three inner-messages are the foundation of your spiritual identity. Let's go through them one by one in the order given by Anderson. =====Say to yourself: I am ACCEPTED by Christ===== If you believe in Jesus and simply come to him, the Bible tells you, "You are accepted by him." John 1:12 is the first verse Anderson gives as an antidote to this problem: But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. For many verses given as antidotes to this problem, I find myself arguing if I can fulfill the conditions. The verse just quoted has easy conditions. Do I believe in Jesus? Yes. Have I asked Him to come into my life? Yes. I have accepted Him, and that means He accepts me! The verse says, "to all" who do those two things, "he gave the right …" So I'm not left out! He gives to all who believe and accept Him "the right to become children of God." The next verse goes on to say that those same people become reborn. I will depart from Anderson's list to give some of my favorites: Mat. 11:28 Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." If you fit the description, notice the word 'all'. I find many such verses in John's writings. In Rev. 21:6 Jesus—from his position sitting on the throne with God — says, "To all who are thirsty, I will give freely from the springs of the water of life." Then in chapter 22:17, "The Spirit and the bride (that is the whole assembly of redeemed people) say, "Come." Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life." Similarly, in John 7:38, Jesus promises, "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" For your convenience, in the episode notes, I list the verses that Anderson gives that help you to claim that YOU are ACCEPTED by God: I am accepted… John 1:12 I am God's child. John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 I have been justified. 1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price and I belong to God. 1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ's body. Ephesians 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child. Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ. Hebrews 4:14-16 I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ. =====Say to yourself: I am SECURE===== I love how Romans 8 gives us a wonderful logical progression to tell us that we are secure. We are one with Christ, or as the NLT translates it, we belong to Christ. This means no one can condemn us. Those in that position will find the life-giving Spirit working in them. Other than transforming our lives, the Spirit is a guarantee that we are God's sons. Again God's Word uses the word 'all': Romans 8:14 NLT For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Even though, to be gender sensitive, some translations use 'children' here, I think it is good for women to also consider that they become— spiritually speaking— 'sons'. (Men have a similar difficulty in accepting that they are part of the 'bride of Christ'.) The precious thing here is that these verses say that we ALL are given the legal status of 'sonship', which according to Roman law, could not be changed. (Rom. 8:15) Having this legal position of sonship means that no one and no spiritual power can separate us from the love of God and of Christ. Romans 8 is the most emphatic statement about our security that you will find in Scripture! Once again, in the episode notes I give the nine verses Anderson lists: I am secure! Romans 8:1-2 I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:28 I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances. Romans 8:31-39 I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from the love of God. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God. Colossians 3:1-4 I am hidden with Christ in God. Philippians 1:6 I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me. Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven. 2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. 