Free Range Preacher on Prayer: Recent Episodes
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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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 006
Episode 056
We highlight Australia and Spain as long-term listeners today, and we thank you for being a part of our prayer family.
Our devotional today is again from Psalm 19. The nature of God's word as fitting to His will is clear from Psalm 19:7-11.
The Psalm begins with David's assertion, moved by the Holy Spirit:
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul;
How can it be said, "The Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul?"
The answer comes in the New Testament:
Peter testifies in Acts that the only name under heaven, by which we must be saved, is Jesus the Messiah. Acts 4
Paul testifies in Galatians that the law is our tutor to assure us of our need for a Savior.
Paul's testimony in Romans 10 culminates with:
"…However, they did not all heed the glad tidings; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."
However else God may lead a person to Himself, hearing a word of Christ or a word about Christ establishes faith that leads to salvation.
Glory to God, the Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.
Ponder the goodness of God to establish and preserve His word, which leads to The Word.
Our So What?
We pray for our beloved who do not know Jesus, the Savior; the eyes of their hearts would be enlightened through God's love letter to us.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 055
Richard Durrington always adds an air of professionalism; thank you, Richard, for the new intros.
Greetings to three countries who listen to the podcast, which I am uncomfortable mentioning because of the closed nature of those areas. But we are glad you are listening, and we pray for protection, faith, comfort, and zeal for the gospel's truth.
This episode introduces us to the intricate workings of the Holy Spirit and the word of God.
Andrew Murry kicks us off, saying:
O Lord, (my words)
"teach me to carry Thy every word as a living seed in my heart, in the assurance that it shall work in me all Thy good pleasure."
And
"The Spirit and the word always go together, l can be sure concerning all of which the word says that l must do it, that l also can do it through the Spirit. l must receive the word and also the command in the confidence that lt. is the living word of the living God which also works in us who believe."
Ephesians 5:15-21 and Colossians 3:15-17 show us the Word of God gives structure to our prayers, and the Holy Spirit gives God's heart to our prayers.
We walk and pray in the Spirit and truth to the glory of the Holy God.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 054
In today's episode, we highlight Russia and Rwanda. Both countries have been listening for a while, and we just want to let you know we appreciate your listening. We are grateful to you and wonder at the goodness of God in our midst.
The Puritans often referred to the Bible as a reasonable life, and we are called to a well-thought-out life of God's love and will.
Because I struggled with our life of faith,Hebrews 11:6, the secret counsel of God, (He has not told us everything) Deuteronomy 29:29. Even the heavenly angles are left in awe and wonder by God's wonderful works, 1 Peter 1:12
Given also my aversion to plain superstition, I have needed to ponder the "reasonableness" of the word.
The Holy Spirit leads us to true Christian doctrine, and puts in context both the prescriptive Law and volitional obedience to the weightier things, love, forgiveness, compassion, etc.
(I wrote it more precise than I spoke it! Lol out loud)
Give this episode a listen, and see if I did.
Our So What:
The word of God and the work of the Holy Spirit form and give eternal substance to our prayers
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 053
Welcome Jamaica and The Dominican Republic today, and welcome you to contact us at:
www.freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Or
www.freerangepreacheronprayer.com
Then we learn from Mary, a practice that brings us blessings and strength as we store up the memories of the people God has privileged us to know. Knowing what a true, profound blessing they are.
"But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart."
Luke 2:19
"And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart."
Luke 2:51
Our primary "So What."
Treasure the blessings of our brothers and sisters in Christ, pray for them, remember what the Almighty has done because they are in our lives, and perhaps remind them from time to time that they are gifts to our souls from our gracious Lord.
In honor of:
Cathy, My wife of my youth.
Casaundra J, My daughter of strength and
Fred M, My Son of Promise.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 052
Uganda and Ukraine are celebrated in Today's episode; I am amazed that every tribe and tongue is being reached for the Kingdom of Christ. Even more exciting is that Uganda and Ukraine joined the podcast early, and despite the troubles in both nations, they have held their respective places since.
Glory to God.
Welcome to the Free Range Preacher on Prayer on Prayer podcast. Today, we talk about our greatest earthly blessing: being able to talk to the Creator of the universe freely and openly. Our God so loved that He gave His only begotten Son to redeem our souls; we get to talk to Him whenever we need, which is our every-day need.
My friend Ruth poignantly reminded me of the blessing of prayer. Many years ago, her husband discipled me through one of the toughest times in my life; in fact, Monte Kuka was in one of our episodes. Thank you, Ruth, for your humble way of reminding me of our awesome gift of communion with our God and Savior.
As we are besotted with the word of God, He teaches us of Himself and forms the content of our prayers.
We begin with Psalm 19:7-14 and learn the function of the word of God in our lives.
God, through His word, informs us He:
Restores us.
Schools us in true wisdom.
Delights us.
Enlightens us to true beauty.
Grows our reverence of Him.
Shows us sound judgments.
Displays God's worth.
Warns us.
Offers great reward
Reveals to us our error.
Guards us from presumptuous sins.
Our so what?
Prayer is informed through the depth and breadth of God's revealed word.
Praying, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer," is perhaps a worthy way to begin the bulk of our prayers.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 051
We celebrate Madagascar, welcome The Dominican Republic, and then look at part 2 of our Discipline to Delight series on growing our prayer lives.
We use:
1 John 2:14
John 14:23-24
2 Timothy 3:16
To come to the conclusion, if we don’t take the word of God seriously, we will struggle with God’s command/exhortation to:
“Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16
Our So What?
Excellencies, Ambassadors for Christ, the more we are resolved to know the word of God and to apply the word of God to our lives,
the more we will be resolved to develop our prayer lives, and the quicker we will experience the abundant life, fulfilling John 17:3 “and this is eternal life that they may know thee the only true God in Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.”
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 050
After we acknowledge our Donation link and thank Japan, Sierra Leone, and Hungary for the podcast, we begin a more thorough encouragement of the discipline of prayer, growing us into communion with the God who created, loves, and redeemed us, and that our most blessed time of the day.
Our "So What:"
In part one of "Discipline to Delight," we learn that our desire for full, consistent communion with God is hindered by our fallen flesh. Our first step in growing is our determination to foster a consistent prayer life.
Our encouragement comes from:
"The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight."
Proverbs 15:8
"Thus I have beheld Thee in the sanctuary, To see Thy power and Thy glory. 3 Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise Thee. 4 So I will bless Thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Thy name. 5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips. 6 When I remember Thee on my bed, I meditate on Thee in the night watches,"
Psalm 63:2-6
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent."
John 17:3
Even in our struggles, when we turn to Him, like the prodigal, we find Him running to embrace us, kiss us, and celebrate our sincere discourse with Him.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 049
About 2.5 years ago or so, French asked his mom for a Bible, not a kids' Bible, and she, of course, said yes. As he walked away, he told her, emphatically, "And I'm gonna read it!" The amazing part is that he was just starting to learn to read at the time, and he taught himself to read with that Bible! His only motivation for his work was his desire to read the Bible. Thank You, Jesus.
It was fitting that French, whom I affectionately call Baby French, chose Psalm 4 as the psalm he wanted to read and learn about prayer from. This psalm, penned by David, offers some of the most comforting promises in the Holy Writ, providing solace and reassurance in times of need.
"But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself; The LORD hears when I call to Him."
And
"In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O LORD, dost make me to dwell in safety."
Psalm 4:3 and 8
French struggles a little with fears, especially at bedtime, so to know…well you can listen to French pray for his and our peace and praise from
What a blessing!
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 048
We are talking to my grand-babies again, well, not all of them at the same time, about using the word of God to help form our prayers. The practical portion of: "The Foundations of Biblical Prayer" does just that.
I chose a psalm for Lincoln to read and then applied the questions in the journal to the psalm to learn about God and how the word of God very often reflects what we are going through and helps us use what God has revealed to us to form our communion with Holy God.
On Lincoln's little heart for the days she was visiting us with her family was:
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Galatians 5:22-23
After discussing the psalm, she wanted to use the Galatians 5 passage instead of the psalm. So we did!
Lincoln now applies this passage to glorify the Holy Spirit, take encouragement for her soul, and give a sweet prayer for a friend to know this fruit through knowing Jesus.
Lincoln can be laconic and often laments her Pops using too many words. Lol out loud, but her sincerity in applying this passage touched my heart. What a blessing!
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 047
My grand-babies have been visiting the last couple of weeks, so I thought it would be a great time to have a little lesson on "The Foundation Blocks of Biblical Prayer" for children at this moment in their lives.
I liked the idea of illustrating how one might use a prayer journal, following the format outlined in the "Foundations of Biblical Prayer," to learn and/or teach prayer.
The last thing quickly: I was so blessed as I went through the journals, the kids, for a couple of reasons. The first is that the insights the kids came up with were theirs. They answered the questions with little or no insight given to me.
Seven, in our run-through for the episode, jumped to his feet when he made the connection between, 'Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing;" Psalm 30:11a and the answer to his prayer, "Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness" Psalm 30:11b
It was such a joy for this old man to see him make the connection between his worried prayer and God's praise through His answer to that prayer.
Seven applies:
"To Thee, O LORD, I called, And to the Lord I made supplication: 9 "What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise Thee? Will it declare Thy faithfulness? 10 "Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me; O LORD, be Thou my helper." 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; 12 That my soul may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever."
Psalm 30:8-12
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 046
This episode emphasizes the importance of prayer during the pandemic, urging listeners to plan and commit to daily prayer, seek good examples for prayer, and learn from biblical figures like David. It also introduces avenues for joining a prayer community through social media platforms.
(Blast from the past,)
In D.A. Carson’s book, Praying with Paul, Doctor Carson encourages us to:
Plan to pray.
Remember the importance of prayer.
Make a time to pray.
Choose well models of godly prayer.
Your podcast principle encourages us to study the prayers of David, most pointedly from the Psalms.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 045
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 children forgiving as we have been forgiven seems like a good idea.
Thank You, Jesus!
The host is weak, faltering, and wholly inadequate for the task, but the word of God is none of those.
The call for the children of God to forgive is serious, and the Bible uses:
Serious Command as witnessed by:
Commands
Matthew 6:14
Mark 11:25
Allusions:
Matthew 5:43-45
Philippians 2:3ff
Exhortations:
Ephesians 4:29-32
Romans 13
Serious Discipline:
David was disciplined through
Embarrassment; 2 Samuel 2:12
Physical Pain: Psalm 32&38
The regret of others paying for his sins: 2 Samuel 24:17
We have only updated the introduction.
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"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 044
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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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2 ,
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 006
Episode 043
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Welcome your excellencies!
Thank you, Michael, river boat Mike, and California Dave for your recent donations.
Thanks you and others we have distributed 50 “The Foundation Blocks of Biblical Prayer.”
We also welcome officially, Canada, The United Kingdom, and the Philippines. (Y’all have been here a long while, but we have just begun to acknowledge our listeners.)
The answer to the question “Does God need our prayers?” Culminates in the glorious truth, that in His mysterious will, God does not need us but He conendsends to appoint us as ambassadors for Christ!
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.?
2 Corinthians 5:20
We cover briefly how and why ambassadors get their jobs, the trust they are given, and the responsibility they have to the king who sent them.
Then through Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, Syntyche, and Clement (it may be worth the listen to hear my pronunciation of those names.) we see the duty, glory excellency, and privilege of being ambassadors to the King of kings and Lord of lords.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 42
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Today, we give mad props to our listeners in South Africa (that's a good thing!). After that, we discuss:
"The Prayer Warrior's Journal" was born from an effort to set fire to my worship in prayer. Conviction also came from a fuller worship. I was convicted that I was ignoring three very specific prayer requests from the most important person in my life: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
You can find out exactly, if not exhaustively, where God asks us to pray for the spread of the gospel, our spiritual leaders, and our dreaded (at times) governmental leaders in today's episode.
As in all things, the Bible guides us even in our prayers so we might fulfill,
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. 34 "Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
Dialogue with us at:
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
Season 006
Episode 41
(If you're sad, confused, and unsure what the Lord is doing in your life right now, this is the episode for you.)
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I know what you are going to say. I do, and not because I am clairvoyant, not sure if that is a word, I think I heard it in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, but because God tells us how He works in His word.
I know what you are going to say. I really do, before you say it, and no matter how sad you might be in this moment, or have been for a long season, how empty you may be feeling, and how dark your circumstances are, I do know what you are going to say.
I don't know when, but I do know what you are going to say.
As Moses says in Exodus 5:22
"Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why hast Thou brought harm to this people? Why didst Thou ever send me? 23 "Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he has done harm to this people; and Thou hast not delivered Thy people at all."
For several years, I prayed similarly;
"Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more."
Psalm 39:13
Our so what?
Because God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, one day you will smile again and say:
"Who is like Thee among the gods, O LORD? Who is like Thee, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders? 12 "Thou didst stretch out Thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.
Exodus 15:11
Such is our God; take heart in the midst of sorrow, and you will rejoice when God brings you the victory you need.
O satisfy us in the morning with Thy lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days Thou hast afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil. 16 Let Thy work appear to Thy servants, And Thy majesty to their children.
Psalm 90:14-16 (Moses)
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 40
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Anything and everything in life worth doing begins as a discipline before it produces intrinsic joy.
Prayer is the same. It takes time, effort, and dedication to learn to truly commune with Holy God during our sojourn on earth.
I guarantee little on the podcast because God works in mysterious ways. His will is not set before us in an a, b, c fashion. Our relationship and Christian life are dynamic because our God is dynamic.
Our so what:
One thing I guarantee is that as we are dedicated to prayer and drawing near to God, the discipline of prayer will become the delight of our souls.
Even the agonizing prayer of the bondslave of Colossians 4, who was “always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.” Colossians 4:12
"Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it."
Psalm 37:4-5
Thank You, Jesus!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 39
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God tells us in Romans that all men, through the created universe and our moral consciences, that there is a creator God. As creatures, we cannot fully understand our Creator. We are further hindered in our apprehension of God by our fallen nature.
The Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to us.
We would not know He could be to us, as David says, “Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.”
Psalm 54:4, unless He revealed it to us.
Today, we meditate on
The Father:
“I Love Thee, O LORD, my strength.” 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:1-3
The Son:
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may bear more fruit. 3 “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.”
John 15: 1-5
The Holy Spirit”
“For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. 14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 15 But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. 16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE SHOULD INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:10-16
So What
Ponder for ourselves what a marvelous refuge our God is. Our strength and refuge are from the Father. Our power and leading are from the Son. Finally, our understanding of His word is by the Holy Spirit.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 38
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Before we get to the privilege and blessings of using our Spiritual gifts in the body of the true church of Christ, we look one last time at whether or not God needs our Prayers.
Biblically, as we have mentioned before, our actual plumb line or correct code, in the present idiom, is the Holy word of God alone.
Sampling from the various and sundry ways God gives us proper perspective, we examine 4 passages today.
1.. Did God need Israel?
"…The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
- Did God need Elijah?
"…Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him…"
1 Kings 19:15-19
- Does God need what we have?
"…I shall take no young bull out of your house, Nor male goats out of your folds. 10 "For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. 11 "I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. 12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all it contains…"
Psalm 105:7-15
- Did God need Paul?
"…What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice, yes, and I will rejoice…"
Philippians 1:15-18
The whole Bible testifies of the self-sufficiency of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
There was nothing intrinsic to Israel, Elijah, anyone on earth, nor the Apostle Paul which God Almighty, Immortal, Invisible Creator of the universe them, has any need of.
One of the principles of the calling of God is expressed by Paul:
"For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me."
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Beloved, we have the great privilege of being called to work for the Kingdom and the spread of the Kingdom. And we will look at the remarkable kindness of our callings, but today:
Our so what?
God does not need us, yet He has appointed us as ambassadors for Christ, an honor, privilege, and responsibility.
Our duties?
Use the gifts we have been given with diligence, passion, and great thanksgiving, relying on His word, power, and direction to be servants, being faithful if it is 10, 5, or 1 in number.
Thank You, Jesus!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 37
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We are back to the paddock and to look at the question, "Does God need our prayers?"
We began with "Truths to Ponder."
Discussed our need to "rightly divide the word of God."
Today, we examine the dangers of assigning to God any motivation He has not expressly stated in His word.
His thoughts are not our thoughts:
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. 9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9
And for the infinite ignorance we have of all He has not declared to us, we have:
"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law."
Deuteronomy 29:29
Of what we do know:
He does everything for His own glory.:
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 "For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another."
Isaiah 48:8-11
His love for His creation motivated our redemption.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
John 3:16
Our So What:
Boldly, with confidence and authority, we proclaim all that is plain in the Scriptures.
We are to humbly put our confidence in His character in what has not been revealed. His character is perfect, wise, eternal, infinite, all-knowing, all-powerful, and always good.
In both, we tell the nations what God has done for our souls.\
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 36
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When we have those days, we need to remember His promises.
(Another reason to know His word.)
When Jacob left his family, God made him several promises. Jacob's response (unbelievable to me) was if You do what You say, then you can be my God.
By the time he came home, he had changed. Hearing Esau and 400 of his men were coming, he humbled himself and prayed, not daring yet to call Yahweh his God; he did call out to the God of promise, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac, he confessed his fear, and harkened (good word there) back to the promise God had made asking for safety.
We have "those" days or seasons to foster humility, faith, and reliance on the will and character of God Almighty.
Our so what?
If we want to present to God a heart of wisdom, we learn, rehearse, and remind ourselves of the promises of God daily.
"'Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever."
Hebrews 13:7
"Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "'I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU," WHAT SHALL MAN DO TO ME?'"
Hebrews 13:5
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 35
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At first blush, no one likes it when we have “one of those days.” However, we need “those days” because the general nature of our sin is thinking we are the center of everything going on.
Throughout history, one wag, or several wags, put it something like this: Every person is the hero of their own life.
What God calls us to is:
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself;”
Philippians 2:3
For King David, his great season from 2 Samuel 2 began when all Israel submitted, and he was challenged and insulted. He defeated his challengers and took over the City of David, the stronghold (Jerusalem). He was gifted a house and started sinning like the tyrants around him. Then, the “Philistines” came and gave David one of those challenging days. He held up, then prayed, then fought and won, then gave God the glory, declaring:
“So David came to Baal-perazim, and defeated them there; and he said, “The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.”
2 Samuel 5:20
“Those days” lead us to run back to God and ask Him to break through for us, resulting in our peace and safety and our humility as we give God the glory He is due.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 34
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We are again back in the paddock, looking at the real-time issue of God's "need" for us.
For the first 6:59 of this episode, we celebrate our increased dialogue and our first listener donations.
After the 6:59 minutes of celebration, we begin to lay the groundwork in our Biblical evidence that God does not "need" our prayers. Still, He gives us (and rewards us) the eternal, joyful privilege of service in His kingdom.
We begin with our shared mandate of "rightly dividing the word of God."
Paul tells us:
"Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:14-15
Peter agrees:
"And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God."
Our So What?
We are called to follow the noble Bereans' example, diligently study the word of God, and be discerning as we hear or read what teachers tell us.
Next time we will see, Biblically, God tells us He does not "need" us.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 33
We begin a new feature on the podcast, Real-Time Issues in Prayer. It is one of the ways we have become more interactive. All who listen have questions or comments so that we can consider them in the real-time thread.
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We begin with a thought that seems to be in the present-day zeitgeist: "Does God really need our prayers?"
In our introductory episode, we present eight concepts to ponder before jumping into the question's details.
There is presently a complete discussion of our introduction on the website. www.freerangepreacheronprayer.com.
Concepts to Ponder:
A. What drives us to prayer is good.
B. We miss the depth of the Christian life when we don't listen and talk to God.
C. God is always working for our earthly and eternal good - the Character of Jesus our Savior.
D. God's children, despite our paths, will always be drawn to the voice and word of our Good Shepherd.
E. We need warning in our Christian lives on earth.
F. The main reason we pray is our relationship with God.
Meditate on these concepts. We introduced them in the episode "Does God Need our Prayers?" The Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast will take time and leave time for meditation on these concepts. There will be much less disappointment, frustration, and satisfaction once we grasp the concepts that God does not need our prayers, and the commands of God are never meaningless.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 006
Episode 032
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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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2 ,
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 0.31
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Today began as a sad, bewildering day for the podcast's principal. My fleshly mind and inner man battled all morning over going to church.
The Holy Spirit won.
We had a guest preacher who immediately drew me in, confessing he listens to (reads) primarily dead men.
By the end of the sermon, God's providential timing, Psalm 25, and my prayers came together in perfect union, bringing me the joy and peace I needed this morning.
We pray for our devotional Psalm 25.
The Psalmist reflects the cry of my heart:
"Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses. 18 Look upon my affliction and my trouble, And forgive all my sins. 19 Look upon my enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with violent hatred."
Psalm 25:16-19
The Psalmist begins:
"To Thee, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in Thee I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me."
Psalm 25:1-2
The Holy Spirit comforts with:
"Guard my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in Thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for Thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles."
Psalm 25:20-22
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Season 006
Episode 30
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Spiritual Fathers:
"I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning."
1 John 2:13
We get hints about the "possible" content of fathers in the faith?
"Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. 16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 17 Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. 19 And I urge you all the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner."
Hebrews 13:15-19
"Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men."
Philippians 2:3-7
We have the content of Jesus' prayer."
"I glorified Thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which Thou hast given Me to do. 5 "And now, glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."
John 17:3-5, 17, 19
Our so what?
Children in the faith pray as a child; young men in the faith pray as young men, remembering as fathers, we will be much less concerned with what we see, for that is temporal, but with what we cannot see, for that is eternal.
Gratitude.
Humility.
God's glory.
And our calling in this life. (Set apart - Sanctified according to His word.)
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 029
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Using 1 John 2:12-14, we discuss the general stages of maturity, children, young men, and fathers.
We have seen examples of my childish prayers, and then we say the critical need to ask God to teach us His word in our younger maturity; today we see fathers, or spiritually mature, know most intimately the Father.
It takes maturity to obey the most daunting call of God in our lives, Abraham, and we see, once again, Paul's testimony.
"For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day."
2 Timothy 1:12
Oh, to know God by experience and our long walk, what a joy that will be.
Having Paul's confidence is the pinnacle of our abundant life.
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent."
John 17:3
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 028
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In the last several months, through the providence of others, I have been reminded of the first direction of my calling.
That direction was the development of tools for fostering our prayer lives. That vision was for journals to spur us ahead.
Today, we introduce the beta version of "The Foundational Blocks of Biblical Prayer.
This journal will introduce us to the chief goal of our prayer lives, a brief history of my path in prayer, and then a guided look through the book of Psalms to spur and excite our community with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit our majestic Creator, Savior, and Comfort.
The beta version, either hard copy or pdf file, is now available. (with the final version to follow.
The "Growth Level" suggested donation is 20 dollars, and the necessary contact information.
The "bottom line Level" is a donation of any amount that will gain you the same.
The "Reality? Level" If you believe "The Foundation Blocks of Prayer" might help you on your prayer path, contact us with the necessary information, and I will get one to you, PDF or hardcopy.
We are not here for enterprise but to help in any way we can. The donations will help our desire to see the three journals finalized and make them into apps as the Lord leads.
Prayers are appreciated more than I can express.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 006
Episode 027
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Back in the Paddock, examining what we can expect of our growing prayer lives.
We say the last episode on growth, John in 1 John 2 spiritually speaking, there are children, young men, and fathers. (The Biblical language here is inclusive. Both sexes are included in his exhortation and description.)
Today, we examine our "young men" phase in spiritual growth.
We are reminded by Paul from 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4 that we are empowered and gifted by the Holy Spirit with spiritual gifts. These gifts are given to every Christian to build up the Church in the spread of the gospel.
Everyone is called to serve in the Church regardless of who we are.
If young men or Christians who have matured past childhood are described this way:
"I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one." 1 John 2:13b and I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 1 John 2:14b.
We understand the knowledge of God's word for all His people.
Then, our prayers should be occupied with learning and living out God's word.
"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16
"Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 2 like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, 3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord." 1 Peter 2:1-3
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. 8 "By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples." John 15:6-8
Our so what?
Whoever, however, and wherever you are serving the kingdom of God, we not only pray for fruit but for the power of God to give us more and more knowledge, discernment, and the exercise of His word.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 006
Episode 026
We begin a new feature on the podcast, Real-Time Issues in Prayer. It is one of the ways we have become more interactive. All who listen have questions or comments so that we can consider them in the real-time thread.
We now have three ways to contact us with your thoughts:
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We begin with a thought that seems to be in the present-day zeitgeist: "Does God really need our prayers?"
In our introductory episode, we present eight concepts to ponder before jumping into the question's details.
There is presently a complete discussion of our introduction on the website. www.freerangepreacheronprayer.com.
Concepts to Ponder:
A. What drives us to prayer is good.
B. We miss the depth of the Christian life when we don't listen and talk to God.
C. God is always working for our earthly and eternal good - the Character of Jesus our Savior.
D. God's children, despite our paths, will always be drawn to the voice and word of our Good Shepherd.
E. We need warning in our Christian lives on earth.
F. The main reason we pray is our relationship with God.
Meditate on these concepts. We introduced them in the episode "Does God Need our Prayers?" The Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast will take time and leave time for meditation on these concepts. There will be much less disappointment, frustration, and satisfaction once we grasp the concepts that God does not need our prayers, and the commands of God are never meaningless.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 006
Episode 025
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Welcome back…
We begin with an apology for the delay, and one because I gave some less than accurate information in the last episode.
So thank you for your patience, and Jesus did indeed rebuke John and Andrew when they spoke of calling down fire on an unwelcoming village. It seemed a gentle rebuke reminding them of the gentle nature of His kingdom.
Today, we examine installment two in our examination of a "Growing" prayer life.
We expect growth, and we need to understand God longs to hear from us, no matter how inadequate our words seem in our ears.
We look at an early lesson in a child (remember 1 John 2, Children, Young Men, and Fathers?) like prayer and letting others keep you by their opinions from the throne room of the King immortal.
Wherever you are in your prayer life, don't let others torpedo your prayer life. Keep on talking to God.
He is in control of your spiritual maturity
He is in control of your growth,
The Holy Spirit is an expert at convicting us of the things that we need to change our lives.
Pray most naturally to you at this moment, and let Him do His job. He is, most of the time, much gentler than our fellow travelers.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 024
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Our tagline for the last five years is not to encourage, exhort, and perhaps educate (a little) on the type of prayer life that lifts our affections to the abundant life and glorifies God.
Today, we look to the apostle John for the Biblical stages he gives us in spiritual growth in general, and then apply those stages to prayer.
John outlines in John 2:12-14 we are spiritual children, young men, and fathers.
The prayer of children (spiritually) might include the following:
"And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
Luke 9:54
"Or when they asked to sit at the right hand and left hand of God."
Matthew 20:23
The prayer of young men (spiritually) might include:
Paul prayed for boldness and the right words as he preached the gospel everywhere.
Ephesians 6:19-20
The prayer of spiritual fathers (spiritually) might include:
Jesus prayed, "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth."
John 17:17
Our "So What?"
New at prayer, blurt out to God what is on your heart.
Growing prayer, pray for knowledge, power, and discernment to fulfill your spiritual gifts.
A father in prayer, prayer for the spiritual needs of others.
Thank You, Jesus!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 023
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Today, we consider the questions asked in installment 1 of this episode:
What does it look like to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength?
How can we love someone so much if we rarely or never interact, talk to, or converse with them?
The first is open-ended, and the second is rhetorical, but they are critical questions regarding our prayer lives.
When we see the answer to the first, we are indeed brought into a new and loving relationship with God; the natural answer to the second is clear.
We cannot truly love God with all of our beings if we do not know Him through sincere back-and-forth conversations.
Matthew 6:5-13 presupposes both the truth of our new friendship with God and the necessity of our sincere seeking Him in listening (His word) and talking (our prayers)
So What?
New?
Start to talk to God with the twin ideas; you are in a real conversation with Him, and He is listening. Let your words flow from your heart, mind, and soul.
Fits and starts?
Start again, building on your conversation with a renewed vision of your relationship with Him. Have that truth move you to a consistent dialogue with the Almighty!
Love your prayer life?
Excel still more. Draw closer to Him in all sincerity, cherishing that you are experiencing more and more of Him in truth, and let that face-to-face time do God's work and shine as Moses did with the glow of His presence.
Pray, Pray, Pray, my beloved brothers and sisters.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 022
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What is prayer? We expand our definition of prayer a little bit, for we do have a history together.
Prayer is talking to God, and thats how we begin.
It is talking to God, however, with the purpose of flowering our talks into conversation.
We consider two passages today, and two questions.
Our passages:
“And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
John 17:3 (as always)
And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; 30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ 31 “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28-31
Our questions:
What does it look like to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength?
How can we love someone so, if we rarely or never interact, or talk to or have a conversation with them.
You can share your answers or ponder them on your own the next time we will examine if these are ligament questions.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 021
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Luke 5:16 tells us:
"But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray."
Why?
He is simply amidst all the activity, craving time with the Father.
At least part of "the joy set before Him," (He not only accomplishes His ministry, the payment for salvation) His eternal glory is once again realized.
"I glorified Thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which Thou hast given Me to do. "And now, glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was."
John 17:4-5
All this makes me think Jesus went out to pray because He loves to be in community, communion with the Father.
All who love God long for His presence's pure delight and highest good.
The next best thing to entering into the Master's joy in heaven is the euphoria of practicing His presence in constant prayer.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 020
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It doesn't matter where we begin to pray, but that we start to pray.
Gratitude alone will not sustain our prayer lives. Our needs will not maintain our prayers. Being told we ought to pray will not sustain our prayer lives.
The answer to those prayers is not the answer; our relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is getting to know Him and knowing through His answers, Him, John 17:3.
I don't make promises very often, but I promise that as you develop and nurture your community with God, you will learn to know Him and experience the abundant life promised. You will know, even before heaven:
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, Psalm 27:4a
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Psalm 27:13
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works.
Psalm 73:28
"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions; they delight in the nearness of God.
Isaiah 58:2
Knowing Him means knowing the peace that passes all understanding, the God of all comfort, the absolute blessing of His loving discipline, and a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
All whose names are written in heaven begin to pray. Wherever you are now, stick to prayer all of your days; God calls us into His presence.
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 019
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We have looked at the three main reasons, from my experience and observations, Christians begin to pray. We then asked:
Do you remember your first prayers?
Of the three reasons given:
Do you see any weaknesses in those prayers? (In the context of developing a consistent prayer life)
Which one was not like the others?
In this installment, we answer those questions.
- Thanking Jesus for our salvation.
A. Very natural.
B. Very Biblical - Psalm 95:1-2
C. The weakness? While never going away, our gratitude becomes less urgent as time goes on.
- We have a need.
A. Very natural - we know the one who meets our needs.
B. Very Biblical - Psalm 5:3
C. Weakness? If our prayers are not answered or answered quickly enough, we tend to look to other solutions, and our prayers drop away.
- We are told to.
A. Very natural - we see others, hear others.
B. Very Biblical - Luke 18:1
C. Weakness? Of the three reasons, this one is the least motivating and not like the others. Gratitude and expressing our needs are indicative of our relationship with God.
Being told to out of or with little context comes across as cold, religious duty and can be done with little heart as we obey.
So What? (Overcoming those weaknesses)
The solution to all three (fleshed out in Installment 3) is John 17:3
life.
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent."
John 17:3
The overarching truth that draws our hearts, minds, and souls is that we are in a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere relationship with Almighty God, who created, redeemed, and sustains us for our good and His glory.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 018
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We want to look at the big picture of Biblical prayer.
When we begin with the parts of prayer, we usually set ourselves up for a longer and more difficult road to our growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, and soup-satisfying, God-glorifying prayer life.
I have observed three ways Christians typically begin to work on the art of prayer. Today, we see those ways are:
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Gratitude for salvation.
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We have a need.
3 Someone tells us we should.
We introduce these three common concepts and then ask three questions:
Do you remember your first prayers?
Can you see any weakness in any of these three reasons?
And which one is not like the others?
You are welcome to answer in the description on Spotify or through email at freerangeprayer@gmail.com or at www.frponprayer.com through email or voice mail.
In the next episode, we will answer those questions together.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 017
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We invite you to listen to what makes the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast an encouragement to prayer and how the ministry will expand to include prayer journals to remind us how to build a meaningful prayer life.
"Why this particular podcast on prayer?" That is the question we have been considering for the last three installments. It is a call back to the movement of God to make me desire to help God's people pray and enjoy fellowship with Him and enjoy the abundant life Jesus promised the sheep of His pasture. (John 10:10)
As we have had discussions with some new to the podcast and some with a long history with us, the podcast's focus has been sharpened. Still, more than that, we have been directed back to our original call to encourage and exhort God's people to a growing, Biblical, dynamic, and soul-satisfying God-glorifying prayer life.
Those conversations have also brought back to our focus the early thoughts of the very call of God, which was prayer helps, specifically a prayer journal. Marrying what I have learned from 1992 and including what I have learned since 2018.
The expansion of Free Range Ministries is the creation, modification, and refinement of helpful prayer journals.
In the months coming up, we will roll out the following:
"The Foundational Blocks of Biblical Prayer." New.
"The Foundational Prayer Primer" Revamped.
"The Prayer Warrior's Journal." Edited and updated.
All three will also include our testimony in developing a prayer life.
The goal of prayer:
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
John 17:3
The excellency of prayer:
"Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus; 6 that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:5-6
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 016
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Why this particular podcast?
Have you ever been reading through the Bible or listening to a sermon And thought to yourself, Man, what a great life David or Barnabas, the apostle John, had? Perhaps even the "son of thunder," James? His life was very short, but what a great life. James lived by faith, and he lived it in power as well. Have you ever considered them and said, I wish I could experience God. And that same way.
If you have, that life is not beyond us as children of God.
When we think about the abundant life Jesus promised, we think of victory. Victory, joy, peace, and fulfillment in the inner man.
Those are all part of the abundant life. The question comes, how do we achieve that? Commitment to the word of God, our desire "to walk in a worthy manner," and a dedication to live as God has called us are critical to our abundant life.
Given an impossible task in Daniel 2, the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans all reasoned and then chided the king for asking what no king had ever asked of them.
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah went to find Daniel. What did they do then? Asked for some time to seek the one true God and find the answer the king had asked for. They then requested "compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery."
They could stay calm and seek what was a mystery because they knew the God of heaven and trusted Him.
What can genuinely carry us through our tribulations - Romans 5, to the peace which passes understanding, is knowing by our prayers and the word of God, who God is, what He cares for, and what He is doing.
Seeking to help God's people learn to listen to and hold community with Almighty God is the reason for this podcast.
As we are hurting, and we are hurt together, our refuge, bulwark, shield, the banner over our heads, our Shepherd, our comforter, but He is none of those things to our spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical selves if we don't talk to or listen to Him.
Our "so whats" for this episode? Please give us a listen and find out.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 015
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Okay, a few days off did not help my mic discipline!
Having answered the question, Why a Podcast on Prayer? We now turn to Why this podcast?
The worst part of the pandemic for me was seeing the fear in people's eyes. Living in fear is no way to live. One encounter with a terrified young mother illustrates the same empathy your podcast principal has for God's people living without a close community with the God who gave us new life - That is the reason for "This podcast podcast on prayer."
"Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,"
Luke 18:1
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 006
Episode 014
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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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2 ,
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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After some evaluation and review, we begin season 6 of the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast, asking, ç
Having discussed our long conversation about prayer, which answers the question, "Why listen to a podcast exclusively about prayer? We lay out our goals for the coming year:
- A more organic mix of episodes to meet our goal:
"Exhort, encourage, and God's people of prayer.".
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The episodes will be better organized.
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Contain a perspective I did not have in 2018.
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It sounds much better than when we began.
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Real-time discussions about prayer issues.
5 Shorter and more episodes a week.
- Encourage our conversation together.
7 A more consistent application and exhortations for everyone who listens.
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After some evaluation and review, we begin season 6 of the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast, asking, "Why listen to a podcast exclusively about prayer?
Good question for two reasons:
There are many places to learn about prayer.
You can read books, listen to sermons, follow prayer movements, find articles, and find prayer helps, such as journals (paper or electronic [journals are going to be more of an integral part of the Free Range Ministries.])
Of course, the most natural way to learn prayer is our daily active reading and study of God's word, but as you will hear or have heard, if that was as easy as it sounds, God's people would not have the trouble in prayer we have.
As God's children, we forget or get overwhelmed and need reminders, exhortations, encouragement, and conversation to fuel our souls to converse with God.
"And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 "Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Matthew 26:40-41
Secondly, what else may keep us motivated?
The Free Range Preacher on Prayer is an extended conversation (more than 500 episodes).
Through shorter, more frequent episodes, along with increased dialogue with each other, more dynamic topics, and an increase in offering of "prayer helps" in a podcast on prayer, we get help in our prayer lives in a way the other mediums cannot serve.
We invite you to our extended conversation on communion between God and His chosen ones.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 0011
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A simple prayer of Thanksgiving.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 0010
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David asks, who will do us any good? Yahweh, our Creator, Redeemer, and Holy power, will always do us good. Therefore, we worship and give thanks as we lie down and sleep, knowing His abundant goodness and Favor for a lifetime.
"Many are saying, 'Who will show us any good?' Lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us, O LORD! 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. 8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O LORD, dost make me to dwell in safety."
Psalm 4:6-8
"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books which *were written."
John 21:25
"Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Psalm 30:4-5
Eternal gratitude is given "to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."
1 Timothy 1:17
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Season 006
Episode 009
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Appreciating God for who He is and what He has done is a critical characteristic of the child of God. Even the term "child of God" carries the weight of being needy and humble.
Humility born of gratitude:
Squarely gives God the glory due Him and moves our souls to rest in our trust in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is suitable for our soul to be thankful as we throw ourselves onto the mercies of Holy God.
He is Holy, compassionate, and acts in mercies.
"Care and grief do us good and no hurt when they set us a-praying, and engage us, not only to speak to God, but to cry to Him, as those that are in earnest."
Matthew Henry
"But Thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. 4 I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah. 5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about."
Psalm 3:3-6
Stop with me for a few minutes and consider how sweet it is to cry out earnestly to God and rest like a child in His faithfulness.
Sometimes, I would have kept beloved friends and my babies escape from care, grief, and troubles. God is merciful, though, to show me the abundant satisfaction that comes when forced to draw near Him amid distress. I would be a most terrible friend, especially Dad if I shielded my beloved from those care, grief, and troubles designed by God to humble and force them to draw close to Him.
Learning God is our shield through what He takes us through is the most potent satisfaction to our souls.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 008
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"Neighbors are kind, I love them everyone
We get along in sweet accord
But when my soul, needs manna from above
Where could I go but to the Lord?"
So goes the hymn "Where Could I Go but to the Lord."
Who do we go to when we need protection. There is a long list of illustrative word pictures in the Scripture. All are as graphic as David's cry:
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark."
Psalm 91:4
Brothers and sisters, let us ever trust and have peace. As Martin Luther would say, we have "A bulwark never failing."
What a reason for gratitude!
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Season 006
Episode 007
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The Apostle Paul is our example, and as you have read, he is continually giving thanks for everyone he knows or has heard who are in Christ.
