Free Range Preacher on Prayer

October 18, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. Today we concentrate on Ryle’s remarkable insight that although many live so, their piety is seen by others… “But a man seldom goes into...

October 17, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. Our current mentor, J.C. Ryle, wrote: "And I say, furthermore, that of all the evidences of the real work of the Spirit, a habit of hear...

October 16, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. JC Ryle describes true and mature Christians as broken by our sins, lovers of God, brought to our knees in gratitude for our redemption,...

October 15, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. But this I do say, that not praying is a clear proof that a man is not yet a true Christian. He cannot really feel his sins. He cannot l...

October 14, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. “I do not deny that a man may pray without heart and without sincerity. I do not for a moment pretend to say that the mere fact of a per...

October 13, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. "True Christian." Reading authors from the past, we need to read carefully for context. I believe the Puritans use the phrase "true Chri...

October 12, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle's treatise on Prayer. We truncated our introduction for the last half of our October episodes. Our shorter introduction ends at the 3:18 mark if you would like to skip to that mark. This way, you have less to wade through. In my zeal for the moving call for our intimate relationship with the Savior, I missed that it began with a prayer. In my defense, Jesus...

October 11, 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. John Charles Ryle (JC) writes: “I study the reports of missionary societies in our own times. I see with joy that hea...

October 10, 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. From here, we get back to our look at “A Call to Prayer,” but before we return, we look at the most emotional call, i...

October 9, 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. I had a professor in college who used to stop from time to time and quip, “If I could get this concept into Fred’s hea...

October 8, 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. Quicken your conscience with the Holiness of God. Feed your mind with the Word of God. Purge your imagination with the...

October 7, 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. We turn shortly to our Biblical calls to our relationship with God, the definition of our faith; prayer is a command,...

October 6, 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. “I have read the lives of many eminent Christians who have been on earth since the Bible days. Some of them, I see, we...

October 5, 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. ““I beseech you in all affection to attend to the subject I bring before you. Do not say that my question is too close...

October 4, 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: “I have looked carefully over the lives of God’s saints in the Bible. I cannot find one of whose history mu...

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, wo...

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: “To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and wit...

October 1 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on prayer. More than forty years ago, after a year of salvation and being enamored with God’s word, I could still not pray. My patient exacerbated mentor said, (basically), “Get over yourself, prayer is a command, and you need to start obeying that command. In the last four years of the podcast, I have resisted mentioning that truth. By 2018 prayer...

Our continual supplication is understanding. Understanding brings us to the knowledge of the perfect love of Christ, and in our longing, we know our redeemer listens, and our salvation is sure. Tav Psalm 119:169-176 169 Let my cry come before Thee, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before Thee; Deliver me according to Thy word. 171 Let my lips utter...

Through God’s word, we find: Awe, due God. Praise due God. Peace from God. Hope for salvation. Love and the knowledge our ways are before God. Shin Psalm 119:161-168 161 Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Thy words. 162 I rejoice at Thy word, As one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and despise falsehood, But I love Thy law. 164 Seven times a day I praise Thee, Becau...

Educate/Encouragement Of exclamatory prayer, Rolland Hill said: "I like 'exclamatory' prayer; it reaches heaven before the devil can get a shot at it." Exclamatory prayer is those spontaneous moments we cry emphatically, a revelation from God, the realization of answered prayer, or even the rehearsal of praises to our God. It is not a prayer I had thought about much, but after some consideration,...

Sincere/Encouragement God’s abundant life is learned through prayer. In the book "Devoted to God" by Sinclair Ferguson writes of God's perfect will: "The Lord is the Master of the jigsaw puzzle of our lives. The pieces may be strangely shaped; often we cannot see how they fit together; but eventually when the big picture is complete we will see that each piece was perfectly shaped. He leads us by...

Instruction/Encouragement Trusting the Lord for His divine Providence. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the eternal God, our Creator, Sustainer, our Savior, hears every prayer. Long or short, when we pour out our hearts to Him, He is our ever-present help in time of need. We see 8 word, 6 word, and even 3 word prayers can be most effective. Psalm 130:1-2 Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O LORD...

Category - Exhortation We will see how and where I learned to say blessings before meals, why I avoided those prayers as much as possible, and why I felt like a hypocrite saying grace 95% of the time. Contemplating prayer before meals and exactly what that entailed, I came to the conviction that I broke every principle of prayer. What did Jesus say when He blessed the meals? There is a Jewish trad...

Category - Exhortation After a heartfelt review of our expected growth in prayer, we thought it fitting to play Marvin and Chapman's rendition of "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," for our learning of the art of prayer must begin with stumbling faltering steps of faith. Let David, Peter, Paul, and Jeremiah show us that one day discipline in prayer-craft will yield the fruit of a growing, Biblical,...