{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Faith","title":"From “In the Beginning” to Amen // True Religion // Mark Davies // August 09, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2251,"description":"From “In the Beginning” to Amen // True Religion\n \n \nHave You Ever Wondered, What Pleases God?\n \nIsaiah 58:3-12(ESV)\n“Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?”\n \n \nReligious Activity Can Hide a Heart Far from God’s Heart.\n \n \nGod’s Heart (Light) Is Revealed in How We Treat People.\n \n \nFasting Isn't Merely Emptying Yourself of Food.\nIt's Learning to Empty Yourself for Others.\n \n \nGod Turns Surrounded People into Workers of Restoration.\n \n \nJeremiah 22:3-5 (NLT)\n“This is what the Lord says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent! If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects. But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the Lord, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”\n \n \nJames 1:27 (NLT)\n“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.”\n \n \nMatthew 5:14-16 (NIV)\n“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.”\n \n \nRomans 8:29 (ESV)\n“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.\n \nRomans 8:29-30 (MSG)\n“God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xe5ZmqsbRK_eg3Aa1aaHkwMagjXYQWPYjJYhv8jTcBI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDUw/MGUwMDE1NzNlYTc4/ZWM2Y2YzZWJjMjQy/MmQ2Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}