The Loneliness of Good Men: A Message of Hope for the Man Who Feels Forgotten - 82
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Psalm 71:9 — “Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.” "There is a loneliness that doesn't come because you've done anything wrong. It comes because you've lived long enough. The children have grown. Friends have moved away—or passed away. Retirement has changed your routine. The house is quieter. The phone rings less often. And somewhere along the way, a man who spent decades taking care of everyone else discovers that he is sitting alone with his thoughts. The hardest part is that good men rarely talk about it. They keep mowing the lawn....
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Ten Lessons Learned From the House of David - 81
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
David's family reminds us that even godly people have troubled homes. Our hope is not found in having a perfect family, but in serving a perfect Savior who brings grace, healing, and redemption into broken homes. That truth is perhaps the greatest lesson from David's house: God's covenant faithfulness outlasted David's family failures. It gives hope to every parent, every spouse, every child, and every believer who has ever wondered whether God can still work through a messy family.
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The Weight We Carry - 80
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
The Weight We Carry We all carry something—grief, anxiety, regret, fear, or burdens no one else can see. But God never intended for us to carry them alone. In this episode of Broken & Believing, Rev. Kenn Blanchard explores the powerful promise of 1 Peter 5:7: "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." Discover what it truly means to surrender your burdens to Christ and find peace in the God who genuinely cares for you. Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7 🌐 More episodes: kennspodcast.com
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I Wanna Praise God Like Caleb - Ep 79
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“I Wanna Praise God Like Caleb” Because only an old man knows what it really means to see God keep His word. POINT 1 — PRAISE THAT SURVIVES THE YEARS POINT 2 — PRAISE THAT OUTLIVES DISAPPOINTMENT POINT 3 — PRAISE THAT STILL HAS STRENGTH IN IT POINT 4 — PRAISE THAT KNOWS GOD IS NOT DONE Numbers 13:6, 13:30, 14:24 Joshua `4:11, 14-15 God Is Thank you, Kenn
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Count on Adonai - 78
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Count on God A Sermon from the Valley, for the Valley, by the God Who Never Leaves the Valley and a Psalm at the end. Thank you. Kenn
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At The Gates
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
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Faith Is Not a Feeling — Faith Is a Choice. (76)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
A sermon for the days when emotions wobble but God remains steady Takeaway The heart of the message: Faith is strongest when it stops depending on how you feel and starts depending on who God is. Feelings shift. God doesn’t.
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Faith When It’s Tested
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
let me know what you think of the Psalm. Kenn
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Waiting on the Word - 74
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
People think pastors, evangelists, and preachers just open the Bible and start talking. But you and I know better. There are days I sit with God and say, “Lord… what do You want me to say to Your people today?” And sometimes the hardest part isn’t writing the sermon — it’s wrestling with the fear that I might say too much, or not enough, or something that touches nobody, or something that glorifies me instead of Him. And on the days when that fear wins… there is no episode. There is no sermon. There is only silence. Because I refuse to speak if He hasn’t...
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When Hope Slips Through Your Fingers [73]
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“When Hope Slips Through Your Fingers” TEXTS: • Psalm 42:5 • 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 • Lamentations 3:19–24 • Luke 24:13–35 Kenn Blanchard
info_outline2 Corinthians 2:11
lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- ...that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- ...he is a murderer there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- ...he disguises himself as an angel of light.
Matthew 4:1-11
1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
1 John 2:16, KJV: "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
The lust of the flesh is everything that appeals to carnal and physical appetite. Although natural body desires are not inherently evil (e.g., the need for food, drink, and sexual fulfillment), the devil can use these normal desires to enslave man (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:12). In this category of temptation, Satan uses internal lawful desires to produce illicit carnal passions (e.g., gluttony, fornication). The devil tried to tempt Jesus by the lust of the flesh when he urged him to turn stones into bread (Matthew 4:3).
The lust of the eyes is everything that appeals to the eye’s insatiable demands (Ecclesiastes 1:8). In this category of temptation, Satan uses external attraction (whether inherently good, as a desire for a house or a car, or inherently bad, as a desire for a neighbor’s wife) to produce covetousness. Eve (Genesis 3:6), and Achan (Joshua 7:21) succumbed to this type of sin when they coveted what was prohibited. The devil tried to tempt Jesus by the lust of the eyes when he “showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me’” (Matthew 4:8-9).
The pride of life is everything that appeals to haughtiness, arrogance, and pride. In this category of temptation, Satan uses contemplation of personal achievement (e.g., popularity, academic success) to produce an anarchical self-sufficient attitude. When a person falls prey to the pride of life, there is not longer a battle against the flesh; the wicked one has won the sensual and intellectual battle. The devil tried to tempt Jesus by the pride of life when he “took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple”, and urged Him to defy God (Matthew 4:5-7).
Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.
Read these:
Satisfied
- Philippians 4:11-13
- Hebrews 13:5
- 1 Tim 6:7-8
- Psalms 107:9
- Psalms 90:14