Episode 153

Qualified!

Theme – "Qualified"

Scripture reference - Daniel 1:3-5 "Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service."

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

Closing Song - "Dare To Be A Daniel " Phillip Bliss

Scriptures mentioned in the podcast -  Daniel 1:3-16, Exodus 4:11&12, Revelations 3:7&8 NIV, Proverbs 18:16

About the Podcast

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Devotions at the Piano

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