Christians he has never met:
"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, 10 always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you."
Romans 1:8-10
Christians, he is about to chew out:
"I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,"
1 Corinthians 1:4
Churches Paul started, and has heard they are thriving."
"For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him."
Ephesians 1:15-17
Christians he knows and loves.
"I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, 5 in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now."
Philippians 1:3-5
And so today, we pray for one another in gratitude for you all and God's miraculous work.
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Season 006
Episode 006
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As I listened to a sermon by Alistair Begg, I realized his thoughts on our primary responses to Jesus Being the Bread of Life (very edifying sermons) were a perfect summary of the fallback positions we discussed. His thoughts on our response to the truth,
"I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst," uttered by Jesus, were:
Thanksgiving.
Prayer.
Security.
Humility.
Alistair Begg's
When we may feel anything but thankful, and we know not why, we can forever and will forever be grateful for God's mercies and grace to give us:
An eternal gift.
An eternal relationship.
An eternal security.
An eternal reason for humility.
"What more can we say?"
Thankfulness for the truth will carry us through the deepest waters, hottest fires, raging floods, and the sorrows we endure.
"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17
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Season 006
Episode 005
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Fallback positions of faith, are keys to our confidence in Christ, confidence in our God as we from those fallback positions, the places we fallback to when we need rest and to regather our plans in Christ.
Today we look at the seminal nature of gratitude for our greatest gift.
Mark 8 recounts Jesus’ declaration of the eternal importance of reconciliation with the Almighty.
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37 “For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36-37
The precious gift granted to us by the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost working in union for our redemption, is further declared inestimable, when Jesus tells us through the word of God:
“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
Luke 10:20
Life has it’s up and downs, so what are we to do when we are down and feel we have little or no reason for thankfulness?
Rejoice, shout with the voice of thanksgiving, that “your names are recorded in heaven.”
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Season 006
Episode 004
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Fallback reason for gratitude to God part three.
Over the years, in the seasons, I struggled with being sad and wondering about the will of God. I found myself not thinking I had much to thank God for. Realistically, I had nothing to thank God for. As foolish as that was, I needed to develop some fallback positions from which I could, by faith, give God thanks.
The first of those peaceful, safe positions of faith and hope was thanking God for what He was about in the lives of my loved ones. The second position of gratitude can be summed up in the phrase: "It is better to have been born than not to have been born. It is a tricky proposition but a genuine reason to be thankful.
And only when we as children of God pray in the deep humility David had for his Creator:
"If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," 12 Even the darkness is not dark to Thee, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to Thee. 13 For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. 14 I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth."
Psalm 139:11-15
Can we then go on in complete sincerity to say:
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way."
Psalm 139:23-24
If you do not believe, that humble prayer of gratitude to your Creator, whom you do not know yet, maybe that first step to abundant, eternal life:
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent."
John 17:3
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Season 006
Episode 003
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Remembering the first time I said to myself in a sermon, "How did that pastor know what I was thinking?" After an exhaustive look at the Christian reasons for thanksgiving, John MacArthur said if you don't feel any gratitude right now in your life, surely you have loved ones, and you have reason to be thankful to God for how He works in their lives.
Wow, that became one of my "fallback" positions. Even if I was so glum that I had nothing to be thankful for (an unwarranted feeling), I moved to be grateful for His work in the lives of the people I love.
Some reasons we need to be reminded of our gratitude to the Holy God are:
We are forgetful, live-in-the-moment creatures, and if not reminded, the troubles of the moment will drown out all that we have to be thankful for.
In those moments, when we do not "feel" gratitude, we can give a sacrifice (a simple act of obedience in faith) for He is good, wise, and sovereign and working out all things for our best and His glory.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.
Job 42:2
"I know that Thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted."
Luke 11:13
"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Matthew 6:8
"Therefore do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need, before you ask Him.
Romans 16:27
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
In our deepest sorrows, we can fall back and wholeheartedly give thanks for His work in those we love.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 002
Season 6!
Thank You, Jesus!
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I am glad to be back in the paddock where we can begin our sixth season of the Free Range Preacher on Prayer, and we do so appropriately with a few episodes of gratitude.
Our call to be a thankful family is a universal call. Today, we look at the Biblical mandate to be thankful:
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened."
Romans 1:18-21
(God's wrath is at least partly because His creation is not thankful or even acknowledging Him.)
"Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
(We are called to gratitude in "everything" as it is His will for us in Christ.)
"O LORD, Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; 12 That my soul may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever."
Psalm 30:3-4 and 11-12
(We are saved from the pit, even for eternity, and He turns all our sorrows into gladness so that our souls cannot be silent but always shouting our recognition of His mercies.)
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 006
Episode 001
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Throughout the ages, the Holy Spirit has been consistent in the critical nature of prayer.
As it turns out, J.C. Ryle, in his last paragraph of "A Call to Prayer," reflects the purpose of "The Free Range Preacher on Prayer," podcast so we will listen to the last witness in this book.
"I want the times we live in to be praying times. I want the Christians of our day to be praying Christians. I want the church to be a praying church. My heart's desire and prayer in sending forth this tract is to promote a spirit of prayerfulness. I want those who never prayed yet, to arise and call upon God, and I want those who do pray, to see that they are not praying amiss."
We also hear from Martin Luther speaking of our personal need for prayer, Jonathan Edwards on the churches' need for prayer, and Andrew Murray on evangelism's need for prayer. We finish in reading John Calvin, exhorting us to learn worship and prayer through the book of Psalms.
"Or rather, the Holy Spirit has here drawn … all the griefs, sorrows, fears, doubts, hopes, cares, perplexities, in short, all the distracting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated. The other parts of Scripture contain the commandments which God enjoined his servants to announce to us. But here the prophets themselves, seeing they are exhibited to us as speaking to God, and laying open all their inmost thoughts and affections, call, or rather draw, each of us to the examination of himself in particular, in order that none of the many infirmities to which we are subject, and of the many vices with which we abound, may remain concealed. It is certainly a rare and singular advantage, when all lurking places are discovered, and the heart is brought into the light, purged from that most baneful infection, hypocrisy."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 005
Episode 127
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Today, we will let the Bishop sum up the thrust of his advice.
"I offer these points for your private consideration. I do it in all humility. I know no one who needs to be reminded of them more than I do myself. But I believe them to be God's own truth, and I desire myself and all I love to feel them more."
J.C. Ryle
Of special note, his longing is for all he loves to know the truth and to feel the great need and joy from our call to prayer.
What has he commended to us?
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Reverence and Humility
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Praying Spiritually (help of the Holy Spirit)
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Making Prayer a Regular Business.
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Perseverance in Prayer
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Earnestness in Prayer.
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Praying in Faith.
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Praying in Boldness.
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Praying in Fulness.
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Praying Particularity.
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Intercession in Prayer.
11.. Thankfulness in Prayer.
- Watchfulness in Prayer.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 005
Episode 126
What is the sweetest place on earth?
The difference between King Saul and King David made all the difference in their lives and effectiveness in what God had called them to do.
While Saul justified himself in the presence of Samual and in the eye of God, David humbled himself in honest, brutally honest repentance.
“If you will take care of your prayers, nothing shall go very wrong with your soul.”
J.C. Ryle
When we have an intimate friendship with our Savior, we will say things like:
4 "Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done what is evil in Thy sight, So that Thou art justified when Thou dost speak, And blameless when Thou dost judge.
6 Behold, Thou dost desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part Thou wilt make me know wisdom.
16 For Thou dost not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; Thou art not pleased with burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise."
Psalm 51:4,6, 16-17
“If you will take care of your prayers, nothing shall go very wrong with your soul.”
The sweetest place on earth in this life is at the feet of Jesus, crying out, "Have mercy, O God, on me a sinner, and knowing He has heard that prayer and restored us.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
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Season 005
Episode 125
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What do you think when you know the ultimate commandment, the commandment Jesus came to give us access to, is to love him with all your heart, mind, and soul or with all your strength.
Today is a key in our watchfulness in prayer.
We might say the guarding or jealousy of our time with God.
J.C. Ryle will give us advice as to guarding the company we keep and what occupies our time and thoughts.
"Observe narrowly what friends and what employments leave your soul in the most spiritual frame, and most ready to speak with God."
J.C. Ryle
The Apostle Paul is an example to us, and his attitude is this:
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14-14
Then encourages us to:
"Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us."
Philippians 3:17
We should hold our precious time to walk in faith and to talk to our Savior in faith in high enough regard to be watchful of those things that might steal our devotion to our Savior.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Episode 124
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Christianity, Church, Community, Fellowship, whatever label we might put on our faith, true faith is not a club. So when J.C. Ryle says:
“Here is the pith and marrow of our practical Christianity. Sermons and books and tracts, and committee meetings and the company of good men, are all good in their way, but they will never make up for the neglect of private prayer.”
We understand true Christianity is our relationship with Almighty God.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
Psalm 27:4&8
Psalm 30:6-7
John 13:33
John 15:3-5
John 17:3
And our most intimate call to fellowship with our Creator, Redeemer, and Comforter:
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 “For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 123
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JC Ryle has written in his book, "A Call to Prayer," and we are following his writing to Christians God's people who pray.
His thoughts are crucial to our Christian lives. As you've heard many times in this and over the last year when it comes to Ryle Nevertheless. He says:
"Oh, let us keep an eye continually upon our private devotions. Here is the pith and marrow of our practical Christianity."
Most who hear this are unlikely to lose their lives over the gospel. Some are, but not most. Our battles are not against flesh and blood but for the proclamation of the truth.
The battles we are called to wage are forgiving and preaching the gospel. Loving those who don't love us. Or persecute us. Praying for the leaders that we have that we disagree with. Those and more are our calling. How do we live bravely as our Savior lived? And we can't do that with contentment and joy. If we don't know. Jesus. If we don't know the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So again, from Ryle. Let us keep an eye continually upon our private devotions. Here is the pith and the marrow of our practical Christianity.
How did David, Daniel, Peter, and John not fall to the temptation of killing Saul, knowing to pray as he daily did even though it was decreed he should perish for doing so, or stand and preach the gospel also under the threat of their leaders?
They were men, people of prayer in the presence of God daily. Psalm 3, Daniel 2, and Acts 4.
We put on the full armor first of all to pray!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 122
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At the end of October, we will take the next off and resume on November 8 with a short series on Thanksgiving.
After Thanksgiving, we will take another week off and officially begin year number 6 on December 1! (Six years by God’s grace and mercies!)
On day 25 of our October Surprise, we continue with J.C. Ryle and his “A Call to Prayer,” with His call to watchfulness in prayer.
He asserts:
“I commend to you the importance of watchfulness over your prayers. Prayer is that point in religion at which you must be most of all on your guard. Here it is that true religion begins; here it flourishes, and here it decays. Tell me what a man’s prayers are, and I will soon tell you the state of his soul. Prayer is the spiritual pulse. By this the spiritual health may be tested. Prayer is the spiritual weatherglass. By this we may know whether it is fair or foul with our hearts.”
We are reminded that no one in the Bible ever asked, “Why pray?”
Not:
Joseph, at the birth of his sons, nor Daniel when informed of God’s plan. Nehemiah when he heard the trouble in Jerusalem, Hezekiah when threatened by Syria, and then again in his war and sickness. David, Korah, Hannah, Paul, Peter, the early church. Moses, Daniel, David, Paul, James, the writer of Hebrews, and the apostle John all shout without voice our need to have communion with the God who redeemed us by His blood.
Our substance, our victory is won by our community with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 121
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Another day in the paddock, and what a joy to continue with J.C. Ryle in his book, "A Call to Prayer."
Part two of the Bishop's commendation to be grateful children of God.
He continues with his reminder that our lives are "of His mercies."
"It is of mercy that we still live and have opportunities of glorifying God actively or passively. Surely these thoughts should crowd on our minds whenever we speak with God. Surely we should never open our lips in prayer without blessing God for that free grace by which we live, and for "that loving kindness which endureth for ever. Never was there an eminent saint who was not full of thankfulness. St. Paul hardly ever writes an epistle without beginning with thankfulness. Men like Whitefield in the last century, and Bickersteth in our time, abounded in thankfulness. Oh, reader, if we would be bright and shining lights in our day, we must cherish a spirit of praise. Let our prayers be thankful prayers."
Keys for the Principal (your host):
"It is of mercy that we still live and have opportunities of glorifying God actively or passively."
I sometimes wonder why I am here and not in heaven, but it is mercy that I have one more day to seek His holiness and to glorify Him with my heart, mind, soul, and strength.
"St. Paul hardly ever writes an epistle without beginning with thankfulness."
Where Paul prays, he is thankful.
"Oh, reader, if we would be bright and shining lights in our day, we must cherish a spirit of praise."
Grateful Christians with a spirit of praise are, by nature, winsome.
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; 15 that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 And you too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
Philippians 2:14-15& 17b-18.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 120
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Day 23 of our focus on the practical side of his, J.C. Ryle's advice to Christians who do pray, of course, from His book "A Call to Prayer.
Today, he calls us to thankfulness in our prayers, and the context precisely, in private prayers with our Savior.
The Words of Ryle:
"I commend to you the importance of thankfulness in prayer. I know well that asking God is one thing and praising God is another. But I see so close a connection between prayer and praise in the Bible, that I dare not call that true prayer in which thankfulness has no part. It is not for nothing that Paul says, "By prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. 4:6). "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving" (Col. 4:2). It is of mercy that we are not in hell. It is of mercy that we have the hope of heaven. It is of mercy that we live in a land of spiritual light. It is of mercy that we have been called by the Spirit, and not left to reap the fruit of our own ways."
Two simple assignments. The first is:
"Called by the Spirit, and not left to reap the fruit of our own ways."
How often have I praised, and thanked God for not being left to my own disastrous devices?
The second:
Step 1:
Take about a blank piece of paper or a computer program that will add pages as you go. (You will need them)
Step 2:
Start with #1, and try to write an exhaustive list of everything you have to be thankful for. (I mean everything.)
(Hint: I've tried it, and within just a few minutes, I am overwhelmed by the goodness of God, even to the point of paralyzation.)
Then, at www.freerangeprayer@gmail.com, write me and tell me how far you get.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 119
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This description by J.C. Ryle is so comprehensive and beautiful that no words of mine can add to them.
Soak in the imitable words of our mentor.
"I commend to you the importance of intercession in our prayers. We are all selfish by nature, and our selfishness is very apt to stick to us, even when we are converted. There is a tendency in us to think only of our own Souls, our own spiritual conflicts, our own progress in religion, and to forget others."
"We should stir ourselves up to name other names besides our own before the throne of grace. We should try to bear in our hearts the whole world, the heathen, the Jews, the Roman Catholics, the body of true believers, the professing Protestant churches, the country in which we live, the congregation to which we belong, the household in which we sojourn, the friends and relations we are connected with. For each and all of these we should plead. This is the highest charity. He loves me best who loves me in his prayers. This is for our soul's health. It enlarges our sympathies and expands our hearts. This is for the benefit of the church. The wheels of all machinery for extending the gospel are moved by prayer. They do as much for the Lord's cause who intercede like Moses on the mount, as they do who fight like Joshua in the thick of the battle. This is to be like Christ. He bears the names of his people, as their High Priest, before the Father. Oh, the privilege of being like Jesus! This is to , be a true helper to ministers. If I must choose a congregation "give me a people that pray."
J.C. Ryle
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 118
Today, our intercession is directed at our actual enemy, sin, death, and the devil.
To my tribe first, with the events we have seen magnified dramatically since 2019, there can be no doubt, "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?"
Jeremiah 17:9
"how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?"
Hebrews 2:3a
Convicted by the word yesterday, Jesus wept in the face of the sin that causes death ("for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”) today, let us pray united in sorrow. The world needs to apprehend the need for our Savior.
In his treatise "The Emotional Life of our Lord," B.B. Warfield" gets to the heart of Jesus' battle for our redemption. The tears He wept with Mary in John 11 were born of His holy rage and compassion for the foe of death. Warfield explains in his conclusion:
"What John does for us in this particular statement is to uncover to us the heart of Jesus as he wins for us our salvation. Not in cold unconcern but in flaming wrath against the foe, Jesus smites in our behalf. He has not only saved us from the evils that oppress us; he has felt for and with us in our oppression, and under the impulse of these feelings has wrought out our redemption."
Prayer:
Break our hearts, sweet Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, for what breaks your heart, our enemy is death and hell. Bring us to our knees in rage against sin, death, and the devil.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 117
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Once again, the faithful Bishop of Liverpool urges us not only to talk to God and to talk to God specifically about what is on our hearts, but he also invites us to thoughtful and honest time with our Savior.
Day 20 of our October Surprise, looking at "A Call to Prayer," written in 1836. Believe it or not, it applies to this present age.
Today, Pastor Ryle will fire our souls to be particular in our prayers. We might say specific in our prayers, or at least your simple principal would. Lol out loud. .
Our mentor:
"I commend to you the importance of particularity in prayer. We ought not to be content with great general petitions. We ought to specify our wants before the throne of grace. It should not be enough to confess we are sinners: we should name the sins of which our conscience tells us we are most guilty. It should not be enough to ask for holiness; we should name the graces in which we feel most deficient. It should not be enough to tell the Lord we are in trouble; we should describe our trouble and all its peculiarities."
"What should we think of the child who told his father he was in trouble but nothing more? Christ is the true bridegroom of the soul, the true physician of the heart, the real father of all his people. Let us show that we feel this by being unreserved in our communications."
We need not be like Esther, afraid to walk unbidden into the throne room of her husband, the king. It could have cost her her life, and she did not know him well enough to come in and implore him for her needs.
We need not be like Ezra in Ezra 8, who was afraid to ask the king for soldiers because he had trumpeted the power of God to protect Ezra and his comrades on their journey back home. (They did have some fear, which moved them to pray to God for protection!)
We are commended to:
"Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need."
Hebrews 4:16
Open and laid bare as we are.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 116
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Today's episode is a call to contemplate our prayer lives and ask God if the words of J.C. Ryle have any message for us.
J.C. Ryle
"I commend to you the importance of fullness in prayer. I do not forget that our Lord warns us against the example of the Pharisees, who, for pretense, made long prayers; and commands us when we pray not to use vain repetitions. But I cannot forget, on the other hand, that he has given his own sanction to large and long devotions by continuing all night in prayer to God."
"I am afraid the private devotions of many are most painfully scanty and limited; just enough to prove they are alive and no more. They really seem to want little from God. They seem to have little to confess, little to ask for, and little to thank him for. Alas, this is altogether wrong. Nothing is more common than to hear believers complaining that they do not get on. They tell us that they do not grow in grace as they could desire.
"Is it not rather to be suspected that many have quite as much grace as they ask for? Is it not the true account of many, that they have little, because they ask little? The cause of their weakness is to be found in their own stunted, dwarfish, clipped, contracted, hurried, narrow, diminutive prayers."
Do we really have "little to confess, little to ask for, and little to be thankful for?
Sweet Jesus, in light of eternity and the enormity of Thy gift, I pray Thou wilt forgive every weak "stunted, dwarfish, clipped, contracted, hurried, narrow, diminutive prayer."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 114
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Today's episode is a call to contemplate our prayer lives and ask God if the words of J.C. Ryle have any message for us.
J.C. Ryle
"I commend to you the importance of fullness in prayer. I do not forget that our Lord warns us against the example of the Pharisees, who, for pretense, made long prayers; and commands us when we pray not to use vain repetitions. But I cannot forget, on the other hand, that he has given his own sanction to large and long devotions by continuing all night in prayer to God."
"I am afraid the private devotions of many are most painfully scanty and limited; just enough to prove they are alive and no more. They really seem to want little from God. They seem to have little to confess, little to ask for, and little to thank him for. Alas, this is altogether wrong. Nothing is more common than to hear believers complaining that they do not get on. They tell us that they do not grow in grace as they could desire.
"Is it not rather to be suspected that many have quite as much grace as they ask for? Is it not the true account of many, that they have little, because they ask little? The cause of their weakness is to be found in their own stunted, dwarfish, clipped, contracted, hurried, narrow, diminutive prayers."
Do we really have "little to confess, little to ask for, and little to be thankful for?
Sweet Jesus, in light of eternity and the enormity of Thy gift, I pray Thou wilt forgive every weak "stunted, dwarfish, clipped, contracted, hurried, narrow, diminutive prayer."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 114
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J.C. Ryle is calling us today to a call to boldness. The type of boldness, I think, which believes in what we are calling for, and that God is listening, and that He will answer. More than those things, or on top of those things, is the boldness that calls us to know the word and pray as we have seen what God Himself has revealed to us.
Ryle wisely says:
"I commend to you the importance of boldness in prayer. There is an unseemly familiarity in some men's prayers which I cannot praise. But there is such a thing as a holy boldness, which is exceedingly to be desired. I mean such boldness as that of Moses, when he pleads with God not to destroy Israel "Wherefore," says he, "should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains? Turn from thy fierce anger" (Exod. 32:12). I mean such boldness as that of Joshua, when the children of Israel were defeated before men of Ai: "What," says he, "wilt thou do unto thy great name?" (Josh. 7:9). This is the boldness for which Luther was remarkable. "One who heard him praying said, "What a spirit, what a confidence was in his very expressions. With such a reverence he sued, as one begging of God, and yet with such hope and assurance, as if he spoke with a loving father or friend." This is the boldness which distinguished Bruce, a great Scotch divine of the seventeenth century. His prayers were said to be "like bolts shot up into heaven."
We prove our serious boldness when we pray. Our love, forgiveness, and patience are the flavor of God's love, forgiveness, and patience.
Once we stop trifling in communion with Father, Son, and Holy God, we will also pray, Make me know Thee better and better, Sweet Jesus, rejoicing in Thy presence. Psalm 16:11
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 113
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Thank you
Pastor Ryle told us on October fourteenth:
The 119th Psalm is full of things asked, 'according to thy word.'
Today, we are riffing off Psalm 119 and the verses which call out "according to Thy word."
Let our souls be excited by all the promises we have in His word to:
Calm our weariness Psalm 119:25
Be strengthened in our sorrows. Psalm 119:28
Be energized by His lovingkindnesses, remembering our salvation. Psalm 119:41
Pleading for grace for ourselves and our loved ones. Psalm 119:58
Rehearsing He has dealt well with us Psalm 119:65
He is the God of all comfort. Psalm 119:76
Momentum in our affliction. Psalm 119:107
Sustaining power in the face of all hardship, empowered by our hope. Psalm 119:116
Knowing if God is for us, who can be against us Psalm 119:154
He gives us wisdom and understanding through His word. Psalm119:169
Our overcoming hope is through our supplications in times of trouble. Psalm 119:170
He is indeed Yahweh Yireh, our God, who supplies all we need for life and godliness.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 005
Episode 112
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Welcome to the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast. My name is Fred, and I am the podcast principal, and we are back in the paddock.
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We have a short and interesting announcement episode.
Over the years, I have been asked by people who listen, enjoy, and are edified by the podcast about helping us through donations.
In the last few months, that question has come up more frequently, so after prayer and conversation, we have decided to have donation opportunities.
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The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 111
Praying by faith means praying expecting answers from the God who revealed to us, the fervent prayers of a righteous man accomplishes much.
J.C. Ryle urges us to pray and expect to see the answers.
“Above all, we should cultivate the habit of expecting answers to our prayers. We should do like the merchant who sends his ships to sea. We should not be satisfied, unless we see some return. Alas, there are few points on which Christians come short so much as this. The church at Jerusalem made prayer without ceasing for Peter in prison; but when the prayer was answered, they would hardly believe it (Acts 12:15).”
Ryle's next statement is sorrowful to me, for it took a long time, but people have asked many times for prayer. And yet, many never come back with the answer.
Why?
Far too often, pastor Ryle has the answer:
"It is a solemn saying of Traill, (Robert) "There is no surer mark of trifling in prayer, than when men are careless what they get by prayer."
Jesus tells the Father in John,
"Father, I thank Thee that Thou heardest Me. 42 "And I knew that Thou hearest Me always; but because of the people standing around I said it, that they may believe that Thou didst send Me."
John 11:41-42
Holy brethren, let us flirt with God no longer, but pray for one another and glory with one another with His answers.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 110
J.C. Ryle breaches two central concepts in praying with faith.
Believing God hears and answers and:
We are moved to pray His promises.
"I commend to you the importance of praying with faith. We should endeavor to believe that our prayers are heard, and that if we ask things according to God's will, we shall be answered. This is the plain command of our Lord Jesus Christ: "Whatsoever things ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" (Mark 11:24).
Faith is to prayer what the feather is to the arrow: without it prayer will not hit the mark. We should cultivate the habit of pleading promises in our prayers."
"We should take with us some promise, and say, "Lord, here is thine own word pledged. Do for us as thou hast said." This was the habit of Jacob Moses, and David. The 119th Psalm is full of things asked, 'according to thy word.'
"The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
James 5:16b-18”
Which is more challenging to believe? "Some day you will have a son, or "God is able to raise men even from the dead?"
"By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18 it was he to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED." 19 He considered that God is able to raise men even from the dead; from which he also received him back as a type."
Hebrews 11:17-19
Faithful are the promises of the power of God. God is not a man, that he should lie.
Pray the promises of God.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 109
We are on the lucky October thirteenth and looking at praying with fiery passion. Realistic conversation with Almighty.
J.C. Ryle tells us:
"I commend to you the importance of earnestness in prayer. It is not necessary that a man should shout, or scream, or be very loud, in order to prove that he is in earnest."
"It is the "effectual fervent" prayer that "availeth much."
"This is the lesson that is taught us by the expressions used in Scripture about prayer. It is called, "crying, knocking, wrestling, laboring, striving."
Examples from Ryle:
"Jacob is one. He said to the angel at Penuel, "I will not let thee "o, except thou bless me" (Gen. 32:26). Daniel is another. Hear how he pleaded with God: "O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, 0 my God" (Dan. 9:19).
"Our Lord Jesus Christ is another. It is written of him, "In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears" (Heb. 5:7)."
"Alas, how unlike is this to many of our supplications! How tame and lukewarm they seem by comparison. How truly might God say to many of us, "You do not really want what you pray for.""
Ryle goes on:
"Let us try to amend this fault. Let us knock loudly at the door of grace, like Mercy in Pilgrim's Progress, as if we must perish unless heard. Let us settle it in our minds, that cold prayers are a sacrifice without fire."
Hannah's zeal is seen in her humble gratitude:
Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Thy salvation. 2 "There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides Thee, Nor is there any rock like our God. 3 "Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed. 4 "The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength…
5 Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes…
10 "Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed."
Ryle's Reminder:
Let us settle it in our minds that cold prayers are a sacrifice without fire."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 108
We ended in the eleventh, looking at our perseverance in prayer, noting here, so far, that Ryle is campaigning for our daily conversation with the Holy God.
We begin today continuing on that theme, listening to Ryle as he says:
“I do not maintain that prayers should always be of the same length; but I do say, let no excuse make you give up prayer.”
And of course, once we get through the fits and starts and enter into the true deep converse with Our Savior, we have, because of circumstance (hospital), may miss our God for a very short period, “but the joy we share as we tarry there” will bring us running back into His presence as soon as we are able.
“Never forget that you may tie together morning and evening devotions, by an endless chain of short ejaculatory prayers throughout the day. Even in company, or business, or in the very streets, you may be silently sending up little winged messengers to God, as Nehemiah did in the very presence of Artaxerxes.”
But this is the most crucial paragraph, I believe our perseverance in prayer comes next:
“And never think that time is wasted which is given to God. A nation does not become poorer because it loses one year of working days in seven, by keeping the Sabbath. A Christian never finds he is a loser, in the long run, by persevering in prayer.”
Our goal here, building growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, consistent prayer lives, will, without doubt, glorify God, line us up with His perfect will, and lift our souls in ravished delight, which goes beyond what we could ever conceive before learning to pray.
Without fear of letting you down, pursue prayer and your community with God; never give up until you know Him; your delight will be filled up to overflowing.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 106
Today, we will hear just one sentence from Ryle, and then shortly why only one sentence, but first a word from our Savior:
"Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,"
Luke 18:1
Ryle urges us to do the same.
"I commend to you the importance of perseverance in prayer. Once having begun the habit, never give it up."
And
Our avoidances say we "Neglect your soul."
(That's two, but I could have improved at Maths.)
Two Truths and no Lie:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16
"He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
John 1:11-13
Brethren, we are commended to the God who loves us, sought us, and tells us in no uncertain terms that we should always pray and not faint.
Let's pray and pray for one another.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 105
In examining the Duty, Glory, and Excellency of prayer, we are reminded that:
I am a Sinner.
Being human means being complex beyond what we can express or understand.
We are lonely beings because of our sins.
Added and expanded from our original episode:
We are reminded of the essence of sin:
"Sin always aims for the worst: each time it tempts or entices, if left unchecked, it would lead to the most extreme sin of that type. Every impure thought or glance would become adultery if it could; every greedy desire would turn into oppression; every doubt would become atheism if sin were allowed to fully develop. People might reach a point where they no longer hear sin urging them to commit scandalous acts, but every rise of lust, if left unchecked, would escalate to the worst kind of wickedness. It's like the grave that's never satisfied (Proverbs 30:15-16)."
Owen, John. Mortification of Sin: In Modern English (pp. 19-20). Modern Puritans.
Yet the Duty of a Child of God is to talk to our Savior. And that is simple.
"It is useless to say you know not how to pray. Prayer is the simplest act in all religion. It is simply speaking to God. It needs neither learning nor wisdom nor book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. The weakest infant can cry when he is hungry. The poorest beggar can hold out his hand for alms, and does not wait to find fine words. The most ignorant man will find something to say to God, if he has only a mind." J.C. Ryle
Duty:
Now a quick summary of our duty in prayer:
We listen,
We speak,
God wants to hear,
We want to be known,
We start,
We will grow.
Glory:
Jeremiah glories in the sad will of God.
Job glories in his hurtful testing.
The excellency of prayer is seen in, well, basically everyone else in the Bible:
Joesph
"And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people. alive.
Genesis 50:20
Abraham
Genesis 17:18
Jacob-Israel
Genesis 45:28
David
2 Samuel 15:25-26
The Father in the New Testament, "I believe, help Thou my unbelief."
Job again,
"Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.
Job 13:15a
Moses
Genesis 33:26-27
Jesus
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
The peaceful fruit of righteousness in Hebrews 12 after we have been disciplined by our loving Father.
David again,
Psalm 31:14-16
Paul
2 Timothy 4:6-8
Philippians 1:21-23a
Beloved children of God, abundance of life is not stuff, but your intimate relationship with our Holy God, Creator, Savior, and Good Shepherd is made more poignant because we are sinners in His presence.
We are called to converse sincerely with the God whose ways are higher than ours. (Duty)
We are mystified even in His most difficult truths, in being a part of His will for which we have given Him glory. (Glory)
And only in that close community with the Almighty can we see the excellency of prayer as He hears our cries, draws close to us, and tells us of His love. Even though we are sinners. Excellency.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 091
"I commend to you the importance of making prayer a regular business of life. I might say something of the value of regular times in the day for prayer. God is a God of order. The hours for morning and evening sacrifice in the Jewish temple were not fixed as they were without a meaning. Disorder is eminently one of the fruits of sin. But I would not bring any under bondage. This only I say, that it is essential to your soul's health to make praying a part of the business of every twenty four hours in your life. just as you allot time to eating, sleeping, and business, so also allot time to prayer. Choose your own hours and seasons. At the very least, speak with God in the morning, before you speak with the world: and speak with God at night, after you have done with the world. But settle it in your minds, that prayer is one of the great things of every day. Do not drive it into a corner. Do not give it the scraps and parings of your duty. Whatever else you make a business of, make a business of prayer."
Wherever or however you start, make it a habit to do everything that motivates you to keep that discipline of prayer. After a time, it will not be a discipline. It will be the highlight of your day.
God satisfies the human soul, but like avocados, it may take time to get a taste of them. :)
Beloved brethren, once again, all I have I give to you: pray, pray, pray. Your life will be immeasurable in joy, peace, and contentment the more time you spend in sincere prayer with Almighty God.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 104
I have been meditation on the advice from Pastor Ryle for the last couple of days on using as he said:
"As to praying out of a book in our private devotions, it is a habit I cannot praise."
And I am glad he prefaced the comments with this:
"I desire to touch this point with caution and delicacy."
Jesus told us, actually in the context of prayer,
"Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 27:41
My call to the weak among us.
I am weak, and when it comes to prayer and reading every lengthy prayer in the Bible, I desire in my weakness to seek the standards of the Bible. My daily goal is to worship, confess, intercede, pray for myself, and always remember to give thanks.
To that end, I use the Bible, "The Prayer Warrior's Journal," and "The Foundational Prayer Primer" to give substance to all my closet prayers.
The weakness of my flesh (a help) makes my prayer times more tactile.
In the weakness of my flesh and self-centeredness, I would not:
Worship as fully, without my reminders, of:
The Names of God
El Roi: The Strong on who sees. - Genesis 16:13 Hagar.
Good Shepherd: our Savior - John 10, Ezekiel 34:11
"For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out."
His attributes:
Sovereign
Job 42:2
"I know that Thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted."
Psalm 115:3
"But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases."
What He has done.
Creator
"Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created."
Revelation 5:11
Redeemer Galatians 3:13 Christ.
Power - Acts 1:8
Confession: I cannot count the times David gave voice to my broken, confessing soul.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Thy compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51:1, 7, 17
Intercession - My beloved employment would make my labor less effective left to my own devices:
"Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God."
Colossians 4:12
Thanksgiving - Yes, I would even forget all He has done for my soul if not for:
"Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
That passage was the key out of the deepest despair I've ever experienced and gave me hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
God, by any means possible, lead Thy people to a daily, intimate, open conversation with Thee.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 103
The leading of the Holy Spirit is our goal, and J.C. Ryle schools us greatly in that imperative. To that end, he says:
"We may insensibly get into the habit of using the fittest possible words, and offering the most scriptural petitions, and yet do it all by rote without feeling it, and walk daily round an old beaten path. I desire to touch this point with caution and delicacy. I know that there are certain great things we daily want, and that there is nothing necessarily formal in asking for these things in the same words. The world, the devil, and our hearts, are daily the same. Of necessity we must daily go over old ground. But this I say, we must be very careful on this point. If the skeleton and outline of our prayers be by habit almost a form, let us strive that the clothing and filling up of our prayers be as far as possible of the Spirit, As to praying out of a book in our private devotions, it is a habit I cannot praise."
What moves my heart truly in confession. Worship, thanksgiving, intercession, and supplication are the truths revealed in His word. The word of God evokes far more than my simple mind, the eternal thoughts that make my soul, my new inner man, soar in worship and love for the Sustainer and Savior of my soul, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The only wise God to whom belongs the fullness of worship and thanksgiving. That will be our employment for eternity.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 102
Our mentor over this last year, J.C. Ryle, and his book, "A Call to Prayer," bring us another challenge, which your host has failed many times.
Rightly are we warned:
"I commend to you the importance of praying spiritually. I mean by that, that we should labor always to have the direct help of the Spirit in our prayers, and beware above all things of formality. There is nothing so spiritual but that it may become a form, and this is specially true of private prayer."
Wow, and that is true. I have to confess, finding sometimes I mindlessly pray through a Psalm. Most of the time, I catch myself, but I cannot say in good conscience I have never, by rote, prayed a Psalm.
"Lord, calm my heart, and center my mind to seek Thy power in prayer," is how I often begin my closet prayer.
Beloved family, let God the Holy Spirit lead you in every prayer. If you have a plan when you come to our Savior, and He leads your heart to another concern, give in to His leading, and pray in submission to the Holy Ghost, genuinely from your heart, mind, and soul, then you can return as He leads once you've exhausted His request.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 101
J.C. Ryle warns us:
If I do not mean what I say, I am trifling with God.
The Bishop's admonishment is one of the pillars of our relationship with the Holy God. He has already reminded us we are on Holy ground, and now he warns us to mean what we say.
We know with one another that we are in the most trouble when we say things we do not mean to our community.
I will take out the garbage.
I will run that errand.
I will pray for you.
It is silly to think we can hide things from God, yet we are so habitual in hiding things from each other that we often try with the Almighty.
In our quest for a closer and closer relationship with the God who reveals Himself in His word, we forget:
Hebrews 4:12-13
"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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do."
"O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, Thou dost know it all."
Psalm 139:1-4
He knows who we are, and He saved us. He wants us to trust Him and pour out our hearts to Him by faith.
We demonstrate our faith and trust when we do not try to trifle with the God to whom we are open and laid bare and who knows our thoughts from afar.
Glory to God for your limitless mercies, for I, indeed, try those limits.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 100
J.C. Ryle reminds us once again:
"I commend then to your attention, the importance of reverence and humility in prayer. Let us never forget what we are, and what a solemn thing it is to speak with God. Let us beware of rushing into his presence with carelessness and levity. Let us say to ourselves: "I am on holy ground. This is no other than the gate of heaven."
Of course, he is correct, but I had to interject just a bit.
I went through the prayers of the New Testament before recording, and no matter the prayer, my soul was lifted up in great, sometimes giddy joy.
We do enter the throne room of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to do eternal business, yet in that somber business, we have great joy.
Duty: To bring eternal prayers to the Father with the weight of eternity.
Glory: We glory in His power and are humbled; we are privileged to pray for His will and people.
Excellency: Our joy is complete when we see His glorious answers, and we are overjoyed to know we are privileged to obey.
We enter the throne room in somber petition and leave our inner man dancing like David, in worshiping the Holy God who answers prayers.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 099
Happy October Surprise!
As we continue in "A Call to Prayer" by J.C. Ryle, we will hear him call us to humility when we come to God.
Pastor Ryle says:
"Suffer me then, as a companion in the Christian warfare, to offer you a few words of exhortation. One thing, at least, we all feel: we must pray. We cannot give it up. We must go on.
I commend then to your attention, the importance of reverence and humility in prayer. Let us never forget what we are, and what a solemn thing it is to speak with God."
Thank you, Jesus. When I think of coming into the presence of God, I often think of talking to my dad. He was a great dad, and while I could speak to him about anything, I can assure you that I did not talk to him like I talked to my peers.
In our exercise today, we listened to Jesus, Richard Alleine, and Samual Rutherford speak the following words and imagine the tone of voice they spoke with.
Mathew 6:9-13
"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. 12 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,"
Richard Alleine
"Lord, let me sit down to eat with you, and I will never complain about the menu. If I have a portion from your table, however much it is, just let me hear your voice saying, "I am yours, and with me are all things." I will be content with your allowance.
Richard Alleine
Samuel Rutherford.
In a word, I am a fool, and He is God. I will hold my peace hereafter.
Samuel Rutherford.
Oh Lord, may the humble hear this and rejoice. Amen.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 098
J.C. Ryle continues to encourage all who pray.
"There are few children of God who do not often find the season of prayer a season of conflict. The devil has special wrath against us when he sees us on our knees. Yet, I believe that prayers which cost us no trouble should be regarded with great suspicion."
"I believe we are very poor judges of the goodness of our prayers, and that the prayer which pleases us least, often pleases God most. Suffer me then, as a companion in the Christian warfare, to offer you a few words of exhortation. One thing, at least, we all feel: we must pray. We cannot give it up. We must go on."
