Episodes

“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 prosperity.” Jeremiah Burroughs Nuf said. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook -...

“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 children to bring about His marvelous will. We love the hymn lyrics: And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Blessed of God, never forestall your sweet hour of...

“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 they are engaged. “ - ??? One of the pictures the Bible gives for us is that in battle. If we have not experienced combat, we have all, to some degree or another, experienced it third hand, and we know the stresses of the fight can minimize our confidence, peace, joy. And eve...

"The more sanctified a person is, the more heavily weighted his prayer time is in adoration." R.C. Sproul The more we learn to trust, the less we feel emotionally compelled to bow before God and ask him for our immediate needs. We are supposed to pray with importunity, we're going to look at that soon. But we have less of an emotional need to repeat ourselves. The more we learn, the more we trust, and the more we grow. The more we see God answers to our prayers, even when He says no, as we lea...

You will notice two things in this episode, which are ancillary but are a good thing, The sound is different and better, no… really, this time I mean it. And, I spelled Doctor Jone's name correctly. I spent more than a year listening to and reading this man, and I never noticed I was misspelling his name! Thank is why all my friends call me a detail man. Lol, out loud. The important stuff, "Always respond to any impulse to pray. - D. Martyn Lloyd Jones. Practical help in the Biblical exhort...

We don't grieve as the rest who have no hope... Thank You Jesus for blessing us through Mike Beaudin.

A recent public reading of Ezekiel struck my soul, for the helplessness, hopelessness, and futile life without Christ, and at that moment, I was cut to the quick or wrecked by my own heartless, faithless, and listless prayers ever for those who are without Christ. In tears and public, I wept, repented, and prayed, oh Lord Jesus Christ, wake up my dull heart to pray for Thy salvation to spread. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every...

“I have received so many tokens for good from God in this matter, that it were a shame indeed if I did not trust in Him to perfect all which concerns me.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne, I pray God is merciful to all of you even more than He has been to me. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preach...

“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 instinctively when they keep the stove, knives, poisons under the sink, etc., et al. from their young children. We also know we cannot become the useful servants of God without our iron, selfish hearts being softened. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word ...

“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 sweetest of whom you ever will hear, then Muller may be the most full of faith. He is a man who lived to showcase the God who hearth prayers and the God who answereth blessings. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my eve...

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 thoughts of my old sins are as the summons of death to me, and of late, my brother’s case hath stricken me to the heart. A more tender soul you will never read about, nor will we meet in our heavenly home. What made Samuel Rutherford such a sweet, compassionate soul? He was affli...

“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 means there is no fear for us. Our Savior never loses sight of us. He is at the right hand of the Father directing our help, He is ever listening to our cries, and above all, we trust His grace, knowing His grace is sufficient to foster our trust in any victory or trial an...

“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 more we listen and talk to those we love. Listen through the word… daily. Talk in prayer… daily. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seve...

"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, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 19...

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, no warmth, no omnipotency, no devotion, no blessing. Cold prayers are like arrows without heads, as swords without edges, as birds without wings: they pierce not, they cut not, they fly not up to heaven. Such prayers as have no heavenly fire in them, do always freeze befo...

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 what else it might mean, testing our faith by our prayers. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail....

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 and a half ago, it is worse now than when he wrote them. The great news is, we have instant and daily access to the One who can change what we cannot, and we have the God who knows and listens and will move us to take loving action in the things we can do something about. ...

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 piece of pottery, hear our prayers, renew us in your time and in your Providence so that we can glorify you, and tell the world of what you have done for our souls. Thank you, Jesus. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him...

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 use everyday circumstances and people God puts around you, by His providence, to bring them before His throne and to allow the Spirit in you the opportunity to intercede for them. We, in this way, God is going to touch the whole world with his saints. Wow, I have a long wa...

“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. And so you know, whether you're humble, or demanding, whether you're loving, or you just want stuff from this, God who saved you. And sometimes, that will be true of all of us. The reality is, and think about this when you go to prayer, you are what you are on your knees....

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 great boldness. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministrie...

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 God informed by the mind and embraced by the will. Growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, and soul-satisfying characterize the prayer life we long to develop. This type of prayer life comes from our relationship with Jesus the Messiah, Father Son, and Holy Ghost. And since H...

“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 pleading with God we shall grow strong in the Lord, and we shall be happy in his love, we shall become a blessing to those around us. Need I commend the mercy-seat to you who wait before it? Surely prayer must have become such a joy to you, such a necessity of your being, su...

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 of prayer. But prayer for what? Some apply this passage to general prayer. Others believe and apply this intensity of prayer to seeking salvation. And at least one other believes verses seven to eleven are an illustration of verse 12: Matthew 7:12 "Therefore, however ...