Episodes

The World and The Earth - Not the Same It is common to hear the words earth, and world interchanged. But I believe a closer look at the meaning and proper contextual use is warranted. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the wate...

God Watches Over Us Living in the country in western Oklahoma we were surrounded by all types of insects and snakes. They were a constant and you just learned to watch out when you could and be cautious. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Living In The Country We lived on a dirt road and it came to a dead end just a few hundred feet from our house. At that dead end lived a family who had a son just a bit older than my oldest ...

Friday Finale Episode 2 Friday Finale – Episode 2 Originally written August 19, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/19/are-confusing-faith-with-belief/ Are You Confusing Faith With Belief? Have you ever encountered someone who made a comment similar to: "Their faith was shattered"? Or maybe they said it of themselves, "After that situation, my faith was just shattered". The problem with these comments is that they are confusing Faith with Belief. As we learned on Wed...

Wednesday Word Study Episode 2 Wednesday Word Study – Episode 2 Originally written August 17, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/17/wednesday-word-study-faith-2/ Hebrews 11:1 AMP 1NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. This is the Strong's Greek Concordance Number 4102 ...

Monday Meditations Episode 2 Originally written August 15, 2011 Monday Meditation – Episode 2 Originally written August 15 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/15/monday-meditations-hebrews-111/ Today's Meditation Verse: Hebrews 11:1 KJ I Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This verse is the definition of faith! What is faith? Well if you will picture this with me… You want to build a patio so you get some boards and you b...

Deception Can Keep You Stuck Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Deception, by its very nature, operates undetected until it has done so much damage that it is difficult to break free from. By the time deception is uncovered, it has changed a life to become so dependent on the lie that the spirit of pride will hold the person solidly bound to the deception. It creeps in like a tiny water leak in a home. A small bit of water con...

Another Daddy Miracle One of the most profound miracles I've ever experienced is once again about my dad. Actually, there are several miracles that I will write about. This one has to do with his heart. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. The Bad News The actual dates of some of these early miracles are not recorded and I am placing them in time, regarding what was going on in my life at the time, where I lived and how old my ...

Are You Driven or Led? Friday Finally - Episode 1 Why do you do what you do? Is it a thought or a feeling? Is it a rule or a law? I've been trying to stress home the idea of living a life of being led by the prompting of the Holy Spirit and not by any other thought, feeling or idea. When I was much younger attending church, one of the first theological words I heard was conviction. Is the Holy Spirit convicting you of something? When you did that wrong thing, did you feel conviction? But no...

Conviction There are two Greeks words for conviction. The first meaning is 'full assurance' and the other is 'correction'. The use as correction is only used once when Paul was talking to Timothy in: 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; This is the Strong's Greek Concordance Number 1882 Transliteration: epanorthósisPhonetic Spelling: (ep-an-or'-tho-sis)Definition: correction, reformation, sett...

Monday Meditations – Episode 1 Today's Meditation Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; This scripture seems like an obvious statement. But there are aspects to this verse that many people disregard. One item is the very first word. It says ALL scripture is inspired by God and profitable… I know that there are many people in many walks of life, in many different churches, who say that on...

Honest Motivation Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Why Are You Writing Those Blogs? A friend asked me earlier this week why I was writing the blogs I've been writing. It seemed like an odd question to me. Wasn't the 'why' obvious to this friend of mine? We proceeded to have a discussion regarding my 'why'. I was able to articulate exactly my 'why' for each of the three blogs that I write weekly. But, her asking gave me a re...

Deliverance From a Spirit of Rejection I am adopted. I found out in the third grade. The way I found out was in a very cruel way. It was spat at me by a classmate, as if he were trying to find the worst word he could think of to sling at me. He said, "You're adopted!" Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Adoption Argument An argument ensued from whatever we had been arguing about to whether or not I was adopted. Our teacher mus...

What Soil Are You Planted In? Some of you may know that I love to garden. I also love house plants. Over the past few years I have been trying to systematically replace all my old fake plants with real live plants. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I knew in order to do it well, on a budget, and in a way to be able to keep up with them, I had to do it one or two at a time. Gardening is My Hobby I often post about my plants ...

Another Centipede There is another centipede event that happened where Lacey sat on a centipede. These happened about a year apart and after writing about the other one I realized that this one actually happened first. Still about a centipede, but a totally different situation. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Centipede Story Part Dux When my youngest son Kendon was still in his infant seat, not the elaborate contraptions t...

The Most Toxic Contagion During the past two years living in this pandemic we have heard certain words frequently. One is carrier and another is contagion. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. We Are All Carriers of Something The other day I was thinking about certain people in my life and how being around them just made me feel better in general. Then I realized that there were yet others through the years that, despite my bes...

My Daughters First Healing Miracle Insects, bugs, varmints, and so many other creatures can and will be included in my writings about miracles. I could have lumped them all in together, but each individual circumstance has its own unique elements that I feel should be included and will be encouraging to you. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Critters This particular one is about the prayers of a child. My first post was of m...

Foolish and Ignorant Speculations Last week I wrote about the importance of history and of love. Two seemingly very disconnected subjects. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. It is human nature to feel that what we are experiencing is worse than anyone else has ever experienced. My Bad is Worse Than Yours I remember when I was growing up and I would be with my mother and a group of her friends and how they would try to 'best'...

Miraculously Back On Budget In our marriage I was in charge of the checkbook, making deposits and paying bills. I was very new at this. I had a small checking account when I was in high school, but had very little money and no bills so I spent the money of what I wanted. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I wasn't very good at money management. I had very little money and didn't keep an accurate record in my checkbook. No one ...

Love Does Miracles As I am writing this it is the eve of Christmas Eve 2021. The house is very quiet around me. I live alone and work at home. I joke that I am an introvert. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. I do enjoy being home alone and working from home. But, sometimes I miss people. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Today, seems strange to me. Because of sick family members, I am not sure what our Christmas is going to look lik...

Breast Lump Dissolved During those first few years after being baptized in the Holy Spirit I was on a learning spree. I spent as much time as possible reading the bible. My eyes had been truly opened and I could see and understand with revelation knowledge like never before. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. My Eyes Were Opened I had read my bible, or tried to, since I was a child. I just couldn't understand it. I would find...

Looking For Loopholes | Could Grace Be A License to Sin Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I've recently had many people cross my path who were in dire need of a listening ear and a voice of counsel. I do my best even though I am not a licensed counselor. I have however, spent decades in the Word and gone through my own share of experiences where I've learned the hard way. So, I do my best to be a good friend/counselor to them....

Deliverance From Fear I briefly mentioned earlier about living in a small town where after I graduated high school I worked at the local convenience store. Yes, there was only one then. The town really was that small. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I worked the evening shift from 3 to 11. I rode my bicycle across town and then home again at 11 at night. I was not in the least bit afraid. In fact I loved riding my bike in t...

Rise Above | Can You? Are You Willing To? Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Politics When a political climate changes usually our mental and emotional state does as well. We can lose hope or gain hope in just the proclamation of a new elected official. We are convinced that if the right person gets into office our lives will change for the better, and so it might. We are equally convinced that if the wrong person gets into o...

Rattlesnake Resistance Soon after receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, I found myself devouring every morsel of the New Testament, especially the seemingly absurd, I held it in my heart as my own. I had decided that if God said it, I believed it, and truly that settled it. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. The Best High I was literally high on the Holy Spirit all day long every single day. I barely did what I had to do ...