In our days of conflict and our limited view of God's work and our place, we are encouraged to pray. Indeed, it is our calling. We are soldiers of Christ but fight on our knees, trusting Him for the results.
One thing, at least, we all feel: we must pray. We cannot give it up. We must go on.
Thank You, Jesus, for preserving the words of Thy servant Bishop Ryle.
We are indebted through his diligence, Thy gifts to him and his generation, and our blessing.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 005
Episode 097
Richard is Back!
Day two of our October surprise, and back to J.C. Ryle, and the mindset of saints of old is nothing not genuine about the ups and downs of the Christian struggle, and Ryle is in that mold.
He told us yesterday:
"Let me speak, lastly, to those who do pray. I trust that some who read this tract know well what prayer is and have the Spirit of adoption. To all such, I offer a few words of brotherly counsel and exhortation."
"Brethren who pray, if I know anything of a Christian's heart, you are often sick of your own prayers. You never enter into the apostle's words, "When I would do good, evil is present with me," so thoroughly as you sometimes do upon your knees. You can understand David's words, I hate vain thoughts." You can sympathize with that poor converted Hottentot who was overheard praying, "Lord, deliver me from all my enemies, and above all, from that bad man myself." There are few children of God who do not often find the season of prayer a season of conflict."
The conflict from within can make us weary of our own prayers. Day after day, we face ourselves in our weaknesses, selfishness, and sins as we come to our God. In the seasons of conflict, we are weary of ourselves and wonder if God feels the same.
Rest assured, tired pilgrim, the one who delivers us from this body of death is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. He tells us:
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
No created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Above all, He says:
Come to me all weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Beloved, I don't know about you, but I am weary every day and need to call to Him, Father, I need Thee, Father, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest I love Thee.
Be Thou to me my only comfort and fortress.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 096
Don't Panic; Richard will be back with us tomorrow.
October 1, 2023, our October Surprise month is here!
Unbelievable quick! Thank You for listening and encouraging the podcast principal, Fred, and Richard Durrington, your amiable announcer.
We have some new stuff coming and some news in a day or two, I am praying, which you may find interesting, but today we commence with day one of our October wrap-ups to year five and prayerfully a launch into year 6!
This month, we will hear every day, as the Lord opens that door, to A Call to Prayer, the parting wisdom and exhortation from J.C. Ryle.
He encourages us to listen to him for a bit longer.
His gracious invitation:
“Let me speak, lastly, to those who do pray. I trust that some who read this tract know well what prayer is, and have the Spirit of adoption. To all such, I offer a few words of brotherly counsel and exhortation. The incense offered in the tabernacle was ordered to be made in a particular way. Not every kind of incense would do. Let us remember this, and be careful about the matter and manner of our prayers.”
As to the manner and matter of our prayers, today, a little perspective, especially for all who are beginning your prayer life or starting again, the art of daily prayer.
Remember:
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We will start or restart as we do all things haltingly, faulting in the matter, and converse with the Holy God. That is natural; don’t let it discourage you. Pray.
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Our growth will seem achingly slow. That is natural; don’t give up. Pray.
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We will fail in the art of prayer. That is natural; don’t give up. Pray.
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You will miss, miss, and miss times again. This is a new discipline for you, or a troublesome one if you are beginning again. That is natural. Go back to your Savior; He is waiting for you. Pray.
Critically remember:
- Know you have three others at least who are daily praying for your prayer craft.
The very least of which is the principal, Fred.
To your great encouragement, The Holy Ghost.
And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 8:26-27
Your Savior Jesus Christ.
Hence, also, He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25
Forget, if you would, that I pray for you, but never forget, the Spirit and the Savior pray for you continually.
One more promise:
To his own master, he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
To God be the glory! Now and forever!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 095
The Apostle Paul was distressed, buffeted by Satan. Evidently, Paul's practice of buffeting his body was insufficient to keep him humble.
Paul prayed three times for relief from the thorn in his flesh, and when the answer came back, (no) My grace is sufficient for you, Paul's response was:
"And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore, I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
When God tells us no, there is a reason. All that He does in our lives, including answering our prayers, is to accomplish this one thing:
"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;"
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."
Romans 8:28-30
Conformity to Jesus comes through humility. Therefore, when He says no, our praise, adoration, and thanksgiving are just as enthusiastic as when we get what we pray for.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 094
We have seen the futility of trying to manipulate God from His will through the error of Balaam. We have also seen the glory of God as He answers the particular prayer of Abraham's servant in an eerily precise way.
Today, we will see God answer our prayers even as they may be vague, but He knows our hearts and grants even those imprecise prayers, even as He answers our specific prayers as He knows the deepest desires of our hearts.
To His glory, He knows what we need, and although He answers differently than we have prayed, our souls are satisfied as our desires are affirmed.
God was not swayed from His determined destruction of Sodom and Gomorra. He did hear and answer the heart of Abraham in the safety of Lot and his children.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 093
God’s abundant life is learned through prayer.
In the book "Devoted to God" by Sinclair Ferguson writes of God's perfect will:
"The Lord is the Master of the jigsaw puzzle of our lives. The pieces may be strangely shaped; often we cannot see how they fit together; but eventually when the big picture is complete we will see that each piece was perfectly shaped. He leads us by ways we could not have guessed, into situations we never expected, to fulfill purposes we could never have imagined."
"In experiencing God's will unfolding, he says: In it we experience the pleasures of knowing God and discovering his unfolding purposes for us. We taste and see that he is good."
This truth is most evident as we experience sincere communion with our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer.
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
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Season 005
Episode 092
One correction - I mention Isaiah 66:2 in this episode. When I said it, I should have listened to myself. (Now I know what Cathy feels like.) The verse I had in mind was Isaiah 65:24
"It will also come to pass that I will answer before they call; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
So think about that verse when you hear Isaiah 66:2 (which is a great verse, too.)
We have also republished a companion Episode:
"Personal/Powerful Prayer Lessons - God is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever."
We examine Biblically; God answers prayers precisely as we have asked them.
The oldest and most faithful servant, Abraham had learned faith as he lived through Abraham's struggles and victories in his wait for the promised son.
We see him pray to Yahweh, a particular prayer, and when the prayer was answered in his view, as he had asked, he had two reactions, as we do:
Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence to know whether the LORD had made his journey successful.
Genesis 24:21, so precise was God's response; his mouth was shut, and he awaited confirmation.
Then, he worshipped:
And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers."
Genesis 24:27
Let us follow the example of the majestic ones, those chosen by God to cling to Him.
Psalm 5:3
"3 In the morning, O LORD, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 091
My best days are many times sleepless nights.
God has often made the most resounding impact on His hard-headed slave -me- through sleepless nights wrestling with Him.
This delayed episode is just one occasion of God's work on a dull hearer.
We will see how dangerous it is to believe we pray primarily to get what we want.
We follow Balak and Balaam as they persist in prayer, which is clearly against God's will.
Ploy 1: Everyone thinks it's a good idea.
Ploy 2: Really distinguished men think it is a good idea.
Ploy 3: God's servant will get lots of money if you say yes.
Ploy 4: Worship, I will give lots of worship if you only give me this.
Ploy 5: Threatening the servant of God.
(I get my ploys a little out of number. Lol out loud)
Balaam finally comes to his senses, but what time I have wasted praying for stones and snakes dull in learning, the joy of my soul resting in my converse with my gracious Savior.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 090
After the visit of my son-in-law Derek and my daughter Casaundra, chop liver compared to Seven, Lincoln, French, and Freddie, my grandbabies, my heart was full, and I was convicted over how I let the myriad mercies go by almost unnoticed.
After this break, we begin with a prayer based on Psalm 33. A prayer of renewal, joy, and worship of our Holy God, Savior, Comforter, refuge, and strength.
Psalm 33:20
"Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name. "
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 089
Sound consistency changes? Pray on patient friends.
Romans 12:1-2
I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
To pray the will of God is every Christian's goal; we grow into that goal, as we know. Today, we meditate or devote ourselves to a synthesis of the will of God, distilled for us by John MacArthur.
An excellent outline to add to our specific intercessions for our entire prayer lists is the known will of God.
Salvation: 1 Timothy 2:3-4, 2 Peter 3:9
Spirit-Filled: Ephesians 5:17-18, Colossians 3:16. 2 Corinthians 6:17, John 17:17
Submissive: James 4:7, Ephesians 5:21, Hebrews 13:17, 1 Peter 2:13-15. Romans 13
Suffering: 1 Peter 3:17, Philippians 1:12, 2 Timothy 3:12
Saying Thanks to God 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Bonus, one of my prayer passages I added mid-year:
Psalm 37:4-5
Delight yourself in the LORD, And He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
Thank you. Heavenly father. For this beautiful day, we thank you for bringing us to thy salvation. Holy ghost. We thank you. You've taught us your word and, through your word, the will of God, our creator, our judge. Our savior, our king. And even you, holy ghost. Our comforter and teacher. Could you help us? I pray. As we meditate on these things in our will. To seek your filling. And to Thy leading moment by moment.
We would pray for the power in the renewing of our minds. As Paul said in Romans 12. That we would desire then. What thou desirous. I will and not ours be done.
Our desire, by faith, we glory in our afflictions even.
Because we're told in the Psalms that because of those, we do not stray. For all of those things, we give gratitude.
By purposes, glorious of thou art, majestic and thou art to be worshiped. For eternity, we will glory in what we hast done right now. The answer to our prayers. We present ourselves as Thy workmanship. We delight to do. Thy will. Make us more and more delighted to do that? I will. Oh, Elohim. For thou are precious Messiah. Our example. And to Father, thou has put a new heart in us. To do the law and thy law through the holy spirit. And I word. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We pray all this to you that were at the invisible. The immortal. The wise, the only king of Kings and Lord of Lords. So we submit to the. To know and do that well. Amen.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 088
This is the first revision of our Signature Episode; it is worth a listen, even if you have heard the previous one.
In examining the Duty, Glory, and Excellency of prayer, we are reminded that:
I am a Sinner.
Being human means being complex beyond what we can express or understand.
We are lonely beings because of our sins.
Added and expanded from our original episode:
We are reminded of the essence of sin:
"Sin always aims for the worst: each time it tempts or entices, if left unchecked, it would lead to the most extreme sin of that type. Every impure thought or glance would become adultery if it could; every greedy desire would turn into oppression; every doubt would become atheism if sin were allowed to fully develop. People might reach a point where they no longer hear sin urging them to commit scandalous acts, but every rise of lust, if left unchecked, would escalate to the worst kind of wickedness. It's like the grave that's never satisfied (Proverbs 30:15-16)."
Owen, John. Mortification of Sin: In Modern English (pp. 19-20). Modern Puritans.
Yet the Duty of a Child of God is to talk to our Savior. And that is simple.
"It is useless to say you know not how to pray. Prayer is the simplest act in all religion. It is simply speaking to God. It needs neither learning nor wisdom nor book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. The weakest infant can cry when he is hungry. The poorest beggar can hold out his hand for alms, and does not wait to find fine words. The most ignorant man will find something to say to God, if he has only a mind." J.C. Ryle
Duty:
Now a quick summary of our duty in prayer:
We listen,
We speak,
God wants to hear,
We want to be known,
We start,
We will grow.
Glory:
Jeremiah glories in the sad will of God.
Job glories in his hurtful testing.
The excellency of prayer is seen in, well, basically everyone else in the Bible.
Joesph
"And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people. alive.
Genesis 50:20
Abraham
Genesis 17:18
Jacob-Israel
Genesis 45:28
David
2 Samuel 15:25-26
The Father in the New Testament, "I believe, help Thou my unbelief."
Job again,
"Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.
Job 13:15a
Moses
Genesis 33:26-27
Jesus
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
The peaceful fruit of righteousness in Hebrews 12 after we have been disciplined by our loving Father.
David again,
Psalm 31:14-16
Paul
2 Timothy 4:6-8
Philippians 1:21-23a
Beloved children of God, abundance of life is not stuff, but your intimate relationship with our Holy God, Creator, Savior, and Good Shepherd is made more poignant because we are sinners in His presence.
We are called to converse sincerely with the God whose ways are higher than ours. (Duty)
We are mystified even in His most difficult truths, in being a part of His will for which we have given Him glory. (Glory)
And only in that close community with the Almighty can we see the excellency of prayer as He hears our cries, draws close to us, and tells us of His love. Even though we are sinners. Excellency.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 087
We are in a five-minute devotional, and we maintain converse with God; fellowship or community with God is grown and developed through reading the whole counsel of God and talking to Him. (Prayer)
A soul that does not set its affections and things above disobeys the commands and loses the most gracious and delightful discoveries of the word of God."
Excerpt From
The Saint's Everlasting Rest
Richard Baxter
The Bible is a unit. We learn of God throughout the Bible, not just a part. The Old Testament is complete with the New Testament.
We trust the New Testament because we can trust the Old Testament.
Hebrews4:16
Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.
Jeremiah 17:12-13
A glorious throne on high from the beginning 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake Thee will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the LORD.
John 8:10-11
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?
John 8:38-39
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.’ ” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Our meditation, the throne of grace, and living waters.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 086
Back to our Extended Ryle, we are almost done reviewing the book.
Beloved brethren, whether you are just beginning your conversation with our Savior or starting again for the third (or one hundredth) time as you get to know God through prayer, J.C. Ryle expresses like no other the encouragement we need to press on to know the Lord as Hosea exhorts us - chapter 6 verse 3.
Perhaps the most poignant exhortation to prayer ever:
"Wait not because you feel unworthy. Wait for nothing. Wait for nobody. Waiting comes from the devil. just as you are, go to Christ. The worse you are, the more need you have to apply to him. You will never mend yourself by staying away."
John Charles Ryle's challenges:
"I warn you that of all professing Christians you are most utterly without excuse. There is not a single good reason that you can show for living without prayer."
"It is useless to say you know not how to pray. Prayer is the simplest act in all religion. It is simply speaking to God. It needs neither learning nor wisdom nor book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. The weakest infant can cry when he is hungry. The poorest beggar can hold out his hand for alms, and does not wait to find fine words. The most ignorant man will find something to say to God, if he has only a mind."
"It is useless to say you have no convenient place to pray in. Any man can find a place private enough, if he is disposed. Our Lord prayed on a mountain; Peter on the housetop; Isaac in the field; Nathanael under the fig tree; Jonah in the whale's belly. Any place may become a closet, an oratory, and a Bethel, and be to us the presence of God."
"It is useless to say you have no time. There is plenty of time, if men will employ it. Time may be short, but time is always long enough for prayer."
"Apply this for a life time no matter how you feel, even if you fall, even if you know you have grieved the Holy Spirit beyond all human capacity to forgive, remember, He is not human and His compassion and forgiveness never fails."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 085
madhouseministries.org, mention Gossards in the note, please.
There is momentum to every new endeavor, any new start-up effort, or adventure. The momentum starts out slowly, and as it gains speed, as it were, it becomes more prominent and different, even if only by a few degrees than had been anticipated.
The Free Range Preacher on Prayer has come to that point. As in any other ministry, that momentum not only increases the possibilities of that ministry but also offers an opportunity for a broader variety of ways to help spread the gospel and the spiritual growth of God's people, all to the glory of God.
In light of this, the Free Range Preacher has three ministries we would like to highlight over the next few weeks. We will follow those with an exciting announcement about the Free Range Ministries, which is for later.
We will highlight Madhouse Ministries in Phoenix, AZ (today), Genci Hoxha, an Albanian missionary pastor to Albania, and one more ministry I haven't received permission to mention yet.
We can begin praying for all three now, and then as they are highlighted, pray for how we might help.
Today's episode will be for Madhouse Ministries in Phoenix, Arizona. We will follow up with them with a blog posting in the coming days.
Disclaimer: I did not mention in this episode that Derek Gossard, the missionary in question, is my son-in-law, and Cassie, whom we will note, is my daughter.
It is a joy to watch the Holy Spirit work in His children, primarily as they minister as He leads through His power and gifts.
"Madhouse" works with inner-city youth in Phoenix, AZ, and as you will hear, he is energized completely and differently when he works with the youth he is called to than with us (not as interesting) adults.
The requests, of course, are for prayer and considering giving to that ministry. Derek and Casaundra are at a crossroads, seeking God's direction through their desire to minister and His supply.
We walk by faith and those called to the specific task of preaching the gospel as their vocation cast their bread upon the waters of God's supply through His people. Thank you for listening and considering what God might have you do.
Again, to learn more and perhaps give to this effort, you can go to:
madhouseministries.org and mention Gossards in the notes section of the giving page.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 084
The God of all comfort is our all in all.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. 6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; 7 and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort."
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
The Bread of Life:
John 6:35-36 & 47-51
The Light of the World:
John 8:12 & 9:4-5
The Door of the Sheepfold:
John 10:7-10
The Good Shepherd:
John 10:11 & 14-15
The Resurrection and the Life:
John 11:25-26
The Way, the Truth, and the Life:
John 14:6
The True Vine:
John 15:1-9
So What?
"Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence."
2 Peter 1:2-3
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 083
Our five-minute devotional today is longer than five minutes, but we also take care of a bit of business in this episode. I know many of you pray for the Free Range Preacher on prayer, and I do thank you. It is also one of the reasons we have confidence when the unexpected happens.
For the last few weeks, I have been able to be the helper for Cathy's health bumps and not the helpie!
Today we consider three passages:
"Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21
This passage is the sweeter in our most profound needs. Such as…
"Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more."
Psalm 39:13
His work exceedingly abundantly beyond all we conceive of brings glory to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
"O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears."
Psalm 34:3-4
I am suddenly reminded (or the episode would be longer) of a portion of the "Valley of Vision. "
"Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;
Let me find thy light in my darkness,
thy life in my death,
thy joy in my sorrow,
thy grace in my sin,
thy riches in my poverty,
thy glory in my valley."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 082
Editor's note (that's Fred) We have had some life stuff in the providence of God and s little none-sense of Fred, which have delayed this episode.
For the providence of Almighty God, we are thankful.
As per my none-sense, I edited this a little differently this time, and instead of the process being shorter, it was much longer. I am sorry and was about to say I'll not be doing that again, but Richard has already told me a time or two or 321, "Don't make promises you can't keep! So, I'll try not to experiment as much. How's that Richard?
For today:
We do not rely on our unschooled emotions (from Pt. 1)
Neither is faith in our faith the basis of our prayers.
So What? The faith we pray in is faith in our God and His divine purpose and power to accomplish His will, not ours.
Corinthians 5:7 7for we walk by faith, not by sight—
"The danger of praying in the Spirit, is too much reliance on feelings over the word of God, and the danger in the concept of praying in faith, is having faith, in our human faith and not faith in the God to whom we pray."
We are warned as followers of God to understand this thing:
Proverbs 16:9
"The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps."
Isaiah 48:17
"Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go."
2 Corinthians 4:7
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves;"
More than a hundred times, we are urged to trust in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, not ourselves.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 081
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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2 ,
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 080
J.C. Ryle is beginning to wrap up his treatise on "A Call to Prayer."
In the first step in this short, from his perspective, and final set of appeals, he has specific admonish for those in need of saving grace, and next time, to the prayerless child of God.
Samples:
"Oh, prayerless reader, who and what are you that you will not ask anything of God? Have you made a covenant with death and hell? Are you at peace with the worm and the fire? Have you no sins to be pardoned? Have you no fear of eternal torment? Have you no desire after heaven? Oh that you would awake from your present folly. Oh that you would consider your latter end. Oh that you would arise and call upon God…"
"Let me speak to those who have real desires for salvation, but know not what steps to take, or where to- begin…."
"When does the building of the Spirit really begin to appear in a man's heart? It begins, so far as we can judge, when he first pours out his heart to God in prayer…."
"If you desire salvation, and want to know what to do, I advise you to go this very day to the Lord Jesus Christ, in the first private place you can find, and earnestly and heartily entreat him in prayer to save your soul."
"Tell him that you have heard that he receives sinners, and has said, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out." Tell him that you are a poor vile sinner, and that you come to him on the faith of his own invitation…"
"Wait not because you feel unworthy. Wait for nothing. Wait for nobody. Waiting comes from the devil just as you are, go to Christ. The worse you are, the more need you have to apply to him. You will never mend yourself by staying away."
"Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you. Just as a mother understands the first lispings of her infant, so does the blessed Saviour understand sinners. He can read a sigh, and see a meaning in a groan."
"Despair not because you do not get an answer immediately. While you are speaking, Jesus is listening. If he delays an answer, it is only for wise reasons, and to try if you are in earnest. The answer will surely come. Though it tarry, wait for it. It will surely come."
"Oh, reader, if you have any desire to, be saved, remember the advice I have given you this day. Act upon it honestly and heartily, and you shall be saved."
Nuf said.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 079
In 1951, “Nature, Man, and God” by William Temple was published much later than I thought.
In this book, the finest description of the heart of true Christian worship can be found:
“Quicken your conscience with the Holiness of God.
Feed your mind with the Word of God. Purge your imagination with the Beauty of God.
Open your heart with the Love of God.
Devote you will to the Purpose of God.”
The verbatim prayer I pray each day, and add:
“Teach me today of Thee Thyself.
Help me to live: At peace with the Church. Admonish the unruly.
Encourage the faint hearted. Help the weak. Seek after that which is good for all men.”
This prayer is my early meditation on who God is and what He has called me to do.
Temple’s description is at least an example of the majesty of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which invigorate our daily walk with our Savior.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 078
Five minutes of truth is our food for inexhaustible hope, peace, and comfort.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; 3 Who pardons all your iniquities; Who heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
Psalm 103:2-5
Our soul humble Church knows it very well,
"Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well."
Psalm 139
"We call out in fear and trembling, 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope."
Lamentations 3:21
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 077
It is not any hyperbole or overstatement to say prayer puts all He has done for my soul into proper perspective. His promises of eternal life have been affirmed as only could be, by sincere converse, prayer, and the word, with my Savior.
Part of what we have labeled "the grammar of prayer" we have talked about:
The Foundation - our relationship with Almighty God.
The Frame - The Holy Spirit and Faith.
Today, in general, we know the Holy Ghost is our teacher and leader, who convicts us of our sins and is in charge of our growth towards God.
We know these in general and understand that He also fulfills those earthly offices in our communion with the Father and the Son.
Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:18
With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
The So What:
We are to pray in the Spirit.
Praying in the Spirit is praying according to His word.
His word gives us discernment to apply at the moment.
He moves on our hearts; do not ignore His promptings.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 076
Category Five-Minute Devotional
A new feature, long ago and far away, we started what I wanted to be a short daily devotional. Neither The Free Range, F.O.P. (Fred's Operating Procedure) or production were quality enough to make that reality.
After all my Maestro - Richard Durrington's work, we can faithfully meditate on two weekly Devotional episodes.
We begin with verse 1 of Psalm 103:
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
God is:
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
God is Holy:
"Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of His glory."
Isaiah 6:3b
In His mercies, He is our Good Shepherd:
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
John 10:11
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 075
I scoff on the lapel of all who say the Bible is not relevant to our day.
Habakkuk faced times similar to our tumult he saw terrible judgment coming, and God confirmed the news in answer to his prayer, yet he confesses:
Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. 19 The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes me walk on my high places.
Habakkuk 3:18-19
How was he able to make that confession in the face of such unbelievable times?
I’ll bet he prayed after the fashion of David:
O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me.
2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.
3 O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever.
Psalm 131
The peace that passes all understanding comes when we run into the arms of our Savior, crying out, Abba! Father!
(Philippians 4:6)
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 074
How do you distinguish between a cherry tree and a pare tree?
I use all my knowledge in plantology to know how.
But critically:
Samual Rutherford wrote:
"Wrestle, fight, go forward, watch, fear, believe, pray; and then ye have all the infallible symptoms of one of the elect of Christ within you."
J.C. Ryle, Rutherford, and all serious teachers of the word of God emphasize the symptoms of true faith. Or the evidence of true faith.
Why? Because the Bible heavily focuses on that necessity.
John the Baptist, Jesus, and His apostles make it clear being born-again means changes.
We are changed in our appetites, affections, minds, and actions.
Matthew 3:7-9
Matthew 17:17-19
Romans 12:1-2
Matthew 7:16
"You will know them by their fruits.
J.C. Ryle contends prayer-lessness indicates either a non-Christian or a very foolish Christian.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 073
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 sin. Prayer is the act of faith that assures our soul.
We are complex lonely beings, and prayer brings us into the arms of our heavenly Father, who knows us, holds us, and comforts us.
Some of my favorite prayers:
Hannah, 1 Samuel 1.
Fathers calling out for their children, Mark 9, Matthew 9, Luke 7.
A roofing job, Mark 2 ,
Psalm 39, Psalm 42
The woman who touched Jesus' robe, Luke 8.
Scriptures referenced:
Luke 18:1
Proverbs 15:8
Psalm 42:1
2 Corinthians 5:17 & Ezekiel 11:19
John 17:3 (of course)
Hebrews 11:1&6
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:14-15
Romans 8:26-28
1 Corinthians 12:11-12
Hebrews 4:16, 7:25, 4:12-13
The TARDIS even makes an appearance as we learn:
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 072
Today, a prayer of celebration, our hundredth episode, and for strength in this season of upheaval, and for a year of jubilee, for God is working to do His will and give His beloved Kingdom, victories, and Himself as Yahweh-Nissi, God the banner over our heads.
Echos of Holy Writ, some Puritans, and the heart of the podcast host, in our supplication and worship to our Savior:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace, King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 071
The words of Richard Baxter are earthy, moving, and convicting. He echos the truth, that we can begin to enjoy God's rest as we seek Him foremost.
Baxter in "The Saints Everlasting Rest" brings us to tears, and He laments in the voice of God:
"How must we offend our dear Lord when we give him cause to complain, as he did of our fellow idolaters: "My people have been lost sheep; they have forgotten their resting-place. My people can find rest in anything rather than in me. They can delight in one another, but not in me. They can rejoice in my creatures and ordinances, but not in me. Yea, in their very labors and duties they seek for rest, but not in me. They had rather be anywhere than be with me. Are these their gods? Have these redeemed them? Will these be better to them than I have been, or than I would be?" If you yourselves had a wife, a husband, a son, who had rather be any where than in your company, and was never so merry as when farthest from you, would you not take it ill? So our God must needs do."
He then urges us:
"O Christian, follow thy work, look to thy dangers, hold on to the end, win the field, and come off the ground before thou think of a settled rest."
His words are sober to my soul.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 070
After a Fight, Fall, Fight, I experienced a Funeral. It was the funeral of my dad. The worst tragedy of my life.
You can listen to the series in order. Personal/Powerful Prayer Lesson published March 20, 2023. Personal/Powerful Prayer Lesson 2 - The Fight, from March 28. The Fall was posted on April 14. The Flight is on April 28.
God worked all those together, along with an accident, a letter, and a reminder, "Dad, you're my hero.." To save the soul of my dad.
The breadth and length, height and depth, and the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, being filled up to all the fulness of God, and do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…
It is not stuff or selfish ambitions, but the salvation of souls.
My greatest need for comfort came in 1984, and my greatest joy came in my dad's salvation.
To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 069
Joshua's words are a challenge of belief. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. But what after you have made that decision?
What is our process when facing a below-average life in this flesh?
As we will see from J.C. Ryle, our first response to every circumstance should be, "As for me, I will seek the Lord."
Richard Baxter adds his most probing Question:
"Are not the comforts you desire neglected or resisted?"
"Oh that men would understand that happiness, does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart."
"Prayer can lighten crosses for us however heavy. It can bring down to our side One who will help us to bear them. Prayer can open a door for us when our way seems hedged up. It can bring down One who will say, "This is the way, walk in it." Prayer can let in a ray of hope when all our earthly prospects seem darkened. It can bring down One who will say, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Prayer can obtain relief for us when those we love most are taken away, and the world feels empty. It can bring down One who can fill the gap in our hearts with himself, and say to the waves within, "Peace; be still." Oh that men were not so like Hagar in the wilderness, blind to the well of living waters close beside them.
I want you to be happy. I know I cannot ask you a more useful question than this: Do you pray?"
From David and Micah, we learn to seek first Him who tells us, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 068
God answered my prayer in the third quarter of 1984 and sent Cathy and me back to Phoenix to continue and finish my education.
On the way back, we desired to fish and camp from Boise to northern Idaho and visit with every friend who wanted to join us.
Our desire would never come to pass. God used a broken deal at work, a broken truck, broken ribs, whiplash, and a necessary recovery time to provide the most profound comfort I would ever need after the saddest event I have yet to experience.
God's Providence cannot be questioned; I saw His hand in all things to pull me out of despair during and after the "Funeral" that lay just months ahead.
My first lesson in understanding:
I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 065
Category: Our Extended Ryle.
“Precious Savior, still our refuge, take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.
Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised Thou wilt all our burdens bear
May we ever, Lord, be bringing all to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright unclouded there will be no need for prayer
Rapture, praise and endless worship will be our sweet portion there.”
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
I promise I will not sing this!
We all have confidants and give them our attention because we know them and have learned to trust them. Implicit when we bring them our troubles is that we will listen and consider their words seriously.
That friend is Jesus Christ. The way to be happy is to be always opening our hearts to him. Oh that we were all like that poor Christian who only answered, when threatened and punished, “I must tell the Lord.”
Jesus can make those happy who trust him and call on him, whatever be their outward condition. He can give them peace of heart in a prison, contentment in the midst of poverty, comfort in the midst of bereavements, joy on the brink of the grave.
J.C. Ryle
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 066
Category - Devotional
Humanity, one and all, are a bruised reed and smoking flax. It is not until the pain makes us desperate for mercies outside ourselves we will not call out to the only name given among men, by which we must be saved!
So writes Richard Sibbes:
"The bruised reed is a man that for the most part is in some misery, as those were that came to Christ for help, and by misery he is brought to see sin as the cause of it, for, whatever pretences sin makes, they come to an end when we are bruised and broken. He is sensible of sin and misery, even unto bruising; and, seeing no help in himself, is carried with restless desire to have supply from another, with some hope, which a little raises him out of himself to Christ, though he dare not claim any present interest of mercy. This spark of hope being opposed by doubtings and fears rising from corruption makes him as smoking flax; so that both these together, a bruised reed and smoking flax, make up the state of a poor distressed man.
We pray with fear and trembling for our beloved and every soul we truly care about:
"O Father, be as gentle as Thou canst, but as vexing as is necessary to bruise my beloved so they will seek Thee for what Thou alone has to offer, the spring of life in salvation."
How can we pray our cherished ones be bruised and smoking? We know, from the gracious words of our Lord and Savior, who in our turn bruised us to seek His grace:
"For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it. 36 "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37 "For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:35-37
Despite the sorrows that perhaps lay ahead for our beloved, as the prince of preachers said:
"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for."
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 065
Category: Biblical - Exhortation
In 1984, a death would occur, the death of my father. As God used a single prayer of faithful Hannah to give her a son, give a prophet to Israel (Samuel), and fulfill His promise to judge the unrighteous priests troubling all of Israel, He answered my prayer to lead me back to Phoenix to finish school, encourage my heart, refresh my vision of my dad, and lay the groundwork for His salvation, all through what looked to me to be a fall.
Ponder your life carefully, and you will find God is leading and answering your prayers in the selfsame way He directs and answers His people in the Bible.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Hebrews 13:8
In the morning, O LORD, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.
Psalm 5:3
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 064
Category: Our Extended Ryle
We view the most sweeping and joyous section of “A Call to Prayer.”
Today is the most extended quote from J.C. Ryle thus far, and that is a blessing.
More of the genius of Bishop Ryle and less of me is always a good thing.
“Some without doubt have a larger cup of sorrow to drink than others. But few are to be found who live long without sorrows or cares “of one sort or another. Our bodies, our property, our families, our children, our relations, our servants, our friends, our neighbors, our worldly callings, each and all of these are fountains of care. Sicknesses, deaths, losses, disappointments, partings, separations, ingratitude, slander, all these are common things. We cannot get through life without them. Some day or other they find us out. The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.”
“The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.”
“There is a friend ever waiting to help us, if we will unbosom to him our sorrow—a friend who pitied the poor and sick and sorrowful, when he was upon earth—a friend who knows the heart of man, for he lived thirty-three years as a man among us—a friend who can weep with the weepers, for he was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief—a friend who is able to help us, for there never was earthly pain he could not cure. That friend is Jesus Christ. The way to be happy is to be always “opening our hearts to him.”
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 063
Category: Biblical
Our expectation for this episode is twofold:
Malachi 3:6
6 “For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Hebrews 13:8
Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
He takes His word seriously,
Luke 6:26
27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
So what?
He listens to our prayers, and amid His answers, He orchestrates the victory over our enemies according to His will.
In 1984, praying during my battle against my enemy, God brought my days to peace but taught me how to wrestle with our enemies most effectively - through prayer.
Ultimately, we learn of Him, and our relationship with the Father grows.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 062
Category: Our Extended Ryle
What do you think when you hear duty, glory, and excellence?
When in "The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment," Jeremiah Burroughs talks of the "Duty, Glory, and Excellency of a Christian," being our goal in Christian contentment, which can be seen as a summary of the Puritan thought on the Christian life.
"And what is the best means of cheerfulness in such a world as this? How shall we get through this valley of tears with least pain? I know no better means than the regular, habitual practice of taking everything to God in prayer. This is the plain advice that the Bible gives, both in the Old Testament and the New. What says the psalmist? "Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me" (Ps. 50:15). "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved" (Ps. 55:22). What says the apostle Paul? "Be careful for nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God: and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:6, 7)."
J.C. Ryle - A Call to Prayer.
Our "duty"
Call upon me in the day of trouble,
Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
Be careful for nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
Glory:
Thou shalt glorify me.
Excellency of the Christian life:
I will deliver thee
he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 061
Growing - Encouragement
(A republished episode in preparation for parts 2-7 in the same series.)
God’s abundant life is learned through prayer.
In the book "Devoted to God" by Sinclair Ferguson writes of God's perfect will:
"The Lord is the Master of the jigsaw puzzle of our lives. The pieces may be strangely shaped; often we cannot see how they fit together; but eventually when the big picture is complete we will see that each piece was perfectly shaped. He leads us by ways we could not have guessed, into situations we never expected, to fulfill purposes we could never have imagined."
"In experiencing God's will unfolding, he says: In it we experience the pleasures of knowing God and discovering his unfolding purposes for us. We taste and see that he is good."
This truth is most evident as we experience sincere communion with our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer.
Listen to “Tell Me the Story of Jesus/This is My Father’s World - “Hymns” Chad Marvin and Joanna Chapman
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!"
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 060
Hebrews 13:7-8
Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Our devotion, our prayer is summed up in the words of Samual Rutherford:
“I would not exchange the joy of my bonds and imprisonment for Christ with all the joy of this dirty and foul-skinned world. I am filled with Christ’s love.”
Brethren let us pray for one another.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 060
Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer.
Prayer is doubt's destroyer, ruin's remedy, the antidote to all anxieties. C.H. Spurgeon
As we consider our groaning, in our use of our difficulties, the content of our prayer reflects on God's will in our groaning.
We grow into a godly desire for our Savior's will alone.
Matthew 6:10
'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Luke 22:42
"Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done."
His will?
Romans 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;
God's means of grace?
Hebrews 12:11
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Our "So What?"
Our prayers should naturally reflect (You guessed it, David):
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray, But now I keep Thy word.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 059
Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer.
"Prayer is doubt's destroyer, ruin's remedy, the antidote to all anxieties." C.H. Spurgeon
As we consider our groaning in our use of our difficulties, the content of our prayer reflects God's will in our groaning.
We grow into a godly desire for our Savior's will alone.
Matthew 6:10
'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Luke 22:42
"Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done."
His will?
Romans 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;
God's means of grace?
Hebrews 12:11
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Our "So What?"
Our prayers should naturally reflect (You guessed it, David):
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray, But now I keep Thy word.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 059
Category: Our Extended Ryle
A cheetah housed in zoos that are too small for their created design… that is to run, jump, pursue, all with deft agility, become increasingly unhealthy.
Just so for the new creation of Christians. Whether exasperated struggles or long-term backsliding, J.C. Ryle encourages us to consider what part our lack of daily private prayer might play in our sad demeanor.
“It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose it is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins, all these are sad sights, but a backslider is a sadder sight still. A wounded conscience—a mind sick of itself—a memory full of self-reproach—a heart pierced through with the Lord’s arrows -a spirit broken with a load of inward accusation—all this is a taste of hell. It is a hell on earth. Truly that saying of the wise man is solemn and weighty, “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways” (Prov. 14:14).”
J.C. Ryle - A Call to Prayer
Psalm 32:3-6
3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”; And Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah. 6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Thee ain a time when Thou mayest be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not reach him.
Let us consider our groaning and troubles and draw near to us, seeking His power and comfort. Experiencing eternal life is fulfilling our purpose of community with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost even as we await glory.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 058
Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer.
Prayer is doubt's destroyer, ruin’s remedy, the antidote to all anxieties. C.H. Spurgeon
We saw last in part 1 of “Use the Difficulty” trials drive us to pray for wisdom. Along with the insight God provides lavishly, we gain His magnificent presence, and our resulting maturity is revealed.
We now see our tribulations develop our perseverance, character, and hope. Our hope: determination, i.e., we overcome.
Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:1-7
Our hope:
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 And who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:4-5
‘To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’
Revelation 2:7
So What?
Perseverance, character, hope, and overcoming all build and assure our souls.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 057
Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer.
Have you ever heard the question, “how can we pray without ceasing?” I have asked it myself; J.C. Ryle has some thoughts to help us answer the missive.
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of private prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows him to have a tremendous fall.
J.C.Ryle “A Call to Prayer.”
Even if we only read our Bibles two or three times a week (which is good), go to church once a week, are married with no plans to change that, don’t travel much, have a pretty stable set of friends, and are overcome with contentment in our lives if we think of our friends and family who are involved in Ryle’s list, and take to heart:
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18
As you young people say, we are approaching enough reason and content to pray without ceasing.
Prayer: Worship, Confession, Intercession, and Thanksgiving is as complete an occupation for ourselves and others as we have time to devote to them.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 56
Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer.
"Anything is a blessing which makes us pray." C.H. Spurgeon
A lesson from a stage actor we find surprisingly Biblical. God, in His word, informs us, commands us, and illustrates trials are painful but also terrific.
God has engineered what we see as terrifying events for terrific results.
The terrificest result of our various trials is to lead us to community with Almighty God, working for our eternal good and seeing His glory.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:2-5
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 055
Category: Marvin and Chapman
This interview is a real treat for me, and I know it will be for you.
Just in time for Valentine's day, Marvin and Chapman debut their new song, a little ditty titled "I Love You Tonight." (They call it a folk song, so it probably is!)
The song is upbeat and moving. You will love the song's story and their parent's reaction to the beautiful truth that true love is for growing old together.
More of them and less of me! Enjoy.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 054
Personal positive habits in devotion are the first line in the virus of backsliding in our community with the Savior.
How long can you sustain lying to your closest confidant?
"Now what is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. Of course the secret history of falls will not be known till the last day. I can only give my opinion as a minister of Christ and a student of the heart. That opinion is, I repeat distinctly, that backsliding generally first begins with neglect of private prayer."
