Episodes

The easy part: My grumpy old man prayer (when I remember to employ it) brings much more peace and rest to my soul and is more effective in my personal, face-to-face conflicts. The hard part: Occasionally I watch various news ...

Amidst the anger of false teaching on prayer, unbiblical promises, and taking advantage of those not schooled in the will of God, feeling Holy Spirit's permission (I believe) to vent a little about our need to come into God's...

Full Episodes coming in two days! Our God and our Savior is available to us at all times, we commune with Him from dawn to dawn from now to eternity. Qoph Psalm 119:137-144 145 I cried with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I ...

Walking by faith equals peace, leading us to trust in the good Providence of our Holy God and Savior. We have had a short delay, and all is good. Prayerfully the unexpected time off is over, yet we commit our time and circums...

Top Ten Reasons we pray for our Spiritual Leaders. 10. Our leaders fall into “all the saints.” Ephesians 6:18 9. We forget. The best of men are men at best. (J.C. Ryle) 8. Protected by God. (Hedge about them) 7. Protected fro...

No matter what motivates us at the beginning of our prayer discipline, our prayers will glorify God, conform us to His will, and open up to us eternal life during our earthly sojourn. Maturing in the faith will not only see a...

New to prayer, beginning again after a multitude of fits and starts? We review the most fundamental principle of prayer, start talking to God. Set aside everything you know about prayer and talk. Children learn to talk by tal...

We review the podcast's purpose: the desire for every Christian to have a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying prayer life. It truly does break my heart that any Christian should not know the sweetness of comf...

In our first episode of "A Layman's Look at the Whole Bible," we say the Bible is the boss of us, and we are not the boss of it. Today we will discover the Bible is a genuine love letter from our Creator to all mankind. The c...

Look, if you can agree with Charles Spurgeon on any level when he said, “My spirits were sunken so low that I could weep by the hour like a child, and yet I knew not what I wept for.” This episode may just give you comfort. A...

Look, if you can agree with Charles Spurgeon on any level when he said, “My spirits were sunken so low that I could weep by the hour like a child, and yet I knew not what I wept for.” This episode may just give you comfort. T...

Reading David ( a few years back) say, Thy gentleness makes me great, from Psalm 18:35, threw me for a minor loop, for gentleness was not in the top ten attributes of God in my mind. It is reasonable, therefore, we have the w...

This Psalm is the pebble drop in water, and its ripple is found in Romans 7… 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them… 22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man (Romans 7:22) Then...

Psalm 18:35 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand upholds me, And Thy gentleness makes me great. When this verse first jumped out at me, I was more than a little startled. I had never real...

God in teaching us His word, is equated with lovingkindness. I love that concept. Ayin Psalm 119:121-128 121 I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Be surety for Thy servant for good; Do ...

The Word of God sustains us through His promises and brings us solemn fear for His Holiness. Samekh. Psalm 119:1130120 113 I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Thy law. 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I ...

We mentioned this concept before in December 2021, before the physical ills, so the introduction is delayed. In this A Layman’s Commentary on the Whole Bible initial episode, you will hear: Our first blush direction of the ef...

Our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is the covenant (promise-keeping God). Therefore our path is illuminated for us by that word, and our rest is in His promises. Nun Psalm 119:105-112 105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And...

Our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is the covenant (promise-keeping God). Therefore our path is illuminated for us by that word, and our rest is in His promises. Nun Psalm 119:105-112 105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And...

You might hear one of my go-to verses to put our sojourn into proper perspective. Lamedh Psalm 119:89-96 89 Forever, O LORD, Thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness continues throughout all generations; Thou didst ...

It may sound odd to read: 1 Timothy 2:1-2 1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lea...

It may sound odd to read: 1 Timothy 2:1-2 1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lea...

To expand on the privilege it is to talk about prayer with you, I prefaced our reading today with: So often do I say this. It might sound like routine spoken without true meaning. In fact, there are times when I record and th...

Where do we go in the extremely acute sorrows or the turmoil of our souls? But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in eve...