Episodes

In a broad question, is it Biblical to ask, seek, and knock for salvation? Episode 11 of year four finds us examining whether or not praying for salvation or the assurance to our souls even to the point of annoyance is Biblic...

If you’ve ever wanted to read through Psalm 119 but been intimidated by the 176 verses, never fear. We are working on popup episodes reading through this beautiful Psalm. It is indeed a beautiful Psalm focusing on the word of...

The power of curses in everyday troubles is confirmation bias. For the children of God, no bad comes from the hatred of the devil or his worldly system. Bold words, but they are not mine, Psalm 119:92 is God’ said it for our ...

In each exhortation, our Lord bids us pray. Beloved, let us abound in supplication. Charles Spurgeon I cannot imagine (daring to call God is my witness) I cannot imagine to any degree, trying to live as a Christian, to walk t...

Jesus commands us to ask, seek, and knock. He teaches us to ask, seek, and knock for good things, and God will not give us stones or snakes but those good things. He knows our needs, has perfect answers in store, and how to g...

The word of God is: 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and inten...

Our God supplies abundantly all we need; everything, the blatant and the subtle. We are blessed by friends. In fact, Psalm 118 constantly makes me think of not just the friends and family I have the pleasure to have contact w...

We may look at Jacob and think he failed the better part of his life in trusting God and experiencing the comfort of such active faith (I know that is the way I lean), and we mad admire Joseph and His faith which made him fai...

Bragging is sin, but in faith, we are thoroughly admonished to boast. We can be thankful for our boasting. Jeremiah 9:23-24 23 Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of h...

We have the privilege of being born again, saved by grace through the mercies of God. In this divine privilege, our new inner man longs to know God more and more. Our souls long for that genuine relationship and know Him more...

We know that is true, as we take simple Biblical teaching about mankind, it is essential. Human Condition: We are complicated personal beings. In truth, we know in our own individual hearts that we are capable of noble and po...

Compassion in our prayers, because there is terrible news… but that is not all the news. The reason we pray: Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Romans 1:16...

"The Bible teaches that prayer is the chief and perpetual exercise of faith." And: "Prayer cannot help but express the hope and joy that are inevitably attached to faith." John Calvin We made it! October has been a roller coa...

"I would rather be Master of the Art of Prayer than M.A. of both universities (Oxford and Cambridge). He who knows how to pray has his hand on the leverage which moves the universe." Charles H. Spurgeon Prayer is a gift of Go...

Seven, our assistant editor, turns ten today! We celebrate the anniversary and Seven’s Big day. From feeling the presence of God in prayer to building his own prayer closet to the spontaneous prayer in the wonder of his creat...

“May the matter of my prayer be always wise, humble, submissive, obedient, scriptural, Christ-like.” The Valley of Vision. How many hours can we pray for? Wisdom. Humility. Submission. Obedience. Conforming to Scripture. To B...

“The cruel torture of crucifixion couldn’t silence Jesus’ prayer. The crushing stones couldn’t silence Stephen’s prayer, but I wonder what has silenced your prayer for your enemy. So love your enemies, pray for your persecuto...

Martin Luther, while not banning written prayers, heavily advocated spontaneous prayers from our hearts. He employed words, such as spontaneous, unprepared, not prescribed, passion from the heart, the ethos of our conversatio...

“The Bible is a letter God has sent to us, and prayer is a letter we send to Him.” Matthew Henry This sounds a lot like the two-way conversation we have talked about on the podcast! (I may have stumbled into something by acci...

(God's promises) "are the mould into which we may pour our fervid spirits without fear, they are the signed cheque, made payable to order, which must be endorsed and presented for payment." - F.B. Meyer God's promises are yes...

“Gather expectantly, listen intently, respond correctly, and depart joyfully.” Alistair Begg. What a gift the word of God is, and every time we read the Bible, go to church, or in any other manner hear the word of God, our in...

“You will not find one godly man who came out of an affliction worse than he went into it. Though for a while, he was shaken, yet at last, he was better for an affliction. But a great many godly men have been worse for their ...

“Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence. Charles Spurgeon The glory of providence! It is a mystery, a comfort, joy, and hope. The greatest wonder of all is God’s use of the prayers of His beloved...

“One may say that prayer is the catalyst for faith, a condition under which the faithful are armed to do battle with satan, and by which they are enabled to enjoy confidence, peace, and joy in spite of the warfare in which th...