Episodes

“Affliction is the forge where He softens the iron heart.” I have often heard, “If God is so good, why doesn’t He answer every prayer yes? Most of those same parents who have accused the goodness of God undermine themselves i...

“I live in the Spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down, and when I rise up, and the answers are always coming.” Once again, I am reminded of how far I have to go in my prayer life. If Rutherford was the swee...

I never knew how weak I was till now, when He hidest Himself, and when I have Him to seek seven times a day. I am a dry and withered branch and a piece of dead carcass, dry bones, and not able to step over a straw. The though...

“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause to fear. His eye is upon us. His arm is over us. His ear is open to our prayer, His grace is sufficient, his promise unchanging.” For the child of God, Resting in the everlasting arms...

“Those who know God best are the ones who speak to Him most.” John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. We flourish in our earthly friendships the m...

"The best way of manifesting affection to our friends is by praying and giving thanks for them." Thank You, Jesus, for the gifts of my beloved friends. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace,...

Pastor Brooks begins with: Cold prayers bespeak a denial, but fervent prayers offer a sacred violence both to heaven and earth. He continues: Look! as in a painted fire there is no heat; so in a cold prayer there is no heat, ...

The ultimate test of the Christian life is the amount of time we give to prayer. - Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones This could have been a “What He Said” episode. As you listen, ponder not just the questions and answers posited, but wh...

We know everything about that which we can do nothing about, and we don't know anything about that which we can do something about. I mentioned it did not matter when Neil Postman wrote those sentences. If it was only a day a...

The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything, but His love. Teach us to come to You when we don't feel like it and when we're hurting. When we're again, like a dried-up pi...

God brings you to places among people and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose through the intercession of the Spirit in you. Your part in intercessory prayer is not to agonize over how to intercede but to...

“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is, and nothing more.” If you are believing, and you believe what the Word of God says that we're then we know, to steal from Hebrews For that we are opening laid bare with God....

Honor God through prayer. Understand how the Father’s heart longs that His children draw near to Him boldly. He gave the blood of His son to secure it. Let us honour God, and honour the blood, by entering the holiest with gre...

If you believe being a Christian is about a relationship, not being religious, you may be a Puritan! John Owen: The goal of the Christian life is not external life, conformity, or mindless action, but a passionate love for Go...

“In each exhortation our Lord bids us pray. Beloved, let us abound in supplication. Depend upon it that failure in prayer will undermine the foundation of our peace and sap the strength of our confidence; but if we abound in ...

Matthew 7:7-12 begins with ask, seek, and knock… As we brush away, for analogy's sake, the silt and sand from this form at the bottom of the sea, we see with clarity, before we take the time to clean it up, it is the treasure...

Today a sneak peek at Free Range Preacher on Prayer's October Surprise. Our anniversary month, October, the fourth year, each day of the month, we grab a quote from Fred's Big Bag-O-Quotes at random from some theologian or an...

Today a sneak peek at Free Range Preacher on Prayer's October Surprise. Our anniversary month, October, the fourth year, each day of the month, we grab a quote from Fred's Big Bag-O-Quotes at random from some theologian or an...

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...

We review and apply the revival prayer in Nehemiah 8 and 9. We hear the hearts of believers poured out in worship, thanksgiving, confession, and intercession. We also see God's name is lifted up, His will is acknowledged, alo...

Two simple truths which have stunned my by their simplicity and profundity: No one in the Bible ever asked, “Why pray?” Our Lord prayed, not just because He wanted things, but because he enjoyed speaking to the Father. John 1...

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...

Isaiah 12:1-2 1 Then you will say on that day, “I will give thanks to Thee, O LORD; For although Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, And Thou dost comfort me. 2“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and n...

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...