https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connie-giordano-show--792898enReligion & SpiritualityCopyright Connie Giordanohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8f80d844a14902c9a6438d4ba502e01.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connie-giordano-show--792898Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:34:54 +0000Connie GiordanoConnie Giordanofeeds@spreaker.comNo matter how hopeless your condition may be in the sight of men, there is no room for despair. All things are possible to God. You have a promise of restoration. JESUS is as good as He is powerful. Hope therefore in Him.cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remember-the-lord--63676639https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63676639Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:32:42 +0000Connie Giordano"Across the ages there has always been a suffering Church. Today as well, in many parts of the world, allegiance to JESUS means suffering, discrimination, and ridicule. The letter of Peter is especially helpful for all who know such sufferings, or for...1237cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-kind-of-service-are-you-giving-to-god--63190053https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63190053Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:47:55 +0000Connie Giordano"It is our privilege to serve the Lord in all things. It is ours to please the Lord in loosing the latchet of a shoe; and to enjoy the expression of His favor therein. The servant of God is not serving at the same time another master; he has not been...1314cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-is-your-faith--62691876https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62691876Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:08:39 +0000Connie Giordano"Faith has given way to feeling. Where once faith was so mighty and so prevalent that it had to be inquired about, now feelings prredominate and must be accounted for. What is the result? We place more emphasis upon this world, the things of the...1243cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fidelity-to-the-truth-is-necessary-now--62263547https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62263547Mon, 07 Oct 2024 01:26:27 +0000Connie Giordano"The early Hebrew Christians found it very difficult openly to confess Christ; for their unbelieving countrymen treated all who did so as renegades from Israel, and apostates from Israel's God. But fidelity to the truth was necessary then, and it is...1297cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-opened-way-into-the-very-presence-of-god--61285305https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61285305Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:44:28 +0000Connie Giordano"In the Hebrew sanctuary, there were three degrees of approach to God. The outer court was for the general congregation; the holy place for the officiating priests; and the holiest of all for the high priest, and was so rigidly limited to him that...1326cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/someone-is-praying-for-you--60904318https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60904318Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:36:58 +0000Connie Giordano"All true believers live with Him - live with Him in a larger sense than would have been before or otherwise possible. Life is enlarged and glorified by the risen life of the once crucified Savior. Christ dieth no more: then we have an ever-living...1181cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-you-also-go-away--60567547https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60567547Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:08:44 +0000Connie Giordano"Reader, in what state art thou? Hast thou gone back from Christ, or art thou going back? Wilt thou go? Thou, whom He has redeemed by HIs blood - thou, whom He has upheld by His power, and fed by His providence - thou, into whose wounded soul He has...1401cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-in-the-world-did-i-lose-my-hearing--60247413https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60247413Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:53:00 +0000Connie Giordano"Likewise, the Church is filled with people who ought to be spiritual adults by now, but they are still spiritual infants because they have not been exercised by the Word of God. For this reason, there are large numbers of believers who, like infants,...1229cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-can-i-be-sure-that-i-will-make-it-to-the-end--59802156https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59802156Fri, 03 May 2024 19:32:04 +0000Connie Giordano"The early Hebrew Christians found it very difficult openly to confess Christ; for their unbelieving countrymen treated all who did so as renegades from Israel, and apostates from Israel's God. But fidelity to the truth was necessary then, and it is...1312cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-tell-god-no--59297073https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59297073Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:18:55 +0000Connie Giordano:"The Holy Spirit speaks to us concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. If we ignore His voice, our hearts will increasingly grow hard and unyielding until they are no longer sensitive to God's Word or the desires of the Spirit. Commitment to...1274cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drifting-without-noticing-it-back-into-the-world--58881588https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58881588Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:34:35 +0000Connie Giordano"The danger is ever present: 'lest at any time.' It is an exhortation to the Church today, lest the seed of the Word should fall on stony ground. It would bear no fruit, for the fowls of the air come and devour the seed. By careless living, the same...1379cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-higher-idea-of-omnipotence-than-this--58624977https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58624977Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:50:13 +0000Connie Giordano"God is our maker, our preserver, and the giver of all our mercies. On Him we ever have been and must be dependent for all good, and to Him we should be habitually devoted." (Family Bible Notes)1353cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turning-back-to-an-inferior-substitute--58350356https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58350356Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:36:02 +0000Connie Giordano"It is easy to lose our vision. It is so easy to permit time to crowd us, to become so busy in the affairs and the cares of this life, even in the work of the Lord, that we lose our vision of Who JESUS really is. How careful we must be that we do not...1256cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-matter-how-great-or-many-the-dangers-may-be--57886938https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57886938Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:05:28 +0000Connie Giordano"No matter how great or many the dangers may be, yet God always has ways to deliver His." (Geneva Bible Footnotes)1451cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-stop-the-enemy-from-rejoicing--57502053https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57502053Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:06:30 +0000Connie Giordano"It is the duty and interest of the people of God not to be afraid of evil tidings, not to be afraid of hearing bad news; and, when they do, not to be put into confusion by it and into an amazing expectation of worse and worse, but whatever happens,...1373cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-sidetracked-by-the-way-of-compromise--57225405https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57225405Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:04:18 +0000Connie Giordano"If you desire to be for the Lord and stand for Him, see to it that you are not sidetracked by the way of compromise. While you go through the world, men will say to you, 'Weknow as much about it as you. We are as true Christians as you.' Yet they are...1259cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-can-you-trust-in-today-s-world--56898382https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56898382Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:34:52 +0000Connie Giordano"What we need is help, - help powerful, efficient, constant: we need a very present help in trouble. What a mercy that we have it in our God. Our hope is in Jehovah, for our help comes from Him. Help is on the road, and will not fail to reach us in...1366cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-walk-in-the-path-of-your-choosing--56598761https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56598761Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:44:58 +0000Connie Giordano"There are the 'ways" of men, and the 'ways" of God; the 'paths' of sin, and the 'paths' of righteousness: there are Thy ways, and there are my ways; Thine the ways of truth, mine the ways of error; Thine which are good in Thine eyes, and mine which...1282cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-you-doing-sleeping-at-a-time-like-this--56370547https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56370547Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:44:11 +0000Connie Giordano"A Christian is always in danger, and therefore should ever be on the watch; but the danger is greater at some times and under some circumstances...If a Christian would be secure, he must be on his guard; and the more his danger, the greater vigilance...1229cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/putting-on-what-should-be-left-off--56074813https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56074813Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:39:22 +0000Connie Giordano"In the great spiritual transformation experienced by every believer, there is a twofold and coincident operation - the putting off of the old and the putting on of the new; there is an act of renunciation and unclothing and an act of reception and...1270cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-design-should-be-to-disturb-the-ease--54211105https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54211105Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:29:11 +0000Connie Giordano"There is something very agreeable and desirable in ease. Yet, strange as the declaration may appear, this tranquility is too common; and to disturb it should be our design. For your peace may be a false peace. Before an earthquake, the air is...1275cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-avoid-future-trouble--53733876https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53733876Wed, 03 May 2023 21:31:17 +0000Connie Giordano"To cleave to anything is to grasp it firmly, to hold it tenaciously, and to prefer to be torn In pieces rather than to be torn from it...So let young converts, and even aged saints, cleave unto or continue 'to abide with the Lord'; then they will...1260cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-s-a-new-sheriff-in-town--53526434https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53526434Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:42:10 +0000Connie Giordano"Every Christian is a living temple of the living God. God dwelt in the Jewish temple, took possession of it, and resided in it, by that glorious cloud that was the token of His presence with that people. So Christ by His Spirit dwells in all true...1241cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-obey-god-rather-than-men--53236820https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53236820Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:18:55 +0000Connie Giordano"As obedient children. An invariable characteristic of all Christians. The divisions between God's children and the children of this world turns on obedience to God." (The People's New Testament Commentary)1130cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-to-experience-a-personal-revival--53114665https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53114665Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:26:47 +0000Connie Giordano"Let others lift up their souls to vanity, I will dare to be singular, I will lift up my soul to Thee." (The Biblical Illustrator)1269cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-remembering--52662763https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52662763Tue, 07 Feb 2023 18:39:35 +0000Connie Giordano"Those who have God for their Savior, Protector, and Guide, have no reason to fear, but may walk through life and through the valley of the shadow of death unmoved by the enemies and dangers that may surround them." (Family Bible Notes)1086cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-for-love-but-for-loaves--52586488https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52586488Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:42:44 +0000Connie Giordano"They seek Him with their whole heart. They do not seek themselves and their own things, but God only; this is that which they aim at...He is, and will be, the rewarder, the reward, of all those who thus seek Him diligently, seek Him with the heart,...940cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christians-must-be-seekers--52364468https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52364468Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:41:48 +0000Connie Giordano"Men spend years of study in seeking the solution to a mathematical problem, in perfecting a mechanical instrument, or in verifying a scientific discovery. A whole lifetime cannot be better spent than in seeking after God. Such seekers make the...1167cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-following-god-s-priorities--51900452https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51900452Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:23:10 +0000Connie Giordano"To be transformed into the image of Christ means to increasingly reflect His loving, compassionate character in our behavior. Therefore, if we are not becoming more loving toward others - especially the most helpless of our society - we have taken a...1220cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pay-attention-to-your-tongue--51725512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51725512Sat, 29 Oct 2022 16:18:38 +0000Connie Giordano"A man's words are a true index or evidence of his character; and they also react upon that character, and tend to confirm it for good or evil. Should, therefore, a person who has been for many years a member of a Christian Church indulge always,...1287cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-the-doers-get-the-blessing--51498926https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51498926Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:38:40 +0000Connie Giordano"Many of you do not give the motives and principles of the gospel, which you say you believe, a chance of influencing you, because so interruptedly and spasmodically, and at such long intervals, and for so few moments, do you gaze upon them. Steadfast...1195cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-reading-from-the-doer-s-translation--51349334The true hearer is 'the doer that worketh'; and the true preacher or teacher is he who can inspire men unto doing..." (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51349334Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:24:50 +0000Connie Giordano"Religious knowledge is not the final result of religious instruction. Religious feeling is not the final result of religious instruction. Religious talk is not the final result of religious instrucion. Religious doing is the final result of religious...The true hearer is 'the doer that worketh'; and the true preacher or teacher is he who can inspire men unto doing..." (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)]]>984cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cleansing-precedes-profitably-hearing--51190317https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51190317Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:13:19 +0000Connie Giordano"The Word of God, either preached or written, cannot effectively take hold of a person's life if he or she is not separated from moral filth and evil. God commands us as believers to set aside all the ungodly filth that permeates a corrupt society and...1281cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-calm--50998070https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50998070Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:49:21 +0000Connie Giordano"Be calm, whatever may be the wickedness of the world. The supreme direction belongs to God, and He will dispose of it in the best way." (Barnes' Notes)1028cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hung-up-on-one-of-your-triple-duties--50861763https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50861763Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:15:33 +0000Connie Giordano"Our natural tendency in respect to God's Word is to be slow to hear and quick to speak. Not fully understanding because of faulty listening, we are quick to jump to wrong conclusions, quick to judge, quick to say the worst, quick to offer advice. We...1249cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-s-been-a-big-change-in-me--50671883https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50671883Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:25:57 +0000Connie Giordano"A true Christian is a creature begotten anew. He becomes as different a person from what he was before the renewing influences of divine grace as if he were formed over again, and born afresh." (Matthew Henry)1270cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unchanging-god-in-a-changing-world--50427633https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50427633Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:54:22 +0000Connie Giordano"We may be sure that whatever changes there may be in human affairs; whatever reverses we may undergo; whatever oceans we may cross, or whatever mountains we may climb, or in whatever worlds we may hereafter take up our abode, God is the same."...1308cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-making-excuses-for-your-sin--50231693https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50231693Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:52:04 +0000Connie Giordano"Have you ever blamed your parents or other people for what you have become? Have you ever blamed circumstances for what you have done? Of course people and circumstances do affect us. However, one of the most significant ways we resist the work of...1470cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-blaming-god--50056262https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50056262Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:13:10 +0000Connie Giordano"Just as holy trials are designed to bring out the best in us, so unholy temptations are designed to bring out the worst in us. One thing must be clearly understood. When we are tempted to sin, the temptation does not come from God. God does test or...1118cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/even-when-the-trials-become-difficult--49786318https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49786318Fri, 13 May 2022 14:46:45 +0000Connie Giordano"The difficulties we face in life can trip us up and tempt us into doubt and despair...but blessed is the man who endures these trials and tribulations...because when he has passed the test, he will receive the magnificent crown of life, which the...1171cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/money-doesn-t-give-personal-worth-nor-security--49518194https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49518194Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:46:15 +0000Connie Giordano"Trials, if properly understood through the gift of God's wisdom, will grant a new perspective, in which riches are seen for what they are. Riches have the capacity to dull our sight until we fail to see the image of God in those around us. They have...1200cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leading-very-anxious-uncertain-and-unstable-lives--49282014https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49282014Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:25:16 +0000Connie Giordano"God does not answer the prayers of presumptuous people who do not even believe their own prayers. He is not under obligation to answer anyone, especially those who seriously doubt His ability to answer prayer." (The Bible Exposition Commentary)1162cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/like-corks-on-the-waves--49095170https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49095170Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:13:07 +0000Connie Giordano" 'Nothing doubting' should be the Christian's motto in prayer. The petitioner must not shift backwards and forwards between faith and doubt like a tumbling billow of the sea. He must not swing like a pendulum between cheerful confidence and dark...1047cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-don-t-know-what-to-do--48941952https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48941952Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:31:20 +0000Connie Giordano"We don't have to face the problems of life in our own wisdom. If, in the time of trial, we lack spiritual insight, we should go to God and tell Him all about our perplexity and ignorance. All who are thus exercised to find God's purposes in the...904cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remember-joseph--48689010https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48689010Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:00:15 +0000Connie Giordano"God used the trials Joseph endured to bring about something good: 'the saving of many lives,' including those of his brothers who had hated him so much. We can learn a lot from the patient endurance of Joseph during the hardships he experienced in...1173cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/problems-are-the-price-of-progress--48483857https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48483857Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:13:39 +0000Connie Giordano"God tells us to expect trials. It is not 'if you fall into trials,' but 'when you fall into trials.' The believer who expects the Christian life to be easy is in for a shock. We cannot always expect everything to go our way. Some trials come simply...1048cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-church-facing-an-identity-crisis--48354841How do you identify yourself as a Christian in today's world?
