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Welcome to Episode 141 of Leaving the Grandstand World. This is the beginning of season 17 (each season is one month long). I believe you will be blessed by the lyrics of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" which I narrated with appropriate music by Josh Woodward. Next I share our song, "Shine Your Light on Me, Oh Jesus" and I complete this episode with a teaching from my book, Advanced Christianity entitled, "Effective Prayer - Part 3." Be blessed.

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Enjoy a bonus episode as administration said I have 3 minutes left to use this month. Enjoy "Super Jesus" found in my book, A Course in Christianity.

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The old hymns, rarely sung these days in churches, are inspiring with lyrics that take you deeper into faith in God. I particularly enjoy producing these hymns sans the original music, as narration, putting my voice in gear to elevate their meaning and emotion. Today I share a hymn I used to sing at the nursing homes I visited, "Power in the Blood," but I used Jason Shaw's tune, "Think Tank" found at Audionautix.com (licensed as Creative Commons). Then I share our song, "He Is Coming," and I complete this episode with two chapters from my book, A Course in Christianity. They are, "What Is a Transformed Mind?" and "Thoughts While Listening to 'The Messiah.'" I pray you are blessed many times over!

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I start today's episode with a poem from the public domain by Frances Ridley Havergal entitled, "Take My Life and Let It Be." Then I share one of my songs, "God Will Do to You..." The teaching consists of three chapters from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge, which I combined into one teaching. It is entitled, "Leviticus 19." 

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I enjoy taking lyrics I've written for a song and making the lyrics into a poem. I did that with my song, "Freeway to Eternity" which you'll hear first. Then I share an old hymn now in the public domain entitled, "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and I conclude this episode with a teaching from my book, Advanced Christianity entitled, "Effective Prayer - Part 2."

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Today's episode of Leaving the Grandstand World is a little different. First, I share the lyrics to my song, "Let's Open Up the Floodgates - version 1" as a poem and then I share the song itself. The teaching today comes from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge. I've combined three chapters into one teaching so it is rather long. It is about as long as a regular sermon a preacher might give from a pulpit. So, sit back and relax and, above all, be blessed!

PS: I inadvertently made 2 poetic versions of this song. My favorite version is THIS one (I entitled version 1). The other one is found in episode 131 (Satan's Plan of Salvation).

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I start off with a poem just produced entitled, "Heaven Is My Real Home," then I share a song, "I'm Laughing Now," which was produced by Dean Kaelin. Then, so appropriately today (July 4) I share from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge, "Independence Day."

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I begin today's episode with a poem found in the public domain entitled, "Let All Creation Praise the Lord." Next I share a song I wrote after carefully looking at a Rubik's Cube in a store I was in. It came to me later that night. It's called, "Rubik's Cube." The teaching is from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge and is entitled, "Bursting the Balloon of Fear with the Pin of Christ."

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I was looking through my stash of songs and found the lyrics to "Break Me." I had never put music to it. So I narrated it as a poem and included it in this episode of Leaving the Grandstand World. Next I share my song, "Jesus, Be Within My Day." I love the harmonies and additional instruments Dean Kaelin added to this song. I complete this episode with a teaching from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge entitled, "My Name Is Balaam." In this piece I share Balaam's story from first person perspective. 

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Today I begin with a short poem entitled, "April Showers." I culled this one from a batch of Christian poetry in the public domain that have no authors. They are orphan poems presented to the world anonymously. Then I present you with a song in which I wrote the lyrics but Ben Ledbetter supplied the music for. It is entitled, "Reaching, Reaching, Reaching for the Son." The teaching for today is from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge. It is a little lengthy but is quite a challenge to the serious Christian. "Why We Should Trust Each Other Completely." Do you think that is even possible, or practical? This isn't the way the world does things but, ultimately, do we want to do things the way the world does things?

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