Finally, here it is! I’ve been looking forward to this interview since discovering Susan Gray several months ago and reading her biography. I think you’ll find her story inspiring. She tells about her traumatic childhood, in and out of foster homes, the death of her mother, and how she made it through.
Thanks, Susan, for taking the time to talk with me!
Proverbs 3:5 – 6 (NIV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Psalms. 9:10 (NIV)
10 Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Acts 2:21 (NIV)
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Acts 17:27 – 28 (NIV)
27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28?For in him we live and move and have our being.?
And my favorite:
Rom. 8:31 – 39 (NIV)
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
?.. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?…
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,? neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Next Week…
If ya know what’s good for ya, ya won’t miss the next show. It’s an offer ya can’t refuse. Ya get my drift?
Finally, here it is! I’ve been looking forward to this interview since discovering Susan Gray several months ago and reading her biography. I think you’ll find her story inspiring. She tells about her traumatic childhood, in and out of foster homes, the death of her mother, and how she made it through.
Thanks, Susan, for taking the time to talk with me!
Proverbs 3:5 – 6 (NIV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Psalms. 9:10 (NIV)
10 Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Acts 2:21 (NIV)
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Acts 17:27 – 28 (NIV)
27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28?For in him we live and move and have our being.?
And my favorite:
Rom. 8:31 – 39 (NIV)
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
?.. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?…
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,? neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Next Week…
If ya know what’s good for ya, ya won’t miss the next show. It’s an offer ya can’t refuse. Ya get my drift?
Most of us will face this situation at some time in the future. It’s beginning for me, and I share one of the first of probably many examples from this past weekend.
Music Rob Costlow with “Family” from his CD, Sophomore Jinx and “Not Alone” from the CD, Woods of Chaos.
Susan Gray with “Jesus Reigns” from the CD Live Here.
Scriptures
Galatians 5:22 – 23 (NIV)
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
1 Corinthians 13:4 – 13 (NIV)
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
John 3:13 – 16 (TMNT)
?No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up?and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
?This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn?t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person?s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
What is Christianity about? Rules? Church? How about partying!!! Could it possibly be true?
Music
Both Bryan Duncan and Bob Bennett are available for gigs! If you’re interested, let me know. I can put in a good word for you as a Lifespring! podcast listener. It probably won’t get you anything, but it couldn’t hurt!
Bryan Duncan “Mr. Baily’s Daughter” from a live concert at my church last year. Bob Bennett “Save Me”, “The Place I Am Bound”, and “Singing For My Life” from the CD Songs From Bright Avenue
Email birthday greetings for Bob’s mom’s 80th birthday to: bob@bob-bennett.com
Scriptures
Ecclesiastes 4:9 – 12 (NIV)
9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
10 If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!
11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Luke 15:1 – 10 (NIV)
1Now the tax collectors and ?sinners? were all gathering around to hear him. 2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ?This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.?
3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4?Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ?Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.? 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
8?Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ?Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.? 10In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.?
Philippians 4:4 – 8 (NIV)
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable?if anything is excellent or praiseworthy?think about such things.
John 8:36 (NIV)
36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Due to technical difficulties beyond your host’s control, the Lifespring! servers are having some major problems today. I’ve been assured that “they’re working on it.” For what that’s worth.
Scriptures Matthew 16:25-26 (NIV)
25For whoever wants to save his life? will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 5:1-11 (NIV)
1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2he saw at the water?s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ?Put out into deep water, and let down? the nets for a catch.?
5Simon answered, ?Master, we?ve worked hard all night and haven?t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.?
6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus? knees and said, ?Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!? 9For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon?s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, ?Don?t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.? 11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