Many in the church today are facing unnecessary problems and difficulties in life because they don't know who they are or whose they are.
They are experiencing an identity crisis.
The answer is to get your identity straightened out first.
Settle it in your heart that you are first and foremost a servant of God and of the Lord JESUS Christ.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48354841Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:03:22 +0000Connie GiordanoWho are you? How do you identify yourself as a Christian in today's world? Many in the church today are facing unnecessary problems and difficulties in life because they don't know who they are or whose they are. They are experiencing an identity...How do you identify yourself as a Christian in today's world?
Many in the church today are facing unnecessary problems and difficulties in life because they don't know who they are or whose they are.
They are experiencing an identity crisis.
The answer is to get your identity straightened out first.
Settle it in your heart that you are first and foremost a servant of God and of the Lord JESUS Christ.]]>953cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-question-every-christian-must-ask--47488548https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47488548Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:14:04 +0000Connie Giordano"It is a disease which has never ceased to prevail all over Christendom. It is a soul-ruining plague, which is continually sweeping away crowds of Gospel hearers down the broad way to destruction. Open sin, and avowed unbelief, no doubt slay their...1042cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-says-the-time-is-now--47276169https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47276169Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:23:54 +0000Connie Giordano"Many, like the Jews, do not say, Never, but not yet. Conscience will not let them say, We will never be religious and work for God; but they procrastinate - put off till to-morrow what should be done to day, and thus leave the great work of life...1203cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-is-god-s-will-that-you-overcome-that-trouble--46776619https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46776619Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:35:13 +0000Connie Giordano"Only the man who is born of God really overcomes the world, because by faith he is able to rise above the perishing things of this world and to see things in their true, eternal perspective."1248cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-that-my-people-would-listen-to-me--46668596https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46668596Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:37:45 +0000Connie Giordano"Every good we possess comes from God, and we should neither use our eyes, nor our ears, nor any thing we possess, but in strict subserviency to His will." (Adam Clarke) God is speaking! Do you have an "hearing ear"? Is it an "obedient" ear? Is it an...1362cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-godly-sorrow-will-do--46263872https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46263872Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:50:41 +0000Connie Giordano"So all true and genuine repentance is that which regards sin as deriving its main evil from the fact that it is committed against God." (Barnes' Notes)1216cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-new-season-requires-greater-trust--45984370https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45984370Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:46:02 +0000Connie Giordano"Self-sufficiency and self-confidence have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall. Man's sin has been to live independently and without God in the world. True religion consists of full acknowledgement of God in all human affairs." (Dake's...1154cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-truly-saved--45693875https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45693875Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:31:38 +0000Connie Giordano"Without an upright life, all professions of godliness, and all claims to true religion and salvation are vain." (Family Bible Notes) The question is - "Are you truly saved?" PROVE it with an upright life!1091cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watch-where-you-are-going--45357419https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45357419Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:17:13 +0000Connie Giordano"The best time to ponder any path is not at the end, not even in the middle, but at the beginning of it." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)1173cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/slothful-in-an-age-like-this--45081007As a result of all that is happening. there is a spirit in this nation - a spirit of slothfulness. And I am afraid that this spirit is creeping into the Church as well.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45081007Fri, 28 May 2021 17:34:14 +0000Connie GiordanoWe have a predicament in our nation. The Government is paying people large sums of money not to work. People are not going to work if they can stay home and enjoy themselves and still get a check. Businesses are struggling to find new workers. Many...As a result of all that is happening. there is a spirit in this nation - a spirit of slothfulness. And I am afraid that this spirit is creeping into the Church as well.]]>1175cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/has-water-gotten-into-your-ship--44557814https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44557814Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:41:51 +0000Connie Giordano"A true Christian living in the world is like a ship sailing on the ocean. It is not the ship being in the water which will sink it, but the water getting into the ship. So, in like manner, the Christian is not ruined by living in the world...but by...989cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/went-backward-and-not-forward--44241141https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44241141Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:30:31 +0000Connie Giordano"They have acted according to the dictates of their own lusts, have set up their own will, the wills of the flesh, and the carnal mind, in competition with, and contradiction to the will of God. They have walked after the imagination of their own...1294cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-darkness-cannot-overcome-me--43937011https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43937011Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:20:12 +0000Connie Giordano"When the darkness of evil prevails in the intellectual world, or the moral world, or the social world, then there will surely be abounding error, moral mischiefs, spiritual depression, and vital disease." (The Pulpit Commentary)1230cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whose-voice-are-you-following--43734107https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43734107Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:28:10 +0000Connie Giordano"The word of command has always been, Follow Me. We must eye Him (JESUS) as our leader and captain, and tread in His steps, and walk as He walked - follow the prescriptions of His Word, the intimations of His providence, and the directions of His...866cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-your-house-in-the-rock--43536932https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43536932Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:21:31 +0000Connie Giordano"The Christian race is easy when the runners are strong and the course is smooth. But oh, it is very difficult when the hearts are heavy, and the hands nerveless, and the limbs are weak, and the way is rough and steep!" (The Pulpit Commentary)1221cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-us-not-sleep-as-do-others--43273429https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43273429Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:17:59 +0000Connie Giordano"If the apostle's time demanded wakeful spirits, much more do these times. Alas, how many so-called Christians are fast asleep! The enemy is upon them, and they do not heed the approach...They are not awake to the calls of duty...We must shake off the...1170cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-go-higher--43030859https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43030859Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:01:55 +0000Connie Giordano"The life of a Christian is a race, wherein he must run, and hold on, if he would obtain the prize. It is not enough that we run in this race, by a profession of Christianity, but we must run well, by living up to that profession." (Matthew Henry)1164cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plead-in-this-way-to-see-god-s-glory--42723848https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42723848Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:53:03 +0000Connie Giordano"The Lord's especial presence was revealed upon the mercy seat between the cherubim, and in all our pleadings, we should come to the Lord by this way: only upon the mercy seat will God reveal His grace, and only there can we hope to commune with Him....997cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-in-distress-call-on-the-shepherd--42281823https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42281823Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:36:41 +0000Connie Giordano"Jesus Christ is the best of shepherds, the best in the world to take the over-sight of souls, none so skillful, so faithful, so tender, as He, no such feeder and leader, no such protector and healer of souls as He." (Matthew Henry)1327cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deliver-us-from-evil--41882098https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41882098Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:48:39 +0000Connie Giordano"No net of trouble can so hold us that the Lord cannot free us. Our afflictions may be numerous and complicated, but prayer can set us free from them all, for the Lord will show Himself strong on our behalf." (The Treasury Of David)1006deliver,enemies,evil,troubles,wickedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-irreverent-age--41606224https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41606224Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:53:02 +0000Connie Giordano"The greatest concern in our prayers and in our lives should be the hallowing of the name of God. It is of utmost importance that God Himself be reverenced, honored, glorified, and exalted. In our prayer and daily walk, we must be intensely concerned...1245cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/change-your-ways-to-avoid-judgment--41385244https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41385244Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:49:55 +0000Connie Giordano"God is the Judge of all the earth; He gives charge to all, takes cognizance of all, and will pass sentence upon all." (Matthew Henry) God's eyes are open. He is regarding, recording, and reserving to bring to judgment when the books are opened. What...1109cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-phenomenally-knowing-he-lives--41104774https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41104774Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:48:06 +0000Connie GiordanoMartin Luther said - "Christ is alive, otherwise I would not wish to live an hour." Fredrich Miconius said - "Christ liveth, and reigneth, otherwise I should be utterly out of hope." "The Living God" was the most glorious and distinctive of all the...1324live,liveth,lord,name,youcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-know-you-can-do-every-thing--40842224https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40842224Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:58:57 +0000Connie Giordano"There are many things which we know, but are not the better for, because we do not consider them, we do not apply them to ourselves, nor draw proper inferences from them." (Matthew Henry) It is so important that we "consider" what a God He is with...1108absolute,consider,king,lord,sovereigncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/precious-lord-take-my-hand--40613242https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40613242Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:31:38 +0000Connie Giordano"Now, if we start in the journey of life without a guide, we shall be sure to go astray and wander from the right path. We shall find many guides offering their services, but who will only lead us on to ruin. We are better without them. The only safe...1097cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/completely-exposed-before-him--40289188https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40289188Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:31:21 +0000Connie Giordano"The fact that God knows the heart, or that He understands all the secret thoughts, purposes, and motives of people, is one that is everywhere affirmed in the Scriptures." (Barnes' Notes)1152heart,hell,knows,naked,openedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/help-is-on-the-way--40037733https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40037733Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:32:40 +0000Connie Giordano"Amid the darkness which everywhere presses upon us, God is the lamp of His people, the source of their comfort and gladness." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary) The Apostle John gave us the sum of what they heard from Jesus' preaching - the sum of...1292comfort,darkness,direct,jesus,lightcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/even-in-the-most-extreme-dangers--39780793https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39780793Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:36:38 +0000Connie GiordanoBoth Jonah and David faced great danger and death. Both found deliverance in Yeshuwah - "Salvation." Both came to the conclusion - "Salvation is of the LORD." "Salvation belongeth unto the LORD." Are you facing danger today? Are you surrounded by the...1318dangers,death,deliverance,lord,salvationcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-jesus-throughly-purge-you--35456056https://api.spreaker.com/episode/35456056Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:34:57 +0000Connie Giordano"In the Christian Church, there is a mixture of nominal and real Christians...The false are the careless or indifferent; the self-righteous or sentimental; the hollow-hearted or hypocritical. The true are penitents, believers, new creatures...The Head...1176chaff,church,fan,throughlypurge,wheatcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-cannot-fool-god--31980206https://api.spreaker.com/episode/31980206Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:49:21 +0000Connie Giordano"No man needs a window in his breast for God to look in at; every man before God is all window." (John Trapp's Commentary) There is a message that the Lord JESUS wanted all the churches to know in the Apostle John's day. It is the same message for the...1202he,hearts,iam,reins,searchethcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-apt-we-are-to-look-elsewhere--30165118https://api.spreaker.com/episode/30165118Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:19:26 +0000Connie Giordano"In the time of temporal trouble or of spiritual conflict; how apt we are to look elsewhere than to God! But we look in vain!" (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary) In this broadcast, we will look at these five (5) points depicting God as an incomparable...1140alone,god,nogodbesideme,nonelikegod,saviorcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bringing-back-god-s-holiness--28636715https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28636715Fri, 29 May 2020 14:35:09 +0000Connie Giordano"Though the wickedness of the wicked may prosper for a while, yet God is a holy God, and does not approve of that wickedness." (Matthew Henry) How important is God's Holiness to you? When was the last time you heard a message on this subject? Can you...1173anchorofthesoul,holy,nottolerateidols,praise,punishsincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/consequences-of-tolerating-evil--27246404https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27246404Wed, 13 May 2020 15:43:53 +0000Connie Giordano"In every age, the Church of God has to drive out her spiritual Amorites - Unbelief, Ungodliness, Heresy, Idolatry, the setting up of man's inventions and forms in the place of the pure truth of God; and unless she is diligent and bold, these enemies...1037another,generation,knewnot,lord,toleranceofevilcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-is-in-control--26507898https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26507898Fri, 01 May 2020 16:32:00 +0000Connie Giordano"Common sense teaches that rebellion against Omnipotence is both insanity and blasphemy." (The Biblical Illustrator) Submit yourself to God! When you do, it can be said that the "government" of your life is truly upon "His shoulder."1110god,government,key,shoulder,submitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-will-know-that-i-am-the-lord--25242959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25242959Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:07:33 +0000Connie Giordano"...When God plagued the Egyptians, it was to make them know that He is the Lord; when He provided for the Israelites, it was to make them know that He was their God." (John Wesley's Notes On The Bible)1252egyptians,israelites,know,lord,pharaohcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-an-almost-christian-life--24027492https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24027492Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:17:40 +0000Connie Giordano"There is only one way of proving to ourselves that we know God, and that is by loving obedience to His will." "There is no real knowledge of God, no fellowship with Him, without practical conformity to His will." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)...1209god,knowledge,liar,obedience,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-god-we-know-thee--23683623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23683623Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:50:14 +0000Connie Giordano"Knowledge of God is of little value if it does not lead to obedience." