"No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us." — 1 John 4:12 God loves everyone you will meet today. He offers forgiveness, acceptance value, and so much more. But God expresses all these to everyone you meet as...
Merry Christmas, a Savior is born! Today we are sharing two of Mike's previous Christmas Week holiday messages for you. We love how Mike shows from Scripture the incredible heart of God for you and helps us live this holiday by His grace for His “glory in the...
In the classic 18th, century song, famous hymnist Isaac Watts drew ideas from Psalm 98 and others and penned what we now know as “Joy to the World”. And the world certainly needs it more than ever, don’t we? It begins, “Joy to the world! The Lord is come.” And I must...
The Christmas season is wonderful - full of time with family, presents shopping, decorations, Christmas music, church events, special times with friends…and it’s crazy for all these same reasons! Last year I provided this tool to focus our hearts and sharpen our faith...
My friend, Take a minute...really. Take a deep breath. The last couple of months each year are often full of hustle and bustle. For me, preaching for different churches, discipleship meetings, speaking at men’s retreats, teaching online to counseling ministries or...
"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders" "The Spirit led me to reach out to you..." We've all heard this type of phrasing in modern-day Christian song lyrics and conversations, but do they have...
Does "Merry Christmas” work better than “Happy Holidays”? What are we really saying and how can we respond from a grace perspective? Mike delves into the origin and meaning behind BOTH phrases in this...
“Have you already left?” Stacia called me as I was pulling out of our neighborhood. “Yep - but I can go back if you forgot something.” “I threw away the key.” I was sure this was code for some clandestine operation that few knew of, and no one dared speak of openly,...
Now that Thanksgiving is over, are you like many of us, right back to singing that ol' "woe is me" anthem? Do you have people in your life who could find something to complain about in EVERY circumstance?...