"You may be very sure men fall in private long before they fall in public. They are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world. Like Peter, they first disregard the Lord's warning to watch and pray, and then like Peter, their strength is gone, and in the hour of temptation they deny their Lord."
"If you are a Christian indeed, I trust you will never be a backslider. But if you do not wish to be a backsliding Christian, remember the question I ask you: Do you pray?"
So What from me:
In a sincere desire to draw near to God, we have to be honest, and in confession and conviction, our heartfelt conversation will not make us perfect but is a critical tool God uses on our path to sanctification.
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 053
Category - Introductory Stuff
We are committed to praying for God's people a year of jubilee and for profound forgiveness.
For the podcast, we pray a time of consolidation and clarity in our discussions of prayer.
We review and update one of our earliest episodes in this episode: "A Preface to the Foreword to the Introduction of The Free Range Preacher on Prayer Podcast."
We review the purposes of the ministry, our reliance on the Holy Spirit and His will for our audience, how we got the name of the podcast, our goal, and finally, the truth that eternal life is summed up in John 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
Thank you for listening.
There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
Jonathan Edwards
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 052
Category: A Layman's Commentary on the Whole Bible.
(The "So What" at mark 32:58 is the Holy Spirit's "So What"; listen until then is my encouragement.)
We are not:
All powerful.
Eternal in our being.
Infinite in knowledge.
Holy in our essence.
In other words:
We did not create ourselves.
We are not:
The most beautiful.
The wisest person on earth.
(most assuredly not) the arbitrators of morality.
Just
Holy.
We are the creatures, not the Creator, even though we act like we are.
We are not qualified to throw the first stone.
We cannot renew our minds to salvation or grow spiritually if we do not come to the word of God in humility.
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Hebrews 4:12-13
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 051
Category - Exhortation.
Suppose I have been listening to the Lord; His will is evident now. In that case, 2023 will be a year of not only jubilee and forgiveness but also consolidation and prayerfully more precise communication on prayer and our community with Almighty God.
Concerning that, today's episode will cover some thoughtful basics on our prayer lives and their purpose.
The center of today's episode is the quality of our Christian lives, humility, and community in our relationship with God Almighty.
What is the lesson of "So What?"
Samuel Rutherford's language was plain and straightforward. That is good idea, me thinks.
Radical life ridicules life, profound Christian lives can only come through prayer and Bible study, or what is a true community with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the God who created us, redeems us, loves us, and gives us His presence for eternity.
John 17:3
James 4:10
1 Peter 5:6
Humility is the operating system in which the programs of prayer and Bible study are run.
We have no community or relationship, without communication with the Guardian of our souls, in sanctified conversation.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 050
I cannot get enough of J.C. Ryle’s dedication and wisdom.
Catching us back up, Bishop Ryle has been illustrating “eminent” Christians, and as he finishes up with these examples he encourages us with:
“Depend on it, prayer is power.”
We then turn to today’s exhortation:
“Prayer obtains fresh and continued outpourings of the Spirit. He alone begins the work of grace in a man’s heart. He alone can carry it forward and make it prosper. But the good Spirit loves to be entreated. And those who ask most will have most of his influence.
Prayer is the surest remedy. Against the devil and besetting sins. That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against. That devil will never long keep dominion over us which we beseech the Lord to cast forth. But then we must spread out all our cage before our heavenly Physician, if he is to give us daily relief.
Do you wish to grow in grace and be a devoted Christian? Be very sure, if you wish it, you could not have a more important question than this—Do you pray?”
We see a quick testimony of the power of entreating God over besetting sins, and the assert”
- There is sanctified ambitions:
A. To be pleasing to God.
B. To serve as an overseer.
C. To press on to the upward call.
D. To press on to maturity,
E. To play our part in the building up of the church.
Prayer and Bible study is the surest way to fulfill those ambitions.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 049
When we feel alone, trying to push away the dark, our sadness over our evil deeds, the shortness of our lives, and the justice we demand from others while we excuse ourselves, we understand reform is not enough.
The bad news. We are born slaves of sin.
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 9:27-28
The good news. There is a call from a Savior.
“All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 “For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”
Matthew 11:27-30
16 For of His fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
John 1:16-18
Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 4:13
“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24
Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
John 20:30-31
For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him; 13 for “WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.”
Romans 10:11-13
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, 8 DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS,
Hebrews 3:7
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 047
Today we are privileged to introduce Marvin and Chapman's newest release, "Mornin' Lord."
Written and sung by Joanna Chapman and produced by Chad Marvin. Followed by our January interview with Marvin (Chad) and Chapman (Joanna).
Joanna shares the profound result of starting our day by being thankful and enamored of our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who is our portion and the strength of our hearts.
Enjoy Marvin and Chapman's lovely, uplifting, and God-glorifying message.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 046
A prayer for a year of Jubilee, forgiveness, restoration, and return.
The year of Jubilee, a year of rest given by God's grace was also a year of trust. Imagine a year of no work, just a celebration!
Leviticus 25:10-11
10 'You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 'You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its after growth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines. 12 'For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field.
Set apart, holy, how difficult do we find it to relax in trusting God in His determination to be good to His people.
Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually., relationally, and even your need (s), this seems a timely prayer. Seeking the peace God has promised already.
Tied inextricably with rest and trust is forgiveness. The last few years have stretched and even broken many relationships between God's people. We are also praying restoration of our relationships.
Jubilee is living in the presence of God.
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:4
Jubilee is living with one another.
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 other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14 And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:12-17
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 045
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 children forgiving as we have been forgiven seems like a good idea.
Thank You, Jesus!
The host is weak, faltering, and wholly inadequate for the task, but the word of God is none of those.
The call for the children of God to forgive is serious, and the Bible uses:
Serious Command as witnessed by:
Commands
Matthew 6:14
Mark 11:25
Allusions:
Matthew 5:43-45
Philippians 2:3ff
Exhortations:
Ephesians 4:29-32
Romans 13
Serious Discipline:
David was disciplined through
Embarrassment; 2 Samuel 2:12
Physical Pain: Psalm 32&38
The regret of others paying for his sins: 2 Samuel 24:17
We have only updated the introduction.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 044
Thank You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for being disposed to lend to Thy slave for a time:
Monte Kuka
Jim Barrett
Gayle Martinez
Mike Beaudin
Bob Bishop
Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:7
“3. They are not lost to you that are laid up in Christ’s treasury in heaven.”
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At the resurrection you shall meet with them; thither they are sent before but not sent away.
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Your Lord loveth you, who is homely to take and give, borrow and lend.
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Excerpted from “The Letter’s of Samuel Rutherford;” Rutherford wrote a letter to a younger man who had lost all his children. This was his comfort.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 043
In the next two weeks, several key episodes will close 2022 and open 2023.
This episode is my personal prayer request for the emotional episodes coming up.
As God wills, in order, we will consider the following:
Samuel Rutherford and his comfort of all God's children as we suffer the loss of our loved one going home before us.
We replay our episode on forgiveness. Once again, we all feel the need for forgiveness. Our Savior calls us to His style of forgiveness.
We are back to Bible study and humility in the first week of the new year.
Lastly, an episode on salvation.
The LORD bless you, and keep you; 25 The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; 26 The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'
Numbers 6:24-26
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 042
Our last episode before Christmas 2022 (in my culture), we bracket this episode once again with the music of Marvin and Chapman's “That’s What Love Is” and their moving rendition of “Mary Did You Know.” Merry Christmas!
Our Bible reading, studying, and listening, we must come to the word of God as we live the Christian life by faith. For the word of God to have its rightful place, we must read what God has revealed to us through the Law, Prophets, Gospels, and New Testament letters believing what it says about itself.
Knowing:
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:20-21
We know that in our natural state, there will be things in "the message preached" sound like foolishness. Faith is an essential prerequisite to understanding the Bible in its fullness.
To that end, we examine the following:
The Righteous walk by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4
Galatians 3:11
Hebrews 10:38
Romans 1:16-17
Then, The word of God stands until all is accomplished:
Matthew 5:17-18
Matthew 24:35
The word is written to us:
Matthew 7:24
God's word is profound in its application to each one of us:
Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Matthew 5:37-38
John 15:7
1 John 2:23-24
From the Old and New Testaments of God's word, we learn:
Ezekiel 18:3-4 We are sinners.
Joel 2:32 Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Romans 10:12
Further, we find:
God takes care of His people, always.
God is faithful to His promises.
He is faithful to save His to the end.
God is not constrained to save by many or by few. Our only approach to God is with a broken and contrite heart.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 041
Today’s episode is bracketed by Marvin and Chapman’s “That’s What Love Is” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Yeah!
J.C. Ryle holds up for us banners of faith. Men who might be called standard bearers held up to show us the way and inspire confidence.
Yahweh-Nissi means God our banner, and as in ancient battle, Moses, David, Daniel, and Paul are lifted up as examples to follow.
Added to our Biblical list Luther, Bradford, the Reformers en mass, Whitefield, Cecil, Venn, Bickersteth, M’Cheyne, Hannah, and Lydia all encourage our prayers as practical and necessary to our worthy walk.
After the Bishop’s list, he reminds us:
Prayer obtains fresh and continued outpourings of the Spirit. He alone begins the work of grace in a man’s heart. He alone can carry it forward and make it prosper. But the good Spirit loves to be entreated. And those who ask most will have most of his influence.”
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 040
Two, I mean three Christmas treats for you:
Treat number 1. You will hear a fantastic song written and sung by the duo Marvin and Chapman!
Christmas treat number two, you are not subjected to my voice alone!
Treat C. After the interview, we will be treated to Marvin and Chapman and their rendition of "Up on the Housetop." It will set your toes to tappin'.
Marvin and Chapman once again pay us a visit. Chad and Joanna, my friends, talk about their song, "That's What Love Is." As well as their feature song, "That's What Love Is." I was blessed, and I believe you will be too as we hear their purpose in writing the music and the inclusion on their Christmas EP, "Up on the Housetop," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Mary Did You Know?".
Despite some minor glitches (my fault), the tender, profound import of Marvin and Chapman's "That's What Love Is" is not missed to the Glory of God.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 005
Episode 039
A Layman’s Look at the Whole Bible. - Necessary Attitudes for Reading God’s Word. (Introduction)
Before we Get to Genesis 1:1, we must begin with faith and humility. The word of God is incredible in food for our spiritual growth and the comfort of our souls.
Unless we approach the word in faith and humility and miss God’s instruction, we will also stunt our spiritual maturity in malnutrition.
Humility and faith that the word of God is written to the Church and us individually make God’s Word most effective.
Psalm 19:9-11
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. 10 They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
Psalm 119:103-105
How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 From Thy precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. 105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
2 Timothy 3:14-15
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them; 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 4:12-13
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
2 Corinthians 5:7-10
for we walk by faith, not by sight— 8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
The key to Bible study is to know by faith (and experience will prove it) and to be humble enough to believe and submit to it.
Prayer for our hearts.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 038
Review #2 of our commentary series, as we prepare for two essential keys for meaningful Biblical nutrition.
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 case is made by:
The Bible's witness.
The Devil's witness.
Jesus' Witness.
In the Sermon on the mount.
In His responses to His critics.
In His attestation of the Book of Jonah.
So we read the Bible as literature, but the fundamental rule is that we read the Bible in the most literal way possible with these genres in mind.
This will be critical as we read what God has revealed about Himself through the Bible. If we cannot take this revelation literally, we are lost to our own predilections.
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!"
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Season 005
Episode 037
A Layman’s Commentary on the Whole Bible…Review from 05.03.2022
In this A Layman’s Commentary on the Whole Bible initial episode, you will hear:
Our first blush direction of the effort.
Our intent down the road, as the Lord leads.
What a layman is, as I use the term.
All Christians are theologians.
There are;
Tight theologians
Sloppy theologians (not as bad as it sounds :))
The dangers of being a sloppy theologian.
How Dick Butkus illustrates a sloppy theologian, even!
How David illustrates a tight theologian.
Every Christian’s relationship with the Word of God.
There is at www.frponprayer.com, an outline for this episode for your help if you like to review or study it more closely.
Hebrews 4:12-13
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
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Season 005
Episode 036
Bishop Ryle's key sentence for our meditation in this episode is:
"Of course I do not say we have a right to expect a miraculous grant of intellectual gifts; but this I do say, that when a man is once converted to God, his progress in holiness will be much in accordance with his own diligence in the use of God's appointed means."
He invites further consideration is:
And I assert confidently that the principal means by which most believers have become great in the church of Christ is the habit of diligent private prayer."
My Two cents:
Although I do not have experience in greatness, my desire is the psalm that says, Thy gentleness makes me great. Knowing continually and increasingly my Savior is my heart's desire. The chief reason God created everything is His glory. Our chief reason for prayer is or will be His glory. Our longing hearts, however, are sustained and burst forth with joy and peace even in this sojourn of sorrows through diligent private prayer. (i.e., a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying, God-glorifying communion with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
I suggest you listen to Ryle first and believe him now and later.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 005
Episode 035
Thank you for listening. In categorizing episodes for the new website, we should revisit some past episodes with the editing I now use. Today's episode is the beginning of those presentations.
Today we reprise our very first devotional episode. Early devotionals were not numbered in the beginning. Therefore this episode is not Devotional 001, but 093. How do you like them apples? (lol out loud.)
Two special features:
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We edited the episode with our new processes, which left out comments now out of time, and some of the miscues we made before we edited at all! (You are welcome.)
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We have added this to www.frponprayer.com episode, edited for the written word as a blog of the same name.
As the podcast's principal, I am working on the sound (as is our wont). Forgive, I pray, the uneven sound quality.
That said, we received excellent feedback from this episode over the last four years, and we pray from our closet that it remains edifying to all who listen.
Our goal in our efforts for a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying, God-glorifying prayer life is to be able to say with Paul…
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
2 Timothy 2:12
Not to know about Him, or what is said of Him, or even what we have seen Him do, but to be so intimate with Him that He is our only confidence.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 005
Episode 034
(Our introduction after the first episode, sorry about that, chief.)
Biblically and experientially, the abundant life Jesus paid for and promises cannot be fully known without prayer.
J.C. Ryle continues to school us:
"There are some of the Lord's people who seem never able to get on from the time of their conversion. They are born again, but they remain babes all their lives. You hear from them the same old experience."
"There are others of the Lord's people who seem to be always advancing. They grow like the grass after rain; they increase like Israel in Egypt; they press on like Gideon, though sometimes faint, yet always pursuing. They are ever adding grace to grace, and faith to faith, and strength to strength."
"Now how can we account for the difference which I have just described? What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much."
Whatever you may believe God has called you to do, the critical tool of a servant of God in the family of God is prayer.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 033
As we work on our website, we forge ahead with our coverage of John Charles Ryle’s tract, “A Call to Prayer.”
His genius of organization and expression was remarkable in his day and is even more so in ours.
He makes the point that is ever been evident when he says:
“I ask whether you pray, because diligence in prayer is the secret of eminent holiness:
Without controversy there is a vast difference among true Christians. There is an immense interval between the foremost and the hindermost in the army of God.”
“There are some of the Lord’s people who seem never able to get on from the time of their conversion. They are born again, but they remain babes all their lives.”
“Now how can we account for the difference which I have just described? What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.”
Meditating on this whole passage is food for edification and a challenge to our prayer-less hearts.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 032
October Surprise 2022: "A Call to Prayer." Day 31
October 31, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's
Ryle's treatise on prayer.
Well, we made it! Day 31 of our October Surprise (no need to look at the calendar!)
J.C. Ryle once again encourages us to pray.
"What more can a man want to lead him to take any step in religion than the things I have just told him about prayer? What more could be done to make the path to the mercy seat easy and to remove all occasions of stumbling from the sinner's way? Surely if the devils in hell had such a door set open before them, they would leap for gladness, and make the very pit ring with joy.
"But where will the man hide his head at last who neglects such glorious encouragements? What can possibly be said for the man who, after all, dies without prayer? Surely I may feel anxious that you should not be that man. Surely I may well ask—Do you pray?"
J.C. Ryle
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God is merciful and makes prayer our opportunity.
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Jesus not only prayers, intercedes for us, but in Christ, our prayers are seen as His prayers,
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The Holy Ghost serves the same offices for us, and uniquely points to Jesus and His kingdom.
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Promises ignite prayer.
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Prayer is powerful
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Now, he reminds us of our opportunity.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 031
Our mentor for October has been encouraging us through the roles of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
He moved to the promises and the power of prayer.
Today, he asks, what more can be said in the way of encouragement?
""What more can a man want to lead him to take any step in religion, than the things I have just told him about prayer? What more could be done to make the path to the mercy seat easy, and to remove all occasions of stumbling from the sinner's way? Surely if the devils in hell had such a door set open before them, they would leap for gladness, and make the very pit ring with joy.
J.C. Ryle
These words are reminiscent of Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, verily, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Walking by faith, the worthy walk in our tarriance in the flesh. Our most excellent chance to glorify Father, Son, and Holy Ghost by faith is now.
Daily, heartfelt converse with our Savior is our daily strength to walk by faith in the abundance of life.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 030
October 29, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on prayer.
J.C. Ryle encourages us to seek the God of the impossible and gives us a litany of achievements of prayer.
For clarity of focus:
“There are wonderful examples in Scripture of the power of prayer. Nothing seems to be too great, too hard, or too difficult for prayer to do. It has obtained things that “seemed impossible and out of reach.”
“Well might Mary Queen of Scots say, “I fear John Knox’s prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.”
“The child of many prayers,” said an old Christian to Augustine’s mother, “shall never perish.”
Fellow children of the Most High, never give up your appeals to the God of all mercies.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 029
October 28, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
J.C. Ryle covers the exceedingly great promises from the word of God to encourage our prayers
J.C. Ryle
“There are exceeding great and precious promises to those who pray. What did the Lord Jesus mean when he spoke such words as these: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened” (Matt. 7:7, 8). “All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive” (Matt. 21:22). “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will 1 do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it” (John 14:13, 14). What did the Lord mean when he spoke the parables of the friend ‘at midnight and the importunate widow (Luke 11:5; 18:1)? Think over these passages. If this is not encouragement to pray, words have no meaning.”
Glory to God, we can know the Father, Son and Holy Ghost answer us when we call!
Psalm 34:3-4
O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
Amen!
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 028
October 27, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We have the sweet savor from our Redeemer, and added to that is our comforter assessing our groaning too deep for words and praying for us while He comes along side us, helping form our words lifted to the Father.
Romans 8:26-27
And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
“There is the Holy Spirit ever ready to help our infirmities in prayer. It is one part of his special office to assist us in our endeavors to speak with God. We need not be cast down and distressed by the fear of not knowing what to say. The Spirit will give “us words if we seek his aid. The prayers of the Lord’s people are the inspiration of the Lord’s Spirit, the work of the Holy Ghost who dwells within them as the Spirit of grace and supplication. Surely the Lord’s people may well hope to be heard. It is not they merely that pray, but the Holy Ghost pleading in them. Reader, think of this. Is not this encouragement?”
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 027
October 25, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
Our prayers are mingled with our Advocate's and made a “sweet savor.”
Romans 8:33-34
33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; 34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
“There is an Advocate and Intercessor always waiting to present the prayers of those who come to God through him. That advocate is Jesus Christ. He mingles our prayers with the incense of his own almighty intercession. So mingled, they go up as a sweet savor before the throne of God. Poor as they are in themselves, they are mighty and powerful in the hand of our High Priest and Elder Brother. The bank note without a signature at the bottom is nothing but a worthless piece of paper. The stroke of a pen confers on it all its value. The prayer of a poor child of Adam is a feeble thing in itself, but once endorsed by the hand of the Lord Jesus it availeth much. There was an officer in the city of Rome who was appointed to have his doors always open, in order to receive any Roman citizen who applied to him for help. just so the ear of the Lord Jesus is ever open to the cry of all who want mercy and grace. It is his office to help them. Their prayer is his delight. Think of this. Is not this encouragement?”
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 026
October 25, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
Our introduction is shortened again, and we have several announcements that may interest you. Thank you for listening.
Bishop Ryle’s first encouragement:
"I cannot see your heart. I do not know your private history in spiritual things. But from what I see in the Bible and in the world I am certain I cannot ask you a more necessary question than that before you—Do you pray?
I ask whether you pray, because prayer is an act in religion to which there is great encouragement.
There is everything on God's part to make prayer easy, if men will only attempt it. All things are ready on his side. Every objection is anticipated. Every difficulty is provided for. The crooked places are made straight and the rough places are made smooth. There is no excuse left for the prayerless man.
There is a way by which any man, however sinful and unworthy, may draw near to God the Father. Jesus Christ has opened that way by the sacrifice he made for us upon the cross. The holiness and justice of God need not frighten sinners and keep them back. Only let them cry to God in the name of Jesus, only let them plead the atoning blood of Jesus, and they shall find God upon a throne of grace, willing and ready “In that name a man may draw near to God with boldness, and ask with confidence. God has engaged to hear him. Think of this. Is not this encouragement?
Glory to God, there is not doubt our God hears is, and takes joy in the prayers of His people.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 15:8
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 025
October 24, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
Our introduction is shortened again, and we have several announcements that may interest you. Thank you for listening.
J.C. Ryle:
"I believe there are tens of thousands whose prayers are nothing but a mere form, a set of words repeated by rote, without a thought about their meaning.
Some say over a few hasty sentences picked up in the nursery when they were children. Some content themselves with repeating the Creed, forgetting that there is not a request in it. Some add the Lord's Prayer, but without the slightest desire that its solemn petitions may be granted.
Many, even of those who use good forms, mutter their prayers after they have gotten into bed, or while they wash or dress in the morning. Men may think what they please, but they may depend upon it that in the sight of God this is not" "praying. Words said without heart are as utterly useless to our souls as the drum beating of the poor heathen before their idols. Where there is no heart, there may be lip work and tongue work, but there is nothing that God listens to; there is no prayer. Saul, I have no doubt, said many a long prayer before the Lord met him on the way to Damascus. But it was not till his heart was broken that the Lord said, "He prayeth."
Does this surprise you? Listen to me, and I will show you that I am not speaking as I do without reason. Do you think that my assertions are extravagant and unwarrantable? Give me your attention, and I will soon show you that I am only telling you the truth."
J.C. Ryle reminds us we are called to a growing, Biblical, Dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying prayer life. Open calls from our hearts truly glorify Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 024
October 23, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
Our introduction is shortened again, and we have several announcements that may interest you. Thank you for listening.
A clarion call from J.C. Ryle:
"We live in days of abounding religious profession. There are more places of public worship now than there ever were before. There are more persons attending them than there ever were before. And yet in spite of all this public religion, I believe there is a vast neglect of private prayer. It is one of those private transactions between God and our souls which no eye sees, and therefore one which men are tempted to pass over and leave undone. I believe that thousands never utter a word of prayer at all. They eat. They drink. They sleep. They rise. They go forth to their labor. They return to their homes. They breathe God's air. They see God's sun. They walk on God's earth. They enjoy God's mercies. They have dying bodies. They have judgment and eternity before them. But they never speak to God. They live like the beasts that perish. They behave like creatures without souls. They have not one word to say to Him in whose hand are their life and breath, and all things, and from whose mouth they must one day receive their everlasting sentence. How dreadful this seems; but if the secrets of "men were only known, how common."
Bishop Ryle is challenging God's people to choose for ourselves this day, come to our senses, stop longing for the pods fit for the world, and draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
How sad that as prodigals we do not seek communion with our Father and Redeemer, and we live as those unrighteous, wicked, greedy, envious, gossips, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful…
Run to God in desperation for holy communion with Him, and know His abundant life:
Which is being renewed by love, living without hypocrisy, seeking good, loving in community, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, practicing hospitality, blessing our enemies; bless and curse not, rejoicing with those who rejoice, and weeping with those who weep, humility, striving to be at peace with all men, trusting in God's justice, living in and giving mercies, and overcoming evil with good.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 023
October 22, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
"Do you wish to find out whether you are a true Christian? Then rest assured that my question is of the very first importance—Do you pray?"
"I ask whether you pray, because there is no duty in religion so neglected as private prayer."
John Charles Ryle, a most faithful pastor and teacher of God's word, a Bishop from England, urges us once again to know prayer is a command.
Why?
First of all, as a shepherd of Jesus, he must feed His sheep:
"Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
1 Samuel 12:23
Secondly, he realizes we have been given a privilege unprecedented until our forerunner no ordinary believer had:
“in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, 20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 6:18-20
Thirdly, conforming to the will of God, we build our house upon the Rock, cut out without hands. Obedience in prayer is our most excellent assurance:
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
Matthew 6:24
Prayer is a command, and it's amazingly, astonishingly, immeasurably good for our souls, but it's still a command. We don't get access to the amazement, the wonder of God, the steadfastness of our soul, and the abundant life if we don't enter into that relationship through conversation with the Almighty.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 022
October 21, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
"Never be surprised if you hear ministers of the gospel dwelling much on the importance of prayer. This is the point we want to bring you to; we want to know that you pray. Your views of doctrine may be correct. Your love of Protestantism may be warm and unmistakable. But still this may be nothing more than head knowledge and party spirit. We want to know whether you are actually acquainted with the throne of grace, and whether you can speak to God as well as speak about God.
Do you wish to find out whether you are a true Christian? Then rest assured that my question is of the very first importance—Do you pray?"
J.C. Ryle
Again, pastor Ryle reveals his pastor's heart in his concern for the souls of his congregation.
The Apostle Paul mentioned his prayers in every one of his missives.
In Ephesians, he includes two lengthy prayers. He did this, I believe, because of the glories of God he reveals in the book:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, 8 which He lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him 10 with a view to an administration suitable to the fulness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things iin the heavens and things upon the earth. In Him 11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's possession, to the praise of His glory.
We meditate on those prayers which are reflective of J.C. Ryle's heart.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 021
dOctober 20, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
A pastor's heart:
"A real, hearty prayer, coming from a broken and contrite spirit, is worth all these things put together.
I know that the Holy Spirit, who calls sinners from their evil ways, does in many instances lead them by very slow degrees to acquaintance with Christ. But the eye of man can only judge by what it sees. I cannot call any one justified until he believes. I dare not say that any one believes until he prays. I cannot understand a dumb faith. The first act of faith will be to speak to God. Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to life. How a man can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a man can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too."
J.C. Ryle
While giving room for growth, J.C. Ryle cannot comprehend a prayer-less Christian. It is not a judgment, it is the sincere wonder at not accessing in community the lover of our souls.
J.C. Ryle, and his pastoral heart and my heart for God's people, cause the encouragement to urge you to cry out to God in obedience. Cry out to God when you're in despair, cry out to God when you're in great joy. Cry out to God with faith, lean not on our own understanding, trust God, and listen to what he says. And when he tells us that we need to pray at all times and not faint. We need to hear that, for it glorifies Him our Savior and strengthens our souls.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 020
October 19, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
J.C. Ryle:
“I know that much may go on in a man’s mind before he is brought to pray. He may have many convictions, desires, wishes, feelings, intentions, resolutions, hopes, and fears. But all these things are very uncertain evidences. They are to be found in ungodly people, and often come to nothing. In many a case they are not more lasting than the morning cloud, and the dew that passeth away. A real, hearty prayer, coming from a broken and contrite spirit, is worth all these things put together.”
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51:17
How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near to Thee, To dwell in Thy courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.
Psalm 65:4
Enough said.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 019
October 18, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
Today we concentrate on Ryle’s remarkable insight that although many live so, their piety is seen by others…
“But a man seldom goes into his closet, and pours out his soul before God in secret, unless he is in earnest.”
Only a man in earnest bows amid terrible sorrow and pray:
And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then He will bring me back again, and show me both it and His habitation. 26 “But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”
2 Samuel 15: 25-26
In sincerity, David prayed, and in sincerity, he was able to leave God's presence and walk shoeless to his refuge even as he wept, trusting in God even though He said… ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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Season 005
Episode 018
October 17, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
Our current mentor, J.C. Ryle, wrote:
"And I say, furthermore, that of all the evidences of the real work of the Spirit, a habit of hearty private prayer is one of the most satisfactory that can be named.
A man may preach from false motives. A man may write books and make fine speeches and seem diligent in good works, and yet be a Judas Iscariot. But a man seldom goes into his closet, and pours out his soul before God in secret, unless he is in earnest. The Lord himself has set his stamp on prayer as the best proof of a true conversion. When he sent Ananias to Saul in Damascus, he gave him no other evidence of his change of heart than this, "Behold, he prayeth" (Acts 9:11)."
Day 17 reminds us we have a kinship with Almighty God through His mercies, grace, and blood shed on our behalf.
The Holy Ghost is our assurance of our family,
Romans 9:9
9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
We are not left, orphans.
John 14:17-18
…that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. 18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Our prayers are the call of a beloved child.
Romans 8:14-15
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
To be not in prayer is to quench the Holy Ghost.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-20
Rejoice always; 17pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit; 20 do not despise prophetic utterances.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 017
October 16, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
JC Ryle describes true and mature Christians as broken by our sins, lovers of God, brought to our knees in gratitude for our redemption, longing to be like Him in holiness, and impatient for eternity with our Savior.
Genuine affection for Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, my beloved brethren, we cannot keep hidden without declaration.
Holy God, my soul does wait for Thee. In the still night in the early morning, I stay in silence for Thee only. Sweet Jesus, Thou art my hope, our hope, our rock, and our salvation.
You are a stronghold; we shall not be shaken because we know Him with whom we have to do.
No glory of our own do we bring to Thee Blessed Redeemer. We rest in Thy glory and Thy mercies.
Thou art the Rock, cut out without hands. Thou give us Thy strength Thou art our refuge under Thy wings.
Help us to pray, listen, and trust in Thee at all times. Please help us to pour out our hearts before Thee.
Thou art indeed our refuge. Teach us to pray. Let none of your children go without access to you and the peace that comes through confession, worship, gratitude, and desiring your w.ill.
We commit this to you all, sweet Jesus, our Savior. We pray in Your name because we know it is your will. Amen.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 016
October 15, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
But this I do say, that not praying is a clear proof that a man is not yet a true Christian. He cannot really feel his sins. He cannot love God. He cannot feel himself a debtor to Christ. He cannot long after holiness. He cannot desire heaven. He has yet to be born again. He has “yet to be made a new creature. He may boast confidently of election, grace, faith, hope, and knowledge, and deceive ignorant people. But you may rest assured it is all vain talk if he does not pray.”
Subtly woven into this paragraph are the four main elements of prayer, Confession, Worship, Thanksgiving, and Intercession. These are undeniable marks of a heart saved by grace and one that is longing for knowledge of the Savior.
Indeed it was David’s fellowship with the God of his salvation that made him confess:
Psalm 27:13
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.
Even in the best of times, God’s people need strength, courage, and patience. How. Much more in our day?
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 005
Episode 015
October 14, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
“I do not deny that a man may pray without heart and without sincerity. I do not for a moment pretend to say that the mere fact of a person’s praying proves is everything about his soul. As in every other part of religion, so also in this, there may be deception and hypocrisy.
Prayer is not a legalistic proof of salvation.
Today we are reminded prayers can include deceit and hypocrisy.
Tomorrow JC Ryle will reinforce the form of prayer.
On day 16, he will kindle our passion for our relationship with God.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season
Episode 014
October 13, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
"True Christian."
Reading authors from the past, we need to read carefully for context. I believe the Puritans use the phrase "true Christians" often for those mature in the faith. JC Ryle does consider spiritual growth.
"I do not deny that a man may pray without heart and without sincerity. I do not for a moment pretend to say that the mere fact of a person's praying proves is everything about his soul. As in every other part of religion, so also in this, there may be deception and hypocrisy.
But this I do say, that not praying is a clear proof that a man is not yet a true Christian."
A little context from JC Ryle:
"I know that much may go on in a man's mind before he is brought to pray. (As he is brought to pray.) he may have many convictions, desires, wishes, feelings, intentions, resolutions, hopes, and fears."
"I know that the Holy Spirit, who calls sinners from their evil ways, does in many instances lead them by very slow degrees to acquaintance with Christ.
"I cannot see your heart. I do not know your private history in spiritual things. But from what I see in the Bible and in the world I am certain I cannot ask you a more necessary question than that before you—Do you pray?"
In the mercies of God, give yourself a break and time to grow.
Philippians 1:6
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Romans 14:4b
To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
My beloved brethren, you are His, He loves you, and He wants to share Himself with you in intimate conversation.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 013
October 12, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer.
We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through.
In my zeal for the moving call for our intimate relationship with the Savior, I missed that it began with a prayer.
In my defense, Jesus says God's truths are revealed to babes. This is descriptive of your host.
Did you know your relationship, including prayer, is an answer to this prayer of Jesus:
At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the wise and intelligent and didst reveal them to babes. 26 "Yes, Father, for thus it was well-pleasing in Thy sight. 27 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Matthew 11:25-30
To the glory of God, our salvation not only saves us from His wrath but restores the reason for our creation. To walk with Him in the cool of the day, getting to know Him as we are known for eternity.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 012
October 11, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
John Charles Ryle (JC) writes:
“I study the reports of missionary societies in our own times. I see with joy that heathen men and women are receiving the gospel in various parts of the globe. There are conversions in Africa, in New Zealand, in Hindustan, in China. The people converted are naturally unlike one another in every respect. But one striking thing I observe at all the missionary stations: the converted people always pray.”
This is the most challenging paragraph yet, and working through it turned out to be extended. We found five reasons which can get in the way of our prayer life.
Not in any particular order:
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Being an American problem.
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Saved from religions of works, not a relationship.
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Getting used to talking to the God who is not seen.
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The wrong perspective on prayer.
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Letting standards you haven’t grown into keeping you from praying.
You can make the podcast better by sharing your strengths and weaknesses in prayer with us so we can speak more specifically of what you may need.
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Thank you for your thoughts.
Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 62:8
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Thank you for your thoughts.
Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 62:8
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 011
October 10, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
From here, we get back to our look at “A Call to Prayer,” but before we return, we look at the most emotional call, in my considered opinion, of our relationship with the God of our salvation.
Jesus in tears, cries out:
28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 “For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
Our rest comes as we seek Him in daily conference with our Savior.
Daily we learn:
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.
Psalm 68:19
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand upholds me; And Thy gentleness makes me great.
Psalm 18:35
And so to follow Him to a gentle soul, and carrying other’s burdens:
5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5
(Love)…”bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 010
October 9, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
I had a professor in college who used to stop from time to time and quip, “If I could get this concept into Fred’s head, I’d have it in a nutshell.”
So it is no surprise that it took me this long to realize Deuteronomy 6:4 says:
4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5 “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Is a call to a relationship with the God of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The need for communication with our beloved holds sway in every true relationship.
Once again, we are called to seek Him who our soul loves:
I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
Song of Solomon 3:2
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 5
Episode 009
October 8, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
Quicken your conscience with the Holiness of God.
Feed your mind with the Word of God.
Purge your imagination with the Beauty of God.
Open your heart with the Love of God.
Devote your will to the Purpose of God.
Without a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying communion with the God who loves us, created us, and sees us in His Son, we can do none of these things.
“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit...”
John 15:5
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 008
October 7, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
We turn shortly to our Biblical calls to our relationship with God, the definition of our faith; prayer is a command, and often we chase after that which does not satisfy.
We are genuinely seeking God to quench our deepest needs.
O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1
Thirst for the eternal, not the temporal.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 007
October 6, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
“I have read the lives of many eminent Christians who have been on earth since the Bible days. Some of them, I see, were rich, and some poor. Some were learned, and some unlearned. Some of them were Episcopalians and some Christians of other names. Some were Calvinists, and some were Arminians. Some have loved to use a liturgy, and some to use none. But one thing, I see, they all had in common. They have all been men of Prayer.”
J. C. Ryle
We follow a quick sample of our great cloud of witnesses on Prayer:
“Prayer is the key that opens heaven; the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God.”
St Augustine
When we go to God in Prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.
The Bible is a letter God has sent us; Prayer is a letter we send Him.
Matthew Henry
Prayer should be the natural outflow of the soul: you should pray because you must pray, not because the set time for praying has arrived, but because your heart must cry unto your Lord.
Charles Spurgeon
The evangelization of the world depends first upon a revival of Prayer.
Andrew Murray
If you have never had difficulty in Prayer, it is absolutely certain that you have never prayed.
Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones
If we fail to cultivate this discipline, Prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.
Chuck Swindoll
Whatever else the Song of Solomon teaches us, it teaches us we will see the object of our soul’s love.
I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
Song of Solomon 2:2
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 5
Episode 006
October 5, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
““I beseech you in all affection to attend to the subject I bring before you. Do not say that my question is too close. If your heart is right in the sight of God, there is nothing in it to make you afraid. Do not turn off my question by replying that you say your prayers. It is one thing to say your prayers and another to pray. Do not tell me that my question is unnecessary. Listen to me for a few minutes, and I will show you good reasons for asking it.”
J. C. Ryle
Whether we are called to victory by doing great things or called to victory through enduring great things, to accomplish His will, we need to throw ourselves on the mercies of God in Prayer…it is absolutely necessary.
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
1 Timothy 2:8
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 005
October 4, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
J.C. Ryle:
“I have looked carefully over the lives of God’s saints in the Bible. I cannot find one of whose history much is told us, from Genesis to Revelation, who was not a man of Prayer. I find it mentioned as a characteristic of the godly, that “they call on the Father” (I Peter 1:17), or “the name of the Lord Jesus Christ” (I Cor. 1:2). Recorded as a characteristic of the wicked is the fact that “they call not upon the Lord” (Ps. 14:4).”
Not only does the desire for fellowship with God through Prayer delineate saints from sinners, but those who live the abundant life now from those who do not.
Our wonder stems not in knowing how those “who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises…” lived that soul-satisfying abundant life, but…
But how those who “experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment” lived the same soul-satisfying abundant life.
Three guesses?
Prayer.
Glory to God in the highest.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 5
Episode 004
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
J.C. Ryle boldly asserts:
“This is one of the common marks of all the elect of God, “They cry unto him day and night” (Luke 18:1). The Holy Spirit, who makes them new creatures, works in them the feeling of adoption, and makes them cry, “Abba, Father” (Rom. 8:15). The Lord Jesus, when he quickens them, gives them a voice and a tongue, and says to them, “Be dumb no more.” God has no dumb children. It is as much as They see their need of mercy and grace. They feel their emptiness and weakness. They can not do otherwise than they do. They must pray.”
Do you pray?
Feeling empty, sad, stressed? We may have problems and plans we might make, indeed need to make as a solution. However, our first call for perspective, hope, joy, and power should be to the God of all comfort.
If you need a spiritual kick in the pants to ignite your prayer life, October is the month for you.
Glory to God in the highest.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
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Season 5
Episode 003
October 2, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on prayer.
The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.
J.C. Ryle boldly asserts:
“To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. It is to be on the road to hell. Now can you wonder that I ask the question,
Do you pray?
I ask again whether you pray, because a habit of prayer is one of the surest marks of a true Christian.”
Our prayers, our desire from our new inner man to seek communion with Holy God, our Creator, Savior, our Rock, and our Refuge is also our comfort as we realize we also have a pillar of assurance that we are His.
If you need a spiritual kick in the pants to ignite your prayer life, October is the month for you.
Glory to God in the highest.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
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Season 5
Episode 002
October 1 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on prayer.
