My Friend,
No matter what you face each day, let me encourage you to make prayer a priority. Make it your first response and not an afterthought.Friday, September 15, 2023
Pray At All Times!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
God Will Use You Despite Your Brokenness!
My Friend,

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
2023 February Through July Memory Verses: Part 2!
Hello Friend!
As a follow-up to my last communication, at long last, here are the February - July Memory Verse for our Romans Road theme:1. Memory Verses
2. Memory Verse Pointers
Please feel free to reach out with any prayer needs as I'm here to serve you!
Your Brother and Servant in Christ,
Randolph Koch
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Wednesday, February 08, 2023
2023 February Through July Memory Verses!
Hello and thank you for visiting the A Shepherd's Heart Website!
How are you doing? I hope you are well!
I've been giving thought to the typical monthly memory verse(s) that I share and I thought it would be good to do something slightly different in 2023.
Instead of a different theme and verse or verses each month, I thought it would be good to focus the next six months on one theme which is sharing your faith via memorizing the verses around The Romans Road.
What's The Romans Road? Some of you may be familiar with it already but just in case you aren't, it's a simple tool that can help you explain The Gospel using verses from the book of Romans which is comprised of Six Pillars of Truth drawing from a group of six verses from The Book of Romans.
To get us started, here are the February to July memory verses: (We'll memorize something else August - December)
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I'll be following up in the days to come with additional information and at the end, I'll send you a one page Romans Road handout that you can fold and tuck away in your Bible as a ready resource when God gives you an opportunity to share faith.
As always, I recommend you memorize scripture using a good word for word translation such as the ESV or another translation.
Let me know how I can be praying for you.
Your Brother and Servant in Christ, Randolph Koch
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Thursday, April 21, 2022
Meeting each day with faith, worship, and prayer.
Life is hard sometimes and we're reminded in 2 Timothy 3:1-7 that difficult times will come.
We can be brought to places of deep grief, sorrow, and pain.
As we grow in Christ, we know we can trust Him as we go through each season.
We can choose to meet our highest and lowest points of life in worship unto The Lord and faith in Him.
He is The One Who sustains us and He is the healer of our hearts, minds, and souls.
Read, study, and take to heart 1 Peter 5:7 Psalm 34:1-4, Romans 8:18, Romans 5:3–4, James 1:12, John 16:33, Isaiah 43:2, Psalm 23:4.
Then may you consider turning to Him in faith, worship, and prayer no matter what you face each day because you know He is with you!
You're in my prayers.
Your brother and servant in Christ,
Randolph Koch
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Friday, December 18, 2020
Christmas Encouragement.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for stopping by the A Shepherd's Heart site!
In case you're not connected with A Shepherd's Heart on social media (Instagram and Facebook), I wanted to share a digest of 5 recent post that were featured there to encourage you in your faith and as you celebrate The Savior's Birth!
Please see the below posts where you'll find a picture followed by an encouragement.
Your Brother and Servant in Christ,
Randolph Koch
My Friend,
I truly love Christmas time. From Celebrating Jesus' birthday, (The Reason for the season), enjoying the music, the decorations, the lights, food, exchanging gifts, enjoying fellowship with others, and much more.
While we celebrate the birth of Jesus, may we remember God loves you and I so much that He sent Jesus down as a baby so that we might have salvation, forgiveness, and life eternal thanks to Jesus' sacrifice.
Christmas is a wonderful time to receive The Gift (Salvation) from THE GIFT, Jesus Christ Himself.
Unfortunately, some have bought into the thought that "they are too far gone" for God to love and forgive them.
Let me plainly tell you that this is not true as Jesus is The Light of the world and His light will pierce even the darkest places, even the places where you've gone or currently are that you think He can't reach. No one this side of eternity is too far gone!
Furthermore, once you know Him through receiving His free gift of salvation, be encouraged that nothing can ever separate you from Him!
May you allow the Light of Christ to pierce through the darkest of places in your heart, mind, soul and life in Jesus name I pray.
Here are a few verses to encourage you as you remember Jesus is The Light of the world and there's never a place you can go that He will not already gone first to redeem you.
John 8:12, John 9:5, John 12:35-36, John 12:46, Romans 8:38-39
Friday, December 20, 2019
He Is Emmanuel - God Is With You!
This time of year can solicit a multitude of thoughts, emotions, and the feeling of being alone. While this may be true, we need to remember that no matter what you and I are facing each day, remember that Jesus is Emmanuel. God is with you/us!
He is Emmanuel my friend and will never leave or forsake you!He will always be with you!
Let me ask you: Are you feeling feeling alone or low? If so, don't be afraid to reach out to Him in prayer and through His Word if you're feeling alone or low and He will lift you up.
And, don't be afraid to reach out to other's after you've met with Him because we're supposed to be in this life together as the body of Christ.
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23
May this truth that He is always with you be an encouragement to you and allow you to celebrate Christmas in an even more special and meaningful way.
Merry Christmas!
Your Brother and Servant in Christ,
Randolph Koch
P.S. You're in my prayers! Please reach out if you'd like me to pray for something specific!
