Episodes

"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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

“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!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com F...

“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 i...

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 tr...

“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...

(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 w...

“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 ...

“You will not find one godly man who came out of an affliction worse than he went into it. Though for a while, he was shaken, yet at last, he was better for an affliction. But a great many godly men have been worse for their prosperity.” Jeremiah Burroughs Nuf said. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook -...

“Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence. Charles Spurgeon The glory of providence! It is a mystery, a comfort, joy, and hope. The greatest wonder of all is God’s use of the prayers of His beloved children to bring about His marvelous will. We love the hymn lyrics: And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Blessed of God, never forestall your sweet hour of...

“One may say that prayer is the catalyst for faith, a condition under which the faithful are armed to do battle with satan, and by which they are enabled to enjoy confidence, peace, and joy in spite of the warfare in which they are engaged. “ - ??? One of the pictures the Bible gives for us is that in battle. If we have not experienced combat, we have all, to some degree or another, experienced it third hand, and we know the stresses of the fight can minimize our confidence, peace, joy. And eve...

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

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

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

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

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

“Affliction is the forge where He softens the iron heart.” I have often heard, “If God is so good, why doesn’t He answer every prayer yes? Most of those same parents who have accused the goodness of God undermine themselves instinctively when they keep the stove, knives, poisons under the sink, etc., et al. from their young children. We also know we cannot become the useful servants of God without our iron, selfish hearts being softened. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word ...

“I live in the Spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down, and when I rise up, and the answers are always coming.” Once again, I am reminded of how far I have to go in my prayer life. If Rutherford was the sweetest of whom you ever will hear, then Muller may be the most full of faith. He is a man who lived to showcase the God who hearth prayers and the God who answereth blessings. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my eve...

I never knew how weak I was till now, when He hidest Himself, and when I have Him to seek seven times a day. I am a dry and withered branch and a piece of dead carcass, dry bones, and not able to step over a straw. The thoughts of my old sins are as the summons of death to me, and of late, my brother’s case hath stricken me to the heart. A more tender soul you will never read about, nor will we meet in our heavenly home. What made Samuel Rutherford such a sweet, compassionate soul? He was affli...

“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause to fear. His eye is upon us. His arm is over us. His ear is open to our prayer, His grace is sufficient, his promise unchanging.” For the child of God, Resting in the everlasting arms means there is no fear for us. Our Savior never loses sight of us. He is at the right hand of the Father directing our help, He is ever listening to our cries, and above all, we trust His grace, knowing His grace is sufficient to foster our trust in any victory or trial an...

“Those who know God best are the ones who speak to Him most.” John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. We flourish in our earthly friendships the more we listen and talk to those we love. Listen through the word… daily. Talk in prayer… daily. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seve...

"The best way of manifesting affection to our friends is by praying and giving thanks for them." Thank You, Jesus, for the gifts of my beloved friends. And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!" Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 19...

Pastor Brooks begins with: Cold prayers bespeak a denial, but fervent prayers offer a sacred violence both to heaven and earth. He continues: Look! as in a painted fire there is no heat; so in a cold prayer there is no heat, no warmth, no omnipotency, no devotion, no blessing. Cold prayers are like arrows without heads, as swords without edges, as birds without wings: they pierce not, they cut not, they fly not up to heaven. Such prayers as have no heavenly fire in them, do always freeze befo...