Today, the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast welcomes several newcomers. Thank you, Slovakia, Panama, Romania, Morocco, Bulgaria, and Iceland!

Was Voltaire correct when he said that man had paid God back by creating him in our image?

I took that for granted even in my Christian life until Dr. Amanda Podany described in detail (in the series "Ancient Mesopotamia" from Great Courses Plus) the gods of Ancient Mesopotamia. The Creator God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is nothing remotely like those gods.

So a careful reading of the Bible shows Voltaire to be mistaken.

The great "I AM" in His holiness is profoundly incomprehensible to His creation.

Learn about the incomprehensibility of God in today's episode.

Our So What?

Our inability to apprehend our Creator validates our faith in His promises and His testimony from the Bible that He is indeed the great "I M."

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert Murray M'Cheynee

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Season 007

Episode 007

The podcast principal feels better, so we welcome Kenya and the great Tsavo West National Park. I vacillate between the desire to see the beautiful Savanas of Kenya and my dotage fearing the abundant wildlife! Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, Kenya, and even the world wild. Thank you for listening.

Today, we see the holiness of God through the prism of His mercy.

Isaiah stood there. In his humiliation, that beautiful, that beautiful humiliation. And let the angel touch his lips with that searing coal. And the prism we are looking through is God's mercies. And we see The holy God of the universe touching us and cleansing us, in our case, by the blood of Jesus. Isaiah's cases illustrated: "behold, this has touched your lips. And your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven."

He knew then the dirtiness of his sin and the glory of forgiveness, and that's why his humiliation was a beautiful humiliation.

At this moment, Isaiah learned the meaning of Jesus' words: "Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that your spirits are, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."

Luke 10. 20.

And there's nothing like that. So that beautiful humiliation leads to God's beautiful mercies and our beautiful salvation.

So What?

Nothing else matters, except our names are recorded in heaven. And every single martyr who died at the stake, or in the Colosseum, or who died being burnt, or drowned, in that moment, they have all they will ever need. Even martyrdom is a means of great gain.

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Season 007

Episode 006

Welcome, Bulgaria, and wow! What a trout fishing sensation you are! Thank you for joining the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast.

Today, we are back to our gratitude in God, as He has revealed Himself.

Today, we look again at the traumatic holiness (otherness) of God. As we stand ten feet from the sun, we look through a prism that filters out all but the moral perfection of God.

"In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory." 4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke."

Isaiah 6:1-4

His moral perfection alone shatters our self-image and humbles us to the core.

"Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."

Isaiah 6:5

It's a beautiful humility and reverence. Do you imagine Isaiah, Moses, John in revelation, David, Paul, Peter, or any of the Biblical saints being sad after seeing God in His Holiness and being torn to pieces and then healed?

Our so what?

The beauty of God in His Holiness leads us to humility, which relieves our torn self-image and is beautiful to us. By definition, a life-changing beauty.

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

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Season 007

Episode 005

Welcome Iceland to the Free Range Preacher on Prayer podcast. We are glad to have you here, and I am blessed to say I have a dear friend who lived in your country for many memorable years of her life.

Today, we are thankful for the Holiness of God. We liken Isaiah's experience in Isaiah 6, to standing 10 feet from the earth's sun and asking:

"What do you believe you would notice first?

Did you imagine the sun's immensity? Sheer size? How about the blinding light, the pull of gravity? What could keep you only 10 feet from the sun? Would you notice the solar winds, the heat, or the violent atomic fusion?

Better still, which one of those would tear you to pieces first?

Better stiller, our "So What?"

What in the world is there to be thankful for, as Isaiah says?

"Woe is me, for I am ruined!

"O LORD, what is man, that Thou dost take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that Thou dost think of him? 4 Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow."

Psalm 144:3-4

The immense, righteous, all-powerful, just God of the universe takes knowledge of us. Fleeting and as puny as we are, He thinks of us.

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected]

Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 007

Episode 004

Welcome Morocco to the podcast; we are glad you are listening, and we will learn more about you in days to come. For now, we quote the famous line from Casablanca, "Play the podcast again, Sam." Missed it by that much.

Psalm 139 is one the most moving, comforting, and detailed descriptions of God's Omniscience in the Holy Writ. A sample of what David teaches us:

God saved us, knowing our sins intimately.

We cannot flee His mercies.

Our darkest days are not dark to Him.

We are designed to be exactly to be us.

Our So What?

We are excessively comforted by His knowledge and humbled by His mercies.

Humbled to call out, as David did:

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way."

Amen

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected]

Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 007

Episode 003

Today, we are giving thanks for God's power and wisdom.

Today we feature the Philippines! Solve, my sister-in-law is from the Philippines Y'all are in the top 15 in listenership. Thank You

"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? 25 "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt; 26 To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land, And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?"

Job 38:24-27

God was several thousand years ahead of natural prisms discovered, and another 1700 years before Isaac Newton published his "Opticks."

We also touch on the fact that our modern understanding of lightning is not as comprehensive as would warrant ridicule of Christians or our God who created all nature.

We finish with this challenge:

Read:

Job 31:5-6 and contrast this passage with

Job 40:1-4 and Job 42:1-6

To check our So What for today:

Seeing God's eminence, dignity, and majesty, our thankfulness leads us to utter humility.

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected]

Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 007

Episode 002

Whew! A good break we had, but I missed you all.

If you listen to this podcast in a place that is a little dangerous, I really appreciate you listening. We pray for you each day, and we are asking all our family who listen to add your safety, the spread of the Gospel, and your edification (through the podcast).

Though I don't mention where you live, rest assured of our prayers, and our gratitude you are there.

Speaking of gratitude, as is our wont, I like saying that, but I'm not sure why, we begin each year with episodes on our thankfulness to our Creator, Savior, and Sustainer.

This year, for the attributes of God! We begin with faithfulness, our verses of contemplation:

"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."

Luke 10:20

"Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

"Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 "And you know the way where I am going." 5 Thomas *said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" 6Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.

John 14" 1-6

Our So what?

How do we know the promises of God are yes and amen?

The Way, the Truth, and the Life said:

"if it were not so, I would have told you;"

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 007

Episode 001

Today October Surprise comes to a closes with one of my daily prayers, and dedications, this passage is my effort accomplish in some way.

The Lord is good, and sets before me to seek the good of others.

Lord forgive me for the many chances I miss.

For real time listeners, see you in two weeks. (Lord willing.)

“And we urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men. 15 See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all men.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14-15

Brethren let’s pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

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Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 006

104

One joyful aspect each year in October is that I feel more freedom to set the agenda in God's providence.

Potpourri is the name of this episode because our passage has various and sundry, (I love that phrase) concepts of supplications, our intercessions, worship, and the Holy Spirit's prayer requests. Let's look:

"Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; 4 in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. 5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person."

Colossians 4:2-6

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected]

Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 006

Episode 103

One joyful aspect each year in October is that I feel more freedom to set the agenda in God's providence.

Potpourri is the name of this episode because our passage has various and sundry, (I love that phrase) concepts of supplications, our intercessions, worship, and the Holy Spirit's prayer requests. Let's look:

"Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; 4 in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. 5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person."

Colossians 4:2-6

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more""

Robert MurrayM'Cheynee

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Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard.

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All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition.

For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected]

Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram

Season 006

Episode 103