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary) Do you truly know the Lord? Or are you like Israel in that you have "cast off the thing that is good" - you have "cast off" His influence in...1055cry,israel,know,mygod,obediencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/then-shall-we-know--23176580https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23176580Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:56:28 +0000Connie Giordano"What is the great aim and destiny of my being? Why was I ever born? Why am I preserved to this day? Why am I redeemed? Why am I furnished with all my powers and capabilities? Is it for time, or for eternity? Whether it be for time or for eternity,...1252duty,followon,know,promise,radaphcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-radical-change-required--22738984https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22738984Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:33:53 +0000Connie Giordano"None but the Creator can give a man a new heart, the change is too radical for any other hand. It would be hard to give a new eye, or a new arm, but a new heart is still more out of the question. The Lord Himself must do it." (The Biblical Illustrator)1295give,heart,know,me,onecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-is-not-good--22273976https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22273976Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:35:45 +0000Connie Giordano"A man may be ignorant of mathematics, astronomy, and geology, without suffering much; but to be ignorant of God, the chief and highest good, is to rob ourselves of happiness and expose ourselves to death." (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)1262hastyaction,notgood,soul,spiritualignorance,withoutknowledgecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-guarantee-for-social-order-and-peace--21991959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21991959Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:14:02 +0000Connie Giordano"'The knowledge of God in the land' is essential to the well-being of a nation. Where God is unknown, where men live without God in the world, where His knowledge is suffered to lapse, and the rising generation are trained with no fear of God before...1121controversy,knowledge,lord,mercy,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-churches-are-full-of-monsters--21683306https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21683306Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:08:14 +0000Connie Giordano"The command is one sorely needed in the present state of our average Christianity. Our churches are full of monsters, specimens of arrested growth, dwarfs, who have scarcely grown since they were babes, infants all their lives. I come to you with a...1248god,grow,grownman,increasing,knowledgecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-this-cause-believers-live--20168170https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20168170Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:03:27 +0000Connie GiordanoIs this your hope and purpose in life - to abide in God and to abide in the fullness of His Spirit - so that His power and goodness might be clearly manifested in your life - so that the next generation will be inspired to seek earnestly God's kingdom...964generation,power,resolution,shewed,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-pray-when-in-battle--19909629https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19909629Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:44:26 +0000Connie Giordano"There is nothing in this world greater than the Most High. He deserves our deepest loyalty and most fervent praise." (The Names Of God) Are you facing a battle right now? Are you in a warfare with the enemy of your soul? Then do as David did and...1090allthings,god,mosthigh,performeth,willcrycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-walking-in-the-midst-of-trouble--19651921https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19651921Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:15:50 +0000Connie Giordano"The more our troubles are multiplied, the more earnest and importunate should we be in our prayers. God loves to have us bring before His throne all our sorrows, perplexities, and dangers." (Family Bible Notes) It is important you understand that...1270dayofmytrouble,familydiscord,fears,opposition,willcallcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-will-not-trust-in-my-bow--19518470https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19518470Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:28:32 +0000Connie Giordano"If there were no creature, no instruction in the world to help, yet would you not be at a loss in time of need, for He that is on the throne could do it alone. He can do all that ever you need, without any means or instruments. His bare word is...1100bow,confidence,reliance,trust,willnotcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fly-to-god--19355940https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19355940Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:54:45 +0000Connie Giordano"Let us not trust to the broken walls of our own strength or think to lurk under the tottering hedge of our own wealth, or wind-shaken reeds of our unconstant friends; but fly to God, that He may stretch His wings over us, as the cherubim did over the...1069covertofthywings,excellent,mercy,trust,undertheshadowofthywingscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-really-loves-jesus--19172003https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19172003Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:29:46 +0000Connie Giordano"How small is the number of those who keep their affections fixed on God alone!...The saints look more at God than at all that is God's. They say...we desire not Thine, but Thee, or nothing of Thine like Thee." (Treasury Of David) Is this true of the...1146earth,god,heaven,love,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-to-get-god-s-attention--19012119https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19012119Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:41:00 +0000Connie Giordano"How much it is more worth than ten thousand mines of gold, to be able to say, God is mine!" (The Treasury Of David) Are you facing insurmountable odds? Is your enemy too strong for you? Have situations become totally out of control? Go before God and...1288covenant,god,my,plea,prayercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/experience-reveals-confidence--18889537https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18889537Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:50:48 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat are you facing today? What kind of experience are you encountering? In the midst of it all, look for God! Let faith arise! Let your confidence in God arise! You have the same spirit of faith as David and Paul. You believe, therefore speak! In the...1065confidence,heart,lord,say,speechcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-will-god-helping-me-i-will--18799153https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18799153Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:54:52 +0000Connie GiordanoIn the day of trouble, mankind needs to see the Greatness of God. In our generation, it is imperative that mankind sees God's Greatness for, in doing so, they will come to realize their need to commit their all to Him.1213declare,god's,greatness,resolution,spiritoftheagecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-desperate-are-you-for-freedom--18582127https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18582127Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:18:22 +0000Connie GiordanoAs a Christian, are you free? Are you walking in freedom? In John 8:36, Jesus said - "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." Sad but true, there are many Christians who are not walking in the freedom Jesus died to give!...1022freedom,jesus,liberty,seek,walkcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-how-god-s-children-walk--18490999https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18490999Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:51:48 +0000Connie Giordano"Everyone today is either leading or being led. We are either advancing onward or sliding backward, contributing to the broken condition of the world or bringing about its healing." (Living Among Lions) You are making progress! Whether you are aware...1138believer,god,live,truth,walkcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/although-they-hear-many-sermons--18339360https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18339360Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:02:21 +0000Connie GiordanoThe best men of Old and New Testament times were men of meditation as well as of action. Now, we live in a time when action is felt to be everything...there is a multitude of distractions...every hour may easily be occupied with some kind of...1108church,god,meditate,precepts,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hear-what-god-is-saying--18195421https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18195421Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:48:59 +0000Connie GiordanoIs your life a life of listening to God? Or, are you more concerned about what man, self, or the world has to say? Are you guilty of giving a willing ear to all others but a closed ear to God?1076god,hear,lord,speak,willcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-no-room-for-despair--18056713https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18056713Thu, 23 May 2019 18:45:52 +0000Connie GiordanoNo matter how hopeless your condition may be in the sight of men, there is no room for despair. All things are possible to God. You have a promise of restoration. JESUS is as good as He is powerful. Hope therefore in Him.756continually,despair,hope,hopeless,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-truly-walking-before-the-lord--17848782https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17848782Mon, 06 May 2019 14:04:38 +0000Connie Giordano"To walk in the land of the living is the wicked man's desire, yea, were it possible he would walk here for ever; but for what end? Only to enjoy his lusts, have his fill of pleasure, and increase his wealth; whereas the godly man's aim in desiring to...1348abram,almightygod,continuedaction,david,duty,firmresolve,hezekiah,isaac,jacob,landoftheliving,solomon,walkingbeforethelordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ask-for-an-inclination--17475199https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17475199Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:09:42 +0000Connie Giordano"Many are inclined to preach, but the Psalmist was inclined to practice; many are inclined to perform ceremonies, but he was inclined to perform statutes; many are inclined to obey occasionally, but David would obey alway, and, alas, many are inclined...1434alway,heart,incline,keepyourheart,perform,putaway,salvation,statutes,strangegods,testimonies,vainthoughts,workoutcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-am-i-so-miserable--17332840https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17332840Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:57:00 +0000Connie Giordano"Luther counsels every Christian to answer all temptations with this short saying, 'Christianus sum,' I am a Christian; and I would counsel every Christian to answer all temptations with this short saying,'The Lord is my portion.' O Christian, when...1365chiefobject,choice,god,goodthings,inheritance,keepthywords,levites,lord,man'sportion,menoftheworld,obedience,portion,priesthoodcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-second-thoughts-are-not-best--17185187https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17185187Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:54:40 +0000Connie Giordano"We are too often in haste to sin; O that we may be in a greater hurry to obey...To be slow to keep the commands is really to break them. There is much evil in a lagging pace when God's command is to be followed...Many are zealots to obey custom and...1316alacrity,delaynot,hasten,negligence,obedience,procrastinatenot,procrastination,secondthoughts,shilly-shallying,what-whatingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-rid-of-the-bad-guys--17054536https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17054536Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:15:34 +0000Connie Giordano"Whatever others do, this I will do; though I be singular, though all about me be evil-doers, and desert me; Whatever I have done hitherto, I will for the future walk closely with God. They are the commandments of God, of my God, and therefore I will...1341comeout,commandments,consistency,depart,evildoers,forsake,keep,obedience,separation,wicked,workersofiniquitycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secretariat-christian--16987661https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16987661Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:38:39 +0000Connie Giordano"It is the mark of a growing Christian that in his view Christ increases; the mark of a great Christian that to him Christ is very great. Augustine, Bernard, Leighton, Rutherford, Owen, Martyn - were these great Christians? And what had they in...1302commandments,contract,enlarge,god,heart,hindrances,largeness,liberty,obedience,remove,run,secretariat,sin,solomoncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crawling-when-you-should-be-running--16924440https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16924440Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:29:36 +0000Connie Giordano"The peril of the godly life is drifting into ease and indifference; the doing of religious duties as mere routine; the meeting of religious obligations listlessly and without heart...We must not rest without energy and activity in the religious life....1406commandments,crawling,ease,improvement,indifference,obedience,progress,runningcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-you-thinking--16840851https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16840851Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:09:34 +0000Connie Giordano"The great end of religion is active obedience to the will of God. True understanding of our ways brings the grand conclusion - that man's 'way ought to be God's way.' We are forgiven in order to this." (The Pulpit Commentary) Are you aware of the...1303affections,christianity,consider,considergod'somniscience,directed,othat,searchandtry,statutes,thinkon,thoughts,trueunderstanding,ways,willofgod,workscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-get-god-s-blessing--16730005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16730005Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:23:03 +0000Connie Giordano"We must first get a thing before we can keep it. In order to keep it well, we must first get a firm grip of it: we cannot keep in the heart that which we have not heartily embraced by the affections." "Highly prize the Scriptures, or you will not...1351bible,blessed,covetousness,cryout,highlyprize,holdfast,holyscriptures,howtogetgodsblessing,keeping,obeying,pray,testimonies,touchyourheart,value,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-year-s-covenant--16661571https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16661571Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:40:15 +0000Connie Giordano"Some give to God a careless service, a sort of hit or miss obedience. but the Lord has not commanded such service, nor will He accept it. His law demands the love of all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and a careless religion has none of these."...1344carelessservice,commanded,commandment,doersoftheword,grace,hitormiss,iwillkeep,iwillpraise,obedience,precepts,statutes,triflewithgodcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/now-shall-my-head-be-lifted-up--16514968https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16514968Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:16:23 +0000Connie Giordano"If, in the worst of times, God's people can lift up their heads with joy, knowing that all shall work for good to them, they will own it is God, that is the lifter up of their head, that gives them both cause to rejoice and hearts to rejoice."...1375affliction,bestoftimes,drinkofthebrookintheway,enemies,lifterupofmyhead,mineheadbeliftedup,praises,prosperity,willsing,worstoftimescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-is-this-god-of-jacob--16314328https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16314328Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:45:38 +0000Connie Giordano"The God of Jacob then is the God Who met Jacob while he had nothing, and deserved nothing but wrath, and Who gave him everything. Happy indeed are they who have such a God for their God!" (Grace Gems) What the God of Jacob did for Jacob, He will do...1350deliverer,enabler,god,godofjacob,helpathand,judge,king,makeajoyfulnoise,mighty,miracleworker,prayerhearinggod,presence,protector,refuge,singpraises,supporter,tremblecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-one-in-control--16161175https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16161175Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:42:28 +0000Connie Giordano"If God is not sovereign, if He is not in control, if all things are not under His dominion, then He is not the Most High, and we are either in the hands of fate (whatever that is) or in the hands of men or in the hands of the devil. But take courage...1420cry,elelyon,enemies,exalted,god,know,lord,may,mightier,mightywaves,mosthigh,name,sovereigncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/down-to-one-string--16092816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16092816Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:21:22 +0000Connie Giordano"Mr. Moody says: 'There is much more said in the Bible about praise than abour prayer. The Psalms are nothing but praise, and as David got nearer the end of the journey, he seems to have thought of little else. So it is with Christians - the nearer...1414birds,darkest,goodthing,heaven,lord,mountains,music,nature,nightingale,onestring,praise,saints,season,singpraise,songinthenight,trees,trial,valleys,violincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-know-the-lord-is-great--16004658https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16004658Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:31:26 +0000Connie Giordano"He who has any proper sense of the greatness, the majesty, and the glory of God, 'intends' to praise Him forever. He sees that there is enough in the character of God to demand eternal praise, and he does not anticipate that a period can ever occur...1215bless,firm,god,great,greater,greatest,greatly,greatness,know,live,living,lord,praise,pretenders,resolve,rivals,singcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-trials-will-end-in-praise--15918629https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15918629Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:13:33 +0000Connie Giordano"David would praise God because he had many times, and all along, found Him his refuge in the day of trouble. He that is all this to us, is certainly worthy of our best affections, praises, and services. The trials of His people will end in joy and...1444aloud,david,enemies,excellent,glorious,great,mercy,mighty,morning,power,praise,sing,strength,trials,troublecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-god-who-deals-bountifully--15839234https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15839234Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:57:58 +0000Connie Giordano"The LORD deals bountifully with men when He gives Himself unto them as their portion and inheritance; His Son, and all things along with Him, His Spirit, and the graces of it; and every daily needful supply of grace." (John Gill's Commentary) God is...1231bountifully,broughtlow,deals,distress,felicity,gift,good,howlong,loosemybonds,lord,misery,prison,rest,return,reward,sing,soul,spiritualblessings,thing,troublecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fearless-confidence-produces-this--15767645https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15767645Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:56:29 +0000Connie Giordano"The fixed heart is resolved to 'sing and give praise' in spite of everything that might make sobs and tears choke the song." (Alexander MacLaren) Let me ask you today - do you have a "fixed" heart? Is your heart steadfast -steadfast with a fearless...1359away,confidence,evil,fear,fearless,fixed,heart,idols,lord,praise,prepare,put,resolved,sin,sing,steadfast,tidings,trustingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/serving-your-own-generation--15563223https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15563223Fri, 