Author Archives: mike

Get Back Up !

Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. (Romans 6:14)

Falling into sin does not have to define you, your calling or your ministry. Everyone sins at some time. I John 1:8 says,”If we claim to be without
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That I May Know Jesus

That I may know Him and the power of His Resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death. (Philippians 3:10)

A while ago I read this poem and it said so much to my soul:

If you never were diseased, then how would you know that Jesus is your Healer?

If you were
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The Terror By Night

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night. (Psalm 91:5)

When terror comes in the night, which it will, because God’s Word tells us that we shouldn’t be afraid of it, we need to take dominion over it. I believe a night time is coming over this nation and God is telling us not
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Place Of Grace

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever shall believe in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

How wonderful it is that Jesus went to the cross for the sins of the world. No longer do we need fear the judgment of almighty God because
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Christ’s Suffering

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.(1 Peter 3:18)

What a great and final victory! What joy for those who trust and believe in Him! Such hope for the hopeless! When Jesus died,
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Lord God, You Are My Shield

For You Lord will bless the righteous; with favor will You surround them as with a shield. (Psalm 5:12)

The definition of favor is a kind act: an act of kindness performed or granted out of goodwill, an approving attitude: an approving, friendly, or supportive attitude,a preference: preferential treatment shown to somebody.

Once we understand what favor is, we can
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“I Am With You!”

And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you. (Jeremiah 1:19)

When dealing with constant attacks from the enemy, I would ask God, what’s up? Why this battle with no rest? He answered me and told me that my rest was
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His Anointed

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed. (Psalm 20:6)

Many times in life we wonder why God didn’t stop something from happening or why a person didn’t accomplish what they thought they needed to for God. The question needs to be asked, were they anointed for that task? When David was anointed as king of Israel,
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In His Sight

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.(Psalm 18:14)

In order for our words to be acceptable to God, we must know how He speaks. We know how He speaks by knowing His Word. In order for our thoughts to
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The Greatest Investment

“You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of  joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forever more.” (Psalm 16:11)

In another version, the scripture reads,“You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.” Peters also uses this Psalm
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He Delights In You

He also brought me out into a broad place, He delivered me because He delighted in me. (Psalm 18:19)

When we are under attack, it is God’s delight to deliver us because He delights in us. When we are one with Jesus, we are one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. When the Father sees
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Be Quiet

An ungodly man digs up evil, and it is on his lips like a burning fire.(Proverbs 16:27)

To dig up evil is to constantly talk about something that has happened in the past to resurrect it. When we speak of things that are done with, we are holding accounts of evil (1 Cor. 13:5), and God tells us
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Change My Thoughts

I hear the voice of the Good Shepherd. I hear my Father’s voice, and the voice of a stranger I will not follow. I roll my works upon the Lord. I commit and trust them wholly to Him. He will cause my thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and so shall my plans be
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Redemption

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own Blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:12)

Coming from a religious background, I was constantly searching for what to do next to be right with God. Pray more, be a better person, help more people.
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From The Noise

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (Psalm 91:3)

Let us first look at the definition of the word snare.

snare 1 (snâr) n. 1. A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals. 2. Something that serves to entangle the
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