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Season 6

Oct. 31, 2024

2024 October Surprise - My Daily Cry (listening to the Author). 10.31…

Today October Surprise comes to a closes with one of my daily prayers, and dedications, this passage is my effort accomplish in some way. The Lord is good, and sets before me to seek the good of others. Lord forgive …

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Oct. 31, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Potpourri. 10.30.2024

One joyful aspect each year in October is that I feel more freedom to set the agenda in God's providence. Potpourri is the name of this episode because our passage has various and sundry, (I love that phrase) concepts of …

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Oct. 31, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Potpourri. 10.30.2024

One joyful aspect each year in October is that I feel more freedom to set the agenda in God's providence. Potpourri is the name of this episode because our passage has various and sundry, (I love that phrase) concepts of …

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Oct. 31, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Give Thanks. 10.29.2024

Admittedly, there are times when my gratitude seems stale. Sometimes, they are stale because my intentionality wanes, and other times, I am so overwhelmed by the sheer goodness of our triune God that I cannot find the words. ...

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Oct. 28, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author Trumpets Worship. 10.27.2024

Worship is the center of the lives of Christians. We are called to worship God for who He is, for what He has done, and for His goodness. Let us once again look to the Holy Spirit as He brings …

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Oct. 28, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author Trumpets Worship. 10.27.2024

Worship is the center of the lives of Christians. We are called to worship God for who He is, for what He has done, and for His goodness. Let us once again look to the Holy Spirit as He brings …

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Oct. 26, 2024

2024 October Surprise: The Author Says Serve. 10.25.2024

As we reach day 25 of our October Surprise month, let's continue to engage and commit to our shared purpose of service! Every passage of Scripture is, at one time or another, a chance to refine our prayers. Today, in …

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Oct. 24, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author Exhibits Worship 3 10.24.2024

The Author displays for us once again, worship. All of Scripture is potential of worship, one of the most emotive passages in the Bible comes from Isaiah led by the Holy Spirit confessing: “For a child will be born to …

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Oct. 23, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author says - Lead Us Not. 10.23.2024

Today, we look at the difficult passage, "'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. 10 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 11 'Give us this day our daily bread. …

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Oct. 22, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Fervent Intercessor.. 10.22.2024

Today, we delve into a most precious passage, where the Author of Scripture shines a light on a special servant, a revelation made possible by the Holy Ghost's divine intervention in Paul's memory. This episode is a heartfelt...

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Oct. 21, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Thee Prayer Requests. - Secular …

God has given us three very specific prayer requests. He asks us to pray for the harvest and workers for the harvest, and He has asked us to pray for our spiritual leaders. (It may not seem so, but they …

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Oct. 20, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Thee Prayer Requests. - Spiritua…

I am amazed, even dumbfounded, at one particular skill of our pastors and leaders who are totally sincere, holding their emotions with all the feelings around them. Pastor Greg is a man of integrity and compassion; it had to ...

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Oct. 19, 2024

Prayer 101: Our Signature Episode, What is Prayer? Category: Growing …

In examining the question, "What is Prayer?" We accidentally learn why we pray. Even though no Biblical person asks why we pray? Their lives reveal our anguished need for prayer. We are sinners. Until glory, we struggle with ...

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Oct. 19, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author's Thee Prayer Requests. - The Harv…

October 19th, 2024, is our celebration month! Today, we look at the first of three prayer requests, very specific requests from the Author of Scripture. Today, He says, "Pray for the harvest. We hear from Jesus: Matthew 9:35-...

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Oct. 18, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author says: Above All Else Love 10.18.20…

Straightforward message today: Love "And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each o...

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Oct. 17, 2024

Jesus Teaches Prayer - Forgiveness: God is Serious

This episode is a repeat of our episode on forgiveness. This episode was well received, and as you will hear, praying that 2023 will be a year of Jubilee and Forgiveness and revisiting just how serious God is about His …

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Oct. 17, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author says - Forgive 1 10.17.2024

Straightforward message today: The Author of Scripture commands us to forgive. The most difficult skill we have to learn, and by skill I mean changing our self-centered attitude about others who have wronged us, but it is an ...

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Oct. 16, 2024

2024 October Surprise - The Author says - Grow 1 10.16.2024

Day 16 of our October surprise, and we are looking into one of the principles in Scripture, emphasized by Peter. In 1 Peter 2:1, he tells us to, like newborn babes, and grow through the food of Scripture, and then …

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Oct. 15, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Teach Us to Worship 2 10.15.2024

These episodes are a little hard for me. It is hard for me to not input into them at all, and we basically read the Psalm to learn from David, the sweet Psalmist of Israel (2 Samuel 23:1) the art …

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Oct. 14, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Give Us this Day - Contentment. 10.14.2024

We asked, What else might daily reliance on God for Bread Teach Us? Contentment is the answer. The Author tells us what that looks like. "Two things I asked of Thee, Do not refuse me before I die: 8 Keep …

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Oct. 13, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Pray for the Mundane 1 10.132024

We began our October Surprise with an antidotal story of a prayer meeting I recently attended, and the content was 100 percent centered on health. Lest we think God does not care for the mundane, we come back to Matthew …

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Oct. 11, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Teach Us to Worship 1 10.122024

Today, the Author of Scripture, through "the man after God's own heart," displays wondrous worship. "O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens! 2 From the m...

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Oct. 11, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Paul to His Beloved 1 10.112024

My realization and confession for today, as I read the first instance that we know of, of Paul sending a missive with his prayer for a Church (1 & 2 Thessalonians seem to be his earliest letters), I was struck …

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Oct. 10, 2024

2024 October Surprise - Teach Us to Pray 1 10.102024

The Longer we are saved and take our faith seriously, the more our perception of God and His word changes it has to we are growing, 1 Peter 2:1 So, as we look at our passages this October, we are …

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