More than forty years ago, after a year of salvation and being enamored with God’s word, I could still not pray.
My patient exacerbated mentor said, (basically), “Get over yourself, prayer is a command, and you need to start obeying that command.
In the last four years of the podcast, I have resisted mentioning that truth. By 2018 prayer was no longer a command but the sweetest and most necessary time of my day.
In the last few weeks, reading “A Call to Prayer” by a nineteenth-century pastor mentioned above) I realized my disservice to those children of God who needed to be reminded, “Prayer is a command!”
Our October surprise is my endeavor to rectify that mistake. We review “A Call to Prayer” to see the command which results in the sweetest reward, a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, soul-satisfying relationship with the Holy God of the universe.
If you need a spiritual kick in the pants, October is the month for you to ignite your prayer life.
Glory to God in the highest.
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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Season 5
Episode 001
Our continual supplication is understanding. Understanding brings us to the knowledge of the perfect love of Christ, and in our longing, we know our redeemer listens, and our salvation is sure.
Tav
Psalm 119:169-176
169 Let my cry come before Thee, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before Thee; Deliver me according to Thy word.
171 Let my lips utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of Thy word, For all Thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Thy hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Thy precepts.
174 I long for Thy salvation, O LORD, And Thy law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live that it may praise Thee, And let Thine ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant, For I do not forget Thy commandments.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 62
Through God’s word, we find:
Awe, due God.
Praise due God.
Peace from God.
Hope for salvation.
Love and the knowledge our ways are before God.
Shin
Psalm 119:161-168
161 Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Thy words.
162 I rejoice at Thy word, As one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and despise falsehood, But I love Thy law.
164 Seven times a day I praise Thee, Because of Thy righteous ordinances.
165 Those who love Thy law have great peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I hope for Thy salvation, O LORD, And do Thy commandments.
167 My soul keeps Thy testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 61
Educate/Encouragement
Of exclamatory prayer, Rolland Hill said:
"I like 'exclamatory' prayer; it reaches heaven before the devil can get a shot at it."
Exclamatory prayer is those spontaneous moments we cry emphatically, a revelation from God, the realization of answered prayer, or even the rehearsal of praises to our God.
It is not a prayer I had thought about much, but after some consideration, I realized these prayers are profound, keep our eyes on our Creator, Savior and Sustainer, and lift our souls.
Scripture is replete with such prayers. Thank You, Jesus, for giving this old man a new tool in worship, prayer, and intercession!
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 60
Sincere/Encouragement
God’s abundant life is learned through prayer.
In the book "Devoted to God" by Sinclair Ferguson writes of God's perfect will:
"The Lord is the Master of the jigsaw puzzle of our lives. The pieces may be strangely shaped; often we cannot see how they fit together; but eventually when the big picture is complete we will see that each piece was perfectly shaped. He leads us by ways we could not have guessed, into situations we never expected, to fulfill purposes we could never have imagined."
"In experiencing God's will unfolding, he says: In it we experience the pleasures of knowing God and discovering his unfolding purposes for us. We taste and see that he is good."
This truth is most evident as we experience sincere communion with our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer.
Listen to “Tell Me the Story of Jesus/This is My Father’s World - “Hymns” Chad Marvin and Joanna Chapman
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 59
Instruction/Encouragement
Trusting the Lord for His divine Providence.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the eternal God, our Creator, Sustainer, our Savior, hears every prayer. Long or short, when we pour out our hearts to Him, He is our ever-present help in time of need.
We see 8 word, 6 word, and even 3 word prayers can be most effective.
Psalm 130:1-2
Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 58
Category - Exhortation
We will see how and where I learned to say blessings before meals, why I avoided those prayers as much as possible, and why I felt like a hypocrite saying grace 95% of the time.
Contemplating prayer before meals and exactly what that entailed, I came to the conviction that I broke every principle of prayer.
What did Jesus say when He blessed the meals? There is a Jewish tradition, a formula for blessing meals.
Acknowledging Baruch Atah Adonai (God who is ever blessed, and ever blessing His creation.)
I was not able to find if Jesus Jesus spoke these words verbatim in His blessing, but I do know that even if He did, He did not do it with an empty rote; his words were not vaporous. He did not speak them just because other people were around. Or because of tradition. His words were from His whole heart following His close communion with the Father.
Jesus did use vain repetition, mindlessness, or words. At this moment, He spoke with His whole heart. Jesus called out to the Father. His thankfulness was genuine and sincere. At that moment, He knew He was about to experience the power of the Father and the Holy Ghost in creating enough bread and fish to feed as many as 10,000 souls.
In this case, they were about to see a miracle where there had been 10,000 needy people with no resources, no hope of resources, and no disciple knew how to feed them. Afterward, when he was done, 10,000 satisfied people were satisfied because the glory of Almighty God and His compassion was on full display.
Unlike my empty words, Jesus proclaimed the blessed character of Holy God in transparency. And then, in His deep appreciation, He revealed the glory of God, the giver of all good things.
Beloved of the Father, whatever traditions we may have across the world, our desire is to fill those traditions with the praise and honor our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer deserves.
At the end of the episode, enjoy “Love Lifted Me” from “Hymns” by Chad Marvin and Johanna Chapman.
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
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Season 4
Episode 56
Believe His Word and trust His grace,
I'll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!"
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Category - Exhortation
After a heartfelt review of our expected growth in prayer, we thought it fitting to play Marvin and Chapman's rendition of "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," for our learning of the art of prayer must begin with stumbling faltering steps of faith.
Let David, Peter, Paul, and Jeremiah show us that one day discipline in prayer-craft will yield the fruit of a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, God-glorifying prayer life, which will tutor us in the abundant life Jesus promised. (John 17:3)
We continue in the discipline of our prayer closets even in the days of tribulations, persecutions, and troubles, broken hopes and promises we think haven't come true and won't. Our broken communion is still beautiful. For the soul who knows God best knows the most sacred place is to be at the feet of Jesus.
With our brokenness in the sincerity of our communion with God, we can say with David:
"The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry, to face the Lord is against evil doers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry in the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles."
These words are sweetest when like Jeremiah, we have said:
"In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer”
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
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Season 4
Episode 56
While studying, for the first time in any depth:
Matthew 14:16-20
16 But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!" 17 And they *said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish." 18 And He said, "Bring them here to Me." 19 And ordering the multitudes to recline on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes, 20 and they all ate, and were satisfied. And they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.
My whole Christian life, I have been breaking every prayer principle in Scripture regarding praying before meals.
In my repentance, I was struck at the matter-of-fact resolve with which I approached that repentance.
We are convicted in two primary ways:
- Brokenness.
2 Steadfast resolve to obey.
David teaches us that both are valid, and our souls experience both.
Bonus:
Listen to "When We All Get to Heaven/In the Sweet By and By"
From the Album:
Hymns by Chad Marvin and Jonna Chapman
Purchase "Hymns"
marvinandchapmanmusic.com
And everywhere music is sold.
I'll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!"
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Season 4
Episode 55
This is our first interview in two years; Chad and Joanna are sincere gifted musicians who will lead you to worship through God’s leading and His anointing. You will love to listen to the joy of these two loving hearts of these two ministers.
What a glorious hour of fellowship with my former Worship Pastor-Chad Marvin and his cohort Joanna Chapman. (A praise for all of you, as you hear two beautiful voices, not just mine!)
“Hymns” just dropped, as you young people say… “Hymns” is a set of beautiful hymns, beautifully set and voiced by Chad and Joanna.
We discuss worship, how Chad made me see the beauty of God through music, their collaborations now which moved me to tears and wonderment at the gifts God has given both of them, and finally, their favorite Psalms and songs.
As a bonus, you will hear Biblical proof guitars do not belong in church (Read Psalm 37 to find the joke)
Find their music at all download venues, and check out their CDs and comprehensive ministries at:
marvinandchapmanmusic.com
The album list:
“Hymns”
Standing on the Promises/Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Love lifted me
In the Garden
Tell me the Story of Jesus/This is My Father’s World
Holy Holy Holy
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Amazing Grace/Great is Thy Faithfulness
Crown Him with Many Crowns/How Great Thou Art
It is Well
When We All Get to Heaven/In the Sweet By and By
I'll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!"
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Season 4
Episode 54
Rescues from adversaries or our sins come from meditation on the word of God….” The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting.”
Resh
Psalm 119:153-160
153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Thy law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Thy statutes.
156 Great are Thy mercies, O LORD; Revive me according to Thine ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn aside from Thy testimonies.
158 I behold the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not keep Thy word.
159 Consider how I love Thy precepts; Revive me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.
160 The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting.
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
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Season 4
Episode 53
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 outlets, and hearing an evil or just plain dumb statement, my fleshly reaction is judgment and anger.
Grumpy Old Man Prayer (GOMP) Expansion.
No matter the source, personal or something observed, when my fleshly anger rises, I take notice of it and in the easy part and the hard part, stop and pray, “Lord Jesus, what is the most humble thing I can do or say at this moment?”
The peace and gentleness resulting from doing what my Savior would approve of are worth more than the expressions of my unworthy opinions.
How do I know the above statement is true? Far too often, I forget my grumpy old man prayer and experience the sadness of disobedience to the one who died for 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
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Season 4
Episode 52
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 throne room in sincerity, I did here.
Prayer is not:
A formula.
A magic set of words.
If said just right, an incantation will bring you whatever you ask.
(Unless you ask for God's will, you can be assured He will do His will, but it is in the balance of probabilities, not what you were thinking!)
It is not a manipulation of God.
Prayer is not His promise that you will always be healthy, prosperous, the fastest on the track team, or get a 2014 corvette in your garage in a week or so.
Prayer is:
Our communication with God. Prayer is indeed
Communion with our God Creator, Redeemer, who is Love, Compassionate, Merciful and Gracious, the only true God in whom is eternal life. As we know, eternal life is knowing our God intimately.
Charles Spurgeon:
The gracious soul addresseth itself with a double zeal to find out God, and sends up its groans, its entreaties, its sobs and sighs to heaven more frequently and fervently. "Oh that I knew where I might find him!"
Our prayers are not given from a sincere believing heart they are actually nothing.
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
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Season 4
Episode 51
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 will observe Thy statutes.
146 I cried to Thee; save me, And I shall keep Thy testimonies.
147 I arise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Thy words.
148 My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to Thy lovingkindness; Revive me, O LORD, according to Thine ordinances.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; They are far from Thy law.
151 Thou art near, O LORD, And all Thy commandments are truth.
152 Of old I have known from Thy testimonies, That Thou hast founded them forever.
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
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Season 4
Episode 50
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 circumstances to His divine wisdom.
Our trust is in His faithfulness, not in ourselves. His word enlightens us to our benefit. So join us once again in our reading of this Psalm as we read with the purpose of God teaching us today.
Tsadhe.
Psalm 119:137-144
137 Righteous art Thou, O LORD, And upright are Thy judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness And exceeding faithfulness.
139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure, Therefore Thy servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have come upon me; Yet Thy commandments are my delight.
144 Thy testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 49
Top Ten Reasons we pray for our Spiritual Leaders.
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Our leaders fall into “all the saints.” Ephesians 6:18
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We forget. The best of men are men at best. (J.C. Ryle)
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Protected by God. (Hedge about them)
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Protected from other pastors. Galatians 2:11 ff (Even in the battle for the truth leaders have conflicts.)
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Protection from Evil opposition
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Sincere friendships. Like Timothy, Epaphroditus, and Titus
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Power in their ministries. Ephesians 6:19-20
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Peace in the Church. Hebrews 13:17
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Prayer lives. Philippians 1
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Protection for their emotional lives. Luke 22:41-46
The only reason to use our spiritual gifts is our calling by God to do so, and ministry leaders should only take those positions if they can do nothing else.
There is not truly enough money, there is not enough support from other Christians, and there is not enough natural power to take on any genuine leadership in the true Church of Christ.
If there were no other reason to develop a prayer life, it is enough to build one to pray for our spiritual leaders.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 48
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 convergence of the reasons we pray and the results of our prayer, but they will one day meld together, becoming the goal of our supplication every time we commune with Holy God.
The Ultimate reason/result of our prayer? God glory alone.
Our Chief reasons/results of our prayers? Conformity to His will and Experiencing the glories of knowing Him. (Eternal life)
Our subordinate reasons/results of our prayers? His daily merciful answers.
As a bonus, you will find out the only time Fred would ever think he looks cool.
Now a warning, you may want to disregard everything I mentioned in this episode. Find out why today.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season
Episode 47
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 talking, and we know to pray by praying.
Listen as I take my “how do children learn to talk” to ridicules levels, and hear how babies as they learn to talk, tell stories and events which to steal from Shakespeare, “This learned baby is too cunning to be
understood.”
Yet, those undecipherable conversations are enjoyed by both the babies and their parents.
Our patience while our children learn is undoubtedly not greater than our Heavenly Father’s as we know to pray.
Go give yourself a break and pray. Don’t let anything or anyone or any rule stop you.
Today, my beloved friends, I commend to you your charge. Pray without ceasing. First, Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks...
Be blessed, my friends, give your new inner man a break, and pray!
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
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Season 4
Episode 46
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 comfort and rebuke from the lover of our souls. Father Son and Holy Spirit our creator and Savior.
He does sustain our souls.
We review Job 3:20-26, Lamentations 3:1-6 & 17 to remember the pouring out of our souls is never disdained by Holy God. Indeed He answers us with compassion and faithfulness.
We review Psalm 16:6 and Psalm 119:132 that if the wounds of a faithful are not to be turned away, how sweet our Father's loving rebuke is to our taste.
You can test my words. You will find them accurate, but what should move us to our Holy daily communion with our God is His word to us:
Psalm 81 15-16
15 "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and honor him. 16 "With a long life I will satisfy him.
I did have some voice trouble with the smoke 'round these parts, :) which caused me to lean in a bit, which caused some gruff voice, and bumping of the mic. I trust it will not be too distracting.
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
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Season 4
Episode 45
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 case is made by:
The Bible's witness.
The Devil's witness.
Jesus' Witness.
In the Sermon on the mount.
In His responses to His critics.
In His attestation of the Book of Jonah.
So we read the Bible as literature, but the fundamental rule is that we read the Bible in the most literal way possible with these genres in mind.
This will be critical as we read what God has revealed about Himself through the Bible. If we cannot take this revelation literally, we are lost to our own predilections.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 44
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 powerful true story of the critical importance of not giving up but giving your life, in the providence of Christ, one more day.
This is the new publishing of an episode we did in 2019. It is mainly to be noted this was before the stressful pandemic season and all the emotional circumstances it has brought.
This is the second part of seeking comfort from God our creator. It again has not been changed, aside from the new introduction.
Holy God, be merciful to us, sinners.
23 “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. 24 “Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:23-24
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 43
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.
This is the new publishing of an episode we did in 2019. It is mainly to be noted this was before the stressful pandemic season and all the emotional circumstances it has brought.
Along with the next, this episode drew many comments and testimonies of encouragement.
We are then re-publishing the episode as it was published in 2019.
Aside from working on the volume, I have not edited this episode. (Oh, and I used the new introduction.)
I have been praying for many days now. The Lord will use this again for new listeners, or if you have heard, the episode will be a refresher that lifts your soul again from the darkness.
23 “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. 24 “Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:23-24
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 42
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 witness of Jesus:
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
John 1:17-18
We look today at two of those tender moments in the New Testament through Jesus our Lord enlightening us of the Gentleness of God.
28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
His call to the people who would crucify Him.
And…
21 And looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." 22 But at these words his face fell, and he went away grieved, for he was one who owned much property.
Mark 10:21-22
His call to the Rich young man who could claim adherence to the whole Law of God…save the first precept of that Law, you shall have no other gods before you.
We meditate on the kindness and gentleness of our call to salvation.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 41
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…
136 My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Thy law…
23 but I see a different law in the members of my body (Romans 7:23)
The import of God’s word is timeless.
Pe
Psalm 119:129-136
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them.
130 The unfolding of Thy words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for Thy commandments.
132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, After Thy manner with those who love Thy name.
133 Establish my footsteps in Thy word, And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Thy precepts.
135 Make Thy face shine upon Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
136 My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Thy law.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 40
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 really thought of the gentleness of God, especially as He reveals Himself in the Old Testament.
Yet, David knew the gentleness of God made him great.
In our effort to examine how David learned of the gentleness of God, we find a merciful chance to meditate on how God teaches us of His gentleness.
The fruit of our meditation…
Psalm 118:7a
7 The LORD is for me among those who help me;
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Holy God, we pray for a gentle spirit.
nd 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!"
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Season 4
Episode 39
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 not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes fail with longing for Thy salvation, And for Thy righteous word.
124 Deal with Thy servant according to Thy lovingkindness, And teach me Thy statutes.
125 I am Thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know Thy testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act, For they have broken Thy law.
127 Therefore I love Thy commandments Above gold, yes, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem right all Thy precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 38
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 wait for Thy word.
115 Depart from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Thy word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me that I may be safe, That I may have regard for Thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast rejected all those who wander from Thy statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.
119 Thou hast removed all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of Thee, And I am afraid of Thy judgments.
Prayer
May you have time and the appetite to Worship the LORD with reverence, And rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, To His eternal glory.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 37
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 effort.
Our intent down the road, as the Lord leads.
What a layman is, as I use the term.
All Christians are theologians.
There are;
Tight theologians
Sloppy theologians (not as bad as it sounds :))
The dangers of being a sloppy theologian.
How Dick Butkus illustrates a sloppy theologian, even!
How David illustrates a tight theologian.
Every Christian’s relationship with the Word of God.
There is at www.frponprayer.com, an outline for this episode for your help if you like to review or study it more closely.
Hebrews 4:12-13
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
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Season 4
Episode 36
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 a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will confirm it, That I will keep Thy righteous ordinances.
107 I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD, according to Thy word.
108 O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, And teach me Thine ordinances.
109 My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not gone astray from Thy precepts.
111 I have inherited Thy testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes Forever, even to the end.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 35
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 establish the earth, and it stands.
91 They stand this day according to Thine ordinances, For all things are Thy servants.
92 If Thy law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast revived me.
94 I am Thine, save me; For I have sought Thy precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection; Thy commandment is exceedingly broad.
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Know the power to give Him the glory, with all our hearts, minds and souls in all our strength.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 34
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 lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Or even odder, to read:
7 ‘And seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’
Knowing now, if you had not read it before, it came from Jeremiah 29:7.
It sounds strange because:
The human heart, in its fallen state, is by nature opposed to authority of every kind.
Experience teaches most secular leaders are as depraved as we were before our Redemption.
Purely secular efforts or systems cannot save our souls.
Romans 13:1
Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
Reasons:
Peaceful lives.
We reflect the character of our Savior.
Our battle is not against flesh and blood.
Love is owed to all.
The gospel is for all (even our ungodly leaders)
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. 15 For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? 17 For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 33
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 think I was too excited during parts of this episode. In what we often expect to hear from others, I do not sound excited; I have to pray at all times that the Holy Spirit communicates the energy His word brings to my soul.
But it occurred to me this morning, in the last 6 years, I have been close to death:
By pneumonia;
By a failing heart valve;
Heart attack,
Stroke,
And most recently, a poisoned liver
So when I mention the privilege, joy, contentment, fear of being an unworthy slave, and gratitude for the time I have left, to exhort God’s people to the stabilizing prayer life we all need, however weak I am in my verbalization my soul rejoices, and I am moved more than ever before to redeem the times in finishing my course.
Sadly, but in truth, I am not as zealous as I should be and beset with selfishness about my time, and I pursue too many unfruitful entertainments.
From time to time, I have asked for your prayer. Today, I ask your prayers that I would be more doggedly pursuing His will for my finish.
Thank you as you might remember to supplicate for me in that regard.
Mem
Psalm 119:97-104
97 O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Thy precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Thy word.
102 I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances, For Thou Thyself hast taught me.
103 How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Thy precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 32
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 every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed…
Luke 18:1
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart…
Praying through Holy Writ is an exercise that leads to a sanctifying, peace-giving, courage-increasing, soul-satisfying communion with Holy God.
Today’s episode is obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit and a fearfully submitted example; praying through 2 Corinthians 4:7-16, Romans 16:25-27.
May God put His seal on 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!"
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Season 4
Episode 31
All His commandments are faithful; they refresh our souls.
Kaph
Psalm 119:81-88
81 My soul languishes for Thy salvation; I wait for Thy word.
82 My eyes fail with longing for Thy word, While I say, “When wilt Thou comfort me?”
83 Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of Thy servant? When wilt Thou execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Thy law.
86 All Thy commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!
87 They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Thy precepts.
88 Revive me according to Thy lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Thy mouth.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 30
The One who knows us best and loves us most can be trusted to guide us to our haven of rest.
Yodh
Psalm 119:73-80
73 Thy hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.
74 May those who fear Thee see me and be glad, Because I wait for Thy word.
75 I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
76 O may Thy lovingkindness comfort me, According to Thy word to Thy servant.
77 May Thy compassion come to me that I may live, For Thy law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie; But I shall meditate on Thy precepts.
79 May those who fear Thee turn to me, Even those who know Thy testimonies.
80 May my heart be blameless in Thy statutes, That I may not be ashamed.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 29
John 11:40
Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you, if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
Coming amid the death of Lazarus, the great sorrow of his sisters, and the confused faces of the disciples. In this maelstrom of sickness, death, grief, fear, and the lessons in faith for them all.
The disciples, Mary and Martha, and even the crowds wondered at the delay, actions, and words of Jesus. Yet, in a moment, they would see the glory of God in a way none of them could have imagined.
The promise is not a perfect life but an abundant one. One anchored in the person and promises of our Savior. A life guided by 1 Corinthians 10
31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
My beloved friends, and my beloved children, I don’t know what you are going through or will go through. Still, I do know if you live and are resolute to listen and believe, what Jesus says about this life, and you will see the glory of God, which will bring you, joy, purpose, contented in His grace, courage to do His will, and faith which carries us through every circumstance in our lives.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 28
Whatever draws us closer to God is a blessing. - Charles Spurgeon
Teth
Psalm 119:65-72
65 Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O LORD, according to Thy word.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Thy word.
68 Thou art good and doest good; Teach me Thy statutes.
69 The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Thy precepts.
70 Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Thy law.
71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Thy statutes.
72 The law of Thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 27
Whatever draws us closer to God is a blessing. - Charles Spurgeon
Teth
Psalm 119:65-72
65 Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O LORD, according to Thy word.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Thy word.
68 Thou art good and doest good; Teach me Thy statutes.
69 The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Thy precepts.
70 Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Thy law.
71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Thy statutes.
72 The law of Thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 27
Circa 1995, as I was preparing "The Prayer Warrior's Journal," I learned I had almost completely ignored three prayer requests from the most critical person in my life. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is that person, and I had been deaf to His appeals.
As we come to Matthew 9:35-38
35 And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. 36 And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
We will see:
What it means to be a sheep without a shepherd.
Why He requests singularly, workers in for the harvest.
An injunction to pray for every issue without forgetting the harvest.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 26
We promise to keep His words; we pray He teaches us.
Heth
Psalm 119:57-64
57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Thy words.
58 I entreated Thy favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Thy word.
59 I considered my ways, And turned my feet to Thy testimonies.
60 I hastened and did not delay To keep Thy commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have encircled me, But I have not forgotten Thy law.
62 At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to Thee Because of Thy righteous ordinances.
63 I am a companion of all those who fear Thee, And of those who keep Thy precepts.
64 The earth is full of Thy lovingkindness, O LORD; Teach me Thy statutes.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 25
We are back, live, so to speak, to the table, chatting to God’s people about the great and wonderful blessing and opportunity of prayer, communion with God Almighty El Elyon (God Most High).
I did want to make our first Simi-lengthy episode a personal one, which is why we began with some thoughts from Richard Baxter’s book, The Saint’s Everlasting Rest.
Richard Baxter exhorts us to rest now..
From the text Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God; Baxter gives full treatment of the idea.
We lift from His introduction:
“O the wisdom and goodness of our blessed Lord! He hath created the understanding with a natural bias and inclination to truth, as its object; and to the prime truth, as its prime object. Christian, when, after long gazing heaven-ward, thou hast got a glimpse of Christ, dost thou not sometimes seem to have been with Paul in the third heaven, whether in the body or out, and to have seen what is unutterable? Art thou not, with Peter, ready to say, “Master, it is good to be here?” “O that I might dwell in this mount!”
We then dedicate our souls to the knowledge we can experience everlasting life even now. The development of our pursuit of God through study and prayer means gaining eternal rest beginning now and being realized in heaven.
Invariably, my plea, God will apply the valuable words and induce all to forget what is unworthy to reinforce your communion with our Creator, Savior, Sustainer, even Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 25
By the grace and mercies of God in Christ, we boast without blushing, “This has become mine, that I observe with hope and joy His precepts.
Zayin
Psalm 119:49-55
49 Remember the word to Thy servant, In which Thou hast made me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, That Thy word has revived me.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Thy law.
52 I have remembered Thine ordinances from of old, O LORD, And comfort myself.
53 Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Thy law.
54 Thy statutes are my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 O LORD, I remember Thy name in the night, And keep Thy law.
56 This has become mine, That I observe Thy precepts.
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
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Season 4
Episode 24
Vav
Psalm 119:41-48
May Thy lovingkindnesses also come to me, O LORD, Thy salvation according to Thy word;
42 So I shall have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Thy word.
43 And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I await for Thine ordinances.
44 So I will keep Thy law continually, Forever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Thy precepts.
46 I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be ashamed.
47And I shall delight in Thy commandments, Which I love.
48 And I shall lift up my hands to Thy commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Thy statutes.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 23
We are back. You can read a more comprehensive description of the last couple months at www.frponprayer.com, Fred-log post titled, “What a Long Strange Trip, but to whet your appetite:
A couple of months ago, I mentioned I had a minor medical surgery to look forward to.
A funny thing happened on my way to healing. I didn’t heal, and it was not amusing.
In fact, I began this “I’m so glad to be back” Fred-log thirty-four days ago. (Two weeks after the surgery.) I had recorded several episodes which I thought to edit during my recovery.
Good idea, except I didn’t heal. After a series of complications, each one leading to and escalating to the next. I was in real confusion.
I can genuinely say this has been the most painful, bewildering, discouraging, and even fearful season in my life. This season has Added to the long strange trip much of my life has been.
However, I seem to finally to be healing; thank You, Jesus! …
Thank you for listening and paying attention. We are back.
Our purpose to produce reverence for God is found in this stanza of Psalm 119:33-40
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Psalm 119:33-40
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy statutes, And I shall observe it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe Thy law, And keep it with all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Thy commandments, For I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Thy testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Thy ways.
38 Establish Thy word to Thy servant, bAs that which produces reverence for Thee.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Thine ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for Thy precepts; Revive me through Thy righteousness.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 22
It is the nature of sheep to be unable to rest, drink, or eat if they are in anxiety, the good shepherd, leads his charge into the center of the sheepfold, so the sheep have the peace they need to eat, drink, and rest.
We follow our Good Shepherd into His protective sheepfold, where our souls find all we need.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 1:20-25
The wisdom of this world tells us we are the result of cosmic lightning, mysterious forces, and luck, none of which bring us to salvation.
We rest in Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Glory to God. Our haven of rest is in Him and Him alone.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
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Season 4
Episode 22
We are seeking the will of the Lord as He leads. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit always guide in His will to glorify Himself and show us His goodness in and through all circumstances, Glory to God! The next couple of weeks may find us even more sporadic, but we are given over to His glorious will.
Daleth
Psalm 119:25-32
My soul cleaves to the dust; Revive me according to Thy word.
26 I have told of my ways, and Thou hast answered me; Teach me Thy statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Thy precepts, So I will meditate on Thy wonders.
28 My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Thy word.
29 Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Thy law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Thine ordinances before me.
31 I cleave to Thy testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Thy commandments, For Thou wilt enlarge my heart.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 21
As we have explored Matthew 7:7-12, probing for the correct interpretation, we have seen:
The passage is not an appeal solely to salvation.
Verses 7-11 are not simple illustrations of verse 12.
They are a mandate to pray and to continue on beseeching until our souls are satisfied, perceiving the Father’s answer.
Respecting the highest commandment:
Mark 12:29-31
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; 30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ 31 “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
We find two noble applications in the Sermon on the Mount to govern us in our appeals:
Our God focus:
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33
We dedicate:
‘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. 12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]’
Our neighbor’s focus:
12 “Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:11
We supplicate:
For all men, I pray 7 “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8
Conviction:
“They (verses 7:7-11) are an excellent application of verse 12. While we are praying, expecting God’s mercies and his gracious, abundant gifts, we need to be praying the same for everyone because, again, we are not like the Pharisee thinking that we are better than everyone else. We’re like the Publican, who just cries out, Lord, have mercy upon me, a sinner. And as we pray, beating our breasts, not even looking up in humility, we understand that we have no place to judge others and pray for them any other way than Lord Jesus ‘do what’s best for them. Give them the mercies you’ve given me. Give them the grace you’ve given me. Give them the abundant life you’ve given me because I don’t deserve it either.’”
May it be so in His church to His glory.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 20
Psalm 119 is a beautiful, fruitful read. At 176 verses, it may seem intimidating. However, by the length of these feature episodes, each stanza is a quick read.
Each is also a treasured look into what the word means to the child of God.
Break out your Bible, read along, or read with our description.
How you listen is less important than the commitment to meditate on the beautiful Word of God.
17 Deal bountifully with Thy servant, That I may live and keep Thy word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Thy law. 19 I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Thy commandments from me. 20 My soul is crushed with longing After Thine ordinances at all times. 21 Thou dost rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Thy commandments. 22 Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Thy testimonies. 23 Even though princes sit and talk against me, Thy servant meditates on Thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.
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
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
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Season 4
Episode 19
Announcing a new feature, A Layman’s Look at the Whole Bible.
On the whole Bible, a different podcast, starting in January, we will ramp up accessible guidance on the Bible. Our effort will be to have practical observations into the Bible. Every day, view at the Bible, which teaches us of God, and increases our faith through what He teaches.
Committed to Reading through the Bible? Here are:
2 Prayer ideas.
7 Approaches that may help us successfully read the whole Bible in 2022
7 Testimonies demonstrate how much we can learn by reading through the Bible.
Testimonies:
Early
1.
I got my life’s verse within the very first year of my salvation:
Ezra 7:10
10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.
2.
Talk about incredible compulsive joy… 1 Samuel 13:14… knowing we could be a man, a Christian dedicated, as the verse says, a man after God’s own heart.
Mid-study knowledge:
1.
Psalm 22:1
1 My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.
Even a man after God’s own heart has times when we feel forsaken, those sorrowful affections do not separate us eternally from our Savior.
2.
Psalm 22:6-18
We learn just how much our Savior suffered for our salvation.
3.
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
God uses our sadness for the good of all around us.
Late-life lessons:
Ezekiel 1:22 &26-28
1.
God is like nothing we can even think
2.
Hebrews 12:
11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
If you have never read through the whole Bible, you are in for a spectacular read which will grow your Christian life, expand your thinking, and give you some passages and concepts which will provide you with some knowledge you will wrestle with the rest of your life. And it will be gratifying.
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
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Season 4
Episode 18
I wrote and began this episode with all the information we need to decide if verses 7-11 are "The" interpretation for Matthew 7:7-11, but when I came to the application of that thought, that we should pray for others as we would have them pray for us, I was overwhelmed by the compassion of our God who tells us;
"Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
"We are in a unique time, at least in my lifetime. Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them for this as the law and the prophets, especially in our prayers, is the most countercultural thing going on in the world. And it's a platform for our witness. By intentional actions of kindness and prayer, in the power of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Our kindness and prayer for our enemies can have a devastating impact on the world system and its unsaved. The true church, you and I have the most significant opportunity in my lifetime…
As I said, we have the greatest opportunity to be radically different from the world around us. And we need to be on our knees, taking that opportunity to be the lights in the world that we are supposed to be."
My payer is the alteration of this episode is the will of the Holy Spirit.
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
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Season 4
Episode 17
We listen again to the Word of God through Psalm 119. Today verses 9-17:
Are ways are before the Father our Savior, and the purpose of God’s people is to walk in a manner worthy of our Creator, Savior, and our Helper.
Each of the 176 verses of Psalm 119 is designed to help us in our worthy walk.
Let us read together to the glory of Jesus Christ and the pleasure of our relationship with Him.
Psalm 119:9-16
Beth
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy word. 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; Do not let me wander from Thy commandments. 11 Thy word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against Thee. 12 Blessed art Thou, O LORD; Teach me Thy statutes. 13 With my lips I have told of All the ordinances of Thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, As much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate on Thy precepts, And regard Thy ways. 16 I shall delight in Thy statutes; I shall not forget Thy word.
Establish Thy word to Thy servant, bAs that which produces reverence for Thee. - Psalm 119:38
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
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 16
We introduced this feature a few days ago, and there will be some refinements. Still, I encourage you: read in your Bibles, or through this description, or on our website www.frponprayer.com and invite the Holy Spirit to illuminate His word to ignite your affections and light the path to your direction. Amen.
Psalm 119:1-8
1 How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.
3 They also do no unrighteousness; They walk in His ways.
4 Thou hast ordained Thy precepts That we should keep them diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways may be established To keep Thy statutes!
6 Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Thy commandments.
7 I shall give thanks to Thee with uprightness of heart When I learn Thy righteous judgments.
8 I shall keep Thy statutes; Do not forsake me utterly!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, open our eyes to your beauty and purpose.
Amen.
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
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 4
Episode 15
We have a little role reversal going on here. I introduce Richard and his thoughtful Christmas message for our Free Range audience.
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
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 4
Episode 14
‘The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees…’
O Holy Night.
The gospel is not a superhero, who sensed danger came and saved us from evil people, it is we are the sinners, and our weary world needs to bow in humility to the only One who can save us from ourselves.
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
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freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 4
Episode 13
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 Biblical?
Is the central interpretation of Matthew 7:7-12 praying for our salvation?
We know Scripturally and through the history of the kingdom of God, it is not uncommon to weep, ask, and knock for the condition of our souls.
I admit as well, I may have overstated sermons from my distant past. It never hurts to ask, is what I have heard Biblical?
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
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 4
Episode 12
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 God and our response to it through our mentor King David.
Because:
I believe the word of God is the active ingredient in our salvation and our spiritual growth.
I believe the Holy Ghost is the only one who enlightens His word to us.
I believe the plan of the Father, paid for by the Son, directs Holy Ghost, who dwells in us, to open our eyes, minds, and hearts to His truth at our every step of growth.
We will pray a short prayer, read one stanza of the Psalm, and then pray, asking the Holy Spirit to apply His word to our soul.
Our overall goal?
Psalm 119:
Establish Thy word to Thy servant, bAs that which produces reverence for Thee.
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
www.frponprayer.com
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 4
Episode 11
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 assurance:
If Thy law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.
Sample verses for your encouragement:
Psalm 119:92
Psalm 119:67
Psalm 119:71
Romans 12:18-21
Matthew 5:45
Job 13:15
Psalm 118:6
Romans 5:1-5
James 1:1-3
Hebrews 12:3
Hebrews 12:11
Romans 8:37-39
Glory to Father, Son, Holy Ghost, our God of all comfort, who has not left us without a Redeemer, not as orphans.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 10
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 the worthy walk. As we are called to without constant communion with God.
My expectation, beloved Souls, is to learn to pray. And if I can't motivate you to that daily, consistent, Holy Communion, then please, from the bottom of my soul, find someone who can.
If this podcast is not helping, find someone to help you pray!
I urge you to ask without fear, seek in every manner available to you, and knock loud long with tireless and urgent repetition.
Plead in God's mercies for a prayer life.
Pray to God with intensity. Keep on knocking, asking, and seeking for that blessed communion.
Spurgeon... again:
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.
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
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Season 4
Episode 9
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 grow each of us to spiritual maturity through those answers. Molding our prayers to glorify Himself, conform us to His will, and open to us the hoys of eternal life right now.
Thank You, Jesus, for our glorious relationship with Thee. Help us to ask, seek, and knock for the goodness of God, even Thy presence!
Teach us to pray we ask, Amen.
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
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Season 4
Episode 8
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. Hebrews 4:12-13
Attesting to that truth is Matthew 7:7-12. Is Jesus telling us to ask, seek and knock, in prayer until we know we have the answer?
Or, as some have taught, is this a salvation passage, asking, seeking, and knocking with urgency until you know Jesus as your Savior.
Or, even are the first five verses of the passage the illustration of verse 12?
"Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12
Hmmm, it should be an exciting couple of weeks as we get to the bottom of all this. (I hope)
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 7
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 with now but those in my pilgrimage who have blessed me in the past.
The LORD is for me among those who help me;
Psalm 118:7a
How can we pray for our brothers and sisters who are out of touch?
God gives us gracious, profound, and beneficial insights into the substance of our prayers even there.
Ephesians 1:15-19
15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
This thanksgiving and the upcoming season of joy and peace, God supplies His heart to inform 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!"
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Season 4
Episode 6
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 faithful to his calling,
What is excellent news to our ears right now is, Jacob’s faith did not thwart the plan of God, and Jacob’s faithfulness did not earn the good intent of God. It was God in His faithfulness that brought about the salvation of many.
Oh Lord, hast the day when I resemble Jacob less:
Genesis 42:36
And their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”
And more of this:
Genesis 50:20
“And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.”
Help all Your children, either way, say together:
Romans 11:32-36
32 For God has shut up all in disobedience that He might show mercy to all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 34 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? 35 Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? 36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
Today’s Passages:
Jacob’s promises:
Genesis 25:23 the older will serve the younger
Genesis 28:13-19 I will do these things for you…
Jacob’s response:
Genesis 27 deceives his dad to get the promise his way.
Genesis 28:20-22
Jacob’s final testimony:
Genesis 45:28
Then Israel said, “It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
Benediction:
Romans 11:32-36
Jude 1:24-25
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 5
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 his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
By His mercies, we boast all day long.
John 17:3
3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
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
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Season 4
Episode 4
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 and more. Our desire is God-given and insatiable.
As a result of our meditation of God and His Word, we are carried away in the sweet confusion of desiring what we cannot attain until heaven, and even then, as we see Him clearly, He will still be our Creator and are His creatures.
Glory to God in the highest. Our great cloud of witnesses has testified to us.
Psalm 47:7
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Thy waterfalls; All Thy breakers and Thy waves have rolled over me. - Sons of Korah.
And
Beloved David:
Psalm 39:12-13
“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with Thee, A sojourner like all my fathers. 13 “Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more.”
Seek the deep mysteries of Father Son and Holy Ghost, beloved and blessed family.
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
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Season 4
Episode 3
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 positive emotions, thoughts, and actions.
We are also capable of evil and negative emotions, thoughts, and actions. We see those possibilities enough in other people, so we know it is a universal truth of the human condition.
We know as well from our insides out that the heart of every decision we make is physically focused and completely self-centered. Even the good we do is tainted by our physical selfish natures.
We know the Bible is correct when we are labeled sinners.
The goodness is, there is a Savior, Jesus Christ God in the flesh sinless yet crucified, all on our behalf.
If you are compelled to follow the word of God, do so. There is no other name given among men for salvation.
