gwot.rocks - God, the World, and Other Things!

As I watched some of the Coachella music festival this past Easter weekend 2022, I looked for meaningful music but only found the final resting place of the Ringling Brothers clowns. When you look at the massive crowd of young people attending the concerts, you can’t help but ask, what does the future of America look like? Against this barren landscape filled with children who are growing up with...

“Steady on the Compass”, or “steady as she goes” is a nautical term which means to steer a steady course on the compass heading indicated at the time of the order. The helmsman is to repeat the order and call out the compass heading on receiving the order “Steady on…”. Steering to a convenient fixed object in line of sight, in place of adhering to the compass coordinates, happens because there is...

Most people today, especially non-middle aged or senior adults, have no clue about the real meaning of Easter, or the historic week of events that led up to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead in bodily form. So, though this episode may come across less emotional than you would expect for such an important time, I want to give you an overview of some helps I will point you to so you can...

Calamity, failure, and mishaps don’t have to be the final outcome of best-laid plans. It is possible to live a successful life and have a happy home led by God blessed plans. As you make your life plans with God in the center of your being and His word as the director of your life, you are promised the success of God in your daily living.  Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite yo...

$5.86 per gallon of gas in California is unnerving to the core of our being. Skyrocketing inflation out of control like never in our history...home prices soaring 25% annually. A Lowe's Kobalt Fiberglass Handle Forged Bow Rake costs $40...for a simple rake! How on earth do we maintain our equilibrium in the midst of such shaking? Listen 3 minutes and 2 seconds to find out how! Cut & Paste Pers...

Episodes 190 & 191 were hard hitting, timely, and the truth. They are two key podcasts that will shape and inform my ministry through Transform This City for the rest of my life. The world is in free-fall, and we hold the keys for recovery and flourishing like the world has never seen! I believe that with all my heart! I talked to a dear friend of mine and partner in the Gospel faith, who is a...

What a tragedy...one of the greatest rock drummers of all times, Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the rock band, "The Foo Fighters", has died at the age of 50. He leaves behind a wife and three kids. Why does this matter? This is a long podcast for me, at right at 45 minutes long. But, it is a message everyone needs to hear. I pray for Taylor's family tonight and all who will be impacted by his death....

If you're familiar with the series of children's books and animated videos that followed (which are VERY ENJOYABLE and well done on AMAZON Prime Video), you hear the similarities... "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" started it all. If you don't know about the series, let the YouTube video read it to you (be sure to get a warm glass of milk and some hot tollhouse cookies!), or lets just say that in th...

Graham Nash, now 80 years old is truly a modern Renaissance Man. I recently listen to his self recorded autobiography and I was inspired. It got me to reflecting on my own life. This podcast is the result. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Nash ma·no a ma·no /ˌmänō ä ˈmänō/ info from Merriam-Webster. Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast:&n...

An encouraging word from the past for these trying times. Everyone from song writers to college professors have an opinion about life and the afterlife or the absence of any afterlife. It is worth EVERYTHING to listen to the RIGHT person! The Wall Street Journal print edition, Monday, September 19, 2016. Opinion Section, BOOKSHELF | by Colin McGinn - "No Easy Way Out: The Consolations of Mortality...

This episode was just 4 episodes the podcast, published over two years ago on Oct 23, 2019! The audio is not quite as good as what we achieve now, but this is a great episode of encouragement that is worth hearing again! In the midst of all this agitation the world continues to hurl at us, we can come alive to the truth that we live our lives in the presence of the Lord, which GREATLY advances equ...

The book of Revelation has been heavy, the wrath of God has been shown to us so graphically we can see, smell, and taste the destruction. We see that in the previous chapter 21, God wraps up the story with the vision of the coming Glory. And with this final chapter, God doubles back one last time with warnings and promises and the double down admonition to keep the words of this book. Can you join...