24 Aug 2018 20:45:26 +0000Connie Giordano"Let it be blessed for ever, it shall be blessed for ever, it deserves to be blessed for ever, and we hope to be forever blessing it." (Matthew Henry) David seemingly had a revelation of Psalm 45:17 - the promise given to Messiah that His name would...1303character,david,east,generation,god,jehovah,jesus,lord,lovingkindness,name,praise,rising,served,setting,sun,truth,westcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grandest-resolution--15506257https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15506257Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:17:11 +0000Connie Giordano"Let us not forget that we have much to praise God for." (The Biblical Illustrator) In this Bible Message, we looked at the Grandest Resolution - "while I live will I praise the LORD." We saw that it is sparked by our being in covenant with God...that...1380adoption,all,covenant,faithfulness,god,grandest,heart,learned,live,lord,manner,matter,praise,prayer-answeringgod,resolution,subject,uprightness,whole,wonderfulworks,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-growing-in-praising-god--15415106https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15415106Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:43:18 +0000Connie Giordano"No one grows who does not mean to grow." (The Biblical Illustrator) "The longer we live, the more expert we should grow in praising God and the more we should abound in it." (Matthew Henry) Let me ask you today - are you growing in praising God? Are...1411add,are,begotten,continually,god,grace,growing,hands,heart,hope,increase,jesus,lively,more,no,praise,praising,ready,resurrection,youcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/preparation-needed-before-praise--15342449https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15342449Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:04:15 +0000Connie Giordano"One thing - God is fixed, and it is a simple truth that man is never fixed until he is fixed upon God. Surely a house, as to its fixedness, depends upon the foundation...Oh! the heart can only be fixed according to the fixedness of that on which it...1229fixed,god,heart,praise,singcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kept-from-praising-ourselves--15282811https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15282811Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:27:09 +0000Connie Giordano"If we praise God as we ought, we shall be kept from praising ourselves. Surely that is good. I have heard that most self-made men are very apt to praise their maker; indeed we are all liable to sing the praises of self. The sure way of escaping this...1439forgive,from,god,good,kept,ourselves,praising,ready,self,surely,thing,tocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-role-as-a-christian-priest--15228815https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15228815Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:14:08 +0000Connie Giordano"Daily praise should ascend from each of us to God, as the perfume of the daily sacrifice ascended in olden times; there must not be fewer sacrifices under the new dispensation than there were under the old; we are priests to offer unto God the...1382christian,praise,priest,role,sacrificecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reliance-upon-the-naked-promise--15160359https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15160359Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:08:28 +0000Connie Giordano"There is no reason to stagger at, or hesitate about any of the promises of God, since they are made by Him that cannot lie. His faithfulness is engaged to perform them; with Him all things are possible." (John Gill's Commentary) Is God seemingly...1413boast,naked,promise,reliance,uponcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zion-s-god-is-zion-s-king--15109974https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15109974Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:13:01 +0000Connie Giordano"He Who is Zion's God is Zion's King, head over all things to the church; and this is her joy and comfort in every age, that her God and her King reigns, and will reign forevermore..." (John Gill) Zion's God is Zion's King. Regardless of feelings,...1481extol,god,king,kinghood,zion'scleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-change-for-the-better--15057898https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15057898Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:20:06 +0000Connie GiordanoJob 22:29 says - "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and He shall save the humble person." "When men are cast down" in times of trial and calamity...when they are depressed or "cast down" into a very low estate and...1378better,change,lifting,restoration,upcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-the-lame-man-on-slippery-places--15001868https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15001868Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:20:10 +0000Connie GiordanoHow would you describe your walk with Jesus? Are you walking securely on an even, smooth, level, plain ground or are you like one walking on slippery places - likened to ice or polished marble? Or are you like the lame man walking haltingly because...1239lame,man,not,places,slipperycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-portion-i-make-choice-of--14949764https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14949764Fri, 01 Jun 2018 18:01:18 +0000Connie Giordano"Most men take the world for their chief good, and place their felicity in the enjoyments of it; but this I say, The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup, the portion I make choice of, and will gladly take up with, how poor soever my...1431choice,i,make,of,portioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-all-times--14888316https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14888316Fri, 25 May 2018 18:29:28 +0000Connie Giordano"There is great power in praising. It leads one away from self-consciousness. Praise is a very strengthening thing. Our Lord strengthened Himself for the last conflict by praise. The spirit of praise is the very essence of heaven, and the man who...1448all,at,bless,lord,timescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/capital-crime-of-the-lord-s-people--14828853https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14828853Fri, 18 May 2018 17:56:15 +0000Connie Giordano"Whether you will or no, I will; I will praise Him, if I am alone in doing so; I will praise Him with my whole heart - with all the fervor, spirituality, and sincerity with which I am endowed; I will praise the Lord with all my heart..." (The Biblical...1323capital,crime,lord's,of,peoplecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-not-the-lord-then-what--14771477https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14771477Fri, 11 May 2018 17:32:30 +0000Connie Giordano"Man is a creature of strong affections. His feelings cling round the objects of his choice like ivy round a tree. Through sin, these affections are misplaced. He loves the things which he should hate, and hates the things which he should love;...1411lord,not,the,then,whatcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-doesn-t-want-vomit-worship--14686975https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14686975Wed, 02 May 2018 18:24:35 +0000Connie Giordano"But the heart must not be divided with many objects if the Lord is to be sought by us." (Charles Spurgeon) "God in everything requires the heart, the undivided heart." (Biblical Illustrator) Many people are seeking the Lord, but how are they doing...1226doesn't,god,vomit,want,worshipcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fear-rides-on-words--14562564https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14562564Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:40:25 +0000Connie Giordano"Many people are gripped and even managed by their fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection, fear of losing control. Fear is a gripping force for many. Yet when we seek the LORD, He delivers us from fear." (Pastor Dave Whitehead) Fear...1114fear,on,rides,shout,wordscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/might-for-the-most-furious-assault--14431081https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14431081Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:38:31 +0000Connie Giordano"You have many enemies, cunning and strong; many trials, too great for your natural strength; many temptations, which no human power is able successfully to resist; many duties to perform, which cannot be accomplished by the strength of man; therefore...1332assault,furious,might,most,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cure-for-frustration--14368721https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14368721Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:39:49 +0000Connie Giordano"No really good thing shall be denied to those whose first and main end in life is to seek the Lord." (Charles Spurgeon) Are you looking for good things in life to come your way? Do you feel as though there is much that you are yet lacking? Are you...1005frustration,good,no,really,thingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-god-s-question--14299161https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14299161Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:37:31 +0000Connie Giordano"God's all-seeing, all-piercing eyes scrutinize the whole human race. Is there one who shows discernment in thought and act, one to whom fellowship with God is the highest good, and consequently that after which he strives? - this is God's question,...1206god's,is,question,seek,thiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pride-is-keeping-you-from-god-s-best--14219794https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14219794Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:47:24 +0000Connie Giordano"Pride is at the root of all the atheism, theoretical or practical, on the earth; at the root of all the reluctance which there is to seek the favor of God; at the root, therefore, of the misery and wretchedness of the world." (Barnes' Notes) In this...1070at,is,pride,root,thecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seeing-god-in-the-driest-of-places--14148116https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14148116Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:45:03 +0000Connie Giordano"A desire to seek God as the first object in life - in youth - in each returning day - at the beginning of each year, season, month, week - in all our plans and enterprises - is one of the most certain evidences of true piety; and religion flourishes...1066early,i,seek,thee,willcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thorough-god-fearing-housecleaning--14061774https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14061774Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:39:18 +0000Connie Giordano"He is the LORD, Who changeth not. It is still true today and ever will be true. He will be found by those who seek Him with their whole desire." (Gaebelein's Annotated Bible) In this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new...1127altar,away,idols,put,renewcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stronger-wins-the-day--13963935https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13963935Sat, 03 Feb 2018 20:09:05 +0000Connie Giordano"If you yourselves were about to express, at this moment, the one desire of your hearts - I mean that which was really and sincerely so - what would it be? Many of you would point, I have no doubt, to various things in which happiness is generally...1032day,one,stronger,thing,winscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-will-or-i-won-t--13887111https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13887111Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:52:18 +0000Connie Giordano"The seeking of God's face. God is ever calling us to this. Let our days be more filled up with this blessed work." (The Biblical Illustrator) In this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new series entitled - "In The Beginning...873face,my,resolve,seek,yecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trusting-despite-appearances--13751329https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13751329Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:06:36 +0000Connie Giordano"The enemies of the righteous may be numerous, malignant, and powerful, but the Lord will take care of His people, and in due time deliver them from all their troubles." (Family Bible Notes) In this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of...925cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-keeps-his-promises--13711113https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13711113Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:17:11 +0000Connie Giordano"Truth, and faithfulness to His promises, are attributes which dwell in, or belong to God." (Coke's Commentary) In this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new series entitled - "In The Beginning Was The Word." In this...976god,his,in,praise,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-you-know-what-i-know--13638409https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13638409Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:28:15 +0000Connie Giordano"It is impossble for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, 'God is for me.' " (Charles Spurgeon) In this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new series entitled - "In The Beginning Was The...856fear,lord,my,not,sidecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-fair-weather-trust--13567439https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13567439Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:54:38 +0000Connie Giordano"It is a good maxim with which to go into a world of danger; a good maxim to go to sea with; a good maxim in a storm; a good maxim when in danger on the land; a good maxim when we are sick; a good maxim when we think of death and the judgment - 'What...964afraid,thee,time,trust,willcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-matter-what-i-will-be-confident--13522942https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13522942Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:34:01 +0000Connie GiordanoIn this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new series entitled - "In The Beginning Was The Word." In this broadcast, we will deal with Resolution #3 as found in Psalm 27:3 which says - "Though an host should encamp against...912confidence,light,lord,salvation,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-heart-shall-not-fear--13345845https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13345845Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:01:08 +0000Connie GiordanoIn this broadcast, we are continuing the theme of Resolutions in our new series entitled - "In The Beginning Was The Word." In this particular broadcast, we will deal with Resolution #2 as found in Psalm 27:2 which says - "Though an host should encamp...806fear,heart,my,not,shallcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-have-nothing-to-fear--13287966https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13287966Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:05:46 +0000Connie GiordanoIn 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...545fear,have,nothing,to,youcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resolution-1--13267530https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13267530Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:25:00 +0000Connie GiordanoHere 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...659evil,fear,i,no,willcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-are-the-mighty-fallen--12855654https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12855654Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:05:44 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1499cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-get-real-with-god--12756136https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12756136Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:07:16 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1355appearance,blindness,condition,heart,hypocritescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-god-says-i-will--12644391https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12644391Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:12:44 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1469faithfulness,god,immutability,iwill,omnipotencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/temple-of-god-in-a-corrupt-society--12547049https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12547049Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:47:00 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1362corinth,holyspirit,idols,temple,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watch-out-for-the-endtime-seduction--12449361https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12449361Thu, 27 Jul 2017 06:22:00 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1452error,holyspirit,influence,seducing,wickedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-negative-reactions-to-miracles--12346321https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12346321Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:19:06 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1420mercies,not,remember,understand,wonderscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saying-no-to-god--12244568https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12244568Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:05:45 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1459arise,disobedience,jonah,ninevah,tarshishcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-time-to-make-waves--12123052https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12123052Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:50:58 +0000Connie Giordano"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)1490acceptable,conversation,deceit,lies,wisdomcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/following-something-or-someone--12056253https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12056253Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:21:02 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1424abandonment,follow,me,sacrifice,someonecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bring-me-this-sacrifice--11945267https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11945267Wed, 24 May 2017 18:00:19 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1353acceptable,god,living,present,sacrificecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prevalent-spirit-of-this-age--11767978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11767978Tue, 02 May 2017 19:11:56 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1381christians,god,independent,leaders,ungodlycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-will-have-no-partnerships--11666817https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11666817Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:45:15 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1340lips,lord,not,own,partnershipcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enduring-an-anti-christ-culture--11562190https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11562190Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:10:37 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1216endured,god,invisible,rock,seeingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-in-a-dark-age--11415224https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11415224Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:36:29 +0000Connie Giordano"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,...1352fail,faithful,godly,help,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-saints-act-like-sinners--11339323https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11339323Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:54:10 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1262choose,counsel,hate,knowledge,reproofcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mouth-wide-opened--11084428https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11084428Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:11:23 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1389hear,hearken,lord,mouth,widecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-in-trouble--10473838https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10473838Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:26:45 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1446god,inevitable,refuge,strength,troublecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-crucial-vision-for-the-new-year--10247339https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10247339Thu, 05 Jan 2017 18:44:15 +0000Connie Giordano"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!...1366greatness,majesty,problems,terrible,visioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-props-are-knocked-out--10007234https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10007234Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:44:12 +0000Connie GiordanoHave 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...1342god,knocked,out,props,trustcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/religion-politics-you--9889473https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9889473Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:04:03 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1368authority,city,righteous,sin,wickedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-god-enters-the-fight--9781834https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9781834Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:05:33 +0000Connie GiordanoGod 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...1429battle,lord,mighty,strong,warriorcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-disturbing-picture-of-our-society--9681536https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9681536Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:50:33 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1370deceit,fails,falsehood,habitation,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strange-church-goers--9615952https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9615952Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:58:40 +0000Connie Giordano"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...1375abominations,delivered,god,house,robberscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/absolutely-no-exchange--9525450https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9525450Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:59:37 +0000Connie GiordanoThe nation was charged with having committed two evils which were figuratively described. First of all, they had forsaken Jehovah, "the fountain of living waters." Secondly, they had "hewed them out cisterns" which turned out to be "broken cisterns."...1289glory,gods,my,nation,peoplecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/expecting-god-to-wear-a-rotten-girdle--9473319https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9473319Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:19:08 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat about you? What does your relationship with Jesus look like today? Are you a linen girdle or a rotten, unwashed one? Have you - like so many - been deceived into thinking that God will still "wear" you - even though you are a rotten girdle? What...1382girdle,jeremiah,linen,marred,watercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-you-searching-for--9440790https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9440790Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:32:19 +0000Connie GiordanoSo many are searching for true happiness and fulfillment. Others are trying to gain more and more of the wealth of this world. And yet others are looking for answers to the many predicaments of life. The questions you must ask yourself as a Christian...1265above,christians,gentiles,nations,seekcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-weight-on-god-s-scale--9311205https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9311205Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:48:59 +0000Connie Giordano"The Lord alone is the Judge as to whether a man's ways are as clean as the man himself adjudges them. He alone, as the 'God of the spirits of all flesh,' can judge the attitudes and intentions. Thus, many of men's ways, which appear right to them,...1298god's,righteousness,scales,weigh,weightcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-will-increase-your-confidence--9271061https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9271061Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:53:54 +0000Connie Giordano"Let us further illustrate by our lives these other words, 'Thine is the power,' let us endeavor to live practically in the faith that all power belongs to God. We are in a world of much confusion and difficulty, and we feel that we ourselves are weak...1308belongs,god,power,spoken,twicecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vision-to-know-what-to-do--9223297https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9223297Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:26:23 +0000Connie Giordano"It is an important thing to understand the times in which we live, and to know what those times require. Next to our Bibles and our own hearts our Lord would have us study our own times." (The Biblical Illustrator) The children of Issachar understood...1215blind,issachar,times,understanding,visioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-things-are-worth-fighting-for--9179161https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9179161Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:43:07 +0000Connie Giordano"The one idea that leaps up from this narrative is that which you often find through Scripture, that in the clay of defeat and disaster all God wants is one whole-hearted man. If the Lord can only get a beginning made, if He can, amidst all the...1366jehovah,lentils,philistines,shammah,victorycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-a-lion-in-the-way--9149240https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9149240Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:33:58 +0000Connie Giordano"Who is he that says always, There is a lion in the way? Sluggard, thou must slay the lion, then; the way has to be traveled." (Thomas Carlyle) As a believer, what kind of "faith" do you have? Do you have a "sluggard faith" or an "active faith"? That...1304active,faith,lion,sluggard,waycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jesus-we-need-your-arm--8990041https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8990041Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:39:15 +0000Connie Giordano"The Church sees her case bad, her enemies many and mighty, her friends few and feeble; and therefore she depends purely upon the strength of God's arm for her relief." (Matthew Henry) "In our spiritual warfare, our own hands are not sufficient for...1523arm,awake,egypt,lord,restcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-in-the-world-is-going-on--8937458https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8937458Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:01:55 +0000Connie Giordano"An increase in crimes of violence always follows when a nation does not acknowledge God and His Word as its ultimate authority." (Life In The Spirit Study Bible) "Where Divine revelation, and the faithful preaching of the sacred testimonies, are...1454fear,fools,hate,knowledge,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tendency-to-follow-the-crowd--8890510https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8890510Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:35:23 +0000Connie Giordano"Of course, it is always easy to move with the current, to drift with the tide, to shout with the multitude. But ease is not the condition either of righteousness or of true progress. In the home, in society, in business, in the national life, and...1447alone,evil,follow,multitude,notcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/witnesses-for-or-against-god--8830051https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8830051Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:19:08 +0000Connie Giordano"All things in heaven and earth are full of voices bearing witness for the living God. The whole universe, human history, governments, philosophy, science, art, and institutions are witnessing for God." (The Biblical Illustrator) God demands that you...1442believe,know,lord,understand,witnessescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-about-your-heart--8787339https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8787339Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:56:55 +0000Connie Giordano"The most important question concerning a man is as to the state of his heart - his thoughts, affections, intentions. In the heart we find the true man. The outer life is but the clothing and may be the mask of the man. From the heart spring all the...1357counts,god,heart,right,todaycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-god-without-god--8722040https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8722040Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:03:26 +0000Connie Giordano"Many have lost the favourable presence of God and are not aware of it; they have provoked God to withdraw from them, but are not sensible of their loss, nor ever complain of it. Their souls languish and grow weak, their gifts wither, every thing goes...1387departed,lord,philistines,samson,spiritcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guarantee-of-god-s-power--8663887https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8663887Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:43:13 +0000Connie GiordanoIn this world, you will encounter the "snare of the fowler"..."noisome pestilence"..."terror by night"... "arrow that flieth by day"..."destruction that wasteth at noonday"...and "valley of the shadow of death," yet you need never fear. How is that...1332faith,god,kept,lord,powercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-a-refuge-on-ice-blocks--8553907https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8553907Thu, 19 May 2016 18:12:28 +0000Connie GiordanoIn the olden days, a czar in Russia, was crazy enough to build a great palace upon the ice-blocks of the Neva River. When the spring came, and the foundations melted, the palace sank beneath the river. You may roll your eyes at this story, but you...1475believes,foundation,lies,refuge,stonecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-must-stand--8472069https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8472069Tue, 10 May 2016 18:33:45 +0000Connie Giordano"The text requires that having taken the field, we keep it. We may not retire to the ranks of those who refuse to fight; we must stand...We may be weak; but must stand. We may be weary; but must stand. We may be fearful; but must stand. We may be...1437divided,evil,one,stand,threefoldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lie-in-me--8379844https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8379844Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:26:23 +0000Connie GiordanoThis is a true and timely "word" from God for the Body of Christ. I was going an entirely different direction in preparing for this broadcast when the Lord "dropped" this "word" into my spirit. He then gave me the title for it. It is a strong but...1402delight,desire,lie,require,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-afraid--8323617https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8323617Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:07:25 +0000Connie Giordano"It is a good maxim with which to go into a world of danger; a good maxim to go to sea with; a good maxim in a storm; a good maxim when in danger on the land; a good maxim when we are sick; a good maxim when we think of death and the judgment - What...1277afraid,fears,lord,time,trustcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-to-do-in-the-day-of-trouble--8251715https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8251715Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:40:43 +0000Connie GiordanoAre we living in "a day of trouble" as the Bible calls it? Look around at the world today. Look at what is happening in America. We see major corruption going on in the elections as the Globalists are working behind the scenes to bring us closer to...1426call,day,deliver,lord,troublecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-hear-the-end-of-it--8043205https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8043205Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:22:37 +0000Connie Giordano"We shall find, when we reach the end of life, that all which God has done, however dark and mysterious it may have appeared at the time, was so connected with our good as to make it a proper subject of praise and thanksgiving." (Barnes' Notes) How...1433benefits,bless,forget,forgiven,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blowing-the-whistle-on-sin--7980265https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7980265Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:39:11 +0000Connie Giordano"So with all. In our backslidings, our afflictions, and our troubles, our only hope is that God will bring us back to Himself; our proper place is at the throne of mercy; our pleadings should be urgent, earnest, and constant, that He will interpose...1392anger,cease,sin,turn,turnedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watch-out-for-this-man--7810067https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7810067Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:03:35 +0000Connie Giordano"...when we see the wicked indulging themselves in their lusts, and when, in consequence, doubts steal into our minds as to whether God takes any care of us, we should learn to satisfy ourselves with the consideration that God, Who hates and abhors...1337abhor,bloody,deceitful,destroy,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-shall-drift-drift-drift--7759088https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7759088Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:33:48 +0000Connie Giordano"'Drifting' is the thing to be afraid of. Just as some boat, not made fast to the bank, certainly glides down stream so quietly and with so little friction that her passengers do not know that they are moving until they come up on deck, and see new...1468drifting,heard,heed,influences,thereforecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-move-me--7722236https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7722236Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:03:35 +0000Connie GiordanoIs it possible to get to a place in your walk with the Lord where you are not disturbed by fear...you are not moved by your circumstances...and you live quietly above the storms? Jesus said in John 14:27 - "...Let not your heart be troubled, neither...1352always,before,lord,moved,setcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-should-be-progress--7655660https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7655660Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:02:52 +0000Connie Giordano"Shall we not be concerned about our own growth? Shall we not be grieved if we do not grow in our views and feelings in reference to sin? The older we are as the children of God, the longer we have had fellowship with the Pure and Holy One, the more...1355christian,growth,just,light,pathcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-time-is-short--7602721https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7602721Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:30:51 +0000Connie Giordano"Our days on this earth, at best 70 to 80 years, are few when compared to eternity. We should pray for a sober understanding of the brevity of our lives so as to present to God a heart of wisdom in how we use each day He gives us. This life should be...1328days,eternity,short,time,wisdomcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/these-three-words--7553888https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7553888Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:37:37 +0000Connie Giordano"There are times in our Christian lives when the Lord would have us do something that defies reason...Our task and our duty in life is to take God at His Word. If we stopped putting in our 'ifs' and 'buts,' then perhaps great blessings may attend our...1355master,nevertheless,night,toiled,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-middle-of-nowhere--7505965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7505965Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:17:28 +0000Connie GiordanoHave you ever had the Lord give you an assignment or a direction in which to move forward? You started out on your journey only to meet with "darkness," "the feeling that God is nowhere to be found," and every "contrary wind" blowing at your vessel -...1341capernaum,disciples,jesus,suddenly,windscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-we-blind-also--7335708https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7335708Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:41:03 +0000Connie Giordano"If you will not humbly acknowledge your poverty and ignorance, and thankfully accept His grace, it is a righteous thing that He should leave you to become blinder than before. His glorious Gospel cannot leave you as it found you. It must be the savor...1377blind,condemn,judgment,see,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prophetic-word-prayer--7223211https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7223211Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:59:13 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat are you "exalting" in your life? Are you "exalting" sickness, poverty, afflictions, problems, heartaches, hurts, offences, fears, trials, storms, mountains, giants, impossibilities, etc.? What do you talk about? What do you magnify? What seems so...1069exalt,lord,salvation,song,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/answer-god-s-questions-first--7190894https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7190894Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:54:33 +0000Connie Giordano"' Where is He?' Such was the cry of the old world before Christ came. Men had lost sight of God; even the Jews, the chosen people, had corrupted themselves with idols, till the God of their fathers had become to them as a dream. Many a one, besides...1459adam,elijah,faith,king,wherecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-neutrality-becomes-criminal--7143832https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7143832Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:55:54 +0000Connie Giordano"Christianity is aggressive. It is the duty of Christians, not merely to promote purity, and charity, and truth, etc. but to expose and attack the vices and wrongs of the world." (The Pulpit Commentary) Meroz came under a "curse" from the Lord