Brothers and sisters, we are called to pray for the spread of the gospel and the harvest workers even to the ends of the earth.
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!"
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Season 4
Episode 2
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 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “bBUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
What we pray:
Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 3“For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”
Sweet Jesus, may Thy name be known.
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Season 4
Episode 1
"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 coaster in regards to the events of the last few weeks.
There is joy in the battle because we have access to the throne room of our Creator, Savior, indwelling Teacher, Sovereign king who bids us struggle, and call it all joy as we trust in the faithful battle plan which has been established.
Thank you, everyone, who listens and prays for the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast!
We are now in forty countries and continue to grow in downloads.
Remember, our prayer lives are our chief and perpetual activity in faith, and our growing faith increases our hope and joy!
As promised, "Taking Hold of God - Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer." Was written by Joel R. Becke and Brian G. Najapfrur. - Thank you, gentlemen.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 87
"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 God, and it is available to all the children of God.
Our God is infinitely wonderful and infinitely awe-inspiring. He uses our prayers! We have no possible idea how he directs our prayer, but we are sure, and God is not a man that he should lie.
Psalm 116:12-13
What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me? 13 I shall lift up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the LORD.
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Season 3
Episode 86
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 creator and all His creation, the Little Big Kahuna continually displays a super-natural and dynamic experience with His Savior.
May it ever be so, my Jesus.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 85
“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 Be Christ-like.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 84
“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 persecutors.” John MacArthur
We have often talked about forgiveness and prayer on the Free Range Preacher on Prayer, and I would have expressed the previous truth differently, but…
Sometimes we need to be jolted into obedience to our Heavenly Father. There have been several times in my life Dr. MacArthur has shocked me into repentance and obedience.
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Season 3
Episode 83
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 conversation should be in our language.
Even in prescribed prayers, should be infused by the essence of who we are as His children, formed in the power of the Holy Ghost, and unashamedly expressed intimately and sincerely.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 82
“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 accident.) Not really. It is Biblical; in point of fact, our prayers are our responses to what He has revealed to us.
Only now, we might say, He has sent us a letter, and we have instant messaged Him because there is no lag time for our prayers to be known by our Savior! (Once again, I wish I had thought of this when I recorded. Lol out loud.)
Read and pray beloved souls, converse with Holy God.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 81
(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 and Amen (I wish I would have thought of that in the episodes!), as well as his appeal, to pray those promises. His will is mysterious but clear to us. He tells us He will supply and yet instructs in the substance of our prayers to pray for our daily bread. He assures us we are forgiven, and in the same framework for prayer, he included the petition to forgive us our debts, and we have forgiven our debtors.
In His providence of prayer, we at minimum reinforce our faith in His promises and rehearse to our soul's edification, our dependence on Him.
Let us cash the check of His promises and eagerly await their fulfillment.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 80
“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 inner man thirsts for the word, pay careful attention to our Savior, knows the lesson is for our instruction first of all. The inner man is filled with the joy of conviction and truth.
Food for our souls is the word of God, and it is He who initiates our holy communion with Him.
Thank you, Jesus.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 79
“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!"
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Season 3
Episode 78
“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 prayer!
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Season 3
Episode 77
“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 even hope. However, communion with the Father in daily prayer not only restores the vigor of those affections, it ignites our faith to new heights.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 76
"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 learn the wisdom of those answers, we are moved to praise Him more and more.
Adoration., then, takes up an increasing amount of our time.
And that's a good thing.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 75
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 exhortation to Pray without ceasing - 1 Thessalonians 5:16
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 74
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 care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!"
Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 72
“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 Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 71
“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 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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 70
“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 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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 69
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 afflicted in an age of affliction when there was hardly any other available balm for the soul than to seek the Lord, even though He felt afar off, seven times a day.
What more can we say?
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 68
“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 and to lead us to our eternal rest.
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 67
“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: Seven Jefferson Gossard
freerangeprayer@gmail.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 66
"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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 65
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 before they reach as high as heaven. But fervent prayer is very prevalent with God.
What more can be said? I follow with our prayer.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 64
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.com
Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 63
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.
Prayer - is the key to worry, and our stimulus to action, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
(with apologies to Neil Postman for any inaccuracies in his profound words.)
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 62
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 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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 61
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 way to go. No wonder Paul says to pray without ceasing. If we pray quickly for every person we meet, we will have little time for worrying, gossip, and needless noise… I do have a long way to go.
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 60
“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. If, again, you take seriously, you are open and laid bare to God. He knows your prayers. He knows the hypocrisy of our prayers sometimes. So we are who we are. And when we pray and make pledges and cry out to God, he takes that seriously. He knows that's the cry of our hearts.
Holy Ghost, we pray that you would take this quote, a man is what he is on his knees before God and nothing more, helping us to come to you in sincerity.
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 3
Episode 59
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 Ministries
Instagram: freerangeministries
All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 58
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 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 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 57
“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, such an element of your life, that I hardly need press it upon you as a duty, or invite you to it as a privilege. Yet still I do so, because the Master does it by a triple exhortation. A threefold cord is not easily broken— let not my text be neglected by you. Let me urge you to repeated, varied, ever intensifying prayer; ask! seek! knock! Cease not to ask till you receive; cease not to seek till you find; cease not to knock till the door is opened unto you.”
Practically speaking, it would have been wise of me to have read everything Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote on prayer before I began the podcast… but then where would the fun of discovery have gone?
No one says it better:
Surely prayer must have become such a joy to you, such a necessity of your being, such an element of your life, that I hardly need press it upon you as a duty, or invite you to it as a privilege.
Ask, Seek, and Knock, our call to prayer or better a command.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Season 3
Episode 56
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 you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."
By the time we get done… in November, we will see all three as Biblical, profound, and beautiful applications.
Today we introduce Ask, Seek, and Knock, our call to prayer.
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 55
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 another, read it, add perhaps a thought or two, and ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate our souls and spur our hearts, minds, and souls to prayer.
Charles H. Spurgeon
We cannot commune with God, Who is a consuming fire if there is no fire in our prayers.
Jeremiah 23:29
"Is not my Word like a fire?" declares the Lord, "and like a hammer which shatters the Rock?"
Matthew 21:44
"And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
The consuming nature of God bids us to fiery prayers for revival!
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 54
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 another, read it, add perhaps a thought or two, and ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate our souls and spur our hearts, minds, and souls to prayer.
Charles H. Spurgeon
We cannot commune with God, Who is a consuming fire if there is no fire in our prayers.
Jeremiah 23:29
"Is not my Word like a fire?" declares the Lord, "and like a hammer which shatters the Rock?"
Matthew 21:44
"And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
The consuming nature of God bids us to fiery prayers for revival!
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 54
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 convergence of the reasons we pray and the results of our prayer, but they will one day meld together, becoming the goal of our supplication every time we commune with Holy God.
The Ultimate reason/result of our prayer? God glory alone.
Our Chief reasons/results of our prayers? Conformity to His will and Experiencing the glories of knowing Him. (Eternal life)
Our subordinate reasons/results of our prayers? His daily merciful answers.
As a bonus, you will find out the only time Fred would ever think he looks cool.
Now a warning, you may want to disregard everything I mentioned in this episode. Find out why today.
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
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Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 53
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, along with the dependence all God's children is expressed.
Because you might say why to pray and why worship? It's because our God is creator, Savior, faithful Sovereign, the supplier of all we need, we pray, we worship, and we bow down. As it says in James and Peter, we humble ourselves because our sin is great and because deservedly so, we are in great distress.
More importantly, we pray from our distress because our Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is a great God, and there is no other. He is the only true God who hears and acts in His compassionate, loving Holy will.
To God be the glory, great things He has done!
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 52
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 17:3
“And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
Psalm 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works.
Enjoy my brothers and sisters His presence and His glory seek him daily in Holy Communion.
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 51
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 talking, and we know to pray by praying.
Listen as I take my “how do children learn to talk” to ridicules levels, and hear how babies as they learn to talk, tell stories and events which to steal from Shakespeare, “This learned baby is too cunning to be
understood.”
Yet, those undecipherable conversations are enjoyed by both the babies and their parents.
Our patience while our children learn is undoubtedly not greater than our Heavenly Father’s as we know to pray.
Go give yourself a break and pray. Don’t let anything or anyone or any rule stop you.
Today, my beloved friends, I commend to you your charge. Pray without ceasing. First, Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks...
Be blessed, my friends, give your new inner man a break, and pray!
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
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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.
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Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 50
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 not be afraid: For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
In our struggle against sin, it is a comfort that this is the day of our salvation, and He is faithful to accomplish all things for us.
He is the author and protector of our faith, and what He began, He will accomplish. Even when our sins are weighing us down, we do not save ourselves. His purpose brings us to our rest. We believe and follow our Good Shepherd, who supplies all.
He is our salvation and song.
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 1977 edition.
For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com
Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram
Season 3
Episode 49
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 comfort and rebuke from the lover of our souls. Father Son and Holy Spirit our creator and Savior.
He does sustain our souls.
We review Job 3:20-26, Lamentations 3:1-6 & 17 to remember the pouring out of our souls is never disdained by Holy God. Indeed He answers us with compassion and faithfulness.
We review Psalm 16:6 and Psalm 119:132 that if the wounds of a faithful are not to be turned away, how sweet our Father's loving rebuke is to our taste.
You can test my words. You will find them accurate, but what should move us to our Holy daily communion with our God is His word to us:
Psalm 81 15-16
15 "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and honor him. 16 "With a long life I will satisfy him.
I did have some voice trouble with the smoke 'round these parts, :) which caused me to lean in a bit, which caused some gruff voice, and bumping of the mic. I trust it will not be too distracting.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 48
The Bible is our tutor in prayer; we learn most effectively by listening to the prayers of the saints who comprise our great cloud of witnesses.
In this episode, we see revival and the pattern elements and pathos of prayer.
Nehemiah 8:4-8
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place. 8 And they read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.
What happens next may surprise you… balance of probabilities not, since the Book of Nehemiah is no stranger to God’s people.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 48
When we believe the word of God, it permeates everything!
Everything includes, oddly enough, everything. Even every season we go through.
In today's devotional, we hear some of the fallback verses, which help me when I need a retreat with my God. I need to move away from the fray and regain strength for the next battle and seek my fallback place.
If you have some of these passages, we would love to share them on the podcast. Our third anniversary is coming up, and we are looking to share a special month in October.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - His Majesty's command.
Philippians 2:13 - His Majesties' good pleasure.
Psalm 139:11-12 - His Majesties light.
James 4:5-10 - His Majesties’ will for me.
Deuteronomy 11:1-3 & 7 - His Majesties correction.
Isaiah 66:1-2 - His Majesties voice I hear.
As Casey would say, you could look it up.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 47
You catch me musing on this one; as I was recording, it occurred to me the utter height of hypocrisy is found in someone fasting to be seen by men. If fasting, in essence, is carrying such a burden on our hearts that for a time, nothing, not even our daily bread, is more important than prayer, the pinnacle of hypocrisy it seems to me to be is fake fasting, so others will see how pious we are. Jesus, says “When” you fast, which I believe means we will have just those times of distress of heart so we can think of nothing but prayer to our merciful God. 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 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 3 Episode 46
There are other times when our sorrow for our sins burst forth, remember like, Yahweh-Perazim, breaking through in victory, we are open and laid bare before the cross in repentance.
The good news is the miraculous news. As a matter of fact is, we are not alone, and our explosive, humbling repentance and deep sorrow are evidence of our salvation.
Why, why do we sin and sin and then cry out this way only from time to time?
Robert Bruce might have an insight:
"Not, my lord, as I should be; if you and I both were fully persuaded that there were a hell, we would do otherwise than we do."
We believe the whole counsel of God and our souls' glory in our forgiveness and the love of God:
1 Peter 1:8-9
and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
Never forbid yourself bursting forth with sorrow and tears at the broken sorrow for our sins. Perhaps as Bruce's thought implies, if we believed more fully, we would live differently and repent explosively in sorrow more often. Please do not linger on that, confess repent and believe. His promises are forever true. Let your times of great sadness be part of your assurance. You are a child of God.
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 45
The host is weak, faltering, and wholly inadequate for the task, but the word of God is none of those.
The call for the children of God to forgive is serious, and the Bible uses:
Serious Command as witnessed by:
Commands
Matthew 6:14
Mark 11:25
Allusions:
Matthew 5:43-45
Philippians 2:3ff
Exhortations:
Ephesians 4:29-32
Romans 13
Serious Discipline:
David was disciplined through
Embarrassment; 2 Samuel 2:12
Physical Pain: Psalm 32&38
The regret of others paying for his sins: 2 Samuel 24:17
Moses’ last song portrays the sorrows mingled with hope in the living merciful God over one moment of utter disobedience in Psalm 90.
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Season 3
Episode 44
Glory to God for sharpening our prayers to His focus.
When praying, "And take vengeance for me on my persecutors." I have learned from my soul to pray, "Lord Jesus, take vengeance by pouring out your wrath at the cross for my "persecutors-enemies.'" Visit them with Thy salvation.
It is freeing to know we can pray and glory in the justice of God in tune with the spirit of this age of the church, pleading that His wrath poured out on the cross of our Savior, Jesus. He is the Christ for the salvation of even our enemies. Luke 9:51-56
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!"
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Season 3
Episode 43
There is excellent news. As you are starting, struggling, or wrestling with God in prayer, you can expect at times to have great faith and at times to have significant doubt, but the great news is your faith is not the deciding factor in your answers, but the God in whom you believe.
Pray on in faith and doubt. God will reveal Himself to you, and you will know the abundant life right here right now.
The Fall of Civilizations - from Paul Cooper is referenced; apologies in advance for any thought I may have misinterpreted.
Bible References used in this Episode:
Isaiah 37:12-13; Isaiah 37:14-20; Isaiah 37:29
Mark 9:9:23-24
Genesis 17:18; Exodus 33:15-23; Isaiah 38:1-8
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Season 3
Episode 42
I am overjoyed at the word of God and the Holy Spirit of God who reveals to us what we need when we need it. 2022, beginning October of 2021, will be a year (for me at least) of celebration of all the glorious ways Father, Son, and Holy Ghost have broken through in my life and the life of my beloved.
Thank You, Jesus, for making me see that Thou are the God who bursts forth in victory after years of study.
If God Almighty had not shown us who He is, we would not know Him, we would be doomed to bow down and worship the creation and not the Creator, but He has graciously broken through as Creator and Redeemer.
We can celebrate with David, calling out:
1 Chronicles 14:11
11 So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim.
The true God has broken through in victory as well.
Romans 11:32-
For God has shut up all in disobedience that He might show mercy to all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 34For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? 35Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? 36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
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Season 3
Episode 41
One of my favorite devotional thoughts comes from:
2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
Paul knew God so intimately, he was convinced in God’s care of everything he entrusted to Him.
Esther proves an apt illustration of the comfort in knowing and being known to the Holy God of the universe through prayer!
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Season 8
Episode 40
A reminder that eternal life starts now and is execrated through prayer after salvation.
Prayer, communion with Almighty God, our Savior, can be the sweetest, most intimate time of your day.
"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!"
(From the Hymn, "Sweet Hour of Prayer."
Richard’s introduction is worth the listen!
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Season 8
Episode 39
We review how the podcast got its name, the aim of the podcast, and our prayers for the podcast.
Originally published 08.24.2019
Richard’s introduction is worth the listen!
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Season 8
Episode 38
There is none righteous, no not one. So says the word of God.
We do God a dishonor and ourselves a disservice when we look upon our great cloud of witnesses, minimize their sins while over-inflating their earthly life with righteous deeds born from their flesh.
We know from our own hurts and pains the depths of sorrow born of our circumstances, the depths of Jacob's fear and brokenness.
We then understand Jacob when he says:
And their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me." Genesis 42:36
Holy brethren called by God, Joseph was not really dead, despite evidence to the contrary.
Simeon was not dead, even though Jacob was fearful in the present report.
Finally, there was laid up for Benjamin a glorious reunion with his brother, the elder son of his mother, who he also deemed dead.
I know you are hurting, I know you are confused, I know you wonder why your God seems to stand afar off.
He is not!
In my weakness, born of the mercies of God to this unworthy slave, schooled by the short-sighted Jacob, we pray together in this episode.
Confessing by faith, our knowledge of God's eternal lovingkindness, that past is not as bad as we think, He has done a mighty work, the present is not as bleak as it seems, because He is in heaven carrying out His plan of redemption and sanctification, and the future has laid up for us an eternal weight of glory we cannot now comprehend.
Glory to God in the highest.
A problematic episode for the Free Range Preacher. Every sincere person who speaks forth the word of God in any context understands we are wholly inadequate to teach the word of God.
Some moments are punctuated by the Holy Ghost, as the teacher speaks to themself first. So it is in this episode. Yet as I say that, if I had the power, I would make every believer develop a sincere, Biblical, dynamic, soul-satisfying prayer life.
Why? You may be asking.
As it regards prayer, this obedience, if it's brought me this much joy and affection, this much holy fear of the Lord, hope in what he's doing love for the Lord and for other people, hatred for sin, desire, and joy, sorrow, and gratitude and compassion and zeal for him. If it's brought me this much healing to my soul, I can't imagine living without that close communion in prayer. And as children of God, there's no reason that we should, or that we have to; it's there for us.
And yet, I long for the devotion of our sister Mary in Luke 7.
The little flock of God, be Blessed.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Old-time baseball players, the song "That's Life," and Sherlock help explain why prayer is essential for God's children to pray about everything so we can give God the highest glory and enjoy Him to the utmost.
"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
John 17:3
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
Westminister Shorter Catechism.
I Will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear it and rejoice.
Psalm 34:1-2
Eternal life, enjoying God, and continual praise are the fruit of a growing, Biblical, dynamic prayer life.
To God, our only Savior, be honor, dominion, and glory forevermore!
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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The prayer of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2 is pure worship. As was her vow, she has delivered Samuel to the temple of God, to the care of Eli, the high priest. Her son, a Nazarite, was now in God's hands for rearing, and he was dedicated to the purpose of Almighty God.
Hannah cried out in her barrenness for a son. She trusted the Lord for Samuel; now, she was entrusting his future to the God who opened her womb.
Children in Hannah's time were weaned until about 5 years old, and Hannah had all those years to nurture her son and express her gratitude to God for this gift to all Israel and herself.
Now she prays not a prayer of thanksgiving but of total adoration to the God of gods, the King above all kings, and her heart exalted in His majesty alone.
Today in Prayer 101/Devotional, Hannah exemplifies unreserved devotion and worship.
She delights that God alone is:
Exalted.
Peerless.
Holy.
Our only Rock.
All knowing-All seeing.
Justice
Strong and mighty.
Is to be praised.
Consider her dedication.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Published January 2019
There are two central principles we examine in this edited and enhanced republishing of a devotional on thanksgiving:
First, no matter where we are in our earthly pilgrimage, joy in victory or sorrow in our trials, our gratitude rests in…
Luke 10:20
you. “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
Secondly, God graciously grants us moments in time, which bring us profound affections of love, joy, contentment, and peace. These anchors of our soul we store up to bring us strength in the low ebbs of our lives.
Luke 2:19
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:51-52
And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Enjoy a newly edited and enhanced Devotional of Thanksgiving.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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We draw closer to God because he works in our past, present, and future for our good and for His eternal glory.
Published 12.04.2018
Over the years, I have learned a little about podcasting, and some of the lingo, as again, we said in the olden days, one of them is rough cut, which are episodes with little to no editing. At the inception of the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast, all our episodes were rough cut!
These "Blasts from the past" will have the volume enhanced to increase their listenability.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, making His face shine upon you in all peace.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
Thy wings shall my petition bear.
To Him whose truth and faithfulness
Engage the waiting soul to bless.
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!
I commend you to the free hour of prayer. If you would do me a kindness, please commend me to the sweet hour of prayer.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, making His face shine upon you in all peace.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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Warning Long Episode. Nothing to fear; take a break and meditate on these marks:
Prayerlessness…20:26
Pride…………………33:36
Discouragement..to the end.
Using the Ronna pandemic over the last few months, we outline three possible hindrances to our prayer lives.
Prayerlessness due to our desire to know exactly how to pray.
Pride in our Prayers.
Discouragement in our Prayers.
We may feel:
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
If you need help in knowing what to pray, remember the outline every circumstance:
- Wisdom, James 1:5
- God’s work in your life, Romans 8:28-30
- Workers for the harvest, Matthew 9:37-38
- The Promises of God like Psalm 91:4-7
Once again, God to Ezekiel, “Can these bones live again?”
Ezekiel to God, “Lord, Thou knows.”
God to Zeke, Preach to the Bones.
Zeke did not ask God to explain first what He was going to do; he just obeyed.
Likewise, we pray because it is His command and our joy to obey. He will take care of the result.
An added treat.
Check out http://vantagestories.com by Andrew Branham for Biblical entertaining, approachable Bible Stories which will move your soul.
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R.C. Sproul was right. What Do Ya Know about that?
In today’s episode, we will look at the question, does prayer change things?
Whether does or not, our call is to pray, and our new inner man longs for communion with our Savior. However, as it turns out, from Scripture, God does use our prayers to chance circumstances.
New time, we will look at a pitfall or two of knowing our prayers are effective, but for today:
We will see in the life of Abraham prayer is effective. (Genesis 20)
We also get another glimpse into the secret counsel of God through Job (One of my favorite chapters. Job 42)
Lastly, to illustrate how God ordains our prayers in concert with His sovereign will, you will get a glimpse of the depth of my understanding of the internal combustion engine. (won’t that be a treat?)
Glory to God!
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The delight in prayer is a two-way delight. Not only do we delight in the presence of God in our prayers, but He takes pleasure in hearing from His children, the redeemed.
We will see this through:
Two personal illustrations of the delight of a father.
One of the Reasons Christ endured the cross.
Our invitation to prayer.
Our standing before God.
God's word on God's perspective on hearing from His children.
Thank You, Jesus. We are in a fallen world. We are faced with our own weaknesses. We have troubles and sorrows, each day has enough of its own, but we are not left with our comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Prayer and the word of God are our most effective access to the God of all comfort.
Glory to God!
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In 1832 Robert Murray M'Cheyne wrote, Mind quite unfitted for devotion. Prayerless prayer.
We all have those times when God seems distant from us for a variety of reasons, and our minds are unfit for devotion, and our prayers are dry and seem hallow. They are not; the dryer the land, the more our inner man seeks the living waters give by Christ.
Please, do not let dry and weary land keep you from fellowship with our Savior, Jesus, our Father who is in heaven, and the Spirit He has made to dwell in us.
Thank You, Jesus, for our redemption and Your abundant mercies to us.
Be devoted to God's will, for He is our strength in wearisome times.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." - Jonathan Edwards.
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You may have noticed the phrase in Matthew 6:13; [For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]’, is in brackets. I know you know this, but when we find a New Testament verse or passage in brackets or in some translations included as a footnote, it means said passage is not included in the earlier manuscripts of the New Testament.
In this episode, we explore how we should handle passages in later copies of the original Bible scripts, and we discuss the “Fred Theory” of how this passage may have found its way into the older manuscripts.
However, it got there; there is nothing unBiblical in ending our prayers with a doxology.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Be devoted to God's will, for He is our strength in wearisome times.
Glory to God in the highest!
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Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said—
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
"The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose,
I will not, I will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake."
Jesus told us:
Matthew 5:1-10
1 And when He saw the multitudes, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 And opening His mouth He began to teach them, saying,
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. 12 "Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Not our will be done, but Thine.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." (Jonathan Edwards)
Glory to God in the highest!
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"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee thy trouble to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress."
Joseph
Genesis 50:20
20 "And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
David
2 Samuel 14:25-26
25 And the king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then He will bring me back again, and show me both it and His habitation. 26 "But if He should say thus, 'I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.
Jesus
Luke 22:41b-42
He knelt down and began to pray, 42 saying, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.
No matter how it has been expressed, when God's will for His people to be faced with evil, for our good and His glory, abundant life is available when we say, Not my will, but Thine be done.
that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." (Jonathan Edwards)
Glory to God in the highest!
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God is THE person; all personhood came from God, and as we are created in His image:
We know He has a plan, and He has a purpose for all of His creation. This is why we know, as witnessed by the Holy Spirit in us, the deep and great love of God, and Romans 8:28-30
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
This is why, therefore, we know our Lord and Savior cannot be manipulated, cajoled, or tricked out of His will.
We face victory and defeat with the same faith:
Habakuk 3:18
…I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise." (Jonathan Edwards)
Glory to God in the highest!
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A contemplative look at faith.
Faith means trusting in:
God’s:
Wisdom.
Goodness.
Kind intentions.
Mercies.
Grace.
Truth.
Even in all His attributes.
The Lord’s Prayer:
Hallowed be Thy name, a major aspect of that is.
John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Thy Kingdom come
2 Corinthians 4:
16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Thy will be done:
2 Samuel:15:24-26
Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city. 25 And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then He will bring me back again, and show me both it and His habitation. 26 “But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”
Give us this day our daily bread:
Proverbs 30:7-8
Two things I asked of Thee, Do not refuse me before I die: 8 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, 9Lest I be full and deny Thee and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.
Forgive our debts:
Psalm 51:1-2
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
As we have forgiven others:
Ephesians 4:31-32
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Lead us not into temptation:
Psalm 20:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.
Deliver us from evil:
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter. 17 “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 “But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.:
Revelation 22:12-14
“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Glory to God in the highest!
It is most natural for humanity to understand evil. And know it is hurtful.
It is equally natural to do all we can to avoid being faced with or the subject of evil.
Therefore it is most typical for the redeemed to call out to our Father who art in heaven… But deliver us from evil.
It is, however, not Biblical for the chosen of God to set their faith and expectations on never facing evil.
Our sticky wicket?
- God's people do face evil.
- God designs and wills the evils we face.
Our conundrum resolved.
- We are brought to humility.
- We are brought to repentance,
- We are brought to service.
Job and Peter show the secret council of God, which makes it so.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Glory to God in the highest!
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A short devotional prayer to the God of our salvation.
Psalm 65:5
By awesome deeds Thou dost answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, Thou who art the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
May the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you, And give you that peace that comes from meditating on the deeds of God through the Word of God, empowered by the Holy Spirit of God. Amen.
Opps wrong reference in the episode... first mistake I ever made... lol out loud
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Glory to God in the highest!
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Love Thy Nay For Podcast Network-The Sweetness of Prayer
Listen to the fantastic podcast, The Sweetness of Prayer from the Love Thy Nay Bor Podcast.
You will hear a wonderfully positive conversation between Pastor Anthony Wilson and Lyvita Brooks on the sweetness of prayer, born from the blessed discipline of making time with God in prayer.
Families are disciplined (they make time) in their conversations because they care, love one another, and long express that love.
Add to this Pastor Wilson’s grown children need to hear from their dad to know he is there for them any time, all the time.
As the family of God, we are in greater need to know our Heavenly Father is there all the time, ready for communion with Him.
And the reality is, every time you read your Bible, every time you hear us a sermon, or listen to a Christian podcast, or talk to your children in the way when you rise up as Deuteronomy 6 says. When you sit down and when you come in, and when you go out, every time the Holy Spirit moves on your soul to a sanctified thought, you're hearing from your dad, and he is reminding you that he is here and that he's ready to take time to be with you. And we can be assured from our souls that he wants to hear from us. He has the time. And he reminds us all, constantly, all the time.
Deuteronomy 31:
6“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”
Psalm 65:2
2O Thou who dost hear prayer, To Thee all men come.
Glory to God in the highest!
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Biblical doctrine is never truly dry and or irrelevant. The facts of the gospel teamed with God's active work in our lives, and the applications of the will of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit make this life eternally meaningful and exciting.
We are exhorted:
Galatians 6:9-10
9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. 10 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
We are promised:
Psalm 126:5-6
5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 6 He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
We are convinced by the resurrection of the Lord of glory to live in hope:
1 Corinthians 15:58
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Be devoted to God's will, for He is our strength in wearisome times.
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.
Glory to God in the highest!
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The most beautiful reality of the Christian life is its abundance found in our desire for His will.
In our sojourn here, we call out:
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
And.
Matthew 6:13a
And do not lead us into temptation,
Our contrite heart is open before God, as we declare our desire to do His will in holiness.
And,
Through our prayers, we activate the power of Almighty God to work on our behalf, "watch and not enter into temptation."
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Glory to God in the highest!
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We look in this episode to John Owen, Octavius Winslow, and Thomas Brooks to hear from an old-time perspective how prayer helps us focus on purity and righteousness, sets our hearts, minds, and souls to do His will to the same end, and most of all to engage the power of God to overcome our weaknesses.
We see from some brilliant guys the value of praying, “Lead us not into temptation!”
"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.
Glory to God in the highest!
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"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.
When we pray, "Lead us not into temptation we:
- Ready our hearts, minds, and souls to shun sin and present our bodies to righteousness.
- Confess to our Father the genuine longing we have to do His will.
- Most profoundly, we activate the power of God Almighty in our working out His righteousness in all we do, say, and think.
Psalm 5:8
8 O LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness because of my foes; Make Thy way straight before me.
Glory to God in the highest!
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"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
As I understand it, a Sticky Wicket is a wet field or pitch at a Cricket match.
We are introduced to what makes Matthew 6:13 troublesome, outline the next few episodes, and learn what a googly is as we examine;
Matthew 6:13
'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]'
The word of God says:
God cannot and will never lead anyone into temptation.
Men of whom the world was not worthy experienced mockings and scourgings, chains, and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated.
The brackets in, [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.] pose questions as well.
Glory to God in the highest!
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
The definition of Providence points to the God, Creator of the Universe, orchestrating EVERYTHING, even our indecisions to bless, teach and bring about His will.
Until we have our eyes opened as the servant of Elisha, we will be hard-pressed to declare with David:
Psalm 40:1-5
1 I Waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. 3 And He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear, And will trust in the LORD. 4 How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which Thou hast done, And Thy thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with Thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
Lord, move us to trust and wait.
Glory to God in the highest!
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
( Warning: I got a little excited, and ruffled papers, and perhaps overstated. The Lord knows!)
The ultimate reason and result of our prayers is the glory of God.
The chief reason and result of our prayers are to conform us to the word and will of God.
Added to the chief reasons and results for prayer is our steadfast satisfaction with God in fear, hope, love, hatred, desire, joy, sorrow, gratitude, compassion, and zeal.”
The word of God and experience teach us as we set our hearts to a:
Growing
Dynamic
Biblical
Sincere prayer life
we will experience supernatural affections granted to us by our Creator and Savior, and Father who art in heaven in this life now. As we work, tary, and hope in our heavenly home, we will know joy and the abundant life.
In short, a soul-satisfying relation with our God and Savior.
Glory to God in the highest!
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
But Wait! There’s more!
I love podcasts! All types of podcasts, and as I have a chance to listen, I thought it would be a great idea to recommend to you sermons from various pastors on the subject of prayer.
I am suggesting you give a listen, titled “Pray like this Hallowed by Thy name.” By John Piper, to find out why, give this episode a listen and then find, “Pray like this Hallowed by Thy name.” It was delivered and published about 9 years ago.
From a skilled voice, hear about the importance of prayer, hanging up on your wife, but continually leaving your line open to Almighty God, and the value of praying in small groups.
Glory to God in the highest.
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
The price of knowledge is eternal review. With that in mind, we are reviewing some of the fundamentals from the history of the podcast.
The first of the principles we discussed is our need to pray or pick up on our commitment to developing the discipline of prayer, even if our prayer lives are marked with fits and starts.
The principle holds true; as children learn to speak, we learn to pray through prayer.
Even more strikingly, we understand parents' patience as they listen intently to gibberish in the form of non-sensical sounds and thoughts without structure and still encourage childish communication.
Sometimes, we have the mistaken idea that we are more patient than God, and He expects us to stay silent until we have learned to pray appropriately.
Or worse, we are lead to believe God cares more about the "grammar" of prayer than He does for the soul being poured out to Him by His redeemed and adopted children.
Throw out the rules (grammar) you have been taught about prayer or anything which hinders you from coming to Him in personal communion. He leads us into all truth and will mature us into growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere, and soul-satisfying prayer lives, but that is made more difficult until we begin to pray.
So, just start praying. Why don't ya?
Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Glory to God in the highest.
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
I have come to love it when God challenges His people. God challenged Job with affliction. He challenged Abraham with waiting. Isiah 7 of the virgin birth's great promise was a challenge to Ahaz, who refused to ask. In Malachi 3:10, God challenged Israel to stop holding back the offerings born of faith and obedience. Even though those last two have the character of rebukes, God does Challenge His people.
Our wonder at our Creator, God, and Savior only increases when He challenges us in like manner as He did Ezekiel:
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 And He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"…
Ezkiel 37:1-3
How would you answer?
Zeke (I love Ezekiel like I met him.) said:
And I answered, "O Lord GOD, Thou knowest."
Our souls are lifted with joy and expectation as we reflect on what we will learn with Ezekiel of God's Holy nature, His power, His glory, His purpose, and His love.
Have faith to say, O Adonai Elohiem, Thou knowest.
Glory to God in the highest.
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Two provisos, please: 1. the sound is marginally better than my past interviews, and B. As I am working on the sound of the interviews, I am also working on my transitions… I promise. Lol out loud.
The interview is insightful and a treat as well.
“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
Our purpose in interviewing Lorna (we have friendship in common, and more importantly, we are together on a long-term prayer team) was to hear about a unique prayer ministry she began in a park in her area. However, having known her so long and been privileged to meet her dad a time or two. Having seen his godly life and attention to our Biblical admonition to raise our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, I just had to begin our conversation her father and his mentoring.
Enjoy, Lorna!
Glory to God in the highest.
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.”
We know by the mercies of our Savior, Jesus, who is the Christ, our sins are forgiven at the cross. Our eternal debt, paid by our Holy Substitute past, present, and future. It is not out of fear then; we forgive others' debts against us, but out of love for God and man.
Forgiving others is not easy, but it is a command. Forgiving is a critical act of obedience, and it contains unexpected fruit as well.
We fulfill our calling, reflecting the character of God.
Matthew 5:44-45
"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you 45 in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
And we are brought to the blessing of humility.
Luke 18:13-14
"But the tax-gatherer, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' 14 "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
With this benefit…
Isaiah 66:2
"For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.
Glory to God in the highest.
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The Puritans used the term "secret" counsel of God and "secret" prayer, in other words, truths hidden or dimly acknowledged by fallen humanity.
The confession on the redeemed has a secret blessing…
David and Peter illustrate to us:
Luke 7:47
“For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Our love for God increases exponentially as we are mindful of the miry clay of sin we have been redeemed from.
For this Free-Range Preacher, the glory of heaven is facing my Savior, with no sin between Him and me.
Glory to God in the highest.
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"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
Colossians 4:12-13
Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him witness that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
What in the world would move a successful traveling evangelist, in the Apostle Paul company, no less to agonize in prayer for a people far away?
Love, love for his community, and love for his Master and Savior Jesus Christ is the answer.
If you can find no other reason to develop a sincere dynamic, growing Biblical prayer life, let your love for Christ and your neighbor constrain you to prayer. Your soul will be satisfied in the battle.
Ephesians 6:18
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints…
Glory to God in the highest.
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"The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise."
In this episode, our interview with my babies, we review some of Casaundra J and Fred M's memories and the impact of those prayers.
We will examine two hard-hitting questions:
Why do children pray childish prayers?
Why does it seem we have lost some faith from our childhood to adulthood?
I am blessed beyond measure. My babies are gifts from Holy God, were a joy to raise, and now as my close confidants.
Glory to God in the highest.
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This episode is a short review of the faith and prayer of one man dedicated to living in complete dependence and contentment in the presence of the Holy God of the universe.
George Muller, a man of faith, proved God will supply strictly through prayer and faith.
In his integrity, he is said to have fifty-thousand positive answers to prayer throughout his life.
He also lived out the Puritan concept that we kiss the hand that afflicts, trusting in His mercies and grace to His beloved.
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 1:5
May, the God of all grace help us to pray in expectation and contentment, “Give us this day our daily bread.”
Glory to God in the highest.
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Back to Jesus teaches prayer from the Sermon on the Mount and The Lord's Prayer.
Not Really the Lord's prayer as in we mindlessly repeat words. God is never moved by a formula or man's pious repetition of His Son our Savior's words.
This passage,
Matthew 6:9-13
"Pray, then, in this way: '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. 12 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]',
contains the principles of prayer Jesus Himself employed during His earthy stay to pay for our redemption.
The passage is filled with meaning and implication beyond what we readily see.
Give us our daily bread reminds us of our reliance on Him alone for what we need. He is speaking not just of our daily requirement of food, which He is about to promise, when teaching we are not to worry, but to
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you."
Our commitment to God's will to supply everything we need, and to supply it in perfect measure tailored to what is best for us in the purpose of God, can best be seen from GOd's word:
Job 31
24 "If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust, 25 If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; 26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor, 27 And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
and…
Proverbs 30:7-9
Two things I asked of Thee, Do not refuse me before I die: 8 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, 9 Lest I be full and deny Thee and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or lest I be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.
The end of our request, "give us this day," is our complete contentment in His supply. Some have said pie in the sky, but next time we will briefly visit George Muller's life and see by faith this life is not only possible in our fallen world but has been done.
Glory to God in the highest.
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.” Jonathan Edwards - “Religious Affections”
Okay, I may need to work on my definition of the word short, however…
I am overwhelmed with the privilege to include all of you in the conclusion of our episode dedicated to my grandchildren.
No matter our theology on the inner working of God in the lives of His children, we will never regret obedience to our Creator, our Savior, the one who loved us and died for us,
We are strangers in this life, and as we study the word of God, love like He has commanded us to love, and walk by faith believing in His divine will for us, the world will say we are getting stranger by the minute, but our souls will know the abundant life, even before heaven.
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“The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost diligence and care, and exactness of search and inquiry, that I have been capable of. It is a subject on which my mind has been peculiarly intent, ever since I first entered on the study of divinity. But as to the success of my inquiries it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise.” Jonathan Edwards - "Religious Affections"
This Free Range devotional is dedicated to Seven, Lincoln, Baby French, Baby Freddie, Wesley, Baby Brooks, and Baby Mayes.
When all else may be murky, you will never regret obedience to the word of God.
Brothers and Sisters, you will. never regret fostering a consistent, growing, dynamic, Biblical prayer life.
Psalm 27
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. 8When Thou didst say, “Seek My face,” my heart said to Thee, “Thy face, O LORD, I shall seek.”
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We have finished up 2020 with the Free Range Preacher’s prayer for our listeners, myself, and all my loved ones.
The outline of this 2021 prayer is we remember and experience:
Our prayers are heard, Luke 1:13
We serve the God of the impossible, Luke 1:37
We will not forget even though we may feel:
2 Corinthians 4:7-10
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 every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
His will brings us to:
2 Corinthians 4:16
16 Therefore, we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
We will then submit to His perfect will for us, Luke 1:38
Resulting in the glory of God.
Luke 1:68-69
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David, His servant—
Thank You, Jesus.
P.S. As happens in prayer sometimes, this year ending prayer took a little different turn, but not much.
To the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be all honor and glory and dominion forever and ever, Amen.
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A significant aspect of the abundant life available to the household of God is the Biblical context in which we can live our lives.
