Episodes

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 compass...

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...

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 speci...

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...

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 a...

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...

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 salvati...

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 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 b...

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! Assistant Editor: Seven Jeff...

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 mat...

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 in...

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 childr...

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...

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...

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 year...

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...

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 list...

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. "Th...

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, bu...

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 an...

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...

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 ...

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 ...