The Connie Giordano Show

Watch Your Heart-Fires

"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) There are two things that will cause a decline of love in your heart for JESUS. They are Absorptions and Influences - allowing many things to absorb your time and wrong things to influence you. Never forget - declension begins in the heart. Therefore, keep it "white-hot" for JESUS!

It Is Not God Who Sleeps

It 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 cries. Both Asaph and Isaiah prayed the most powerful prayers to "awaken" God's power on the behalf of His people. But, in relation to the Church of today, is it God Who is "asleep" here? What do you suppose is His response to these prayers concerning the Church of today? Isaiah 52:1 gives His response. It is not God Who sleeps. The one to "awake" is "Zion" - His church!

Wall Of Faith Through Prayer

"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, such as men use to protect from wild beasts." (Biblical Illustrator) The Lord is offering protection for you and your family through the "hedge"...the "mountains"...the "wall" called "Salvation"...and through the "wall of fire." But just like healing and other blessings, you must appropriate this protection by faith through prayer. It's time like never before to - PRAY! This message will show you how important it is that you do!

Communes Notitae

God 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 goest." While preparing this message, God confirmed to me - three different times from three different sources - that this particular verse of Scripture was to be the main text in this podcast. By doing so, wouldn't you agree that He is indeed wanting to get a message across to His people at this time? Listen to hear what that very important message is. Joshua, Gideon, Peter, and John needed it. So do you!

Matter Of Unspeakable Comfort

"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, the Holy Spirit is directing the Church to focus on JESUS as "King." When you get a fresh revelation of this, it will affect your prayer life...the way you look at life and the events happening around you...and the way you praise and worship God. It is a much-needed revelation for our time!

A No-Nonsense Disciplinarian

"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 Gill) There is much teaching on the Grace of God today. Most understand Grace as that which brings salvation to the undeserving. However, after salvation, Grace now takes on a new "face" (position) in reference to the saint of God. Now, it becomes a "No-Nonsense Disciplinarian." Are you aware of that?

Have You Accepted The Taboo?

"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 God's character, or some irrelevant doctrine of Christianity. But the truth is, the Bible clearly presents the wrath of God as a necessary attribute of His holiness. Any true knowledge of God must be grounded in a clear understanding of His sin-hating wrath. To withhold teaching on God's fury toward sin, is, in reality, idolatry - it is worshipping a god of one's own making. The holiness of God requires that He be full of righteous anger and fiery vengeance against sin." (Holman Old Testament Commentary) "Divine wrath has become taboo in modern society, and Christians, by and large have accepted the taboo and conditioned themselves never to raise the matter." (J.I. Packer) Have you accepted the taboo?

Instead Of Being Afraid

"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 rejection and intimidation in a culture that embraces a philosophy that says - 'There are no moral absolutes and all truth is subjective!' In such a culture, God's Word charges us - 'Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.'"(Larry Thompson) The Apostle Peter gives you the biblical solution to fear. Instead of being afraid, he admonishes you to "sanctify the Lord God in your hearts." It is imperative that you know what that means!

From The Valley To The Table

"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, disillusionment, danger, terror, etc. However, God has a message of great encouragement for you. He is working on your behalf right now. He has great things in store for you, your family, your church, and your nation.

We Had Better Measure Up

God 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 day and time. The Bible Tools made that very clear when they said - "The plumbline is nothing to sneeze at. God is serious when He holds the plumbline next to His people. He is deadly serious, 'eternal life and death' serious - especially to those who are converted. We had better measure up."