Storming the Gates: A podcast about Prayer

Send us Fan MailWhat could possibly cause our kind, gentle, and loving Father in heaven to turn his face away from his people?In chapters 1-10, God has been sending Jeremiah to warn, warn, and warn again, the people of Judah and Jerusalem. In essence, he is imploring them to change direction before their car inevitably crashes. Have they heeded these warnings? No.We like to focus on the long-suffering nature of God, and are less inclined to think that there can be an end to his mercy. But here, in Jeremiah 11, God instructs his prophet to stop praying for the people. The verdict has been rendered.Let’s be sure to respond to the warnings of the Lord while we live in a season where God is telling us there is still time to stop the car and turn around!We will also discover that the heart of mankind without the Spirit of God is treacherous, and will reject God’s covenant to the point of killing the messenger!Contact and resources:Substack: https://[email protected] Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/Facebook Page: Faith and FastingLinks to all the stuff:https://joniscott.my.canva.site/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joniscott11.substack.com

Send us Fan MailGod loves to be gracious and forgiving, but He is also just. He would rather rise up to show us compassion, he DELIGHTS in showing mercy, but if we will not receive that mercy and refuse to turn… Justice is on its way. A right perspective of God causes us to realize how truly amazing it is that He cares about each one of us, and cleanses us of all unrighteousness so we can approach His throne. And more than that: We get to call Him ABBA! Father. But also: Tremble in fear if you have chosen to ignore the good path He has laid out for our salvation.Chapter 10 is a perfect example of this contrast between mercy and justice.Contact and resources:Substack: https://[email protected] Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/Facebook Page: Faith and FastingLinks to all the stuff:https://joniscott.my.canva.site/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joniscott11.substack.com

Send us Fan MailChapter nine of Jeremiah may continues to reflect the consequences of sin, but like a flower popping up in a city sidewalk crack, it also emphasizes the hope that can be found. And more: It tells us how to find that hope in the darkness.Chapter nine epitomizes why Jeremiah earned the moniker of the “Weeping prophet.” God expressed His own deep sorrow over the state of His people through Jeremiah's tears.And more: God invites us to come close and experience His heart, taste His tears, and allow our hearts to break with the things that break His heart. Are we willing to be God’s friend and sit a while with Him and listen to His heart? Even if it makes us see the world differently? Even though we must weep with Him? Contact and resources:Substack: https://[email protected] Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/Facebook Page: Faith and FastingLinks to all the stuff:https://joniscott.my.canva.site/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joniscott11.substack.com

Send us Fan MailI am continuing a series titled "Praying through the book of Jeremiah." We are moving into Chapter eight. Yes, brothers and sisters, the last 7 chapters have been pretty much gloom and doom.  BUT the love and Grace of God are continuously interspersed in Jeremiah’s writings. There’s no place we see the goodness of God as when people have turned away and become his enemies, and yet we can hear by the tone that God’s very heart is bleeding and crying over his people. This will be exemplified in chapter 8Contact and resources:Substack: https://[email protected] Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/Facebook Page: Faith and FastingLinks to all the stuff:https://joniscott.my.canva.site/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joniscott11.substack.com

Send us Fan MailTo all the Mothers, with love. My oldest daughter wrote this concerning Mother's Day:"I’m keenly aware of the complexity of the weekend's holiday. Where celebrated mothers leave others feeling the gaps of loss, may you hold your losses tenderly and find surprising ways you have been mothered well. And may you give yourself the grace to see where you have mothered others well, no matter your official titles.Mothering is found in the failing and the tripping. In the open arms of repair"This podcast is for those needing to fall into the open arms of repair. Whether you have wild donkeys or tame lambs in your midst, I pray it is like a bubble bath after a long day filled with the noise and mess of parenting. That it is a soothing ointment for the weary soul.  That it revives hope in a time of helplessness.Contact and resources:Substack: https://[email protected] Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/Facebook Page: Faith and FastingLinks to all the stuff:https://joniscott.my.canva.site/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joniscott11.substack.com