Grace Notes with Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Devotional Theme – "Living The Brand"

Scripture reference - John 13:35 NIV "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "They'll Know We Are Christians by our Love" by Peter Scholtes

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast - Titus 2:7 ESV, Luke 22:56-58 ESV, I PETER 2:12 ESV, Ephesians 6:11 (ESV)

Songs Mentioned in the podcast - How Can You Recognize a Child of God” by Margaret Pleasant Douroux

Devotional Theme – "Be Kind!"

Scripture reference - Ephesians 4:32 "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Songs- "Be Kind to One Another" by Amanda Wilson, "Be Kind" by Amanda Wilson", and “They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love” by Peter Scholtes "

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  Colossians 3:13

Devotional Theme – "Holy is The Lord Our God"

Scripture reference - Psalms 99:9 NIV "Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Holy" Alvin Slaughter

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  I Samuel 2:2, Rev 4:8c KJV, Rev 4:8c NIV, Isaiah 46:9-10 NIV

Devotional Theme – The Word of God

Scripture reference - Isaiah 40:8 NIV- “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” Hebrews 4:12 NIV "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Songs - "The B-I-B-L-E" Author Unknown

"Trust and Obey" John Henry Sammis and Daniel Brink Towner (verse 1 and chorus)

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  Psalm 119:105, Isaiah 26:3 & 4 KJV, Philippians 4:13, I Peter 2:23-25, Matthew 5:18, 2 Timothy 3:16

Devotional Theme – Neither Slumbers Nor Sleeps

Scripture reference - Psalm 121: 3&4 NIV – He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; (4) indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "He Never Sleeps" Andrae Crouch

I do not own the rights to this song.

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -   Psalm 121:4-7 KJV, Mark 14:32 & 37

Devotional Theme – Influencer for the Lord

Scripture reference - Jeremiah 10:6 "Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Every Day with Jesus Is Sweeter Than the Day Before" By Wendell and Robert Loveless

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  1 Timothy 4:12, John 4: 29- 42, Mark 1:3, Isaiah 55:11, John 14:6 NIV

Theme – Follow Directions 2.0

Scripture reference - Joshua 6:2-4

"And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" A Negro Spiritual

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  Jonah 1:1-17, Genesis 19:1-26, Genesis 6:13-22 , Luke 17:32

Devotional Theme – "Steps Ordered By The Lord"

Scripture reference - Psalm 37:23 KJV "The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way"

“The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives." Psalm 37:23 NLT

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Order My Steps" Glenn Burleigh

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 20:24, Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Devotional Theme– "Please Excuse Me"

Scripture reference - Luke 14:18A NIV “But they all alike began to make excuses."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Ask Not to be Excused " - Franklin Edson Belden

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast - Luke 14, Matthew 22, Revelation 20:11-15, John 15:22

Definition of Excuses (Oxford -Webster's Dictionary gives 6 definitions for the word Excuse)

: to make an apology for

: to try to remove blame from

: to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import : regard as excusable

: to grant exemption or release to

: to allow to leave

: to serve as excuse for : JUSTIFY

Theme – Christmas in July

Scripture reference - Luke 2:11 "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Isaiah 9:6 KJV "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Let's Talk About Jesus" Herbert Emery Buffum