Redemption Project: Recent Episodes
Geoffrey Wright
You are a work in progress, or, a Redemption Project. In fact, God is redeeming this world to himself, and if you’re a believer in Christ he’s actually making you more like him every day. The goal of this podcast is to engage with God’s word through daily devotionals and connect in community through occasional interviews with friends and neighbours.
For Christmas we hope for gifts under the tree and wait for the arrival of friends and family. We would hate if someone stole our Amazon box off the porch or if our travel plans and gatherings were cancelled- because these things mean something to us. If these things (that don’t matter much) mean so much to us, then what does Jesus’ birth and arrival mean to us? Three Biblical stories show us clearly what this incarnation 2,000 years ago means for us today.
In this interview I get to introduce you to my friend Glodi and ask him a few questions about his life, the Cloverdale village neighborhood where he grew up and where he worked for quite a while and what his hopes and dreams are for the rest of this year and beyond.
“Ainsi, mes bien-aimés, vous qui avez toujours obéi, non seulement quand j'étais présent, mais bien plus encore maintenant que je suis absent, mettez en œuvre votre salut avec crainte et profond respect. En effet, c'est Dieu qui produit en vous le vouloir et le faire pour son projet bienveillant. Faites tout sans murmures ni contestations afin d'être irréprochables et purs, des enfants de Dieu sans défaut au milieu d'une génération perverse et corrompue. C’est comme des flambeaux dans le monde que vous brillez parmi eux en portant la parole de vie. Je pourrai alors être fier, le jour de Christ, de n'avoir pas couru ni travaillé pour rien. Et même si mon sang doit couler pour le sacrifice et le service de votre foi, j’en suis heureux et je me réjouis avec vous tous. Vous aussi, soyez de même heureux et réjouissez-vous avec moi.” Philippiens 2:12-18 S21
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. - Philippians 2:12-18
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. - Psalms 121
“Chant des montées. Je lève mes yeux vers les montagnes: d’où me viendra le secours? Le secours me vient de l’Eternel, qui a fait le ciel et la terre. Qu’il ne permette pas à ton pied de trébucher, qu’il ne somnole pas, celui qui te garde! Non, il ne somnole pas, il ne dort pas, celui qui garde Israël. L’Eternel est celui qui te garde, l’Eternel est ton ombre protectrice, il se tient à ta droite. Pendant le jour le soleil ne te fera pas de mal, ni la lune pendant la nuit. L’Eternel te gardera de tout mal, il gardera ta vie. L’Eternel gardera ton départ et ton arrivée dès maintenant et pour toujours.” Psaumes 121:1-8 S21
“En effet, la vie d’un être est dans le sang. Je vous l'ai donné sur l'autel afin qu'il serve d'expiation pour vos âmes, car c'est par la vie que le sang fait l'expiation.” - Lévitique 17:11
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. - Psalm 101:2-4
“Je serai attentif à la voie des hommes intègres. Quand viendras-tu vers moi? Je marcherai avec un cœur intègre au milieu des miens. Je ne mettrai rien de mauvais devant mes yeux. Je déteste la conduite des pécheurs: elle n’aura aucune prise sur moi. Le cœur pervers s’éloignera de moi; je ne veux pas connaître le méchant.” Psaumes 101:2-4
Meet Tayyna! Tayyna is a great neighbour and friend of ours. In this interview podcast Tayyna shares her testimony and her dreams for 2020.
“then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness." - Isaiah 16:5
“Le trône s'affermira par la bonté et sur lui, dans la tente de David, on verra siéger en toute vérité un juge soucieux du droit et zélé pour rendre la justice.” Esaïe 16:5
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity. Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry. For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love. - Psalm 106:43-45
“Plusieurs fois, il les a délivrés, mais eux, ils s’obstinaient dans leur révolte, et ils se sont enfoncés dans leur faute. Il a vu leur détresse lorsqu’il a écouté leurs plaintes. Il s’est souvenu en leur faveur de son alliance, il a eu pitié d’eux, conformément à sa grande bonté,” Psaumes 106:43-45 (S21)
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. - Isaiah 11:1-5
You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many. - 2 Corinthians 1:11
“Mais Dieu m'avait mis à part dès le ventre de ma mère et m'a appelé par sa grâce.” - Galates 1:15 ...“En lui, Dieu nous a choisis avant la création du monde pour que nous soyons saints et sans défaut devant lui. Dans son amour, il nous a prédestinés à être ses enfants adoptifs par Jésus-Christ. C’est ce qu’il a voulu, dans sa bienveillance, pour que nous célébrions la gloire de sa grâce, dont il nous a comblés dans le bien-aimé. En lui, par son sang, nous sommes rachetés, pardonnés de nos fautes, conformément à la richesse de sa grâce.” - Ephésiens 1:4-7
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles... - Galatians 1:16 ... even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, - Ephesians 1:4-7