This podcast first aired as the second episode of gwot.rocks on August 28, 2019. A lot has happened in this world in the past two years ands seven months. It is so important that we get past ourselves and talk openly about the salvation in Jesus Christ and to live lives that reflect His power and presence in our lives! This episode tells a powerful story. I hope it encourages you as you listen to...

Our Triune God is intimately involved working to make sure our prayers make it through to God the Father, even in our lowest point when we can't even form words to say. The Holy Spirit is right there in that moment praying for us! Romans 8:18-27 Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast:  I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: Go...

In the new world that is being made for us, truth is the rule of the day, and we are immersed in it. We will swim in the sea of adoration for Jesus that will never grow stale or familiar…it will always be the new day to love him with our lives. True worship is so much more than just a worship service, it will be service that’s worship- real service with a smile. Our eternal worship of God in...

In the model prayer, Jesus said in Matthew 6:11, “Give us THIS day our daily bread.” Jesus has made it clear that we can have full assurance that our Father in Heaven wants, expects, and has created us to receive our daily portion by His strong hand. In the Word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God, we shall receive renewed strength. Jesus has laid up for us a...

The New Jerusalem is much more than Eden revisited. There is no possibility of fouling things up in the New Jerusalem. Satan fouled things up in Heaven, Adam fouled things up on Earth, but the Saints of God have the promise of eternal life! Now, in Revelation 22:1-2 , the Angel of the Lord shows John the interior of the city of God, the New Jerusalem. His attention is on just a few things... ...

In the old order of things life was regulated by the regularly alternating sun and moon, but in the New Jerusalem the old forms of physical light are replaced by new spiritual light. Changes and fluctuations are passed due to the perpetual divine and changeless presence of the Lord. The complete immersion of the redeemed people of God into the Divine Presence of The Everlasting God will be th...

As of this posting, my wife is in quarantine recovering from a milder case of the virus. We are thankful that her, my son, and grandson will all fully recover. She will be in quarantine on Valentine's Day. This podcast is for HER!, my SWEETHEART for 44 years I think you will find it encouraging to you as well! La Casita Photo Pappadeaux's Arlington Pappas Restaurants Cut & Paste Personal Invit...

J.P. Moreland, in his new book, "A Simple Guide to Experiencing Miracles" writes “while most Bible-believing Christians retain a mild doctrinal belief in the supernatural and miracles, they live as practical atheists, with very little expectations of seeing the miraculous.” Prayer plays a key role in experiencing the miracles of God. Real, tangible, answered prayers = the miraculous. God want...

Revelation 21:15-17 Chicago’s tallest skyscraper Willis Tower reaches 110 floors — and is a staggering height of 1,450 feet! That is equal to the HEIGHT of the WALLS of the New Jerusalem. Put on your math cap as we get a glimpse at just how enormous the New Jerusalem will be! The Willis Tower in Chicago Cut & Paste A Personal Invitation to Invite Your Friends to Check out “gwot.rocks” Pod...

2 Corinthians 6-18 In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal. Whether it be for hope , for joy , for consolation , or for the inspiring of our love , the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye of faith. We go through life every day with a damaged CPU and think nothing of it, then wonder why...

Revelation 21:9-21 ...The New Jerusalem will be the largest city that has ever been on a human earth and may be an indicator of how big the overall new earth will be. The opulence of our new home is seen in every facet of the core infrastructure of the new city. Here in Revelation 21 the descriptions of the city have to do with foundational things. This episode will make you smile! Enjoy!  C...

Sinking times are praying times with the Lord's servants. In our hours of bodily pain and mental anguish, we find ourselves as naturally driven to prayer as the wreck is driven upon the shore by the waves. Heaven's great harbor of refuge is All-Prayer; thousands of weather-beaten vessels have found a haven there, and the moment a storm comes on, it is wise for us to make for it with all...

Running right next to the celebration of the reception of the river of life is the sober warning of the lake of fire that awaits the lost. Why did Jesus include this sober warning right at the end of the book when it is our time to celebrate? Listen to find out! Revelation 21:6-8 Cut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast:  I invite you to che...