The Connie Giordano Show

In the last broadcast, we started our series on Resolutions as found in the Book of Psalms. We began with Psalm 23:4 and studied at length the valley of the shadow of death. We saw that in the face of Evil, David was able to say "I will fear no evil." In this broadcast, we want to look at the source of this bold resolve. God has a message for you in this podcast. He is saying that you have nothing...

Here is my New Series entitled - "In The Beginning Was The Word." We are dealing with the theme of "Resolutions" as found in the book of Psalms. (If there was ever a day and an hour when the Church needed to have a made-up mind, it is NOW!) This initial resolution deals with David's resolve - "I will" - as found in Psalm 23:6.

"The first affections of men towards Christ, and holiness, and heaven, are usually lively and warm. God remembered the love of Israel's espousals, when she would follow Him whithersoever He went. These lively affections will abate and cool if great care be not taken, and diligently used, to preserve them in constant exercise. Christ is grieved and displeased with His people when He sees them grow...

"Hypocrites are such who seem to and would be thought to be, what they are not; they are outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly very wicked; have a form of godliness, but are destitute of the power of it; pretend to much religion, and to be worshippers of God, when it is only in outward appearances; and not in reality, and sincerity: and such as these have been in the congregations of the ri...

"When God says, 'I will,' His resolution is supported by omnipotence...When God says, 'I will,' it is sealed with immutability. We are always changing...But God never changes. When God says, 'I will,' it will be carried out in faithfulness." (Charles Spurgeon)

"As the temple of God in the midst of a corrupt society, God's people in Corinth were not to participate in the evils prevalent in that society, but were to reject all forms of immorality. God's temple must be holy because God is holy." (Life In The Spirit Study Bible) You are the "temple of God." God dwells in you. And where God dwells, there is His temple. How will this revelation change the way...

"Man does not stand isolated in this world. If he is not influenced by the Holy Spirit, he is influenced by the spirits of delusion, who are the emissaries of Satan. If we are not possessed by the truth, error will make an easy conquest of us." (The Pulpit Commentary) Are you aware of this? Do you realize this?

"Christ's disciples are often to be blamed for the shallowness of their understandings, and the slipperiness of their memories...We are therefore perplexed with present cares and distrusts, because we do not duly remember our former experiences of divine power and goodness." (Matthew Henry)

"Jonah was a faithful prophet as long as God wanted what Jonah wanted. But when God's marching orders went contrary to Jonah, he would not do what he was told." (The Preacher's Commentary) "Christian, do not play the Jonah, unless you wish to have all the waves and the billows rolling over your head. You will find in the long run that it is far harder to shun the work and will of God than to at on...

"Our conversation is of far more consequence than some men imagine." (Charles Spurgeon) "Whatever I speak to you is for the benefit of mankind - keep nothing from them, declare explicitly the whole counsel of God." (Adam Clarke)

"Everyone is following something or someone. Some people follow in the footsteps of their family. Some follow a philosophy of life, like the Golden Rule: 'Treat others the way you want to be treated.' While others follow their own intuition, drawing from the salad bar of philosophy, religion, friends, and family. They do whatever they feel is right in their gut." (Chip Ingrim)

"The Great purpose of the truly pious is not to please themselves, or to please their fellowmen, but to please God. The great object is to secure acceptance with Him; to have such thoughts, and to utter such words, that He can look upon them with approbation." "It matters little what men think of us, if God approves what we do. To please Him should be our highest aim." (both quotes are from Barnes...

"If we would know God as He is, we should neither take our own idea nor adopt the world's estimates, but see Him as He has revealed Himself in His Word, especially in the Gospel which began to be spoken by HIs Son, the only Teacher competent to instruct us here." (The Biblical Illustrator) There is a spirit (attitude) that is prevalent in our age. It is the same spirit (attitude) that was found in...

"If we have to do with God, we must quit claim to ourselves and look on God as our owner...Wicked men might as well say the same thing of their whole selves; our bodies, strength, time, parts, etc. are our own, and who is Lord over us?" (Charles Spurgeon) There is a sharp contrast between the wicked and the Christian. This podcast will - plainly and distinctly - bring it out for you. The question...

"The mischief of the Christian Church at large is a want of holy confidence in God." (The Biblical Illustrator) Moses, David, and John the Baptist "endured" to the end. How did they do it? They were absorbed by the idea of God. They had a realization of Him as their "Rock." God desires for His Church to do likewise.

"The Golden Age of a country may be a dark age in the estimate of the saint. The true glory of a country is moral, and where the moral element is wanting, all other glories are dim. Philosophers, poets, commanders, artists, oraters, statesmen, millionaires, do not make a "Golden Age,' but the presence of many virtuous and godly men." (The Biblical Illustrator)

"When we listen to the voices which are from above, we must expect plain speaking. We must not start back with offense if we find ourselves condemned in strong terms. 'Thou art the man!' follows the narrative which transfixes the cruel and heartless robber of his neighbor's all. 'Ye fools and blind!' said the Wisdom of God, as He rebuked the hypocrisy of His day. We are not to be repelled from, bu...

"There is not a want of our nature - of our bodies or our souls; a want pertaining to this life or the life to come - to ourselves, to our families, to our friends, to the church, or to our country - which God is not able to meet; and there is not a real necessity in any of these respects which He is not willing to meet. Why, then, should His people ever turn for happiness to the 'weak and beggarl...

"If a man should write upon his sign-board the words, 'Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee,' he would have plenty of callers. No man dare try the experiment; but God has had those words written above His door for thousands of years, and none have ever called upon Him in vain." (The Biblical Illustrator) Do you know that there is no one who can fully understand the soul in a...

"In comparison with the kings of the earth. We read of Alexander the Great, of Constantine the Great, and Frederick the Great, but, verily, in comparison with the God of heaven, their greatness dwindles into insignificance - dwindles into nothing! Have they thrones? Their thrones are upon the earth; God's throne is in the heavens, 'high above all height.' Have they robes? God's robes are light and...

Have you ever had the props knocked out from beneath your feet? Have you ever had your confidences destroyed? The things or people you have depended on for so long are no longer there. Your trust must always be in God. Sometimes He allows your props to be knocked out from beneath your feet because He knows you cannot function effectively unless you are fully dependent on Him. He wants you to rest...

"The people will have cause to rejoice or mourn according as their rulers are righteous or wicked; for, if the righteous be in authority, sin will be punished and restrained, religion and virtue will be supported and kept in reputation; but, if the wicked get power in their hands, wickedness will abound, religion and religious people will be persecuted, and so the ends of government will be perver...

God fights for His people as they walk in faith and in obedience to His Word. He fights for them when their focus is solely on Him...when the odds are totally against them...and when they are carrying out His will. But, what happens when He enters the fight? Great and mighty acts break forth - so much so that the heathen take notice of it. The weak instantly become strong. At this time, no man can...

"Sin culminates in universal falsehood. The intellectual aspect of sin is untruth. Every sin is a lie. The triumph of sin is the overthrow of all truth and trust." (The Pulpit Commentary) Do you know when sin is reaching its highest point or final stages in a society? Do you know how to tell when sin is triumphing in a nation? Here is a clue - see how the people are responding to truth. What are t...

"Any theology that minimizes God's holiness and tolerates people's deliberate sinfulness is a false theology." (Warren Wiersbe) "How many professing Christians are there who regard little else than worldly things! How many who live only to acquire wealth, to gain honor, or to enjoy the pleasures of the world! How many are there who have no interest in a prayer meeting, in a Sunday School, in relig...