Our God is the Builder and Ruler of all creation.
He is the God who hears.
He is the God of the impossible.
He is the God who shows lovingkindness to all generations.
Our 2021 corporate prayer is based on the above truths; to the end, our lives make sense in the context of eternal life. We will be praying:
We give glory to God.
Luke 1:14
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”
We are ambassadors of Christ, calling our fellow fallen creatures to reconciliation with Holy God through the Christ, Jesus from Nazareth.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Even in this season:
2 Corinthians 4:7-10
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 every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
Our focus will be the splendor of our God and His eternal purposes:
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
That 2021 will be a year of victory in the spread of the true Gospel.
To the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be all honor and glory and dominion forever and ever, Amen.
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Our initial encouragement in part one, we were reminded our prayers are being heard.
The God of all the universe, our Creator and our Savior, makes this truth all the more magnificent when we know, from heavenly angels…
Luke 1:37
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”
What joy and glory!
The object of our prayers is the God of the impossible!
As we pray, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, without the sure knowledge given to Zacharias, and Mary in Luke 1, we by faith agree within our souls with Mary…
Luke 1:38
“…Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word…”
Part 1 of our 2021 prayer for God’s people:
We remember our prayers have been heard.
Part 2 of our 2021 prayer for the family of God:
We remember our God is the God of the impossible.
It is an extraordinary privilege to pray for one another in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, even Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen!
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We here at Free Range Preacher Ministries have proposed our world is now in the midst of our lifetimes' first global corporate trial.
The bad news is we are all together even as the people of God, are feeling to one degree another what Paul described in 2 Corinthians 4:7-9
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body."
The good news is, we know from Genesis to Revelation, God is attentive to our prayers, the Word of God assuring us...
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.
We end 2020 with a four-part encouragement which will be the basis of our prayer for all God's people in all the world for the coming year.
We do not know how God is going to answer your prayers or mine we do know,
Isaiah 65:24
"It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
And however He answers it will be,
Ephesians 3
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
When we see His answers, our hearts will sing,
21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen!
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The encouraging truth of Scripture is when we are conforming to the will of God in:
Saved
Spirit-filled
Sanctified
Suffering
Submissive
Saying thanks
We are free to do what our hearts desire!!!
The most encouraging truth of Scripture is that as we mature in the will of God:
Saved
Spirit-filled
Sanctified
Suffering
Submissive
Saying thanks
Our will, will be increasingly His will, and our heart’s desire will reflect the heart of Almighty God in His love, justice, and the joy of our salvation will be full!
What the deepest parts of our desire is found in the goodness of our God. Seek Him and His righteousness and all will be added unto us.
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen
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I may not understand precisely how to use Conjunction Junction, what's your function?, but I do know the adjectives used in the Sermon on the Mount remind us of the privilege and responsibility of unselfish prayers.
It is a stunning realization that God not only decrees what is going to happen, but He also decrees the how or the means through which all things will happen; the significance of that is we are called to be an active part of what He is doing. The means He has chosen, prayer.
Isn't that tremendous?
Ephesians 6:18
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints…
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen
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Part one of my conversation with my children concerning prayer.
Over the last two years of attempting to teach, encourage, and exhort God’s people to a growing, Biblical, dynamic prayer life, it occurred to me that I did not formally teach prayer to my two children.
Today, I have the opportunity to introduce my children to you all:
Casaundra J, my Daughter of Strength.
Fred M, my Son of Promise.
And to ask them how they learned to pray.
We began our discussion by asking how did they learn to pray?
It was a most enjoyable evening, discovering as their dad, not only how they learned prayer, but how each of them conducts themselves in prayer.
What a joy to my soul it is to hear their testimonies.
We end this section of the interview by asking if they remember any aspects of their childhood in which they saw prayer work. (That is the cliff hanger for part 2)
The recording quality is uneven, there were a couple of issues with recording the three of us, but mostly to the issue happen when I am talking, so you will be able to hear the best part of the interview, my children.
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen
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A reoccurring theme of this here podcast is Thanksgiving. No matter what our circumstance, rejoicing in victory, or exulting in our tribulations, we remember the words of our blessed Redeemer:
Luke 10:20
“Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
Therefore we never lack an eternal, humbling reason to be thankful and express our gratitude to the Holy God of the universe.
Hear a prayer bathed in meekness and appreciation for the various and sundry gives from the hand of the Almighty.
O MY GOD, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow.
When I think upon and converse with thee, ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up, ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed, ten thousand refreshing joys spread over my heart, crowding into every moment of happiness.
I bless thee for the soul thou hast created, for adorning it, sanctifying it, though it is fixed in barren soil; for the body thou hast given me, for preserving its strength and vigour, for providing senses to enjoy delights, for the ease and freedom of my limbs, for hands, eyes, ears that do thy bidding;
for thy royal bounty providing my daily support, for a full table and overflowing cup, for appetite, taste, sweetness,
for social joys of relatives and friends, for the ability to serve others, for a heart that feels sorrows and necessities, for a mind to care for my fellow-men, for opportunities of spreading happiness around, for loved ones in the joys of heaven, for my own expectation of seeing thee clearly.
I love thee above the powers of language to express, for what thou art to thy creatures.
Increase my love, O my God, through time and eternity.
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Psalm 100
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with Thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, And His faithfulness to all generations.
Glory to God in the highest. Amen and Amen
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Lincoln has some BIG news to share.
She also wants to tell you all about God’s holiness, His mercies, and His grace.
(Check out her immediate reaction when she is told God is the only being in all creation who is intrinsically Holy.)
Continuing with our child-like faith theme, hear the joy expressed in a young believer.
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It is a fearful privilege to be a bond-servant to the Holy God of the universe.
Philippians 2:12-13
"So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."
The child of God cannot regard one another as more important than ourselves or not look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others without submitting ourselves to God first, and then to others.
As we pray Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, Father, we pray in the knowledge that all the heavenly hosts, submit to Thee, to every single command Thou dost issue. Empower us, Holy Spirit, to submit to the decrees of the Father and submit to one another, as Christ offered Himslef to be our sacrifice. Amen.
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There are specific Scripture passages that make my soul sing praises to the Creator God of the universe, the Alpha and Omega. El Elyon, who has agreed in His love to be my Savior.
Sometimes a well-worn verse jumps to my soul and causes me to remember the greatness of our God.
Our fallen nature causes us at times to groan. We groan for diverse reasons; sometimes, we do not even know the root of our distress. However, such is our God who knows our frame and understands that we are but dust.
Psalm 5 begins:
Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my groaning.
I am reminded that even in my lonely, confused groaning, I am not alone. Glory to God.
Today we have a devotion of meditation on the complete salvation of our hearts, minds, and souls, so we understand He never leaves us or forsakes us. We are assured He heeds our deepest groaning.
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Yes, you are reading correctly. God’s will is for His people to suffer.
As in the life of the Apostle Paul, suffering, i.e., his thorn in the flesh, moved Paul to not exalt himself, enabled him to humbly serve others, and rely on the power of All Mighty God rather than his own power.
In this episode, we take care of a little bit of business, describe the necessity of suffering, our sanctification, and our path to humility, which enables us to submit as we ought and say thanks as we ought.
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This is a review of sorts, and also, if you are new to the podcast and are not sure why we pray as Christians or if God even wants us to pray, today we will, in a meditative way, one of the answers to both those objections.
Psalm 65:2
O Thou who dost hear prayer, To Thee all men come.
If God did not hear prayer, why would all men come to Him?
With the roadblock of wonder at God’s desire to hear from us gone, we are encouraged, move to understand we are blessed drawing close to Him; the blessings are coming because of through His grace and mercies. We are satisfied through our prayers, and we have the great experience of eternal life to carry us through this sojourn.
Thus we are moved with great joy, peace, and soul satisfaction through prayer.
John 17:3
“And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
Psalm 27:17-19
The righteous cry and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, And saves those who are crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Lord teach us to pray and show us the joy of Thy presence.
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We have seen God's will is clearly
Salvation, and being Spirit-filled, today we are examining the next cascading revealed will of God, that we are Sanctified.
Romans 8:28-30
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
God in wonderful promises is in charge of our salvation from before the world's foundation to our glorification in eternity future. This includes our sanctification, the living out of our salvation while we serve Him on earth.
Even so, as Peter tells us…
We apply all diligence…
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge; and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness; and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
2 Peter 1:5-7
What an array of prayer opportunities, knowing the will of God:
Salvation
Spirit-filled
Sanctification
We will look next God's will we Suffer.
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So critical is the role of the Holy Spirit that Jesus said:
"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6 "But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
John 16:5-7
Then…
13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 "He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you. 15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you.
For our praise and earthy gratitude, He is our assurance of eternal life:
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1" 13-14
God's will is for men to be saved.
God's will is for His servants to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Salvation is the paramount will of God. The message of the Church, given to us by our Savior, is the Good News's proclamation that there is a way to God. There is reconciliation between God and man.
Two Biblical truths that must drive us to our knees for friends' loved ones, acquaintances, strangers, and enemies is their need for salvation.
Barring the saving knowledge of Jesus, who is the Christ, all else, as the preacher says, is vanity.
Jesus was never ambiguous on this truth:
"Jesus *said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.'"
John 14:6
"For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26
To the redeemed, He says:
"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."
Luke 10:20
Salvation, whether in intercession, workers for the harvest, or overflowing gratitude to God, our Savior, is an emphasis of our daily prayers. We reflect the heart of the Father when we pray these ways.
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We emphasized the last episode on God's will, in regards to the spread of the gospel, but there are times critical times when we seem to flounder for His will, what it may be.
Our devotional today centers on the truth that God's will is crystal clear in every significant aspect of our lives. No doubt about that.
I steal… umm… borrow liberally from a study by John MacArthur from a few years ago focusing on the will of God.
That series has been, for me, a transitional lesson from God's word. The will of God is not all that mysterious even though some of the events and circumstances in our lives seem to be, and the very last aspect of the will of God helped in its correct perspective, make day to day decisions more free and precise as well.
Knowing God's will is:
A matrix that helps our lives of faith make sense.
It is an anchor that tethers us to the wisdom and goodness of God.
It is a launching pad from which we can make choices in faith.
It is a release to trust in what God is doing right now as we seek to follow Him.
It is at least all these things for this lowly simple one.
His will in the central questions is also crystal clear.
Salvation
Spirit-filled
Sanctification
Submissive
Suffering
Saying Thanks
and…
As those things are genuine in our lives,
Psalm 37
Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
How great is that!
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Repentance begins with sorrow. It is not a sorrow that leads us to punish ourselves that is counterproductive, and we have no right to scourge ourselves in payment for our sins. They have already been paid for by Christ's blood.
There is a feeling of Godly sorrow and worldly sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
In today's episode, we are going to see:
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Godly sorrow over sin and its resulting repentance and godliness.
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Ungodly sorrow, which results in regret, but no true repentance or turning to God.
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Then, we will look at the two most dramatic Biblical examples of each. Judas, our instance of worldly sorrow, and Peter, Godly sorrow, which reinforces our assurance.
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Lastly, we will look at our true repentance's sublime results and turn to righteousness. That will be the focus of our gratitude in today's devotion.
Hebrews 12:
11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.
Thank You, Jesus, for not leaving us in our sin, but driving us to sorrow and removing by Thy blood, our regret.
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Often we feel like we are losing our battle against sin, so we say with Paul:
Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?
Romans 7:24
Oddly enough, the reason for gratitude comes in verse 25
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then, on the one hand, I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
How can that be an answer to Paul’s, and our, cry?
Simply put, because
There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1
Jesus has already delivered us from this body of death!
Our battle with sin is one of the indications we are among the redeemed.
(We will look at repentance and ungodly regret next time, and be thankful.)
Today, do not be discouraged in the battle, but rejoice in it and be thankful.
Because, dear family, Romans 8:1 is truth.
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From time to time, through circumstances, trials mostly, but sometimes fighting my own unworthy thoughts, I find it very hard to give thanks.
I have developed two fallback positions, I call them, in which I am always able to Give thanks.
I am continually thankful that He is my Creator:
The encouragement of Isaiah 40:28
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. 29 He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. 30 Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, 31 Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
This promise flows from the truth that He is our God, and we are the sheep of His pasture.
Next, He is my Savior:
Luke 1:46-50
And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 48 “For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. 49 “For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name. 50 “AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
Even in the deepest darkest places I have ever been, I can reflect with Mary; I am blessed. I believe in heaven, we will look at all the generations, and we will confess to the glory of God, what great things God has done for us.
Perhaps you have those fallback positions of thanksgiving. If you do not, maybe you can find some, even starting to thank God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that He is your Creator and Savior.
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"in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
2 Thessalonians 5:18
Instead of fearing circumstances which are unexpected, but rather give thanks because God is in control.
I will not gossip about those I know or only hear about but rather give thanks they are in my life for a divine purpose.
I will not focus on those who I disagree with, but rather give thanks, for God will give me the words the right words, which may be used as seeds to eternal life.
I will not take my own revenge, but rather give thanks for God is in control, and He will bring justice.
I will not worry about my weaknesses, but rather give thanks for I can say, "I am what I am by the grace of God."
I will not dwell on nor gloat over others' weakness, but rather give thanks for them, even praying to come alongside and help.
The expression of gratitude to our God is a divinely powerful weapon in taking captive every thought to the obedience of Christ.
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A quick reminder of our call and a couple of reasons for our gratitude.
Psalm 100:4-5
Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, And His faithfulness to all generations.
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You may have noticed the new podcast art. This is our anniversary month at Free Range. This quarter, we are moving this month, even this last Quarter of 2020 to be a thanksgiving Quarter.
I think it is time we make a concerted effort to redeem these days to the glory of God.
In keeping with the celebration of our second year's end, we are giving away Popsicle Crosses to everyone who emails us here at Free range at freerangeprayer@gmail.com. I wear one as a reminder of the childlike faith we are called too. It has also been a point of interest opening up opportunities to give an account Of our hope, the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today's episode is an interview with an artist and creator of the Popsicle Crosses, Paul Nichols.
The sound quality is slightly different, partly because of the other software I used, but mostly operator error, with myself as the operator. My friend Paul Comes out clear, and as he is the focal point, it is a terrific listen.
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All God's people are called to Prayer. It is the need of our new inner man to experience communion with our Savior, Almighty God.
We might say we are all under a general call to Prayer.
Some though, are called to have a prayer ministry.
A prayer ministry is defined as a personal call to take up daily prayers for specific people to minister to them.
Jonathan Edwards is an example of our general call, and yet it is said of him:
"Prayer was both a discipline and a part of his leisure."
The Prophet Samuel felt the call to a prayer ministry when he responded to Israel's desire for a king to lead them
1 Samuel 12
23 "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
General or ministry, God's call on our lives lead us to desire a growing, Biblical, dynamic, soul-satisfying prayer life.
Both contain the exhortation:
Pray for your family.
Pray for your friends.
Pray for those who love you,
Pray for those who are your enemies,
Pray according to God's will for them all, not your will, or your anger, or sadness, but God's good and gracious will.
October Blessing:
This October is going to have some similarities to last October in a few ways.
I am going to try to publish daily short devotionals focusing on thanksgiving.
There will be a giveaway, an announcement about that in a couple of days.
The Free Range Preacher would like to declare the upcoming three months the 2020 quarter of thanksgiving.
We will have interviews this October. For certain, we will have Paul Nichols, the artist, and creator of the Pop cycle Cross, a "Faith of a Child Reminder.
We will also have an episode or two, hearing from my Daughter of Strength and My Son of Promise about their observations of a praying father.
And perhaps one more from a prayer warrior with a unique ministry.
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I was reminded recently of the value of silence before God.
The Bible tells us about the incredible value of resting quietly.
Psalm 46:10
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 131:1-2
O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. 2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.
Together let us come quietly, tranquil into the throne room of the King of Kings.
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Praying “Thy will be done” with discernment means we understand job one in God’s present economy is the building of His kingdom.
Discernment also teaches us that we begin with ourselves as we do with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.
We are each gifted by the Holy Ghost to be not only a part of the Body of Christ but an active part of the Body of Christ.
We are called to do His will through the exercise of those gifts from the Holy Spirit. If you are not aware of your gifting, pray for insights from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. If you know your gifting, pray the power and discernment to do the work you have been called to do with fervent devotion, brotherly love, honor to our brothers and sisters, and with perseverance.
The coup de gracie, as Bugs might say, we are to be devoted to prayer.
Prayer gives us the power to do His will, and when we do, everyone in the body is built up in love, and we are maturing into “the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ.
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Prayer is never to be constrained by form.
If we are to expect in our communication with others,
“only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:9b
We can indeed know, our God, who knows our frame, will hear us when our need of the moment is so great, we abandon all formality.
30 But seeing the wind, he became afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:30-31
During this season, keep pouring out our hearts to our God and Savior. He is listening no matter the form of our supplications.
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If you bet, Fred couldn’t get sappy love songs, Englebert Humperdink, Casey Stengel, and Psalm 24 into a Wednesday review… You lost!
Like all things in Christ, we come full circle.
We learn to pray in the same way we learned to talk and for the same reasons.
We were born physically with the drive and need to talk - communicate.
We were born-again with the drive to pray to our Savior - commune.
We were born with a need to express who we are inside.
We have been born-again, and our souls need to express who we are to God.
We were also born with a need to express our love and admiration for others.
We are born-again for the express purpose of trumpeting our love and worship for our worthy God.
Full circle, even in our great need, our prayers will accomplish our ultimate end (reason) and purpose of prayer...
The Glory of God.
Pray it, you know you want to…
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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As we come to more and more honor God as God, hallowing His name with all our heart, mind, and soul, His will, will be our prayer more and more.
When we hear Jesus, then say,
‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. ‘Thy kingdom come…’
Our hearts say, ah-ha! If God tells us,
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Then, heart of mine, His desires are my prayer, Thy kingdom come.
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No matter his brothers' motive, Joseph saw God's beauty in working out His divine will, not just selfishly in Joesph's life but also for his enemies... his brothers. At any time, Joseph had the power to take revenge on his family, saving perhaps Benjamin and Jacob. Still, the God of all comfort who comforted him before he was reunited with his father Jacob moved Joseph that he "comforted them and spoke kindly to them” those who had made themselves his enemies." Genesis 50:21
Is it alright if we ponder together what life would be like if we considered our trials as joy, looked not at the sorrows, but forgetting what lies behind pressing on to the abundant life ahead, and truly seeing God's intended good in all things enabling us to willingly forgive our enemies?
The God of all comfort makes this impossible to us task, possible in His comfort and purpose. After all…
John 14:
16 "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you.
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When we pray, we join the long list of saints we know, and the great cloud of witnesses gone before us as we long to be fully understood by our God.
Yes, it may be silly to tell Him stuff we know He already knows, but we still do, we need too, we long too.
I had an occasion to talk to my daughter a couple of days ago. I expressed to her again that I cannot imagine living out our Christian lives without experiencing eternal life. Even in the flesh, we can get a glimpse of the glory that awaits.
John 17:3
3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
We know each other through conversation, and as old as it may get, my heart cannot imagine this life without knowing God through prayer and His word, and I will say it until I get to know Him fully in glory.
Pray, Pray, Pray
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The artwork on the podcast today shows a bottle my wife found when she was a teenager. I know it was created by sand, the lightning, wind, and cooling rain. If you buy that, I can tell you that our universe was created by mysterious forces, cosmic lighting, and luck.
And after you buy that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I can let go for a bargain-basement price! (Only us old guys will get that.)
The very first step in falling short of the glory of God is…”21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks…”
Thomas Manton says of “Hallowed be Thy name…”
"It notes that our chiefest care and affection should be carried out to the glory of God when we pray. We should rather forget ourselves than forget God. God must be remembered in the first place. There is nothing more precious than God himself, therefore nothing should be more dear to us than his glory."
This is the aim of our prayers, and the Biblical benchmark we will grow into with practiced prayer.
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For those with ears to hear, our God reveals Himself in various and sundry ways. (I love that phrase, various and sundry!)
Critical to the revelation of who the true God, Creator, and Ruler of the universe really is, are the names of God given to us in Holy Writ. (I love that one too.)
We rest in the knowledge that God our Savior is also demonstrated to be:
Yahweh
Yahweh Maccadeshem
Yahweh Tisdkneu
The fulness of our salvation rests wholly on the completeness of our God.
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We have been created, by our blessed God, as a unique creation fit for eternal communion with Him, being moved by His divine power and attributes; we were meant to understand the glory of God and enjoy who He is for all eternity.
We have inherited one other trait from Adam, the enmity between our Creator and ourselves.
However, by the mercies of God and our Savior's blood, we have been born again into a new creature.
Our new creation longs for intimate conversation with God, as naturally as babies long to:
Express their needs through speech.
Reveal their true selves with communication.
And, declare their deep love for others.
We are driven to pray, talk to our God, and Redeemer.
Knowing this truth can motivate us to work through our limitations and frustrations to establish and sustain a growing, Biblical, dynamic soul-satisfying prayer life, introducing us to a glimpse of eternal life with our God which awaits us.
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"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name."
The Lord's prayer is not only our blueprint for prayer but sets the standard of content for our prayers.
When Jesus said "hallowed by Thy name," it does imply worship, but more than that it sets our goal to bring Him glory because He is Holy Holy Holy. Acknowledging who He is will assuredly help us avoid believing Him to be who we want Him to be.
The good gifts He gives by grace He does not give because:
He is our buddy… He is God, our Creator, not our buddy.
He is our genie… He is the merciful God our Savior, not our wish giver.
He is our kindly old man in the sky with a robe and a beard… He is our Righteous Judge, not a kind and inattentive old man.
He deserves to be treated as Creator, Savior, and Righteous Judge.
Who the obligates Him to common grace, and salvation, and blessing?
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We are beginning the main text from the Sermon on the Mount the Lord's Prayer. For the next several weeks, we will be looking at prayer's framework and the standards of prayer.
I in no way desire these standards to discourage anyone's prayer life. Therefore, as I may sound more like a preacher in the next few episodes, my request is if faced with standards you have not considered yet, do not let that derail your prayers. Remember the standards, and be assured you will grow into any truly Biblical standard.
God is working in you to will and to work His good pleasure!
Glory to God, He is ever leading.
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Just when you thought the four elements of prayer (Worship, Confession, Intercession, and Thanksgiving) were enough, along comes Isaac Watts, yes, that Isaac Watts, and gives us his view on "The Nature of Prayer" from His book, "A Guide to Prayer."
"In speaking of prayer as a duty of worship required of us, we may, in order to understand the whole nature of prayer better, divide it into several parts. I think these may all be included in the following: invocation, adoration, confession, petition, pleading, profession (or self-dedication), thanksgiving, and Blessing. I shall speak of each particularly."
Enjoy meditating on the great hymn-writer's thoughts and get an insight into the profundity of the Puritan mind.
(I know I do.)
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Psalm 119:
90 Thy faithfulness continues throughout all generations; Thou didst establish the earth, and it stands. 91 They stand this day according to Thine ordinances, For all things are Thy servants.
Our emotions fall into this category, as well.
Hear how Peter, Moses, Paul, Nehemiah, and Ezra were drawn closer to God in prayer through their failures, fear, sadness, confusion, and by God's love.
Prayer is the vehicle that is also a servant of God. It will carry us in the pouring out of our emotions to the peaceful place of brokenness at His throne.
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Emotions are a driving force in everything mankind does. They can motivate the redeemed for good or ill. Harnessed by the Holy Spirit, our emotions can drive us into God's presence to pray and enjoy Him, truly.
We have emotions because God has feelings. I will tell you several times in these few minutes that I fully understand God and His emotions, which is somewhere below zero, but He has them. That knowledge will help us not shun our emotions but leverage them to a vibrant prayer life.
The first step is a short theology of emotion.
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What has often labeled "The Lord's Prayer" is not a mantra repeated out of rote, but a pattern for the prayers of the saints.
Matthew 6:9-13
"Pray, then, in this way: '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. 12 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 'And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen."
To simply pray these verses our of habit or practice can become the vain and mindless words, Jesus warns us about earlier in Matthew's Gospel.
These five verses of beautifully simplified for those such as me help fill our communion with our Savior and our God with Worship, Confession, Intercession, and thanksgiving.
To God, be the glory.
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The calls to walk in a manner worthy of the redeemed life we have been called too, have never been easy, we are indeed the most radical people in our culture.
Circumstance, though, has a way of reminding us of the sanctified life we are called to.
This is a season we are reminded we are called to:
Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
This is a short devotional prayer over the call to show the Holy compassion of our Savior.
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Mid-Week Review 2: Just Talk to God
Matthew 11:28-30
28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
and…
1 Peter 5
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety upon Him because He cares for you.
It is hard to believe that these calls from the Holy God of the universe, our Savior, do not include our communication with Him. We call that prayer, and one of the greatest things we can do for our prayer lives is to take the pressure off ourselves and just talk to our loving God, who shed His blood on our behalf.
He will be glorified, our souls will be comforted, and we will be blessed with a glimpse of eternal life while we await our everlasting union with Him.
Jeremiah 33:
' Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Amongst the "great and mighty things," I believe, is the close relationship we understand as come to Him in sincere prayer.
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We learn clearly from Luke 18:1ff, Jesus encourages us to come to Him with importunity.
The word in Greek though means asking so often it becomes shameful.
I take two meanings from our initial study of Luke 18 here,
- We are not coming to an unrighteous judge, but to our loving Savior.
- Jesus knows our frame, and He sets out here: when the seasons come for which our hearts are rent by such sorrow that we cry to Him day and night, we are not only free to pray to Him over and over, but He invites and encourages us to pray over and over for the same concern.
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart… Luke 18:1
What other meaning could there be when we are encouraged to pour out our hearts before Him than we have the freedom to cry out until He answers?
Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah Psalm 62:8
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The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth… at the perfect time.
Proverbs 15:8b
…But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
For the next few days, then, let us focus on praise and adoration for we know:
We can be pleasing to Him.
Our goal is to enter into your Master's joy.
Our aim by God's power is to do everything to His glory and,
Our great desire to talk to and commune with the Holy God of the Universe, our adopted Father, the Son who suffered to attain our salvation, and the spirit who leads us into all righteousness, brings Him delight.
Parents, think about how much delight we take when our children seek us out and talk to us... It's a little like that, but infinitely more profound and astounding to our souls, our prayers are His delight!
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The price of knowledge is eternal review - Don’t ask. I cannot remember precisely who I stole that from.
I am convinced as Christians as we, from time to time, struggle with the old ennui, it is our soul longing for a more intimate connection with our Savior.
Even the fabulous face we may turn around and see is not really what our new inner-man is longing for.
If we say with the Scriptures:
As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for Thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1-2
We will grow to honestly know, not ennui, but:
For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10
Better still:
O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee! Psalm 84:12
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Dear Christian:
To use a word common today, the content of all Jesus’ teaching is to our hearts. We can keep all the rules for the wrong reasons. We may keep them strictly from fear, keep them strictly from pride, keep them to impress others, and as even real children of God, our reward is what we have sought, the honor of other men.
Jesus, however, is aiming at our hearts. In prayer, this is most certainly true. He wants authentic communication from His children. When we come to Him, we aim at sincere communion with the Holy God of the universe.
In pursuit of that communion, our Father is not adding up our words, our eloquence curries no favor with Him, neither does He listen for keywords, secret codes, or magic phrases. Sincere prayer is from the heart, which He knows, expressed the best way we can, which He also knows.
The sincere Christian heart expresses its need trusting the Father who is and who knows, and it is assured our Father of lights answers with only what is right from above. For our sound, eternal good, and His glory.
O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8
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Glory to God in the highest, for our redemption and our reliance on our faithful God, every day to carry us to the battle.
Thank You, Jesus, for the ability to open our days seeking Thee and Thy glory.
Extra special gratitude today for the birth of our healthy baby granddaughter, baby Freddie, you can’t miss her in our exclusive podcast cover art for today.
Thank you, Jesus.
The times are evil, but we can pray for His will as we begin our days. Our flesh is weak, but as we present ourselves to Him, our hearts are focused on His glory and resting in His will.
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Ecclesiastes 5:2
2 Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
This verse is a little humorous to me, but as all the word of God, it very concisely helps us understand our place before the Lord our God, our Savior. He is Spirit, and we are flesh, He is in heaven, and we are on earth, so our words are few.
More profound for our souls is that “your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” Matthew 6:8b
We pour out our hearts to the Holy God of the universe because through His mercies, His plan, the sending of His Son, and His sacrifice open our way into His throne room and His promises make us know He is listening, and He will answer.
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
(We pick up part b pretty abruptly, but it is the finish to Jesus Teaches Prayer - Vain Repetition 2 a)
As you young people say, we have a new “outro” and praying the Lord will expand our prayer community.
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Baby French (my grandson), Dean Martin, Jonathan Edwards, Mathew Henry, and John Piper each, in turn, help us learn what Jesus is genuinely driving at when He talks of “meaningless repetition” in prayer.
Matthew 6:7-8
7 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need, before you ask Him.
God is the great I AM, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and only Savior.
He is the full-orbed God, a whole personality we might say for our feeble minds to understand, babble - meaningless words or foolish wordy attempts to manipulate Him are unworthy.
His desire is to hear from our honest, open hearts as we pour out our soul before Him. We seek Him, our Father, who is in heaven, and His Son, who is the Christ, we have no other in heaven but Him.
As you young people say, we have a new “outro” and praying the Lord will expand our prayer community.
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Let us pray together with great joy inexpressible and full of glory,
Isaiah 30:18
18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
In Christ, we are cleansed from all unrighteousness, even our lowly estate, sin, unworthy thoughts of Him, weaknesses, the littleness of our faith, even the time we have wasted.
Cleansed through the blood, Jesus waits to bless us, now and in eternity.
As you young people say, we have a new “outro” and praying the Lord will expand our prayer community.
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Only Christians can have true peace. True peace is a promise from Jesus who is the Christ.
John 14:
27 “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Our peace is rooted and grounded in who He is, and flowing from Him, His promises.
Because He is the God who is present, we know we are safe from pestilence, and even when we see events we would never have believed we would see, “though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;”
We can also confess:
Psalm 46:20
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
What a glory that God has condescended to reveal to us He is Yahweh-Shammah, our God who is present!
As you young people say, we have a new “outro” and praying the Lord will expand our prayer community.
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He knows what we need.
Matthew 6:7-9
7 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need, before you ask Him. 9 “Pray, then, in this way:
I have always wondered why as Jesus was talking about vain repetition, He slides in, “Therefore, do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”
Jesus is reminding us, we are not calling out in manipulative repetition, to a god made in our own likeness, aloof, uncaring save that which appeases our ever-changing moods, and He is not a force which can be mechanically moved to good or evil with formulaic mantras repeated over and over again.
We are coming to Holy God, Jesus who is the Christ, the Spirit who dwells within us, who has told us
Lamentations 2:19
19 “Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord;”
Our new inner man longs to call out to God, with sincerity, I exhort you; do it!
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Psalm 6:9
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The LORD has heard my supplication, The LORD receives my prayer.
The irresistible movement of the Holy Spirit, excited by the Word of God, very often brings extemporaneous prayer from our hearts. Whether we are lead to worship, thanksgiving, joy, confession, or wonder. We rush into the presence of our Holy God, who loves us and sent His only begotten Son to save our souls longing for Him.
As we pour out our souls at the Spirit’s bidding, He hears our weeping or most sincere supplication, and our souls are satisfied.
More than satisfied, we speak to God Almighty, and we know we are in true communion with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Those short, spontaneous devotions from our heart never go amiss even as our words may falter, He hears us and nothing we utter is lost on the lover of our soul.
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We have seen how God used all types of illness to lead this undeserving one to the best season, and last of my life.
Hebrews 4:
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 intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
How powerful is Word?
God used all those illnesses, and
Luke 17:10
10 “So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’ ”
To answer this impossible prayer:
Psalm 39
(12 “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with Thee, A sojourner like all my fathers.)
13 “Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I am no more.
The Bible does not say the abundant life is the continual comfort of our flesh. Still, it does say abundant life is ours in the providence of God, life, and godliness, the peaceful fruit of righteousness, and one day the knowledge we will have no sorrows, no tears, and live in the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
You and I brothers and sisters are children of the God who is going to still the storms in our lives, strengthen our arms for battle, go before us to make us a path, He will make the journey to heaven…glorious. He is moving to bless and make us long for our eternal haven of rest.
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Disclaimer:
In this podcast, I addressed two things in the beginning.
- We are getting conflicting information during this ronna season.
- We must then, take in information, pray for discernment, and act in faith.
- The desire for justice is a godly desire.
- As Christians, we can know without a doubt, and rest in the knowledge: No one ever truly escapes justice. We are called to wait on God, and let Him in His perfect wrath meat out punishment.
You can avoid all that if you like by fast-forwarding through the first six minutes or so.
You will see how God used:
A job, an impromptu ministry, a friend named Richard, pneumonia, a bad heart valve, congestive heart failure, dehydration, a heart attack, a stroke, something called a-fibrillation, the installation of four stints, electrocuting my heart back into rhythm, an ablation, and perhaps a sonic screwdriver to teach this simple slave His unchanging providence in all things.
These and more not mentioned today are the “all things” He used to bring me into the best season of my life.
(after my kids and grandkids, I had to throw that in.)
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The Bible says Jesus is not ashamed to call us brethren.
When we confess with David, “My sin is ever before me!” We may wonder how Holy God, the Word of truth, is not ashamed to call us brethren?
Hebrews 2 lets us know why, and when we learn the reason, our joy and confidence will be made full.
Thank You, Jesus, our knowledge of the excellent work Thou hast begun in our souls, bolsters our faith, that You will finish it. In Thy mercies, Sweet Lord Jesus Christ, are over all our lives, and we do not trust in our flesh, but in Thee and Thy faithfulness!
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Lord Jesus Christ, we bow before Thee to confess and pray, show us wonderful things from Thy law, and show us the truth of Thy Word, that Thou art moving in providence even in this day as Thou hast always done, let our hearts take courage, and listen to Thy testimony through Thy word:
Ephesians 1:18
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
Isaiah 25:1
O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders--plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness.
2 Timothy 2:13
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.
Hebrews 13:
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
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I tell you a mystery,
Abram did a despicable thing, (not a mystery). God's purpose is God's purpose. God's love is God's love. God's promises are God's promises. God's faithfulness is God's faithfulness.
Providence is what we call God carrying out His eternal decrees, and His purpose, love, promises, and faithfulness, even when His people do despicable things.
Why, is the inscrutable mystery.
"I know that Thou canst do all things And that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.
Not even Abram's cowardice can derail God's kind will. - Neither are ours.
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Whether God uses an angel or an earthquake, no power can keep His servants in prison. Neither can any opposition keep His ambassadors from preaching the good news to the salvation of souls.
Genesis 50:20
“And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive."
One of the most meaningful passages in all of Scripture (not used in this episode). It is only one of the numerous verses, which is absolute gibberish if God is not sovereign and does not exercise His own divine will for His glory and for our good.
We call that exercise Providence. Providence is as Spurgeon says the pillow we lay our heads on amid our deepest trials.
I didn’t necessarily like splitting the Be Not As the Hypocrites-Matthew 6:5-6 last time, so I left today’s episode intact, you can choose the time you need to stop and begin again when you have more time.
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The sweet prayer, “The Valley of Vision” begins with The confession:
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by the mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.
It ends with the cry of our souls as we plead for what the trip to the valley will teach us:
Let me find Thy light in my darkness,
Thy life in my death
Thy joy in my sorrow,
Thy grace in my sin,
Thy riches in my poverty,
Thy glory in my valley,
We gain insights from the Puritan practice of beautiful prayers born from their intimate knowledge of the word of God.
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Matthew 6:6
“But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
Our inner room should be surrounding us whenever and wherever we pray. Sincerity, integrity, and purpose characterize our prayers, the subject of our prayers, and the intent of our prayers also gives credence to our supplications. Jesus Himself prayed very often with more than one goal, including a goal for everyone listening.
In John 11, He also prayed to strengthen His hearer’s faith, and in John 17, His high priestly prayer was also intended in part to give us strength and full joy.
When we pray in public with integrity and real purpose for the glory of God and the accomplishment of His will, you will edify your hearers every time.
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This is a straight continuation from the Jesus Teaches Prayer: Be Not As the Hypocrites-Matthew 6:5 episode. It picks up where we left off.
Late in the episode, I quote John 17:23, but I say the reference is from John 17:3.
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5 “And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Praying in front of others can have a tremendous impact; praying only to be seen by men will not only have a little spiritual effect, the person praying only to be seen, will have no eternal reward.
God is not constrained to refuse a prayer given only for show, but if we are seeking the accolades from men for our great prayers or numerous prayers, our reward from our Father, who is in secret, is forfeited.
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Jesus Teaches Prayer 3 - Not as Hypocrites a
Matthew 6:5-6
5 “And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6 “But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.”
The first encouraging application of these verses is, we, in reality, are entering into the very throne room of God Almighty to commune with Him. The sweetest prayer times we will ever have come when understand we have God’s full attention, and we know His loving presence. As we practice His presence and give ourselves over to the reality of Him, we will learn as David learned:
Psalm 16:11
11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.
We are not as the hypocrites who pray to be heard by men, but our motivation is to have His ear every time we pray.
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R.C. says
Prayer is a duty, but more than that, it is a sweet opportunity.
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself over consistency.
True prayer is a heartfelt plea to God almighty.
Also, find out the surprising posture from which R.C. loved to pray.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon not only had a boss middle name, but he also had a good many unique thoughts on many Biblical truths, none more encouraging than his thoughts on the worthiness of praying Christians.
One visitor to the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, was surprised to find the “Boiler Room” completely devoid of heating equipment, coal, or any other type of furnace.
I’m sure you know what was in that room, working full force every sermon every week, and if you do, you understand why the Prince of Preachers said, “I would rather teach one to man pray than ten men to preach."
What an encouragement and motivation to continue in sincere, fervent prayer!
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As we continue our “In Other’s Words” segments, today, D.A. Carson reminds us of two fundamental truths to foster our prayer lives.
“1. Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciously set aside time to do nothing but pray.
What we actually do reflects our highest priorities. That means we can proclaim our commitment to prayer until the cows come home, but unless we actually pray, our actions disown our words.”
“4. Choose models—but choose them well. Most of us can improve our praying by carefully, thoughtfully listening to others pray. This does not mean we should copy everything we hear. Some people use an informal and chatty style in prayer that reflects their own personality and perhaps the context in which they were converted; others intone their prayers before God with genuine erudition coupled with solemn formality, deploying vocabulary and forms of English considered idiomatic 350 years ago. Neither extreme is an intrinsically good model; both might be good models, but not because of relatively external habits, and certainly not because of merely cultural or personal idiosyncrasy. When we find good models, we will study their content and urgency, but we will not ape their idiom.”
“All are characterized by a wonderful mixture of contrition and boldness in prayer.”
Plan to pray, and as you may have guessed, your first model for prayer, true communion, and the devotion which leads us to a growing, Biblical, dynamic soul-satisfying prayer is King David. (You knew I was going to say that, didn’t you.
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As your mentor, I know your soul desires to pray, but if that is not enough to motivate you.
I would be a failing mentor if I did not remind you: Prayer is a command.