1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me. =====Say to yourself: I am SIGNIFICANT===== It is actually a short logical step from our believing that we are Accepted and Secure to believing that we are SIGNIFICANT in God's eyes. For instance, if you are one with Christ, it is like you are part of his body. Let's say a little toe. Well just think: No one wants to lose a toe! Every little part of our body is significant to us, especially if it becomes hurt. I suspect that Satan's lackies whisper to people that believing yourself to be significant to God is prideful. But it is not being prideful to tell the truth about yourself. Base your significance on the amazing things God's Word says about you, then your significance will not be prideful. It can be helpful to notice the times when the Holy Spirit gives you a nudge. Do you feel it natural to call God your Father (Abba) when you pray?— as Romans 8 talks about. Have you ever felt the nudge to pray for someone? Has a verse of Scripture ever sort of 'jumped off the page'? Did that ever cause you to repent or take some action? In a conversation, have you ever suddenly felt that you should say something to help someone. Has anything ever happened to you that might be leading you to exercise a spiritual gift? (Gifts like teaching, counseling, encouraging, being generous, etc.) These things can be reassuring, we must not totally rely on such experiences, to encourage us about our significance. Please also realize that having a packed schedule of all kinds of church volunteering will never bring a true assurance of your significance. Consider these eye-opening verses assembled by Dr. Neil Anderson: I am significant… John 15:5 I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life. John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit. 1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God's temple. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God. Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm. Ephesians 2:10 I am God's workmanship. Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. This is the link to the display of "Who I am in Christ" at the Freedomn In Christ Ministries website: https://www.ficm.org/about-us/who-i-am-in-christ/ So, the identity we possess in Christ means that we are ACCEPTED, SECURE, AND SIGNIFICANT. And I think it is revealing how this relates to our spiritual armor, as found in Ephesians 6. The seven items of our armor are seven facets of every believer's identity. There is a PDF file attached to this episode that documents what the figures of speech mean for each item of our spiritual armor: Armor Handout: Understanding how to wear our spiritual armor https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yyi6NShxL3bmz_-SMMsomuBauK0Y754A/view?usp=drive_link 14a belt of truth — significant 14b breastplate of righteousness — accepted 15 shoes — accepted, secure, and significant 16 shield of faith — secure 17a helmet of salvation — accepted 17b sword of the spirit — secure 18 cell phone of prayer — accepted and significant [Improved from lesson 4:] How to pray to make sure you are wearing your spiritual armor: Lord God, give me strength to stand firm. Help me to wear— and be aware— of all the spiritual armor You have given to me, so that I can stand against Satan and his forces: Please remind me that I am already wearing the breastplate of righteousness, because Jesus died and was raised to life, and He has given me right standing in your sight. Help me to keep on the boots of the Gospel of peace, not only being ready to share the good news about Christ, but also anchoring my life in the truth of the Gospel. May I always wear the belt of truth, believing in everything you say about me in the Bible, and therefore never letting go of my shield, which is fully believing that you will shield me when I experience Satan's temptations and be with me in all my trials. May I always have the helmet of salvation, because I know You have saved me. Help me to study the Word of God, so that it is a ready resource that the Holy Spirit will use (like a scalpel) to operate on me, as well as prompting me to lovingly share Your truth with others. And help me to never forget that the Holy Spirit gives me an instant connection to You in prayer.

