Episode 156

Please Excuse Me

Devotional Theme– "Please Excuse Me"

Scripture reference - Luke 14:18A NIV “But they all alike began to make excuses."

Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Closing Song - "Ask Not to be Excused " - Franklin Edson Belden

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast - Luke 14, Matthew 22, Revelation 20:11-15, John 15:22

Definition of Excuses (Oxford -Webster's Dictionary gives 6 definitions for the word Excuse)

to make an apology for

to try to remove blame from

to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import regard as excusable

to grant exemption or release to

to allow to leave

to serve as excuse for JUSTIFY

About the Podcast

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About your host

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Marlene J. Cooper

Marlene Jenkins Cooper is the author of three books, "While in the Valley" ,"Grace Notes", and "Life 101: Money Management and Adulting Made Simple". She is also a retired public school teacher from the School District of Philadelphia. During her thirty-four years of service, she not only held the general vocal music teacher position, but later, as a computer specialist and music teacher, she taught grades K-8.
Additionally, Marlene Jenkins Cooper has served as a workshop leader, choral director, worship leader, and vocalist/pianist through music ministries and worship services at various churches throughout the Philadelphia Region. Her singing voice has been heard throughout the East Coast, Bermuda, Canada, and Liberia, West Africa. She has also served as a member of a prison ministry and has applied her professional training to educate children through Bible and music at various Christian overnight camps and Vacation Bible Schools. She is one of the facilitators for her home church’s Where Do I Go From Here? (WDIGFH) ministry, a group support ministry for those who are separated or divorced. 
Ms. Cooper holds music education degrees from Temple University and The King’s College, and completed further graduate studies in technology at Temple University.
She is the parent of two adult children, Joy Alison and Mark Anthony II, and grandmother of one, Nina Simone. She enjoys reading, traveling, cooking, swimming, and playing tennis. Her greatest desires are to bring more people into the Kingdom of God and help people live a victorious Christian life.
www.marlenejenkinscooper.com