Be intentional, carve out some time, make it your purpose to pray.
Prayer will become your daily refuge and your soul’s earthy joy, but not if you don’t begin.
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We have episodes of teaching, encouragement, and devotionals. We are now adding to the mix, shows on mentoring.
Hot clam chowder teaches us, having a mentor is always a plus!
Critical to mentoring is communication. As the Free Range Preacher moves forward, you can not only contact us at Freerangeprayer@gmail.com, but follow us also on Facebook at Free Range Preacher Ministries, and https://www.instagram.com/freerangeministries/
All ways we are trying to find better ways to serve and mentor in the discipline of prayer.
It is Good Friday, a wonderful weekend to worship Jesus, our Risen Savior!
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This episode will focus on two things in particular:
First, an apology for the delay in installments with a little explanation.
Secondly, reinforcing the gift of prayer - access to Almighty God.
Health, a change in my routine, and pride have slowed the podcast production.
Lessons from the Prince of Preachers, a submissive return to trusting God’s leading, and focusing on our purpose have prayerfully brought us back.
“Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells, the brighter
Thy stars shine;” Excerpted from The Valley of Vision.
Help us to seek Thy brightness on our knees in prayer.
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What Christian cliche did Jesus give Martha and Mary?
Real hurts require real answers; there are times real compassion, understanding, and empathy speak louder than any words.
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Twenty years ago, I chose to stop praying at all for one man.
Today, being instructed by the very first words Jesus taught on prayer, I repented. I am praying again for mercy for him
Octavius Winslow says it in a way I never could.
“If one perfection of God shines out in redemption with greater effulgence than any other, it is this. Love is the focus of all the rest, the golden thread that draws and binds them all together in holy and beautiful cohesion. Love was the moving, controlling attribute in God’s great expedient of saving sinners. Justice may have demanded it, holiness may have required it, wisdom may have planned it, and power may have executed it; but love originated the whole. [It] was the moving cause in the heart of God, so that the salvation of the sinner is not so much a manifestation of the justice, holiness, wisdom, or power of God, as it is a display of His love.”
“Had not God’s love resolved to save man, all His other perfections must have been ” “employed and displayed in destroying man. Love set its heart upon man, yearned to save man, and resolved to embark in the expedient of his salvation. It did this by conceiving a plan that would harmonize all the other attributes of His nature and engage them in the divine and wondrous work of redeeming mercy.” “ It is not, therefore, without reason and design that we make the love of God the concentric truth from which we start.”
Excerpt From: Octavius Winslow, Arthur W. Pink, Thomas Manton, Thomas Reade, David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Samuel Eyles Pierce & Charles H. Spurgeon. “God's Love.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/gods-love/id1182011430
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Lord, thank you for the faithful who have gone before us, teach us today through what they have left to us in Your holy and good name.
Let the Lord use their words to mold us to His purpose in prayer.
C.H. Spurgeon:
"Cares are numerous and, therefore, let your prayers be as numerous. Turn everything that is a care into a prayer."
Matthew Henry:
"As long as we continue living, we must continue praying."
Oswald Chambers:
"If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank him for your breaking heart."
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Rewind, my Grumpy Old Man Prayer to see how supplication moves us from conviction to realization we are out of God’s will, and finally, to the joyful settled obedience our souls long for and move us to rest in Him.
Intimacy in prayer, allows us to know our Holy and Good Savior.
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At least for this simple one, the exhortations of Jesus to a consistent prayer life, are even more stirring than His teaching.
Through the admonitions of Jesus, prayer assures us, the astounding promises of God are yes and amen.
In them, we have the stupendous reassurance our access to God, and Jesus, through prayer our access is complete and comforting and soul-satisfying!
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Jesus not only modeled prayer, but He also taught prayer.
He taught, formally and informally, the necessity and importance of prayer.
Therefore our call to prayer is not just a feeling, a hopeful desire, or just gleaned from the examples of believers in the Bible, but instructed, by Jesus, continually and clearly.
We have great reason to rejoice, as we pray, we in our obedience learn of God, and our hearts are lifted in faith, peace, and joy.
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We pray for a growing, Biblical, dynamic prayer life, the results of such a prayer life, a soul satisfied with Jesus.
So satisfied are we able to be in Him, we can call out in integrity,
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:23-24
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Our culture is now a culture of rage, and outrageous, sinful words and desires and attitudes.
The platitudes of our secular world are no longer shrouded even under the guise of hypocrisy. If you are like me, all the platitudes apply to you. If you do not agree with me, you are evil.
As Christians, then, how should we pray for the outrage we are confronted with continually?
David prayed for judgment and prayed in anger.
Perhaps as Christians, we can consider a different prayer focus.
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Introducing a new segment in the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast.
We are introducing “In Other’s Words” A weekly encouraging look from the eyes and pen of a different Bible teacher on the subject of prayer.
We looked to be edified by others in our search for a growing, Biblical, dynamic, soul-satisfying prayer life.
Today, we learn briefly from D.A. Carson, on what is not surprising or depressing in our struggle with prayer.
From his book:
Praying with Paul
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To be fit for God’s purpose, Moses had to overcome, fear, fear of being the deliverer of Israel, and his natural weakness, Samson had to be enslaved, blinded and humiliated before God’s will became more important than his desires, and John the Baptist had to overcome his doubts over Jesus, even sending disciples to make sure He was the Messiah.
Each, however, had been fearfully and wonderfully made. They were knit in the womb to be exactly the raw material God needed. The Holy God of the universe creates each of us to be exactly who we are, and then brings us to reconciliation, followed by training and apprenticeship to accomplish His purposes for His kingdom and glory.
David knew from his intimate walk with God, that his days were ordained by Holy God, therefore he called out in worship and wonder, “How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with Thee.”
Rest and pray my beloved family, God made you exactly who He wants you to be, and He is molding you to conform into the image of His Son and use you for His kingdom and His glory.
In prayer, our souls are satisfied with the complete goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
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Our God is wonderful, the true God who we know as multi-dimensional Father of the universe to whom we come, knowing:
Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of Thee, And I am afraid of Thy judgments.
also
Psalm 20:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand upholds me, And Thy gentleness makes me great.
The reality of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit makes us long for a dynamic relationship with Him.
Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for Thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
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There is a glorious range of emotions we have in prolonged communion with those we love. The longer we have in intimate conversation the more our love and affection grows for one another.
The beautiful impact of praying for God’s glory, asking from our new inner man to follow His will, and the sincere outflow of our souls to Jesus Christ, our beloved Redeemer is our souls filled with joy, peace, comfort, and contentment.
Even amid our darkest hours, we learn intimately that our darkness is not dark to the God who leads us and holds us in His righteous right hand.
Glory to God in the highest!
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Our intimate walk with God, the prayers which draw us close to Him, satisfy our souls.
Even giving us the assurance:
7 Where can I go from Thy Spirit? Or where can I flee from Thy presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10 Even there Thy hand will lead me, And Thy right hand will lay hold of me. Psalm 139:7-10
We are ever open and laid bare with God, knowing we can never flee from His presence or His righteous right hand.
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For all our individuality, we long for someone to know us, understand us, and still love us.
David in his life long walk with God his Redeemer was keenly aware of how well God knew his heart mind and soul.
Our souls resting in peace is one of the fruits of a growing, Biblical, dynamic prayer life.
Psalm 139:1-5
1 O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me. 2 Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. 3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, Thou dost know it all. 5 Thou hast enclosed me behind and before, And laid Thy hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
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David is not only our exemplar in prayer, but He has the depth of growing, Biblical, and dynamic prayer life we also long for.
The fulness of Psalm 139 reveals the profound nature of David’s relationship with the Holy God of the universe.
Let us look and see what are the soul-satisfying prayer looks like through the eyes of the King of Israel.
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Perhaps our devotion to Jesus Christ should so modify our behavior, our boss's take note.
Perhaps as we learn to pray about every little thing, we will be more cognizant of our actions, and we will give God the glory in everything, for He is our guide and protection.
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A devotional reinforcing, our knowledge of God comes from Scripture, and as we learn of the only true God we believe Him.
Our prayer for this episode:
Teach us to learn of You and to have such a close walk with Thee that we say with Paul, “I know whom I believe,” and in knowing You we are able to trust you and see Your glory in our lives.
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You cannot be absorbed in the Book of Psalms and not be overwhelmed by the dynamic nature of the relationship between God and His people they portray.
We are meant to have the same dynamic prayer life as David.
The clearest example of God speaking to His people is the New Testament quoting the Old Testament.
It is if both James and Peter while exhorting us to humility, say; “Don’t just listen to me, listen to God, as He says ‘I am opposed to the proud, but give grace to the humble.’”
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The most profound evidence our prayers are real and dynamic as any other conversation we will ever have is described in the Gospel of John at the last supper.
John 13-17 is the most extensive and intimate interaction we are Biblically privy to. As Jesus tells His disciples He is living and is comforting them He assures them they have full unfettered access to the Father.
John 16:23
“And in that day you will ask Me no question. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father for anything, He will give it to you in My name. 24 “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
The comfort of our sincere dynamic conversations with the Father helps keep us from vain repetition and praying to be heard by other men. It also displays our faith and encourages us to importunity in prayer.
Do you want to know what importunity means? Listen.
I am loathed to quote myself, but this one time, “There is nothing better on earth than a dynamic conversation with God.”
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David had such a dynamic prayer life, that he prayed 1 John 3:2 900 years or so before John wrote 1 John 3:2!
Psalm 17:15
As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Thy likeness when I awake.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is.
True prayer is dynamic because it is a real and two-way conversation with the Holy God of the universe.
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I got a little carried away, because:
2 Corinthians 5
18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
(We have no basis or right to hold the trespasses of the people around us against them, the Church, God’s people, we are called to the word of reconciliation,)
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
We pray for:
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Jesus came to seek that which was lost.
His heart is revealed in Scripture, that is why we long for and work toward a biblical prayer life.
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Life is hard, our sins, our general weaknesses, the fallen world, can at times bring us down.
Recognizing God’s mercies to give us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ and focusing on those blessings help us through all those troubles and even through very sad news.
Among those spiritual blessings, is the gift from God’s word, and the Holy Spirit of the ability to focus on:
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. 9The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you.
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The God to whom we direct our prayers is in no way an invention of mankind.
We have seen the gods of all the lands around God’s people are merely powerful versions of ourselves. They are petty, limited in power and knowledge, they squabble and lie and cheat, and above all, they are needy beings, and the Mesopotamians believed if they treated and served their gods, perhaps they could be happy for a while.
The God is the Bible is Spirit who no one has seen, He is holy himself, and He demands holiness from His creatures.
Yet, He is infinitely merciful and patient and gracious, going so far as to send His only begotten Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
No man could even conceive of I AM who I AM.
The Bible reveals the true God to us, and as we bow before Him in prayer, we are assured He is and He is a rewarder of those who seek Him, precisely because He is utterly unlike us.
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Although health and family circumstances have made the last week or so a little more difficult to get the episodes out, you all are in my prayers, and as I am able, I am preparing and recording!
I am blessed as you have heard and enjoy praying and talking about prayer.
The true God of all creation is not a powerful individual, just like humans, but in charge.
He is the Holy God who purchased salvation for His creatures.
John 1:14ff
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John *bore witness of Him, and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ ” 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
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We’ve got a message to tell to the nations, and it doesn’t include:
Sky and earth giving birth to humanity,
Freshwater and saltwater creating the world,
Fire and ice creating the world,
A divine turtle or
a goat and silver fox dancing the world into existence.
Not even,
Mysterious forces, cosmic lightning, and luck
Our Message
There is a God who created and He calls out to us:
Matthew 11:28
28“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 “For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”
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God’s ultimate goal for us is to be conformed to the image of His Son.
But even for prosperity, we can say:
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
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What a wonderful God we have, He will listen to our ignorance, He will listen to our anger, and after He disciplines us, He displays His love for us.
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As prayer warriors, much of our time is spent in silent, tearful, heart-wrenching conversation with our God, for loved ones or tragic circumstances for which our only hope, is the love of Jesus and the answers from God.
We are long in isolation with our prayers, and because our flesh is weak, we wonder if our tears, words, and love of the brethren will be remembered.
In Matthew 26 we read of a certain woman man and a certain woman who are unknown to us.
But the only one who matters hears answers and remembers.
Your tears are in His bottle and your prayers are written in His book.
Take heart:
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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Moses calls us to know the word of God is not an idle word for us.
Our Savior bids us build our lives on the foundation of His every word.
Hebrews tells us we are “open and laid bare with the eyes of Him with whom we have to do,” through His word.
Our prayers then, but also be built on the word of God.
We will see the basics of this truth in part one of Why a Biblical Prayer life?
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Psalm 13-14
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.
Not much more I could say than that…However, I did anyway. Even if we hate suspense, we wait on the Lord, for He is good, and our needs are many.
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Memories occupy our hearts with the goodness and love of God. Somehow, that was news to me.
Ecclesiastes 5:19-20
19 Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.
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Jesus makes it pretty plain in John 11:41b-42 "And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank Thee that Thou heardest Me. 42“And I knew that Thou hearest Me always; but because of the people standing around I said it, that they may believe that Thou didst send Me."
He did not pray out loud to make sure God heard Him.
It was for His disciples and us that He displayed such a robust prayer life.
He is our model of consistent communion with God the Father.
Keep your resolution and pray!!!
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If the prayers of a righteous man can accomplish much, how effective are the prayers, the constant, the ever constant prayers of Jesus our Savior?
Hebrews 7
25 Hence, also, He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
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Our prayers will be transformed as we learn of God and His word.
As we move from our fleshly life-selfish and physical-into conformity to the image of our Savior-selfless and spiritual-our prayers will conform to His concerns as well.
Growth in prayer helps take the pressure off and allows it to grow naturally as God wills for us
Psalm 5
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my groaning. 2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to Thee do I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.
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Jesus was the quintessential teacher. Like your favorite teacher, Jesus modeled prayer every day in front of His disciples. He taught prayer and how to pray, and He also exhorted His disciples to pray.
Pray Pray Pray, prayer is essential for daily Christian living and the intense events in our lives. We are greatly encouraged to pray by our Savior's example.
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Holy God, help us see the critical truth You showed us; the critical importance of communion with Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ our Savior!
We bless Thee and submit to Thee in humility, for creating and redeeming us for Thy glory.
Psalm 66: 16 Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.
My life is so blessed and my relationship with God is so soul-satisfying that when I ponder any child of God who may be missing out on a vital prayer life, it truly breaks my heart.
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Mid week inspiration to prayer. We find first our energy in giving Jesus the Christ a few minutes.
Once done, we are able to enter whatever else in this life which motivates us, but we can give him the first fruits of our rest, breath out into the goodness of God.
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Some looking to diminish the impact of the Gospel of God, reinterpret what they read in the Bible to make it "palatable."
A few have even gone so far as to assume Jesus did not mean everything He said, and in fact, they believe He shaped His message to accommodate Himself to His listeners, even though He did not share in their beliefs.
Did Jesus beguile His listeners by telling them just what they wanted to hear?
When you carefully read your Bible, perhaps not.
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When the Bible says God causes all things to work together for our good… it includes our past, present, and future.
Meditate on all God’s goodness including the fact that He redeems all our lives, and our trust is in Him, and His never changing Character. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
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Praying for the podcast listeners, my FB friends, my family and everyone in my prayer book...
Praying for our faith, His will in all things, and all we think, say and do will be to His glory.
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Our ultimate reason/result for prayer is the glory of God.
The Christian life does not make sense. Our lives in Christ will confuse and confound us until we give Almighty God His rightful place in our lives, and learn what it means, that He, Jesus the Christ increases while we decrease, and that we are committed to His glory through His will..
Then we will know more and more the peaceful fruit of righteousness, and all the other blessings from God will flow to us and His graces through us because we long to see His glory.
All our trials will take on life-affirming import, and we can agree with George Mueller, “I kiss the hand that afflicts," knowing His love for me and His glory in everything He does.
Warning: This episode is a little longer than normal, if a 40-minute episode is not workable for you, You might break the episode into two pieces. There is a natural break between the Declaration of David and the Prayer of Hezekiah and the New Testament witness of the Declaration of John the Baptizer and The Prayer of Jesus who is the Christ.
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Our hope, our peace, our motivation flow from the faithfulness of God our Savior, Jesus Christ.
A brief reminder: Faithful is He who called you, and He also will bring it to pass.
You can take that to the bank, as we said in the olden days.
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There is a reason, a godly reason, no matter what your circumstance is, you are not completely content. In fact, as Christians, we will never be completely content in the life we now live.
We are not at home. By God’s grace, we have been fitted for our citizenship in heaven. So we call out to have our eyes opened to that which will strengthen our soul.
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Merry Christmas
Never doubt the truth. The Holy God of the universe sent His only Son, so we will be reconciled to Him.
Once having been reconciled, we are now friends with the King and have access to the throne room of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Our close friend wants us to talk to Him.
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The attributes of God combined mean He is wholly trustworthy. He can do all He has promised, because of who He is.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
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As ambassadors, we are equipped, not to walk in the full authority of our Master, but to walk in the same manner. We walk in a manner fitting our Savior, Jesus who is the Christ, and our charge is to from sincerity, speak forth His message in truth, humility and tender love to all.
Yahweh-Nissi, our banner makes sure we are equipped for every godly work.
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Evaluating our lives is a biblical calling, assessing our prayer life is also a good practice.
No matter how you assess your dedication to prayer, there is good news, and a path to be taken in faith to deepen your communion with Almighty God.
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Today is all about the 411 on:
The podcast world,
A Free Range Preacher conundrum,
Our gratitude for your patience,
A focus on Mercy as our devotional for today.
Thank you again!
Jesus is Yahweh-Nissi, the banner over our heads in battle.
Focusing on Him emboldens us to stay faithful in the battle, and inspires our faith that the victory is sure in Christ.
And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
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You are a gift, but to whom and why, and how would knowing that fact helps your prayer life?
Perhaps the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast can help you out with that.
Give it a listen you may like the answer.
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Sheep, by their nature, will not eat, sleep or even drink unprotected in the presence of danger.
So what would make a sheep lay down green pastures and quiet waters?
The Good Shepherd, laying down His life between every danger and His flock.
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God’s word is most precious to our souls. From God’s mercies to our contentment in affliction, He has dealt well with all who love and serve Him. Psalm 119:66-67: Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O LORD, according to Thy word. Psalm Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Thy commandments.
God works through our enemies, our weaknesses, and our yearning for Him to give us abundant life. Psalm 30: 4-5 Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
The place of the word of God? As Moses called to the emerging Nation of Israel, it is not an idle word for us. It is indeed our life. A prayer for the centrality of the word of God in our lives. Everything we need for life and godliness.
David knew he was in a sincere, real and dynamic relationship with the Lord His God.
The undeniable evidence of the love between the two exudes in every Psalm but it is nowhere more evident than when David cries out at the beginning of his trial with Abimelech:
Psalm 142:4-5: Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul. I cried out to Thee, O LORD; I said, “Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
And then in the victory, David celebrates:
Psalm 34:6-7: This poor man cried and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
How about we pray together through Psalm 34?
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It took me a solid year before I was able to utter my first prayer. It took many, many years before I was comfortable in praying publically.
Prayer is among the most intimate activities I engage in on a day by day basis. Letting anyone else in on my conversations with Jesus was very intimidating.
Yet I have learned to listen to others pray, the blessing of one letting another hear their familiar talk with the Holy God of the universe.
In an effort, not to go dark for the next two weeks and model praying through the word of God, the next 5 episodes will be prayers through the psalms.
Lord, teach us to pray.
I am praying these might be encouraging to prayer lives and praying anyone who listens will have at least a fraction of the joy prayer brings to the soul of this lowly slave of our merciful Savior, Jesus who is the Christ.
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God’s names bring us closer to Him and lead us to reverence, praise, and peace as we meditate on who He has revealed Himself to be. Worship Him as the great I AM, the Stong one who sees. El Roi.
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In the fallen world we walk in fear for our souls in death, our eyes know rivers of tears, we walk in weaknesses and stumbling.
The final cure is in Jesus Christ and His word.
When all is said and done, take strength and understand the depth of God’s love.
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Establish Thy word to Thy servant, as that which produces reverence for Thee, Psalm 119:38
Covenanting together, let us remember our blessings, and bow our hearts in gratitude to the God who has redeemed our souls and leads us in His providence.
To Him be the glory.
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From the New Testament, we will see:
The word of God reveals our true needs.
The word of God reveals the truth about God.
And then from Psalm 119: we will follow our example in prayer to consider the word as our:
Delight
Our guide
Our treasure
Our thankfulness
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Isiah 66:2
“For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the LORD. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.
No fretting over your faith, humble your heart and pray.
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Psalm 5 perfectly illustrates prayer as the most tangible activity which we can daily engage in.
My prayer for today is,To bless, and increase my feelings of reverence, and humble gratitude, in the knowledge of God’s leading to supernatural peace, and with God’s grace, to communicate this gift we have in Christ.
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Every army needs a stronghold to fall back to in times of intense battle. A place to regroup, listen to the commander, refresh and get prepared to finish the fight.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and 23-24 is just one refuge for our weary journeys.
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I love to gather prayer requests; it is one of my main joys in all of life to intercede for everyone God brings into my life. The Lord is merciful to allow me to serve Him and His beloved. It took me many years, however, to understand God has given us prayer requests, but He has.
God asks us to pray for…
Our government,
Our spiritual leaders,
The Mission Field.
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When we slow down and ponder Scripture, we find a large contingent of people never being named in the Bible, but through whom God in His providence were used to propel the redemptive purpose of God forward.
Oh Lord let me be one of Thy unnamed slaves so tasked with a small part in the spread of the gospel, the maturation of the saints, and Thy glory.
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In our Christian life,
Waiting is often the hardest thing.
Tragedies are often the hardest thing.
Faith is often the hardest thing.
Scripture is replete with dramatic examples of;
Rescue from the depths, as deep as we can imagine,
to miraculous results, which give the highest glory to God, and as the narrator of the hobbit says, or close to what he said,
You decide at the end of this episode whether or not for these people it was worth the wait.
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Hannah was in despair, she did have troubles, she was going through a terrible circumstance.
Yet she had a double portion from a husband who loved her, that was not enough to turn her from her despair.
Comfort lies in our God, talking to Him and pouring out our hearts to Him.
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If you are praying anything like:
“Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more.” Psalm 38:13
Remember the word to Thy servant, In which Thou hast made me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction, That Thy word has revived me. Psalm 119:49-50
“Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me." John 14:1
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God promised a son from the union of Abraham and Sarah. God was fully faithful in His promises.
In the process, He protected Abraham even from himself.
We can take great comfort in our God and His care for us.
Take heart fellow Christians, God is working.
When the New Testament speaks of the life of Abraham, his life is viewed in the big picture, not individual snapshots.
Our comfort comes to us as we consider all our days, not just the worst ones.
Our steadfast faith is born from the steadfast love of the Lord which never ceases.
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Sarah experienced, God’s forgiveness, power, goodness. and faithfulness in the birth of the promised Isaac as she became the mother of a great multitude.
Her faith ushering her into the city prepared for all who have faith.
Comfort comes to us as we learn from the blessed Sarah.
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Psalm 102:10
Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; For Thou hast lifted me up and cast me away.
Many of God’s people have cried out this way, my friends, all who struggle with depression, we are not alone; the Bible speaks to us, we need not deny, but to seek God and His word and His healing.
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We think the pressures of these modern days is much greater than in the Bible days.
But are they?
Pressure does influence our decisions many times, but faith and patience will bring much less strife.
Waiting on the promises is not as easy as singing about it.
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Christian, I know you're sad, but give the Lord one more day, please.
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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.
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The various and sundry ways, I love that phrase of thanksgiving and praise is amazing,
Yahweh Nissi God our banner,
The thought of God with His banner over us,
In battle
In celebration,
In our worship
His banner going before us in our very living is truly worthy of praise, adoration and great thanksgiving,
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David guides us into the depth of praise for the wonders of God.
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart. His soul was bursting in his contemplation of God almighty, he is focusing his heart on Yahweh, the only true God.
1 I Will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Thy wonders.
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What a wonderful picture, we from our hearts, filled with the full meaning of love, in all the aspects we understand, shout out to our God, even the El Elyon, God most High to drink in the meaning of His children. in the full measure of love in all its glory we understand, shouting out pleading with God with all our hearts, coupled with His hearing us, and amplified in the picture that He stretches towards us leaning in to catch every word and every care with nothing of our cry lost in His intent purpose to hear us.
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Every event in your life is terrific, as a child of God.
Because of God's work, I am hard-pressed to talk about "bad" things in our lives as "bad" things.
They are terrific.
God engineers every event in our lives for our good, and His glory.
Just like the word terrific, our trials, start out way below average, but end up being wonderful.
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We have the assurance of the word of God, covering our salvation and the hope we have for our eternity.
Our struggle is evidence of salvation, and Paul immediately turns to “There is, therefore, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Glory to God in the highest!
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The universe often it would seem is against us, but the Holy God of the universe is on our side.
Deuteronomy 31:6
6“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”
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Matthew 5:18 “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished.
Our lives are stable because we have no question as to what is good.
Even as times as change, we know and see the perfect principles that please our God,
2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
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Not revealing your soul to someone you don't know, is probably a prudent choice.
Some are reluctant to lift their souls to God, for they do not know Him.
He is knowable in Jesus Christ.
"No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him." John 1:18
Learn of Him, turn to Him, and know the comfort of lifting your soul to the only true God the God of grace and truth.
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A broken and contrite heart truly repents.
A broken and contrite heart relies on the God who hears and gives.
A broken and contrite heart submits to the word of God, even when it doesn’t fully comprehend what is happening.
A broken and contrite heart humbles itself.
But what is it good for? Absolutely everything!
Find out how on Day 12 of October's encouragement.
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We have as we all know our personal troubles to contend with which steal our joy, and at least for our culture, we have the troubles and the evils of the whole world coming into our consciences fast with gory detail, and continually.
What are we to do?
We listen to Jesus!
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We can learn to know the Holy God of the universe, even in our earthly lives, in such a way that we set our agendas on the back burner and seek His purpose and will for us.
We can do this, even when we don’t know what God may be doing.
David again instructs us how to love with this intimacy with God.
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What began with a prayer from Psalm 119:32 lead to a closer and encouraging look at Hebrews 11:32-38, and the glorious realization that for all of us the path to Gideon, Barak, Samson, et al is through seasons of caves and holes in the ground and wandering through the mountains.
Psalm 119:132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, After Thy manner with those who love Thy name.
Hallelujah
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Our minds and hearts soar as we read of "Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets," and we think of how gloriously God worked in and through them to accomplish His will and would love to be numbered with them.
Immediately after, however, we read, "36 and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment..."
This group, perhaps not so much.
Bad news: We do not get to choose.
Good news: God has numbered our days and He directs our paths.
Best News: The glorious truth is, both groups obtain the same blessings and accomplish God's will!
Both also share the same eternal destiny!
Glory to God in the highest!
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Joseph on seeing his brothers for the second time planned an elaborate scheme to keep his brother Benjamin in Egypt with him.
What changed his mind?
The same thing which brought great joy to Joseph and Jacob.
And how in the world did Law and Order get involved in the Free Range Preacher on Prayer? No Spoilers.
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This episode contains a handful of ideas and examples of ways to help motivate your devotional life.
The best way to learn and be motivated to pray is to emerse yourself in the Book of Psalms and listen to this podcast. :)
Being human means struggling at times to know which way to go, and perhaps even what to do.
But as Christians, we have God's direct guidance for our body, mind, and soul.
God gives enough light to see our path, keep us from stumbling, give us peace, is the balm for our sorrows and gives us enough light to walk by faith and please the Holy God of the universe.
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Recalling the friends who have refreshed us is always edifying.
There are three things that are a wonder, even four things that elevate our souls:
God's great mercy through our agape friendships,
How blessed we are with our own, Onesiphorus,
We are called to love others as we have been loved,
Our God is merciful to us and trusts us to be His arms, hands, and heart.
Among life's greatest blessings are the people who give us moments of joy, encouragement, and wisdom; they lift our souls by their very presence. Imagine you had a friend who did all those things and on top of that, was not ashamed of your weaknesses and on top of that works hard to find you when you in an obscure place, I pray that you have such a beloved friend.
Paul did, and he prayed the highest blessings he could imagine for Onesiphorus.
To discover what I call this agape friendship, (and whether or not I can spell his name correctly,) listen to the Free Range Preacher on Prayer's October 4th’s episode of encouragement.
If you already have that friend, consider praying for them as Paul prayed for Onesiphorus.
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When the Lord calls us to any ministry, we know we are ready, when we question ourselves and listen to God.
Even Moses knew he was not ready for the job the Lord gave him.
Moses succeeded so will we, as long as we know we can't do it.
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There are many things which concern the world and its systems, and we all know there will come a day for us when all has been heard.
What will it be when all has been heard?
What will it be for Christians when all has been heard?
Take courage brethren, the Bible tells us.
We are turning one year old in October, and we have some nice plans including a free gift and thirty days of encouraging mini-episodes.
Thank you, everyone, who has helped make our one year of podcasting, a year of growth enjoyable and fruitful!!
Special thanks to Richard Durrington of Richard Durrington VoiceOver.
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An encouragement to continue the intercession, I am convinced you have begun, inspiration to move you if you have been struggling with a prayer for others, and lastly a gentle exhortation to integrity in when you commit to pray for others.
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Presenting some basic, some might say common sense principles to keep in mind, to stay encouraged in your prayer life.
Take the pressure off, you are talking to the God who loves you and desires to hear from you.
So Pray!
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When we are discouraged or tired, or sad we find the energy for our souls in His word.
God tells us to Rejoice, which does not have to be born of happiness.
God tells us to Pray without ceasing because we have access to the throne room of the Holy God of the universe.
God tells us to give Thanks in everything for all things are His servants, and He is working for His glory, and our good to conform us to Jesus our Lord and Savior.
Food for our souls.
An introduction to intercession.
After a brief review of Confession, Worship, and Thanksgiving, we see the place of Intercession through Andrew Murray, and Charles Spurgeon, and two unassailable Bible passages.
Intercession displays our love and our faith.
As you begin to pray or work toward a consistent prayer life, you have only one concern, and that is the same concern every believer has every where, at all times, and that is talk to God, every day, even if it is just for a little bit, talk to God!!!
Your prayer life will change and grow and mature, if you begin and make a habit of prayer.
Therefore give yourself room, but know He hears you and longs to have you pour your heart out to Him.
Jesus Christ, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is waiting to hear from you.
A quick devotional on the Gratitude I have for all of you who listen, and to the Lord for His mercies on the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast.
All I can think to say of this episode is Jesus is not playin'.
He would like to have a conversation with us, and introduce us to the joy of eternal life.
Prayer and your Bible are the means to that conversation.
Begin to pray if you have not expecting God to answer.
Enjoy the edited and volume enhanced introduction to the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast.
Dedicated to the Exhortation, Encouragement, and Education on Biblical prayer.
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The podcast has been in existence for a few months now, and we are able to edit and enhance the earlier episode. (Good news)
Also included is some of what has been learned about the value of the podcast.
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Some new and early information on the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast, including new and improved sound level.
Praying the Lord will bless you and through this podcast, you will find help for your souls in prayer.
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I love the word of God, it is for us an encouragement, an exhortation, a rebuke and forever a profound insight into the God of the universe, and often it is all four at the same time.
In prayer a few days ago, praying specifically for my weak faith, righteous men and women, who by definition lived by faith came to mind, and my soul was indeed convicted, exhorted and encouraged.
It is a prayer that I have added to my daily prayer life in part or in whole. It is my prayer that the Lord might use my little fish and meager bread to encourage you to more prayer and greater faith.
Gratitude would be very difficult for me if I was covered with seaweed, and all manner of digestive juices. (Don't even mention the digested material.) All without a shower!
Our brother Jonah, has a thing or two to teach us about that. What else might we learn about thanksgiving from the Bible?
This episode of the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast aims to cast light on Biblical thankfulness, even when covered with seaweed.
You will also learn the main vocation of a Tickle Monster.
I truly enjoyed the devotional with my grand babies a ton, and thought we would do one more with them while they were in town.
My grand babies again, warts and all, well almost all, talking thanksgiving.
Thank you again for your listening and patience.
Fred
Until I get another opportunity, this is my favorite episode.
I get to talk to three of my five grand babies, and see what they know about prayer.
What a great time we are having and have on this Devotional episode of Free Range Preacher on Prayer.
God told me before in His word, how great it is to see your children's children, but I did not listen until He allowed me to see my children's children.
And, by the by, my children are now chopped liver.
My biggest challenge, is to be full of faith.
Our God hears.
Our God Listens.
Our God comforts.
Through His word,
For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death. Psalm 48:14
"Here, in that moment, the Lord answered my prayer, now I had not voiced a prayer for peace in my soul, but as with Nicodemus, and the women at the well, and Mary at the wedding feast, God knew what my heart was really needing, and His provision was in that very instant."
True gratitude, not appreciation, but true gratitude is solely the purview of Christians.
There is no greater way to ensure you are praying what your loved ones need, especially if you have not seen them in a while, than to pray Scripture for them.
My favorite passage to pray for others is Ephesians 3:14-21.
And I'm old and I know stuff.
Everyone in our lives are or have been in our lives for a reason. Some we don't remember, but the ones we do have a special place of some sort in our lives.
There are ways to pray for those instruments of God and their impact on us, furthermore, doing so adds comfort to our souls even as we pray for them.
There are ways we can make those prayers appropriate and meaningful, even for the people we have not seen in many years.
Find out how in Devotional 23 of Free Range Preacher on Prayer.
From the Seraphim in Isaiah, to David, reminding his soul to take care of business, to the doxologies in the New Testament, and finally glimpses of our eternal state, we will see our occupation and preoccupation: the worship and praise to God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. Our Creator and the Savior of our souls.
Having a place, a special place to pray not only emulates Jesus and His intentionality to seek the Father in prayer, but adds the force of an appointment we are encouraged to keep, and the solemnity of a place which is holy to you and brings added profundity to your soul's prayers.
Jeremiah's heart was so devoted to God, that He called out for God's justice on his own life, but with one proviso, "but not with Thine anger." There is only one thing more difficult than trials in our lives, and that is living without the peaceful fruit of righteousness which they bring.
We have all eternity to worship God, and to praise His name, and that will not be enough time.
A day of focusing on and speaking of the glory of God, moved the host to an emotional conclusion, We worship God through who He is, what He has done in the redemption of our souls and the truth which calms our hearts now and for eternity.
A reminder of how much deeper is the benefit of eternal life when we experience it her even before heaven. We see how greatly prayer affects our knowing the only true God and Jesus the Christ who He sent to be our Savior, and what a great love He has for us to tell us yes, yes, but not exactly what you asked for, and no. His answers are always done for our good, in His love and at the proper time.
Thank you Father, Son and Holy Spirit for your abundant grace.
In reviewing some of our procedures, I found Devotional 18 was flawed, the episode has been update, but instead of me, sacking me, I have a plan, this episode will tell you what that plan is and thank you for listening even through it all.
I am sincerely sorry.
Fred
We all long for comfort and sometimes have the mistaken belief that when we are comfortable we have found the favor of God, and there are times that is true. However, what is true all the time is when we are in affliction, for the child of God, we are most certainly experiencing the favor of our God.
As promised a little insight into beginning our daily prayers. I have found it helpful to begin my daily prayers with a time of unburdening my soul by having a short time of Confession, Thankfulness, Worship and Intercession.
Find out why I endeavor to open each devotional time with, "Thank You Jesus for this beautiful day."
We all stimulate one another to love and good works.
An evocative look at how confession to the Lord of our sins heals our minds bodies and souls.
Confession is commanded. Confession is natural for the redeemed of Jesus Christ. And, actually, confession is good for our minds, bodies and souls. Critical ia confession.
In every prayer, lengthy prayer in the Bible, we find Confession, Worship, Thanksgiving and Intercession, and or supplication. Find the definitions of each element, and some beginning insights into implementing them in your daily prayers.
Two prayers asking for the exact same thing, and answered in the exact same way. When we are open and honest before God, 3 are as good as 60.
And you can take that to the bank, or better yet, take it to your heavenly Father.
Critical to our well being here one earth is the knowledge that we can take everything to God in prayer.
Bowing before God, is born from humility, and is a privilege for us. We have complete access to the throne room of heaven. With these things being true, we approach God with the respect due His name.
Touching base with some direction for the next few episodes, and a devotional on a prayer partner you may not know you have.
We take select passages from various Psalms to break the ice in our process of learning how much the Psalms teach us about our most personal occupation, praying to Father, Son and Holy Spirit in communion with Him.
As children of God, we hear over and over again how much God loves us. The depth of that love is seen in our prayers of confession, and the wonderful forgiveness that He freely bestows on the beloved. Psalm 51 is our guide in learning to confess before Almighty God.
We jump into the Psalms in Psalm 33 to see our call to worship, and learn how His attributes, His actions, and His omniscience, and omnipotence cause to come to Him in prayer as our help and shield.
This episode is a review of the last several months of podcasts, with a heart felt focus on being honest and transparent before God, our Savior for the comfort of our souls.
Mary treasured up events in her life and pondered them, I have taken it from the Scripture there are many events we can and perhaps should emulate. Treasuring up moments is one of those for me. God gave one of my favorite moments as a dad brought to full circle through my baby girl.
A personal devotional on the new feeling of contentment God has given in these last few months.
The first name of God IAM, shapes our praise and supplication as we understand the depth of the meaning of Who exactly that name means.
What would our lives be like if we did not Know God was in control and working on our behalf?
Hebrews 12:29 reminds us of the consuming nature of our God, at times a warning, other times an exhortation and for us cause of great joy.
Who is the boss of our prayers? The same boss over all our lives. Listen for the rightful place the word of God has in helping us pray.
Part one of our look at the importance of the word of God to our prayers. Just another reason to read the word every day.
Psalm 127:1-2 and John 15:5 help us see how critical the will of God, and reinforce the need for prayer to conform us to His will
Psalm 66:16-20 begins with the Psalmist calling every one to come near and hear what God has done for his soul. In worship we share what He has done for our souls.
Very often in life we have only two options pray or faint, lose heart. Since running away is not an option, we are encouraged by Jesus Himself to chose prayer.
From an earthly perspective prayer is one of the tools God uses to conform us to His will in our daily lives. Listen and get some insights as to how prayer helps us find God’s will.
The ultimate purpose of prayer is not just to give us what we want. The Ultimate purpose of prayer is God's glory.
We can experience eternal life right here right now, how prayer helps us experience and know God before heaven.
How can we folly thank God, and show our gratitude to Him in the face of all that He has blessed us with
Motivations are complex, but according to Jonathan Edwards there are subordinate ends or motives, chief ends and ultimate ends. Reverence for God is our ultimate end.
See how we draw closer in reference to God because he is working in our past our present and our future for our good and his glory.
See how we draw closer in reference to God because he is working in our past and future and present for his good and our glory
See how we draw closer in reference to God because he is working in our past present and future for our good and his glory.
See how we are drawn closer in reference to God because he is working on our past present and future for our good and for his glory.
See how we draw closer in reference to God because he is working in hour past present and future for our good and his glory.