simply...1381aggressive,barak,christianity,deborah,merozcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-wealth-keep-away-the-tears--7056775https://api.spreaker.com/episode/7056775Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:33:08 +0000Connie Giordano"What can we do, any of us, when real calamities come? Will wealth or anything else keep away the tears? What will prevent the sorrows, deal with the sins, or enable us to be of good cheer in the face of death and disease, and to say, 'You cannot...1397run,safe,strong,tower,wealthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mankind-s-cry-in-this-hour--6986445https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6986445Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:58:34 +0000Connie Giordano"The king is revealed in the time of the flood. Smaller personalities appear kingly when the waters are smooth; they disappear at the flood...I will yield the crown of my obedience to the One Who proves to be king at the flood." (Biblical Illustrator)...1510cry,flood,jesus,king,mankindcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watch-your-heart-fires--6857005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6857005Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:13:12 +0000Connie Giordano"Our business...is to watch our heart-fires. When the temperature of our love lowers, there is cause for terror. It is instructive to mark the many and insidious influences by which the gush and swell of affection are modified." (Biblical Illustrator)...1430declension,first,jesus,left,lovecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-is-not-god-who-sleeps--6732080https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6732080Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:37:15 +0000Connie GiordanoIt is a poetical thought that God is dormant or "asleep" when He doesn't respond readily to the needs of His people - when He seemingly appears to be unconcerned with their troubles. It is then that they have to awaken Him to activity with their...1450arm,awake,lord,strength,zioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wall-of-faith-through-prayer--6683569https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6683569Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:49:42 +0000Connie Giordano"Notice the forms under which the Lord represents Himself as round about His people: all indicative of two things, destruction to the adversary, safety to the friend. The LORD is round His people as a hedge; and as mountains; and as a guard of fire,...1579fire,hedge,lord,mountains,wallcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/communes-notitae--6645257https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6645257Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:48:55 +0000Connie GiordanoGod has a message for His Church today. That message is found in Joshua 1:9 which says - "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong, and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou...1416courage,go,lord,might,stongcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/matter-of-unspeakable-comfort--6610140https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6610140Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:08:42 +0000Connie Giordano"As God has sat as King in the past, whether at the great Deluge or at any other flood or floods, so will He ever 'sit as King' in the future." (Pulpit Commentary) At such a time when rulers of nations are becoming more evil, wicked, and tyrranical,...1411command,flood,god,king,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-no-nonsense-disciplinarian--6548933https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6548933Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:27:05 +0000Connie Giordano"The Gospel then is no licentious doctrine; it is according to godliness, and teaches and promotes it; it is an holy faith, yea, a most holy faith; wherefore it is a vile slander to charge it with leading to looseness of life and conversation." (John...1375god,godly,grace,salvation,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/have-you-accepted-the-taboo--6515783https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6515783Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:52:51 +0000Connie Giordano"In today's postmodern world, the truth of God's wrath has become ridiculed as an outdated caricature of deity, or worse, denied altogether as a medieval myth. Even many Christians today seem to apologize for divine vengeance as if it is a blemish in...1491angry,god,indignation,jealousy,wrathcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/instead-of-being-afraid--6487687https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6487687Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:42:50 +0000Connie Giordano"Am I as a follower of Christ willing to allow the Lord to direct my life, shape my ethics, and control my conduct, even if it puts me at odds with the culture in which I live? The Christian who lives a godly life is going to face the fear of...1345dread,fear,hearts,lord,sanctifycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-valley-to-the-table--6458910https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6458910Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:04:29 +0000Connie Giordano"The LORD is my shepherd." The Holy Spirit wants to "revive" this message to His Church - especially in this day and hour. So many are "walking through the valley of the shadow of death" - a place of weeping, solitude, pain, darkness,...1629lord,my,shepherd,table,valleycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-had-better-measure-up--6428934https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6428934Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:30:42 +0000Connie GiordanoGod asked the Prophet Amos what he saw. He answered with these words - "A Plumbline." In this message, God wants to give you a fresh vision of His "plumbline." Prayerfully, at the end of this podcast, you will understand the importance of it in this...1413god,plumbline,straight,wall,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-s-a-lie--6396354https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6396354Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:31:03 +0000Connie GiordanoSo many have made false inferences concerning their circumstances. Satan is behind this devious activity. He wants you to believe a lie. He wants to keep you in captivity for as long as he can. However, our prayer is that God will use this Bible...1456god,jacob,job,lie,naomicleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remedy-for-hard-times--6364939https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6364939Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:11:15 +0000Connie Giordano"Good people have no reason to envy the worldly prosperity of wicked people, nor to grieve or be uneasy about it. Because the prosperity of the wicked will soon be at an end." (Matthew Henry) "It is foolish to fret and rage and storm against the...1247envious,evildoers,fret,lord,trustcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-with-you--6334187https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6334187Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:04:16 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat difficulties or fears are you facing today? Begin to envision yourself as you really are - surrounded by the Presence of Immanuel - God with us! Did you know that the "simple but profound solution to all of your problems is believing"? (Nelson's...1421alway,am,i,with,youcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/holiness-at-any-cost--6272162https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6272162Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:14:38 +0000Connie Giordano"Whatever there was in his heart, or in his thoughts, or in his manner and his conduct, displeasing to God, and which prevented his walking in the way of everlasting life - that the Psalmist was prepared to give up, holding nothing back." (Sermon...1338god,heart,search,thoughts,trycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/denial-defense-or-declaration--6207264https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6207264Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:17:30 +0000Connie Giordano"Sin is a subject that is continually avoided in our world today but the fact of the matter is that sin is real! Many Christians don't talk about it and many preachers don't preach about it...Sin - it is one of those things that people don't want to...1559acknowledge,god,mercies,sin,transgressionscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-still-hope-for-america--6106976https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6106976Fri, 22 May 2015 17:57:06 +0000Connie Giordano"Thus we Christians distinguish ourselves from the heathen, that, while they worship gods which they have made, we are worshipping the God that made us and all the world. And it is very proper to begin our prayers, as well as our creed, with the...1571alone,creator,god,help,lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warning-warning-warning--6073465https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6073465Fri, 15 May 2015 17:18:09 +0000Connie Giordano"We cannot be safe if we be secure. It concerns us at all times, but especially at some times, to be very cautious." (Matthew Henry) As one of His disciples, Jesus is warning you to watch against the prevailing love of ease and the selfishness of the...1328hearts,luxury,overcharged,snare,unexpectedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-time-of-no-right-or-wrong--6008499https://api.spreaker.com/episode/6008499Fri, 01 May 2015 17:17:43 +0000Connie Giordano"Who can injure or destroy us? Sinners may be against us, and so may the great enemy of our souls, but their power to destroy us is taken away. God is more mighty than all our foes; and He can defend and save us." (Barnes' Notes) "Arise, shine, for...1439darkness,helper,light,lord,mancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/another-reformation-needed--5974791https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5974791Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:57:02 +0000Connie Giordano"The great hatreds of sin among prophets, reformers, and martyrs have always been characterized by this pure flame and passion of love for man. All thought of self was consumed in their intense sense of justice. Because they loved the people, because...1517defy,hate,reformer,wicked,wrongcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-never-be-destroyed--5940736https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5940736Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:29:13 +0000Connie Giordano"The church that Jesus is building can never be destroyed nor successfully be resisted by Satan." (Life In The Spirit Study Bible) There is a Church that JESUS is building. It is one where He is the Rock - the one and only foundation on which it...1488building,church,hell,jesus,plotscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/willing-to-lose--5906958https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5906958Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:24:33 +0000Connie Giordano"Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected?" (Matthew Henry) "And where men have not the true knowledge of God, what but evil can be expected from them?...men's ignorance of God is the cause of all their bad conduct one toward another."...1494god,knowledge,profess,truth,valiantcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silence-compliance-will-cost-you--5840592https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5840592Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:08:27 +0000Connie Giordano"Buddha never claimed to be God. Moses never claimed to be Jehovah. Mohammed never claimed to be Allah. Yet Jesus Christ claimed to be the true and living God. Buddha simply said, 'I am a teacher in search of the truth.' Jesus said, 'I am the truth."...1502adulterous,ashamed,christ,generation,sinfulcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/far-be-it-from-me--5807118https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5807118Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:38:56 +0000Connie Giordano"Many people think they are all right because they are not committing outbreaking sins, while the counsels to which they are listening, and the associations to which they are lending themselves, are really undermining all their spiritual strength."...1399blessed,counsel,influence,man,ungodlycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-are-the-true-ministers--5774622https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5774622Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:27:05 +0000Connie Giordano"We see this in the church today, leaders refusing to call a spade a spade, and allowing the people to get involved in all kinds of evils. God rebuked His leaders back then and He is doing the same today." (Joe Guglielmo) All ministers have been given...1474exhort,preach,rebuke,reprove,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/asking-the-wrong-question--5745659https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5745659Sat, 07 Mar 2015 18:38:30 +0000Connie Giordano"It is to be lamented that He (God) is so little enquired after by the children of men. All are asking - Where is mirth? Where is wealth? Where is a good bargain? But none ask, Where is God my Maker?" (Matthew Henry) There is one word to describe our...1443god,maker,night,oppressed,songscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-not-follow-the-queen--5698185https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5698185Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:07:20 +0000Connie Giordano"For if we will not follow, do not follow, the Queen of Sheba, her example will follow us, even to the pursuing of us to the great judgment! She will condemn us, whose expectation, and effort, and interest, and liberal generosity were all inflamed by...1389condemn,example,follow,judgment,queencleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-not-ignore-this-call--5660313https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5660313Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:41:34 +0000Connie GiordanoThe present-day enemies of the Church can be described in this way - they "breath out cruelty" ..."seek to slay the righteous"...and are "plotting against the just." This podcast is an ALARM to let you know that there is DANGER planned. It's time for...1366deliver,enemies,turtledove,wicked,willcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stopping-short-of--5564535https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5564535Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:05:35 +0000Connie Giordano"Beware of stopping anywhere short of total surrender to God." (Oswald Chambers) "The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender." (Henrietta Mears) Let me ask you today - Have you truly surrendered all to JESUS? How much does He...988greatness,measure,miraculous,power,surrendercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-candidate-for-deception--5542349https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5542349Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:14:26 +0000Connie GiordanoDid you know that there is a way to keep from being deceived by the "many deceivers" that "are entered into the world"? The Apostle John gave us the answer in 2 John 8 when he said - "Look to yourselves." But did you know that if you "look to...1563deceivers,look,many,self-deception,yourselvescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/withholding-no-good-thing--5501863https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5501863Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:59:37 +0000Connie GiordanoGod will never, ever give you what appears to be of use but turns out to be injurious or harmful to you. He will not mock you! Many have placed their trust in another to "deliver" "bread," a "fish," or an "egg" - only to receive that which was so...1605ask,good,receive,thing,withholdcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-so-little-wonder--5372692https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5372692Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:21:44 +0000Connie GiordanoWhy is there so little wonder in the world today? In the church today? Consider these reasons - people are focused on their problems...we live in a mechanical and commercial world...everyone is so busy...and so many are settling for substitutes....1499christmas,name,wonder,wonderful,wonderscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-christmas-charge--5343502https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5343502Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:32:34 +0000Connie GiordanoMore than ever - there are those who want to quench the Christmas message of - "God becoming a man." They say that they are offended by the Nativity scenes. They are offended when we say - "Merry Christmas." They are offended by the Christmas...1532christmas,everlasting,israel,jesus,salvationcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empty-shoulders--5313005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5313005Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:50:40 +0000Connie Giordano"The government shall be upon His shoulder" Did you know that most problems in life stem from not placing the "government" of your life on JESUS' shoulder? Many Christians are exhausted today from trying to repair all the broken people or messed-up...1266cease,government,jesus,oppression,shouldercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-you-get-the-message--5255696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5255696Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:10:45 +0000Connie Giordano"God is light." That is the message. That is the substance of all that JESUS said. That is the Grand Message of the Gospel. That is the principle on which the happiness of man depends. Do you understand that "message"? Do you understand that God can...1514darkness,god,light,message,thiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/attending-satan-s-synagogue--5208708https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5208708Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:59:43 +0000Connie Giordano"Assemblies that worship God in spirit and in truth are the Israel of God; assemblies that either worship false gods, or the true God in a false manner, are the synagogue of Satan: though they may profess to be the only people of God, their profession...1643church,errors,satan,synagogue,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-on-course--5180017https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5180017Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:30:19 +0000Connie GiordanoWords have power! They have the power to set you on your course for life. But they also have the power to throw you off course! So many of God's people find themselves "off course" - either because of their own words or someone else's. Many have been...1460little,power,race,tongues,wordscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-very-own-revival--5152421https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5152421Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:32:51 +0000Connie Giordano"David had learned two things concerning joy. First, there is only one source of joy. It is God Himself. Second, there is only one place where we can draw from that source. It is the altar. The altar is the place of sacrifice, the place of commitment...1499altar,commitment,consecration,joy,sacrificecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sleep-of-holy-confidence--5121824https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5121824Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:16:06 +0000Connie Giordano"To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity." (Encyclopedia of Sermon Illustrations) Believe it or not! A person's sleep can tell us where his confidence lies and how strong that confidence is. David learned how to place his...1582confidence,fear,lord,night,terrorcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-call-for-super-intensity--5092066https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5092066Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:28:16 +0000Connie Giordano"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." (1 Peter 4:7) "People naturally pray when they suppose that the end of all things is coming." (Barnes' Notes) Do you sense that the "end of all things" is near?...1579continue,end,intensity,prayer,sincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/power-to-get-wealth--5063620https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5063620Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:28:36 +0000Connie Giordano"...Then the proposition...is self-evident: it is God that giveth power to get wealth, and to God the wealthy man must account for the manner in which he has expended the riches which God has given him." (Adam Clarke) Abraham, Isaac, and Job...1684blessing,lord,power,sorrow,wealthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whose-friend-are-you--5036766https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5036766Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:49:05 +0000Connie Giordano"How strange it is that people professing Christianity can suppose that with a worldly spirit, worldly companions, and their lives governed by worldly maxims, they can be in the favor of God, or ever get to the kingdom of heaven! When the world gets...1536conform,friend,god,spotted,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/man-of-one-object--5009867https://api.spreaker.com/episode/5009867Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:19:10 +0000Connie GiordanoThere are activities in our lives in which we all are involved that we do with our whole heart. The question is - Do they involve the Lord Jesus Christ or are they in pursuit of the world and its goods? Let's be real here! Just how many Christians are...1419following,god,halfhearted,heart,onecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-change-is-coming--4983825https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4983825Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:01:36 +0000Connie Giordano"Divine light always breaks in, when all seems darkness..." (Barnes' Notes) God is promising you a wonderful change in your life, condition, or circumstances. He is promising you a complete turnaround. That which was meant to destroy you is actually...1362change,coming,faith,light,receivecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-a-grip-on--4957625https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4957625Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:07:23 +0000Connie Giordano"Whoever or whatever controls a person's mind ultimately has the power to dictate the affairs and outcomes of that person's life. Thus, if a person allows his mind to be doused with panic or fear, he is putting fear in charge of his life." (Rick...1590charge,control,fear,grip,mindcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/awake-in-a-lax-age--4930555https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4930555Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:19:38 +0000Connie Giordano"This is the age of the Enchanted Ground. He that can go through this age and not sleep, must have something more than mortal about him. God must be with him, keeping him awake. You cannot be long in the sporific air of this particular period of time,...1544awake,end,light,sleep,sobercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/build-me-an-altar--4905499https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4905499Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:35:29 +0000Connie Giordano"Perhaps a fear of neighboring peoples encouraged the Jews to focus on the priority of re-establishing their relationship with God. Restoring worship of God might ward off danger, because God's presence would protect the people." (The Preacher's...1562altar,priority,revival,sacrifice,worshipcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-will-walk--4879846https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4879846Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:57:31 +0000Connie GiordanoThroughout the Scriptures, the "name of the LORD" represents His person, authority, and character. Hence, it should always be pronounced with a joyful reverence - and never "taken in vain." If you learn to make God and His name your praise, then you...1669glory,lord,name,praise,walkcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-stand-convinced--4855664https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4855664Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:28:53 +0000Connie GiordanoWho shall? Can anything? Can anyone put a difference between Christ's love and the saint of God? Paul prayed that the Ephesian believers would know the power in the Love of Christ - how it gives them access into being filled with the fullness of God....1549christ,conquerors,god,love,separatecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-in-the-headlines--4829798https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4829798Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:37:32 +0000Connie GiordanoSo many today lack the courage, zeal, passion, and boldness to undertake for God. Where are those who are 'Bold Under God"? Ministers nowadays cannot survive without the 'hand of the Lord' being upon them. The assignment at hand is so great - at times...1436course,fulfill,god,hand,timescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-is-higher-than-i--4806220https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4806220Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:26:56 +0000Connie GiordanoMany times, when we are faced with trials, God is after something in us. He desires change. First and foremost, He goes after our "tendency to control" - that tendency to want to be in control...figure things out...and deliver ourselves. In order to...1369david,higher,lead,overwhelmed,rockcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-with-hard-questions--4776526https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4776526Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:19:29 +0000Connie Giordano"To be wise in trying times is a special gift of God, and to Him we must seek for it." (Matthew Henry) There is a desperate need for wisdom today. In a sense, there is a cry coming forth from the hearts of the people saying - "I don't know how to...1555god,kings,solomon,wisdom,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-possess-this-peace--4748714https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4748714Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:01:06 +0000Connie Giordano"How desirable in a world of anxiety and care, to possess this peace!" (Barnes' Notes) The world has a semblance of peace to offer you. But it is false, external, transient, unstable, short-lived, and cannot support you under your troubles. JESUS'...1467church,god,jerusalem,peace,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-timely-directives--4720585https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4720585Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:31:18 +0000Connie GiordanoThere are two words that we, as a fast paced society, know nothing about. We are generally too busy to rest and have too many things to accomplish throughout the day in order to wait. No one seems to have the time to slow down and rest. Certainly, no...1490fret,lord,patiently,rest,waitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-out-of-the-line--4707748https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4707748Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:59:40 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you following that which is evil? Is there a bell-wether raised up by Satan - seeking to pull you away from God and everything that pertains to His kingdom and righteousness? Is there someone whom you are mimicking, copying, or emulating who is...1432bellwether,deceivers,evil,follow,liescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-the-promise-be-fulfilled--4665716https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4665716Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:28:17 +0000Connie Giordano"God never undertakes to do something He can't carry out. When He makes a promise, He will always carry it through. He has never made a promise to us that He will ever have to explain away afterwards. He will never say 'I meant to do that, but...1508amen,glory,god,promises,yeacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/give-him-no-rest--4636240https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4636240Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:45:58 +0000Connie GiordanoGod is the Hearer and Answerer of prayer. Oftentimes, before the answer comes, something that is displeasing to Him must be taken away. Oftentimes, it is in relation to how we treat our fellow man. Prayer definitely has hindrances. Both sin and...1506god,hindrance,indolence,prayer,sincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cry-of-the-fatherless--4607143https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4607143Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:25:16 +0000Connie GiordanoThere is a cry going forth in today's society. Can you hear it? It is the cry of the fatherless. They are crying out - "Who am I? What is my name? Why was I born? Who will love me...who will accept me...who will believe in me...who will convince me...1621abba,cry,father,fatherless,heavenlycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-dream-again--4578331https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4578331Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:25:11 +0000Connie Giordano"Pentecost is the time to dream." (David Lose) God's Spirit enables you to dream. He helps you see the possibilities that you have not seen before. Hence, Pentecost is a good time to dream. It is a good time to see beyond the oppressive conditions...1681abundance,dream,outpouring,pentecost,spiritcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-this-perversion--4547947https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4547947Fri, 30 May 2014 17:43:30 +0000Connie GiordanoIn our day and time, the Gospel is being perverted in so many different ways. The Message of Holiness is being opposed - insomuch that the straight ways of the Lord are being twisted into the crooked ways of sin. Self-seeking and Arrogant "Wolves" are...1605crooked,gospel,pervert,right,straightcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-more-blending--4534328https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4534328Tue, 27 May 2014 18:10:47 +0000Connie GiordanoWhere...oh, where is the preaching that discerns - that cuts to the heart - that makes a distinction between that which is holy and unholy...clean and unclean ...and that certainly and without a doubt exposes who is righteous and who is wicked - who...1211difference,distinction,holy,unholycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-will-you-do--4476845Who...changes gentle children into vipers, tender mothers into monsters, and their fathers into worse than Herods, the murderers of their own innocents? - SIN
Who turns the soft and gentlest heart to stone? Who hurls reason from her lofty throne and impels sinners mad as Gadarenes' swine, down the precipice, into a lake of fire? - SIN (Dr. Thomas Guthrie)
Sin is madness! It is derangement! It is insanity! It is not something to be taken lightly or to be "swept under the rug" - so to speak. Sin must be hated as God hates it! What makes it utterly abominable in His sight is when it seeks to veil its vileness by the cloak of religion.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4476845Fri, 16 May 2014 17:17:14 +0000Connie Giordano"Who with icy breath blights the fair blossom of youth? Who breaks the hearts of parents? Who brings old men's gray hairs with sorrows to the grave? - SIN Who...changes gentle children into vipers, tender mothers into monsters, and their fathers into...Who...changes gentle children into vipers, tender mothers into monsters, and their fathers into worse than Herods, the murderers of their own innocents? - SIN
Who turns the soft and gentlest heart to stone? Who hurls reason from her lofty throne and impels sinners mad as Gadarenes' swine, down the precipice, into a lake of fire? - SIN (Dr. Thomas Guthrie)
Sin is madness! It is derangement! It is insanity! It is not something to be taken lightly or to be "swept under the rug" - so to speak. Sin must be hated as God hates it! What makes it utterly abominable in His sight is when it seeks to veil its vileness by the cloak of religion.]]>1758disease,infection,provocation,seed,sincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/quiet-god-at-work--4444242https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4444242Fri, 09 May 2014 17:53:53 +0000Connie Giordano"Either all things work together for our good, or nothing makes sense. So let's be bold about it. Let's either be tranformed Christians or bitter skeptics because we cannot just sort of believe. We either believe it or we doubt it. There is no middle...1553all,good,things,together,workcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finish-what-was-started--4418752https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4418752Sat, 03 May 2014 16:39:33 +0000Connie Giordano"The same God Who begins must Himself complete the work." (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown) Has God given you "an open and effectual door"? Have you quit the "work of faith" due to the "many adversaries"? God is saying to you today - "Get up! Start again!...1498alpha,door,first,last,omegacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-is-well--4385469https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4385469Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:54:18 +0000Connie GiordanoJust as the Lord sent the Prophet Isaiah with a "word" to comfort His people against their fears, the Lord has sent me with a "prophetic word" to you today to comfort you against all of your fears. That word is - "All is well and will end well." You...1617all,end,god's,presence,wellcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-s-friday--4355781https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4355781Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:42:42 +0000Connie Giordano"God only is good, and there is none essentially, originally, and unchangeably good, but God only. His goodness is of and from Himself, and all the goodness in the creature is from Him; He is the fountain of goodness, and whatever the streams are, all...1312calvary,god,good,goodness,jesuscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-your-name-in-the-book--4324350https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4324350Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:46:33 +0000Connie Giordano"This sense of a final, universal judgment is strangely lacking among people today. Most of our pulpits are silent on the matter. Yet, every great revival in the history of the church has brought with it a renewed sense of the final Day of Judgment....1745christ,final,judge,judgment,resurrectioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rebels-against-god--4304623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4304623Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:04:46 +0000Connie GiordanoA rebellious people want you to flatter them in their sins. They want you to tell them that all will be well - that no harm or evil will come to them even though they are living in sin. They want to hear of peace, prosperity, and success when...1728holy,isaiah,prophets,rebellious,smoothcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bold-threat--4255674https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4255674Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:15:45 +0000Connie Giordano"Boldness is something that is lacking among the average Christian today. Most do not act like lions. They seem almost scared sometimes to let people know they are Christians." (Peter Wade) Those who are "of God" are "bold as a lion." When several...1602fear,light,lord,salvation,strengthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-is-your-focus--4222569https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4222569Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:32:14 +0000Connie Giordano"The great difficulty on earth everywhere is a 'want of confidence in God' - and this has produced all the ills that man has ever suffered." (Barnes' Notes) Did you know that your focus affects your faith? The two blind men, the centurion, and the...1725faith,focus,jesus,promise,unbeliefcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-is-looking-for--4190422https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4190422Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:33:01 +0000Connie Giordano"What God looks for mainly in His people is confidence; faithfulness; trust; fidelity." (Barnes' Notes) "A faithful minister of Jesus Christ is one that sincerely designs his Master's honor, not his own; delivers the whole counsel of God, not his own...1744approbation,faithful,fear,fidelity,healthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-will-ye-die--4158348https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4158348Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:56:41 +0000Connie Giordano"Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, 'Why will ye die?' This inquiry implies that man should have some reason for persisting in the way that leads to death. It also implies that he has not a satisfactory reason. It is,...1418die,iniquity,judge,ruin,wayscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-will-you-die--4158215https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4158215Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:24:10 +0000Connie Giordano1460cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tools-with-a-purpose--4124128https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4124128Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:36:28 +0000Connie Giordano"The Scriptures tell us that we are God's husbandry. Just as the farmer uses many tools in order to bring about a substantial harvest, even so does God have many spiritual tools that He uses to bring about an eternal work in us. Matthew Henry said -...1589afflictions,chaff,harvest,husbandry,threshingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-all-need-help--4088565
'Mr. Moody replied - I have a better promise than that! It is Isaiah 12:2 which says - I will trust and not be afraid.'"

The woman in this story chose to trust God as the occasion arose. However, D.L. Moody chose to remain - at all times - in an attitude of trust. Who are you more like - the woman or the evangelist?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4088565Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:41:49 +0000Connie Giordano"A woman said to Evangelist D.L. Moody - 'I have found a promise that helps me when I am afraid. It is Psalm 56:3 which says - What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.' 'Mr. Moody replied - I have a better promise than that! It is Isaiah 12:2...
'Mr. Moody replied - I have a better promise than that! It is Isaiah 12:2 which says - I will trust and not be afraid.'"