Friday, October 18, 2019
You Were Created And Set Free To Serve!
"God looks at us and says, “I know what you can be. You don’t know it yet, but I know. I know what I can make you into. You’ll be a mighty man of God. You’ll be a mighty woman of God.” -Greg Laurie
Friend, You are His workmanship and He has uniquely created you with a specific purpose, will, and plan for you in mind. Through His free gift of salvation you've been set free from the bondage of sin and have been given a new life in Christ.
He did this because He loves you with a perfect and eternal love!
Pause for a moment and let these truths sink in.
This speaks volumes to me because He not only saved us but thought exactly what He created us to do according to His purpose, will, and plan! We're unique in Him and made by and for Him! We are set apart by and for Him!
With this in mind, have you considered that you can and should freely serve Him and that you've been called to do so?
We don't serve to somehow "continue to earn our salvation" rather, we serve out of love for Him and thanksgiving for all He's done for us.
Please note that serving isn't just for "The professionals" as in the paid and volunteer pastors and staff...no..serving is for ALL of us!
So, what's holding you back from serving the Lord?
Let's pray for one another that we get off of our seats and really live to be His Hands and Feet for His kingdom and glory!
Please read and study Ephesians 2:10 (ESV),James 2:14-18 (ESV), and 1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV) for encouragement from God's Word and then walk in the work He's call you to do.
Your Brother and Servant In Christ,
Randolph Koch
Monday, December 18, 2017
Recapturing The Awe and Wonder of Christmas!
Read: Luke 2:1-38, Matthew 18:2-4
Christmas for children can often be sort of a "magical" time filled with fun, awe, wonder and excitement. If you're an adult reading this right now, you may remember those times of life and maybe you've lost that sense of childlike faith, awe and wonder?
The truth is that kids don't tend to over-complicate things like adults do sometimes.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Experiencing Joy Through The Gift of Friendship
Friday, March 03, 2017
2-4-6-8 Who Do We Appreciate!?
I remember the childhood appreciation shout that went...2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate!?
APPRECIATION. It seems to be a dying quality sometimes in an often negative world / environment.
The truth is that taking time to appreciate the people who God has placed in our lives is so important!
Whether it's a loved one, friend or coworker, we need to take time to simply appreciate...people.
A kind word of thanks or words of encouragement or affirmation can speak volumes to the receiver!
It doesn't Matter what personality type you think you are or whether you are a "people person" or not or even if you've never received appreciation or not, while these things may be tough and make it more challenging for us, you and I need to appreciate, value and even cherish the people around us... Especially true of the good people...because sometimes they can really be hard to to come by in this life...however you and I should be part of the "good people" category as we have the strength of, power of, wisdom of and relationship with The One who gave us life! Jesus Himself!
So, in turn...let us speak life giving words of appreciation and also do life giving actions of appreciation as well! You and I have the ability to do this...
So.... Let's regularly do this my friend!
Get R' Done! :)
In Christ,
rlk
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Reject Perfection...Strive for Holiness Instead!
This may have also infiltrated our regular day-to-day existence at times as we try to achieve a standard that's not attainable.
Maybe you've experienced this too?
Friday, November 04, 2016
Are You Listening to What God Says About You?
Saturday, October 08, 2016
You're Not A Waste Of Time!
With The Lord, there's Never a lost cause or a waste of time.
He's not like the imperfect human beings you experience in your life who are conditional in their love and care for you!
He's full of grace, love and truth for you. He's, there for you and loves you unconditionally so why not abide in Him and seek Him with all that is within you (heart, mind, soul and strength) each day!?
What are you waiting for? He's constantly trying to draw you to Himself so why not listen to Him?
Blessings in Christ,
rlk
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
You Are Worthy! Part 2
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
You Are Worthy!

Know your worth!
You are worthy and worth it!
Please listen to this brief audio message (1 minute long) as follows:
You are worthy my friend!
In Christ Alone,
rlk
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Monday, August 22, 2016
Finding Your True Source of Joy
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Stop Majoring In Things That Are Minor
So often we get caught up in or fixated on little issues.
We stress out, lose sleep over and occupy our thoughts with things that are sometimes, while they seem important at the time, they're truly not worth the efforts we seem to place on them because they are minor issues.
Like the old saying goes, "Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill."... Let's focus on the major things instead of worrying about the minor things and in all things, whether major or minor, let's submit them fully to the Lord as He never intended for us to worry about anything, rather, we're to cast all anxiety, worry etc upon Him because He cares about you / us. (see passages such as: 1 Peter 5:7 and Psalm 55:22)
We know that each day has enough trouble of its own so let's stop borrowing trouble where there often is none. (see Matthew 6:25-34)
Let's start majoring in the majors but at the same time...leave the minors and majors in God's strong hands because we need His help in all things.
In Christ Alone,
rlk
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Friday, May 20, 2016
Our Words Matter
With social media, texting, chat programs and the like, there are ample opportunities to speak... and what we say in person or via the before mentioned is communicated rapidly and sometimes we cannot recall what we just sent! The damage is done.