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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 i...

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 time...

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 ye...

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...

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 l...

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 p...

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 pers...

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 g...

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. ...

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 dwel...

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...

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 beg...

"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 ...

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, th...

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...

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 r...

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....

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 Wils...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

"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 ...

"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 in...

“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 EVE...