3. 

   30 Dec 2023

   000: 2024 DDeeper Trailer and How-to's

   Hi there! I’m so glad you have clicked to listen to this trailer to the Digging Deeper Daily Bible reading plan for 2024. If you want to read the Bible in a great reading plan that will hold your attention and enable you to stay with the program, you are in the right place. My name is Phil Fields. I’m almost 74 years old and happily married to Gale. We have three children, and five grandkids. In 1983, when our kids were still small, our family went as Bible translators to Papua, Indonesia. We finished a New Testament translation for the Orya people in 2005. Since that time I have been leading an organization which is translating the Bible into the national language of Indonesia. We’re hoping that the entire Bible in the Plain Indonesian Translation will be finished at the end of 2025. Our sponsoring organization is Pioneer Bible Translators. When I started the Daily Bible Reading Podcast in 2014 the audience I had in mind was my grandkids. I wanted to make a set of Bible recordings for them, to leave behind what I would tell each one of them if and when they fall into difficult times. Here’s a list of what I will cover: Remember this new Web address: DDeeper.today. Please Sign up for email Why it’s a good idea to use a good Bible reading plan. Choose a Bible translation that makes sense for you for daily reading. Different ways to follow the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan Pointers about podcast listening How to contact me. Remember this new Web address: DDeeper.today. I realized recently how hard it is to find my websites when they are named DailyBibleReading.info. When I started podcasting in 2014, there were not many podcasts or blogs with that name. So I am hoping that the oddity of the new web address will help everyone looking for information on the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan and podcasts. The site is DDeeper.today with two D’s. I figure most other podcasters won’t misspell Deeper like I have. Even though it starts with two D’s, I’m pronouncing it like it started with just one. Please Sign up for email: There are times when I want to announce a special episode or a new feature in the YV Bible app. And listeners often like to hear about our Bible translation ministry. That is why I suggest that you sign up for my email updates. You will join a special list that is only for 2024. You will receive no more than 5 emails. I won’t ask for donations or try to sell you something. Please sign up by going to DDeeper.today, click the How-to’s link, and choose the menu item entitled 2024 Email Sign-up. Why it’s a good idea to use a good Bible reading plan: If you start at the beginning of the Bible and attempt to read straight through, you will likely get bogged down somewhere in the Old Testament. The Bible is not organized like a novel. The Digging Deeper Daily reading plan will help you be successful. If you are looking for a reading plan that covers the whole Bible, I highly recommend you choose a reading plan that contains something from the New Testament every day. For more information about the 3D reading plan, please click the How-To link at DDeeper.today and scroll down. I suggest that you view the short video on that page entitled How to Study the Bible. READ in a real-book Bible: You’ll want to download the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. The link for that is found right on the front of DDeeper.today. It is labeled Plan.PDF. READ the 3D reading plan using Bible apps on your smartphone or tablet: Subscribe to the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan in the YouVersion Bible app. This app is available for Android and Apple devices. LISTEN to the DDeeper.today podcasts. The podcasts have an introduction to each of the three daily readings. The introductions remind you of what you heard yesterday, and the podcast ends with a prayer that I normally don’t close with an Amen, hoping that you will continue to pray. How about READing and LISTENing?! Open your podcast player and start the introduction to your next episode. While listening to my greeting, you’ll have time to open the YV app to your next day in the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. You’ll get way more out of each day’s readings if you have time to do it this way, reading and listening. When you sign up for a YV reading plan, you are given an option to do the plan privately or share it with your friends. If you share the plan with friends, at the end of each day’s readings, you will be given the opportunity to share something you gleaned from the readings. This is fabulous and a great way to connect with your friends through the Bible app. But since the Digging Deeper Daily plan is for the whole Bible in 365 days, I suggest you share with a select group of close friends, or maybe 1-2 other people, or just do the plan privately. Choose a Bible translation that makes sense for you and for a year-long reading program. Many of you will be using a translation like the ESV for taking to church. My own church uses that translation. But it is not very well suited to a year-long reading program, especially if this is your first time reading the whole Bible. I strongly recommend the NLT or the GNT for following the Digging Deeper Daily reading plan. Please take my advice as a Bible translator: Using a translation like the NLT or GNT is even more important if you will be Listening to the Bible readings while doing something like driving to work. See more information about Bible translations under the READ heading in the How-To’s. How to listen to podcasts: Please see the Listening How-To’s by clicking the How-To’s link at DDeeper.today. I recommend you use a podcast aggregator app that makes it easy to see the episode notes, that remembers your place and will automatically queue up your next episode, and that lets you speed up my reading to 1.20% speed. If you use smart speakers to play the DDeeper.today podcasts, please help me improve the instructions found in the How-To’s. My favorite way for you to contact me is via the contact button at the top of all my websites. If you are using an Alexa device, I recommend controlling the playback with the Amazon Music app. The three older domain names for my two Bible-reading websites will still take you to the same pages. The main old website is dailybiblereading.info. Also: dailyNLTbiblereading.info dailyGNTbiblereading.info For any long-time listeners, I believe that the change of the name of the podcast to DDeeper Daily and the new domain name will not change the way your podcast player is interacting with the podcasts. If you find otherwise, please let me know. When I chose the odd extension for the DDeeper site, not dot Com, or dot info, but ‘today’, I thought of two places where the word ‘today’ is highlighted in the New Testament. One is ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭6:2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ [2] For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:6‭-‬7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ [6] So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. [7] So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” That last quote is one you will need to read in context to really understand. My point in sharing those two verses is to encourage you. Each day that you read the Bible with the goal of reading all of it, the Holy Spirit will be helping you experience the amazing spiritual transformation that God wants for you. Find salvation, and enter the place of rest and safety God has for you. Please Sign up for email by going to the How-to’s at DDeeper.today.

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