The Connie Giordano Show

Whose Friend Are You?

"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 into the Church, the Church becomes a painted sepulchre; its spiritual vitality being extinct." (Adam Clarke) You are either a "Friend of God" or a "friend of the world." You cannot be both. In being a "friend of the world," you are actually a "friend of Satan" - since he is the one who holds the evil world system in his grip. This message is a WAKE-UP CALL to determine whose friend you really are!

Man Of One Object

There 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 following hard after God with all of their hearts? Are you one of them? The Scriptures repeatedly mention the words - "with my whole heart" - in the context of going after God. In your Christian walk, is this the manner in which you approach Him on a daily basis?

Your Change Is Coming

"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 advancing you in His cause and working for His glory. When all seems ready to sink into the thickest "night," that's when He brings forth His "light." Your change is coming! Receive it by faith!

Get A Grip On

"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 Renner) You have a choice! You can allow fear to grip your mind for what lies ahead. Or you can saturate your mind with God's Word. It is against the "mind of Christ" that you have a troubled heart - even in troublesome times.

Awake In A Lax Age

"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, without feeling that in spiritual things you grow lax, for it is a lax age - lax in doctrine, lax in principle, lax in morals, lax in everything - and only God can come in and help the Pilgrim to keep awake in this Enchanted Ground." (Biblical Illustrator) "The end of all things is at hand." "The coming of the Lord draws nigh." "It is high time to awake out of sleep." Wake up! And though the world grows dark - very dark - "Christ shall give you light."

Build Me An Altar

"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 Commentary) God responds actively to altar activity. He is drawn to the altar. He is attracted to the altar. He is moved by the altar. It is a "magnet" for His presence and glory. Hence, He is saying to His people - "Build Me an altar."

We Will Walk

Throughout 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 will have no problem making God and His Name your trust - especially when facing dire situations or intense warfare with your enemy - Satan. The Holy Spirit is calling the Church to a higher level in their "walk" - "walking in the name of the LORD" - which means "walking" in the supernatural, miraculous, and power of the Holy Spirit. Are you resolved to obey?

I Stand Convinced

Who 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. Jude admonished the believers to "keep themselves" in the "love of God" - especially in the Last Days. There is POWER in the "love of Christ." Satan and the world throw things at you in order to conquer you. But the "love of Christ" turns it around and makes you "more than a conqueror." Paul was a persuaded man. What about you?

God In The Headlines

So 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 seemingly impossible for human hands. In our day and time, so many are dropping out of the race. They are giving up or quitting. They lack the 'hand of the Lord." Like never before, we need God's hand upon us!

That Is Higher Than I

Many 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 break that off of us, He directs us into circumstances that are totally out of control. When we find ourselves living on the "end of the earth" street and our "hearts are overwhelmed, " it is then that He would have us plead with Him to "take the reins" and "lead us to the Rock that is higher than I." In the times that we are presently facing, we can no longer live life as usual. God is calling us to a "higher place" in Him. In fact, being in this "higher place" is the only way that we will "survive" in this unstable world.