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Growing Episodes

Our purpose: to encourage, exhort, and educate God's family to a growing, Biblical, dynamic, soul-satisfying, God-glorifying prayer life.
Under "Growing," you will find episodes that are basic to the understanding and advancement of authentic community with Almighty God.
Aug. 24, 2023

Our Signature Episode What is Prayer? - Category - Growing

This is the first revision of our Signature Episode; it is worth a listen, even if you have heard the previous one. In examining the Duty, Glory, and Excellency of prayer, we are reminded that: I am a Sinner. Being human mean...

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July 15, 2023

Growing Praying in the Holy Spirit and Faith pt 2 - Faith

Editor's note (that's Fred) We have had some life stuff in the providence of God and s little none-sense of Fred, which have delayed this episode. For the providence of Almighty God, we are thankful. As per my none-sense, I e...

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July 2, 2023

Prayer 101: Our Signature Episode, What is Prayer? Category: Growing …

In examining the question, "What is Prayer?" We accidentally learn why we pray. Even though no Biblical person asks why we pray? Their lives reveal our anguished need for prayer. We are sinners. Until glory, we struggle with ...

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June 17, 2023

Growing Praying in the Holy Spirit and Faith pt 1 The Spirit.

It is not any hyperbole or overstatement to say prayer puts all He has done for my soul into proper perspective. His promises of eternal life have been affirmed as only could be, by sincere converse, prayer, and the word, wit...

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May 18, 2023

Prayer 101: Our Signature Episode, What is Prayer? Category: Encourag…

In examining the question, "What is Prayer?" We accidentally learn why we pray. Even though no Biblical person asks why we pray? Their lives reveal our anguished need for prayer. We are sinners. Until glory, we struggle with ...

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May 8, 2023

Personal/Powerful Prayer Lesson 5 - God is the Same Yesterday, Today,…

After a Fight, Fall, Fight, I experienced a Funeral. It was the funeral of my dad. The worst tragedy of my life. You can listen to the series in order. Personal/Powerful Prayer Lesson published March 20, 2023. Personal/Powerf...

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April 29, 2023

Personal/Powerful Prayer Lesson 4 - God is the Same Yesterday, Today,…

God answered my prayer in the third quarter of 1984 and sent Cathy and me back to Phoenix to continue and finish my education. On the way back, we desired to fish and camp from Boise to northern Idaho and visit with every fri...

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Jan. 20, 2023

Our Extended Ryle: A Call to Prayer - Depend on it, Prayer is Power.

I cannot get enough of J.C. Ryle’s dedication and wisdom. Catching us back up, Bishop Ryle has been illustrating “eminent” Christians, and as he finishes up with these examples he encourages us with: “Depend on it, prayer is ...

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March 16, 2021

Reviewing Our Motivations and Results in Prayer - A Case for Our Affe…

“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been ...

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March 3, 2021

Eternal Review: Basics 101 Just Pray, Why don’t Ya?

“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been ...

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Sept. 21, 2020

Praying in Freedom… According to the Need of the Moment.

Prayer is never to be constrained by form. If we are to expect in our communication with others, “only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Eph...

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Aug. 18, 2020

Mid-Week Review 3: Just Talk to God

We have been created, by our blessed God, as a unique creation fit for eternal communion with Him, being moved by His divine power and attributes; we were meant to understand the glory of God and enjoy who He is for all etern...

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July 25, 2020

Mid-Week Review 2: Just Talk to God

Mid-Week Review 2: Just Talk to God Matthew 11:28-30 28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHAL...

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July 17, 2020

Review - first principles: Good news and Bad news 1

The price of knowledge is eternal review - Don’t ask. I cannot remember precisely who I stole that from. I am convinced as Christians as we, from time to time, struggle with the old ennui, it is our soul longing for a more in...

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May 4, 2020

How to Build a Beautiful Prayer from the Tools You Already Know

The sweet prayer, “The Valley of Vision” begins with The confession: Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by the mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. ...

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