Episodes

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 s...

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 ...

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...

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 intrinsicall...

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 y...

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 ...

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 rel...

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. P...

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 toge...

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....

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 m...

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 Go...

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 blo...

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 Than...

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 ...

"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 abou...

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...

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 concerte...

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 praye...

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 ...

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...

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.” Eph...

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 ...

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 nam...