Episodes

God’s desire is truth in the innermost being Psalm 51:6 this is poignantly true in prayer. We look today at how infants and parents first communicate. Babies sometimes just need their parents. When they cry, often, they want mom or dad, and our presence, tone, and countenance soothe them. But they don’t understand the words: “I love you.” When they are in danger, they need our protection through our presence, tone, and countenance. But they don’t understand: Stop! That’s Hot! In Jesus’s init...

October 15, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. Way back in season 6 of our podcast, we took an extended look at “A Call to Prayer” by J. C. Ryle; those episodes turned out to be some of our most popular. For the next few days, we want to revisit a sampling of those episodes. If you find them encouraging, as I do, this review might spur you back to our 2022 and 2023 episodes to hear everything Pastor Ryle has to say about our call to prayer. Thank you for listening. Drop July 20,...

When I tell you, the sweetest place in all of life is to worship and pray at His feet. Even in brokenness, as we come to Him in sincerity, you will never be happier. I would not tell you, but that is my one proof. There is no better place than in His presence. He is glorious, and he wants you to know Him as perfectly as we can in this life. Prayer, with my soul, Holy God, Lord Jesus Christ, our teacher and comforter, Holy Ghost, make your people to pray, move in power on every heart to make the...

October 12, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. Way back in season 6 of our podcast, we took an extended look at “A Call to Prayer” by J. C. Ryle; those episodes turned out to be some of our most popular. For the next few days, we want to revisit a sampling of those episodes. If you find them encouraging, as I do, this review might spur you back to our 2022 and 2023 episodes to hear everything Pastor Ryle has to say about our call to prayer. Thank you for listening. Drops July 16...

October 10, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer. Way back in season 6 of our podcast, we took an extended look at “A Call to Prayer” by J. C. Ryle; those episodes turned out to be some of our most popular. For the next few days, we want to revisit a sampling of those episodes. If you find them encouraging, as I do, this review might spur you back to our 2022 and 2023 episodes to hear everything Pastor Ryle has to say about our call to prayer. Thank you for listening. Drops July 15...

October 7, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer. Way back in season 6 of our podcast, we took an extended look at “A Call to Prayer” by J. C. Ryle; those episodes turned out to be some of our most popular. For the next few days, we want to revisit a sampling of those episodes. If you find them encouraging, as I do, this review might spur you back to our 2022 and 2023 episodes to hear everything Pastor Ryle has to say about our call to prayer. Thank you for listening. The extended ...

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: “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...

Joyful. Intimate conversation comes when we reveal ourselves to one another, as it is with God, when the Holy Spirit unveils to our eyes a treasure we failed to notice before. It took me years to notice when the rich young ruler made a very foolish assertion. “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.” Mark 10:29 Instead of chuckling at his claim to perfection, Mark tells us: “And looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him,” Mark 10:21a For the sake of love, Jesus tried again; in...

In my culture, forgiveness and its importance grow every day. 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 childre...

Psalm 139 displays our interaction through prayer and the necessity of the dark time for the Christian life. David shows us how to struggle with the nature of the Almighty, the wonderful, uplifting results of drawing close to the God of the universe, and the Savior, the cornerstone rejected,, and His comforts to our hearts, minds, and souls. Contemplating the nature of God and our distresses in the dark times, when we bring them to God, lifts our souls. “O Lord, Thou hast searched me and know...

Today, in our nuts-and-bolts section, we see that Vietnam has moved ahead of all our listeners, save China and the United States. Thank You, Jesus, for the spread of the gospel! The episode ends at 11:30. We introduce the conversation Jesus has with a man at the pool of Bethesda. In this introduction, we see that Jesus' conversations take unexpected directions. Leaders were called to follow John 1. Nathanael learns that good does come from Nazareth. Nicodemus learns he must be born again. Jo...

The Price of knowledge is eternal review. - to that point, We desire a growing, Biblical, dynamic, sincere prayer life that satisfies our souls and, in turn, glorifies our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer. -Our tag-line. Today, we commence to review our tag-line, an exhortation to grow in relation to prayer. At the end, we will highlight our United Kingdom family. Our review: We are reconciled to our relationship with our God. The abundant life is rooted in that relationship. “And this is et...

