Episodes

You catch me musing on this one; as I was recording, it occurred to me the utter height of hypocrisy is found in someone fasting to be seen by men. If fasting, in essence, is carrying such a burden on …

There are other times when our sorrow for our sins burst forth, remember like, Yahweh-Perazim, breaking through in victory, we are open and laid bare before the cross in repentance. The good news is the miraculous news. As a ...

The host is weak, faltering, and wholly inadequate for the task, but the word of God is none of those. The call for the children of God to forgive is serious, and the Bible uses: Serious Command as witnessed by: …

Glory to God for sharpening our prayers to His focus. When praying, "And take vengeance for me on my persecutors." I have learned from my soul to pray, "Lord Jesus, take vengeance by pouring out your wrath at the cross …

There is excellent news. As you are starting, struggling, or wrestling with God in prayer, you can expect at times to have great faith and at times to have significant doubt, but the great news is your faith is not …

I am overjoyed at the word of God and the Holy Spirit of God who reveals to us what we need when we need it. 2022, beginning October of 2021, will be a year (for me at least) of celebration …

One of my favorite devotional thoughts comes from: 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to …

A reminder that eternal life starts now and is execrated through prayer after salvation. Prayer, communion with Almighty God, our Savior, can be the sweetest, most intimate time of your day. "And since He bids me seek His fac...

We review how the podcast got its name, the aim of the podcast, and our prayers for the podcast. Originally published 08.24.2019 Richard’s introduction is worth the listen! "The consideration of these things has long engaged ...

There is none righteous, no not one. So says the word of God. We do God a dishonor and ourselves a disservice when we look upon our great cloud of witnesses, minimize their sins while over-inflating their earthly life with …

A problematic episode for the Free Range Preacher. Every sincere person who speaks forth the word of God in any context understands we are wholly inadequate to teach the word of God. Some moments are punctuated by the Holy Gh...

Old-time baseball players, the song "That's Life," and Sherlock help explain why prayer is essential for God's children to pray about everything so we can give God the highest glory and enjoy Him to the utmost. "And this is e...

The prayer of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2 is pure worship. As was her vow, she has delivered Samuel to the temple of God, to the care of Eli, the high priest. Her son, a Nazarite, was now in God's …

Published January 2019 There are two central principles we examine in this edited and enhanced republishing of a devotional on thanksgiving: First, no matter where we are in our earthly pilgrimage, joy in victory or sorrow in...

We draw closer to God because he works in our past, present, and future for our good and for His eternal glory. Published 12.04.2018 Over the years, I have learned a little about podcasting, and some of the lingo, as …

Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! Thy wings shall my petition bear. To Him whose truth and faithfulness Engage the waiting soul to bless. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His …

Warning Long Episode. Nothing to fear; take a break and meditate on these marks: Prayerlessness…20:26 Pride…………………33:36 Discouragement..to the end. Using the Ronna pandemic over the last few months, we outline three possible ...

R.C. Sproul was right. What Do Ya Know about that? In today’s episode, we will look at the question, does prayer change things? Whether does or not, our call is to pray, and our new inner man longs for communion …

The delight in prayer is a two-way delight. Not only do we delight in the presence of God in our prayers, but He takes pleasure in hearing from His children, the redeemed. We will see this through: Two personal illustrations …

In 1832 Robert Murray M'Cheyne wrote, Mind quite unfitted for devotion. Prayerless prayer. We all have those times when God seems distant from us for a variety of reasons, and our minds are unfit for devotion, and our prayers...

You may have noticed the phrase in Matthew 6:13; [For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]’, is in brackets. I know you know this, but when we find a New Testament verse or passage …

Is laid for your faith in His excellent word! What more can He say than to you He hath said— To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? "The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose, I will …

"When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; For I will be with thee thy trouble to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress." Joseph Genesis 50:20 20 "And as …

God is THE person; all personhood came from God, and as we are created in His image: We know He has a plan, and He has a purpose for all of His creation. This is why we know, as witnessed …