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Most of the people on planet earth live in a world without Christmas. Have you ever given any thought to what that world must be like? I wonder how on earth anybody faces the struggles of life in a world without Christmas. Especially in light of the unique stresses of the past couple of years. In Horatio Bonar’s book, "The Night of Weeping; or, Words for the Suffering Family of God', whi...

The Act of Uniformity 1662  in England prescribed the form of public prayers and was a massive clampdown on religious and political life. Thomas Brooks and over 2,000 clergymen refused to take the oath and were expelled from the Church of England in what became known as the Great Ejection of 1662. Against the backdrop of massive overreach by the Crown, Brooks wrote the words of today's r...

I have had a song playing in my head for a few weeks now. The song is “Tighten Up” released in 1968 by Archie Bell & The Drells. God has been impressing on my heart and soul the need to do the tighten up in my life…to tighten up in every way- body, mind, and spirit. To really have your act together is always a good thing, a best thing, but in light of this time of radical instability, we...

Today’s reading is directed toward the perspective of peace we should have as we come to recognize how God has made us as individuals, and his unique calling for each of us, which results in the proper attitudes in our hearts. The ways of God's providence direct us into the calling and employment that is ordered for us in this world. Be well satisfied in the station and employment where you h...

James 5:20 says "consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins." For most of us who live here in America, in the evening of the day, whether it be at 5pm or midnight , recreational opportunities are plentiful- dining out, an exercise workout at the gym, power walking in the neighborhood, going to a sport event, or f...

Acts 24:16 says “I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.” It is sad today that many, perhaps most people have no understanding of what the conscience is nor do they care to know. Samuel Ward gives us explosive insight into the origin, power, and purpose of the conscience. This episode is brief in minutes, but robust in depth of content. You will want to listen...

In the midst of these turbulent times, God is still doing a new thing! If you have been personally impacted by some loss during these past three years, I encourage you to look to God, focus on Him, rest in Him, wait in him, wait ON HIM, and He will birth a new thing in you and through you. This is the epitome of the reason this podcast is named gwot.rocks...I move from a disappearing church b...

This is Reading # 3 in our special 20 part series on "Voices From The Past, Volume 1" (May3rd, pg.124),a 365 daily devotions from Puritan authors. Focus of this episode: Provision. In the model prayer Jesus teaches us to pray “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11.) Pay close attention to what Thomas Manton has to say about the peculiar destination of God’s providence, how His providence...

Do you recognize the miracle moments God has worked in your life, those tiny events, and each moment of time that is a miracle of creation? Miracles in the mundane. Those little things mean a lot, if we will just begin to believe what we see. God is not hiding…miracles are what He does every day. 2 Kings 6/The Floating Iron Ax Head Quote from the fictional book, "Joshua"-Chapter 18, page 236,...

In puritan Thomas Manton's day, the idea of seeking a private room in which to pray was referred to as "going into your closet" to pray (Matt. 6:6). What a great concept...talking to God from a place that is out of the ordinary flow of life traffic, hidden away so as not to be easily disturbed; even going to a place where people would not normally think to find you! As Manton says, private prayer...

This is the first episode, or reading , in our new twenty part mini-series, "Voices From The Past." My goal is to share with you a sample of the well-done book by the same name, and to advance the peace of God in your life in the midst of this agitated world by featuring five devotional readings on each on the four topics: the providence of God, prayer, God’s provision in our lives, and personal p...

I’m happy to announce that I’ve been given permission by the publisher of the daily devotional book, “Voices from the Past, Volume 1,” to record twenty chosen daily readings. Special thanks to the General Manager of The Banner of Truth, John Rawlinson, for his response to my email outreach and helping make this happen. The twenty devotions will make up the mini-series, “Voices From The Past.”&nbsp...

The famous devotional series by Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest", as it says at the top of each day's of devotion is truly the most beloved devotion of all time. There is a reason for that- Chambers had gifted insight into God and His word. The devotions for August 19 & 20 think about self-awareness versus Christ-awareness. As best as I can tell the material is copyright protected,...

This is an addendum to episode 233. Please listen to episode 233 in order to understand what I speak about on this addendum. I went ahead and gave it an episode number because I'm not really what happens to the sorting of the program without an episode number. Peace... The paragraph quoted is from the book "Joshua" by Father Joseph F. Girzone,page 171, Scriberner Paperback Fiction, Copyright 1983,...

One of the earliest poems I remember hearing, that fundamentally stuck in my brain, it would have been 7th grade, is Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”. Two phrases that are cleated in my brain are: “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” and “Good fences make good neighbors”. I have included in the show notes a YouTube link to an actual recording of Frost himself reciting his poem. It’s fascinat...

I encourage you to listen to this episode once through uninterrupted, then go back and listen to each point, pause the podcast, and meditate on all this truth and what it means to you personally/individually. Let it pour the PEACE of Christ over your soul! Quietly contemplate the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, as the light-the light of Heaven and the World! (Revelation 21:23, John 8:4) Light in Script...

As we focus our attention on God, THE CENTER OF IT ALL, the one who sees our life miseries, sufferings, and oppression, we can find great peace in knowing that HE is the Great Physician, Master, and Head of all things, especially the body of Christ. It is time for us as humans to stop cross examining our creator Lord and Master, and trust in His omniscience and his omnipotence that is at work on o...

The simple definition of a narcissist is a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves. "Narcissists think the world revolves around them." How does it happen, that a person becomes so self-absorbed and self-centered, that they move into an irrevocable life position we call narcissism? What do you do when you live with someone who is an abuser, self-absorbed to a...

1 Thessalonians 2:17-18 We need a healthy reality check and pause for a moment to remember that…  Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. But, we will determine to not be alarmed because Satan hinders us, for it is a proof that we are on the Lord's side, and are doing the Lord's wo...

There are some truths about rarely recognized facets of God’s ways that are fundamental to knowing completely the Peace of Christ in our lives. Truths that every Christian should know and what we should do about it. Do we really believe that Jesus Christ, through the power of his Holy Spirit, can instruct people in the things he wants them to know, be it conviction of sin, call to salvation, life...

As constant debtors to God for His everlasting mercies, our love and gratitude should be manifested in eternal hallelujahs to Him. With our minds eye, let us see, that just as the sun scatters it light around the earth, the morning sun beams awaken grateful believers to tune their morning hymn, so that by the priesthood of the saints perpetual praise is kept up at all hours; they cover our globe i...

1981 Malt-O-Meal Commercial 1983 Malt-O-Meal Commercial Urban Dictionary/Good Stuff Maynard This episode of gwot.rocks is a curation of a lot of good stuff that will hopefully advance your life of peace.  "Other Things with... " YouTube Channel Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast:  I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks...

This is the third installment of the sub-series of gwot.rocks, “Other Things with…” This is the audio portion of the video show we now produce on YouTube. The audio portion is included in our gwot.rocks platform because there are many people who listen to our podcast in transit to work or just life on the go, plus, to stream a video takes much more bandwidth than a podcast audio only, so we offer...

Web article on crab grass.  Harbor Freight Weed Torch I have been waging war recently on this Goliath of weeds- crab grass! First, I sprayed the fully developed plant with total vegetation killer, then I torched them with the inferno from the Harbor Freight Weed Torch, finally I took my sharpened garden hoe ground down with a knife-like edge, and it still took all of my might, seriously – to...

How is "Christmas in July"...the closing of 16 Starbucks coffee shops...The Great Reset...all related? Listen to the podcast to hear how! https://www.xmasclock.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July https://www.cariboucoffee.com Books to read- "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis and "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan. Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to c...