Our devotional today is from Jeremiah. Meditating on this passage not only gives us a lesson in adoration, but informs us of the attributes of the Holy God of the universe. Many look at God as a character in the image of mankind, but stirring passages like Jeremiah 32:16-22 remind us just how majestic He is in His name, in all the earth! “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying, 17 ‘Ah Lord GOD! Behold, Thou hast made the heavens an...

I like stories; true stories are the best and can inspire us in our Christian walk. Today, we take a high-level overview of the Battle of Marathon. From this battle, the Athenian hoplites used a two-word flex, “I ran.” As children of God, we don’t flex, but we do greatly rejoice at every instance of redemption. We also note that once we suit up in the full armor of God, we pray: “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everyth...

Astonishing Conversation - Disciples New Focus This episode we. Finish the astonishing conversation in John 4. Jesus focuses the disciples on their intended mission. As He did with the Samaritan woman, He diverts their attention from the physical to the spiritual. His food is to do the will of the Father, and He calls them. “I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” John 4:38 The Holy Spirit moves Paul to detail our c...

In my culture, forgiveness and its importance grow every day. 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 childre...

Mary would one day need to be strengthened to the limits of our comprehension as she watched her son die a most Ignominious death. In the eyes of man, Jesus died in pain and shame. For our souls. At some point, it became her practice to strengthen herself for this sorrow. “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 hea...

I know God has a sense of humor! Case in point, David, alone, isolated in the midst of great sorrow and regret, says: “For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul. 5 I cried out to Thee, O LORD; I said, “Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 “Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.” Psalm 142:4-6 We can feel the angst of David, and how does God answer him?” ...

Back in the. Paddock, we consider my Biblical mentor, David. We know the first two indicators of people we will like are 1. Are they like us? The second is, do we admire them and want to be like them? Hence, David, how do you become a “man after God’s own heart?” How did David become that believer after God’s own heart? He listened to God. Now these are the last words of David. “David, the son of Jesse, declares, And the man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, ...

Our Family focus today is the nation of Germany, and it begins at 17:23. Thank you all, our German family, you have an intriguing history, and we are glad you listen. As we are reminded to pray, God will reveal wonderful things from His law, we pick up the end ofJesus’ conversation with the woman at the well in the region of Samaria. We are introduced to two different reactions to this astonishing conversation. The glorious response. The woman left Jesus, and His disciples completely changed...

Plans change; that might be a theme of this podcast, Jesus' conversations with people in the book of John. We want to explore possible applications. Today, being sincere is an import from Jesus and His conversation with the woman at the well in Samaria. When she answered, "I have no husband," she was not honest with Jesus. His answer, "you have well said," in the passage did several things: for her, it showed that Jesus was the one with the answers; and for us, it illustrates that we are not o...

We’re caught up! - to December 2025. We beg the question, “What is time to a Neurodivergent? We finish up with the woman at the well, and her astonishing conversation with the Savior of the world. The importance of the eternal over the temporal. Mark 8:36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? “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 produ...

Jesus meets a woman at a well; this event gets right to the point. Our lives are much more than what we see physically, and the real existential threat is not to our earthly lives, but to our eternal souls. So critical is this truth that Jesus brings up what the woman would not say. "Go, call your husband, and come here." What unfolded next led the woman to the spiritual. "The woman *said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet." Verse 19 of John 4. The point of this conversation: "Je...

Review of the woman at the well from John 4. We begin today with a prayer for our brothers and sisters in Russia and Ukraine. Most of all, a worldwide revival might even start there, in the midst of turmoil. The conversation in John 4 is as astonishing as our prayers. To the woman, a Jew talking to a Samaritan woman was unthinkable. The holy God of the universe initiating communion with us is just as inconceivable. Yet He does: Moses sees the burning bush; the Hebrews tell us He has spoken in...