Author Archives: mike

He Is The Treasure

Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it. (Colossians 4:17)

When we try to accomplish things or walk into a ministry that is not ordained by God for us, we open doors that should never have been opened. It may be that we are sincere in our
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If My People

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, that our daughters may be as pillars sculptured in palace style. That our barns may be full supplying all kinds of produce, that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields, that our oxen may be well laden, that
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In God We Trust

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118;8)

It is so easy to trust in man but when we trust in man and not in God, things only turn out for the worst. If you come from a childhood background of being molested, as I was, trusting can be a major issue. I trusted in
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He Is The Potter

But now oh Lord, You are our Father. We are the clay and You our Potter, and all we are the work of Your hand. (Is.64:8)

When we take matters in our own hands, we rearrange the natural order of who we are and how we were created. Can the clay tell the potter forge me
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Rear Guard

For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for the Lord will go before you,and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. (Isa.52:12)

We are not to meet the enemy in battle with anxiety! God promises His saints that He will go before us and protect our backs. He is
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Stay Partners With God

So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.(Isa. 59:19)

God’s people are assured their enemies will be met with the irresistible power of
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To Overcome

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (Rev.12:11)

We have all that we need for our battles in this life. Jesus’ blood is our initiator. Because of His blood, we have our testimony, but it is
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Forget Not All His Benefits

In the Lord I put my trust. (Ps.11:1)

As we walk through this life on earth, there will be many difficult and trying seasons. There will be times of sorrow and pain, times of sickness and death. We still live in a fallen, sin filled world but God’s grace is present where there is much sin, for
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His Mercy Is Great

“For a mere moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you. With a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you.” says the Lord your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:7-8)

I remember crying out to God twenty years ago when I
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Be Strong!

O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong! So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.” (Dan. 10:19)

The angel that came to speak to Daniel was helped by the archangel Michael to overcome the Prince of Persia,
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A Nonexistent Thing

Fear not for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God, I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Behold all those that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and disgraced, they shall be as nothing. Those who strive with
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Harvest Of Blessing

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9)

God tells us that His thoughts are far greater than any of ours. Our best
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He Cares For You

For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will multiply upon you man and beast: and they shall increase
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The Father’s Voice

When he has brought out all of his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger: in fact they will run away from him because they do not recognize a strangers voice. (John 10:4,5)

Jesus clearly was comparing Himself to
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For Our Good

“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring about, as it is this day, to save many people alive.” (Gen 50:20)

So many times in life, we ask God why? Why did so much evil happen to me? Why so much pain? We must come to the realization
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