The woman in this story chose to trust God as the occasion arose. However, D.L. Moody chose to remain - at all times - in an attitude of trust. Who are you more like - the woman or the evangelist?]]>1495fear,god,helper,man,trustcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-of-a-second-chance--4072999https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4072999Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:18:39 +0000Connie Giordano"Is it not falsehood which corrupts the world? Truth is the essential base for all social happiness. The world is dying of lies, false promises, corrupted motives, pretence, posing - the thousand forms which falsehood takes in men and organizations of...1638backsliding,favorable,god,hear,speakcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-will-help-you--4017222https://api.spreaker.com/episode/4017222Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:28:45 +0000Connie GiordanoThe Christian life is a warfare, a struggle, a fight of faith. Every Christian is called to be a soldier. Hence, he is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence, or security. The hosts of Satan are committed to hindering and obstructing...1427armor,god,help,satan,withstandcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-a-difference--3979943https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3979943Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:34:07 +0000Connie GiordanoIf we are too much like the world, we are useless. Christians should not blend in with everyone else. Jesus tells us, as He told His disciples, that we must be different if we want to make a difference. We dare not allow the world to dilute our...1439difference,light,make,salt,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-times-are-very-bad--3941517https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3941517Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:08:58 +0000Connie GiordanoThough men are false, God is faithful. Though men are not to be trusted, God is. When are the times bad - very bad? Some would say when there are no jobs.. when there is scarcity of money...a decay of trade...or the desolation of wars. However, the...1405bad,pray,preach,times,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/light-up-my-eyes--3905798https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3905798Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:14:23 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you suffering today? Does there seem to be no intermission to your troubles? Does it seem as though God has forgotten you, turned His face from you, and your enemies are winning the battle? This message will give you the key to see your sorrows...1399eyes,focus,lighten,mercy,sufferingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lighten-mine-eyes--3905394https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3905394Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:01:28 +0000Connie Giordano1437cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-against-him--3870722https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3870722Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:51:26 +0000Connie GiordanoCharles Spurgeon said, "When a man has no devil, he has no God." Are you under attack of "your adversary"? Lately, have you heard his roars meant to intimidate, terrify, and affright you? This message will tell you how you can overcome your adversary...1317adversary,lion,resist,roars,standcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empty-spiritual-alternatives--3851348https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3851348Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:09:45 +0000Connie GiordanoLike the Colossians, we live in a world of enticing but empty spiritual alternatives to the true knowledge of God as found in His Word. Nowadays, people - generally-speaking - are tired of doctrine - the preaching and teaching of the Word. On the one...1610alternatives,boring,filled,knowledge,wordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greatest-message-of-hope--3780643https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3780643Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:36:07 +0000Connie GiordanoHow important is it that you believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus? The liberal critics say that it is insignificant, irrelevant, unnecessary, and not meaningful. Some liberal critics go as far as to say that American Christians who believe in the...1483birth,divine,human,jesus,virgincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-cry-of-the-world--3749215https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3749215Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:57:54 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat is the message of Christmas? Before answering this question, ask yourself the following questions - "What is the most sought after and most elusive treasure in the world? What is the great cry of the world? What constitutes the diligent and...1387christmas,cry,jesus,message,peacecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-you-see-what-i-see--3735425https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3735425Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:47:07 +0000Connie GiordanoThe darkness creates illusions. The only power the darkness has is to convince you that there is no light. The darkness takes hope away. It makes things look like nothing is going to work out for you...your future promises no change... your hopes are...1356darkness,eyes,hope,light,sorrowscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-all-about-me--3675403https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3675403Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:37:06 +0000Connie GiordanoThere are two reasons why people backslide today. One reason is because sin is no longer loathed or rejected as something abominable, detestable, loathsome, or repulsive. The second reason is because these same people take on the worldly mindset that...1312dog,first,love,mire,returneth,sow,vomitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-get-real--3666265https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3666265Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:35:16 +0000Connie GiordanoHow many people are really walking with God? What does it entail? Are you one of them? You can confess that you are "walking with God" all day long. You can lie and even convince those around you that you are doing so. BUT GOD KNOWS! He knows those...1377depart,enoch,foundation,god,humbly,iniquity,noah,sure,truth,walkedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thanksgiving-miracle--3634759https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3634759Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:45:18 +0000Connie GiordanoMatthew Henry, the BIble Commentator, considers "giving thanks" to the Lord as paying rent to Him for all of His manifold blessings. To withhold thanksgiving would be very unjust. Have you paid your rent to Jesus for the blessings of this day...this...1515congregation,give thanks,good,good thing,heathen. ungodly,lord,mercy,publicly,sheep,shepherd,thanksgivingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-cause-for-alarm--3615540https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3615540Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:43:15 +0000Connie Giordano"Let us never fear as to the future. Jesus is now reigning - though all His enemies are not subdued. He is in the place of power. His dominion is in no jeopardy. He sits because all is safe, and He sits at Jehovah's right hand because omnipotence...1293exalted,flood,high priest,king,majesty,opposition of enemies,power,right handcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hang-on-to-god--3601606https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3601606Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:07:35 +0000Connie GiordanoEveryone hates to hear "bad news." It is every person's worst nightmare. Only you can imagine what that "bad news" would be for you. It doesn't matter what place or position you have in life - you are not and will never be exempt from receiving "bad...1277bad news,evil tidings,fears the lord,not afraid,trusting in the lordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-sweet-home--3582724https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3582724Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:18:49 +0000Connie GiordanoGod promises security and protection from all evil for those who remain in close fellowship with Him. Yet, as we look around today in our society, or even in the church world, we see people who really don't have time for God or who are not much...1341almighty,falsehood,god,habitation,home,lies,refuge,secret placecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-meaningful-cloud--3548895https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3548895Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:14:52 +0000Connie GiordanoThe Cloud is speaking. It has a message for you today. Do you know what it is saying? It is speaking of the Father's love and concern for you as you travel through this worldly "wilderness." It is speaking of revival in answer to repentance from all...1372divine majesty,encounter with god,obedience,pillar of cloud,pillar of fire,shekinahcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-isn-t-always-fair--3508312https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3508312Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:05:28 +0000Connie Giordano"We would like to think that the best always win, that the deserving are always rewarded. But our experience shows that expectations are not always realized." (Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary) "Hardly anything in this upside-down world comes...1284better,deliver,destroy,man,one,poor,sinner,strength,wisdom,wisecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-giants-are-falling--3475135https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3475135Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:16:03 +0000Connie GiordanoDo you have GIANTS in your life who are opposing you on every front? Do they mock you every time you venture forth in the purpose or plan that God has ordained for you? Did you know that the key to bringing down your GIANTS is found in your PRAISE?...1226david,giants,god,goliath,great,greatly to be praised,invisible,miraclescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-worshipers--3443725https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3443725Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:11:43 +0000Connie GiordanoThe Father is seeking "true worshipers" who will worship Him "in spirit" and "in truth." He uses affliction to cause His people to worship Him "in spirit" - with their whole heart engaged and their will in total submission to His will. He uses the...1363affliction,empowered,father,ministers,reproof,spirit,true worshipers,truth,watchmancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/colors-nailed-to-the-mast--3425307https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3425307Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:56:09 +0000Connie Giordano"True religion is a determined purpose to do right, and not to do wrong, whatever may be the consequences, in either case. It matters not what follows - wealth or poverty; honor or dishonor; good report or evil report; life or death; the mind is...1370attacks,changeful,consequences,fickle,hold,odds,righteous,steadfast,tide,unchangeable god,waycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-remove-the-limits--3380007https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3380007Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:29:32 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat sort of God? Are you feeling insecure...worrying about the future... worrying about what's going to happen? What sort of God? Is He world-changing, life-changing, city-changing, or nation-changing? Is He powerful enough to save ...to change your...1275announcer,arm,behold,female,glad tidings,god,limits,remove,shepherd,sort ofcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-not-time-to-party--3348914https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3348914Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:42:33 +0000Connie Giordano"When God's people compromise with the world and turn away from obeying God's righteous ways, He calls them to repent, confess their spiritual poverty and seek His face. Christ wants all churches to examine their spiritual state in the light of the...1381day of trouble,humble yourselves,jerusalem,lord god of hosts,mighty hand of god,mourning,valley of vision,weepingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mine-eyes-have-seen-the-king--3316018https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3316018Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:07:35 +0000Connie Giordano"...God's glory, majesty, and holiness demand that those who serve Him also must be holy. Churches today likewise need a vision of God as holy in their midst, the King and Judge, the Lord Almighty." (Life in the Spirit Study Bible) Several people -...1318consternation,idols,jesus,king,temple,terrible majesty,terror,thronecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-grow-up--3281259https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3281259Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:48:54 +0000Connie GiordanoMen reach extraordinary elevations in Christ who want to. You must intend to be godly. You are what you design to be. You possess as much of Jesus as you want. You possess the character which you intend to possess. You gain only what you mean to gain....1240become,growth,improvement,man,perfection,put away childish things,simple,wisecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-in-noah-s-world--3247040https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3247040Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:07:13 +0000Connie GiordanoAre we living in Noah's world? Do you see a similarity between our society and Noah's? Is our society wicked, violent, ungodly, and refusing to listen to the righteous word of God? Is our society denying the Lord Jesus a place - doing whatever it...1268evil,god,great,grieved,heart,longsuffering,lust,noah,thoughts,violence,wickedness,worldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/midgets-to-giants--3212172https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3212172Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:34:11 +0000Connie GiordanoOne thing the Church needs is the power of God resting upon it in order to serve Christ effectively. The Church Needs Divine Power! The world is filled with spiritual deadness and spiritual carelessness. People's hearts are closed to the truth. The...1291apostles,giants,holy spirit,micah,midgets,necessity,paul,powercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/man-s-presumptuous-challenge--3174116https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3174116Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:16:07 +0000Connie GiordanoHow does the needy church pray when - in the midst of wicked and evil days - she faces an acceleration of a departure from God within her society? David offered this prayer in Psalm 119:126, which says - "It is time for Thee, LORD, to work: for they...1249babblers,bible,evil men,law,lord,made void,mockers,scoffers,seducers,timecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-mighty-is-faith--3136240https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3136240Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:14:50 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat gives you the power, strength, and courage to - withstand the king's wrath ...stand against the tide of unbelief and doubt...do your God-given duty no matter the consequences...live for God in a hostile pagan world...and keep the faith in spite...1223abednego,caleb,daniel,faith,god,job,meshach,mighty,moses,noah,paul,shadrachcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-will-knock-lord--3091950https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3091950Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:56:09 +0000Connie GiordanoWe need an Open Heaven! Minister of God, Pastor, Believer, Churches of the Living God, you need an Open Heaven! For when there is an Open Heaven, there is a clear vision of God, an accurate word from the Lord, a powerful anointing to minister the...1279abundance,believer,church,god,increase,minister,open heaven,pastor,visionscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-fortifying-stops--3036369https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3036369Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:47:59 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you feeling cast down or depressed over your present circumstances? In this message, the Holy Spirit has 3 "stops" to encourage, strengthen, and build up your faith. They are found in Psalm 3 and say - "You have an Adversary"..."You have an...1185adversary,advocate,assurance,cast down,david,holy spirit,selahcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-fortifying-stops--3035799https://api.spreaker.com/episode/3035799Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:36:09 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you feeling cast down or depressed over your present circumstances? In this message, the Holy Spirit has 3 "stops" to encourage, strengthen, and build up your faith. They are found in Psalm 3 and say - "You have an Adversary"..."You have an...1168adversary,advocate,assurance,bones,cast down,david,glory,god,holy spirit,lifter up of mine head,shield,swordcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/help-lord--2995549https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2995549Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:10:22 +0000Connie GiordanoWhat makes the times bad? The Scriptures seem to imply that the times are very bad when iniquity is abounding - when there is a general decay of piety, honesty, and virtue. In Psalm 12, David surveyed the moral landscape of the society in his times....1220ceaseth,exalted,faileth,faithful,godly man,help,lord,vilest men,wickedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praise-is-your-solution--2963023https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2963023Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:12:08 +0000Connie GiordanoGod wants to take you to a higher level in your praise to Him. He deserves that nothing in His worship be little. You must not be afraid of saying too much in your praise of Him. You are to praise Him for "His mighty acts" (what He does) and according...1174excellent greatness,firmament of his power,greatly praise,mighty acts,praise god,sanctuarycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bower-anchor--2931887https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2931887Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:04:57 +0000Connie GiordanoWhether things go well or everything falls apart, God will be God. He will be eternally faithful to you. You can find hope in a hopeless situation when you believe in His faithfulness. As you face storms, trials, valleys, battles, or burdens, you can...1267100% faithful,100% reliable,faithful,faithfulness,god,promisescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/direction-of-your-trust--2899359https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2899359Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:20:35 +0000Connie GiordanoWhere is the direction of your trust? Is it in man, yourself, the things of this world or in God? Placing your trust in God will shut out all evil from your life. Placing your trust in man or the 'arm of flesh' will shut out all good from your life....1255arm of flesh,blessed,cursed,egypt,lord,man,princes,reed,staff,trustcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stir-up-the-gift--2866026https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2866026Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:33:35 +0000Connie GiordanoDid you know that - as a child of God - you have a 'treasure' in your earthen vessel? You have the 'gift of God' - the Holy Spirit - the Power of the Godhead to make you an overcomer over all that you face in this life. But you must keep alive this...1238gift of god,holy spirit,spirit of a sound mind,spirit of fear,spirit of love,spirit of power,treasurecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/except-they-be-agreed--2833005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2833005Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:30:00 +0000Connie GiordanoWe are living in a day and an hour when many are claiming to walk with Jesus, yet their lifestyle shows otherwise. It shows that they are not living in agreement with His Word. The Prophet Amos inquired - 'Can two walk together, except they be...1250agreed,feet,fellowship,path,ponder,two,walk contrary,walk togethercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prayer-of-desperation--2798575https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2798575Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:07:44 +0000Connie GiordanoWe need God's Presence, Glory, and Favor in order to be saved from our enemies. But He will not manifest Himself in the midst of sin or a people who are looking to the world for answers. What is needed is that God by His converting grace would turn...1275cause,face,reproof,revival,saved,shine,spirit,turncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sursum-corda--2763888https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2763888Fri, 31 May 2013 18:04:52 +0000Connie GiordanoDo you find yourself in a crisis today? Are you needing a fresh touch from the Lord? Do you desperately need to know what to do - how to deal with your crisis? Are you in need of direction? David offers your remedy in Psalm 25:1 which says - 'Unto...1240god,guidance,lift up the soul,lord,revival,surrendercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-whistle-blower--2726395https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2726395Fri, 24 May 2013 18:20:18 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you saying that you have 'fellowship with God,' yet you are 'walking in the darkness' of foolishness, disobedience, being deceived, being enslaved to many sinful lusts and selfish pleasures, 'living in malice and envy,' 'hateful, and hating one...1168darkness,fellowship,followers of god,imitators of god,lie,light,truthcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-keys-to-deliverance--2690152https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2690152Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:58 +0000Connie GiordanoAre you facing fears, troubles, or afflictions? God promises you deliverance from all three of these conditions. You can be set free from them by focusing on the Lord of hosts being with you...the God of Jacob as your refuge...and the God of strength...1213afflictions,deliverance,fears,refuge,strength,troublescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-choice-is-jesus--2655566https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2655566Fri, 10 May 2013 18:05:38 +0000Connie GiordanoCan you say with Asaph - "Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee?" Can you say - "Besides You, Jesus, I desire nothing on earth?" If you can't, examine your heart to see if you have a Cold Love, a Decay...1212cold love,desire,earth,entire love,heaven,superlative lovecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-out-of-sardis--2622047https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2622047Fri, 03 May 2013 17:47:12 +0000Connie GiordanoJESUS is coming! He is coming as a thief in the night for all those who are in sin and in darkness, The Sardis Church let down their "watch." Like so many today, they stopped looking, loving, and longing for the Coming of Jesus as Judge. They lost the...1202asleep,day of the lord,jesus,night,sardis,thief,watchcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prophetic-call--2586470https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2586470Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:03:08 +0000Connie GiordanoA Prophetic Call is going forth. Can you hear it? God is calling His people to "draw nigh" unto Him. However, they must come with the intention of putting away sin from their lives. The "hands" and the "heart" must be cleansed. The cause for NO...1210cleanse,double minded,draw nigh,god,hands,heart,prophetic call,purifycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-time-of-distress--2548888https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2548888Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:49:09 +0000Connie GiordanoIn a time of distress - a time of pressure, loss, misery, suffering, woe, heartache, trouble, and great misery - David, Moses, Aaron, Samuel, and Jonah all used it as an opportunity to pray! This is a challenge for you to do the same! "A time of...1184distress,fears,pain,prayer,pressure,relief,strength,troublecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-reason-to-fear--2512046https://api.spreaker.com/episode/2512046Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:30:36 +0000Connie GiordanoYou are in a battle. The Anointed of War has a word for you today. That word is - "Do not fear." The Lord your God is witth you - the God Who has brought you out of the bondage of Egypt and sin. He is here to fight your battles and to save and deliver...1095anointed of war,be not afraid,enemies,fear notcleanfull