Posts tagged “God”
God’s logic in the darkness
When you want to know someone, you use words. You have a conversation. The apostle John calls Jesus the Word of God. It’s how…
A gentle whisper
As I held the kettlebell in one hand, the trainer told me to lift it over my head and take one step forward and…
5 ways to live for Jesus
How do you and I show the world we are people who give their hearts to God and not imposters who only give him…
Compensation or restoration
“If you find a perfect church, don’t join it. You’d spoil it.”—Billy Graham It’s only a matter of time until the people around you…
Worship = Acknowledging that God is AWESOME!
If you’ve been tuning in to the current Time of Grace series, you already know that Pastor Mike is unpacking some of the popular-yet-confusing…
Prayer reaches him and is sweet to him
I had a light-bulb moment regarding prayer. My handy coworker Tom had re-created for me the golden altar of incense, a piece of furniture…
Beach glass brokenness
One of my favorite hobbies is hiking along the shores of Lake Michigan looking for beach glass. We have a few good beaches in…
Chosen
Have you ever not been chosen? It may have first occurred in a grade school gym class when two appointed dodgeball captains called out…
Your every word is heard
“So, Mike, why do you stink at prayer?” the radio hosts asked. We were discussing a book I cowrote with Mark Jeske whose intro…
Always have hope
I once knew a child who would put her hands over her eyes if she did not want someone in the room with her….
All Scripture is … useful, really?
“All Scripture is … useful” (2 Timothy 3:16). That’s an audacious claim. Many individual Bible passages are encouraging and inspiring and seem very useful….
Don’t be afraid to repent
Has fear ever driven your repentance by thinking, “I need to repent to be forgiven?” As Christians, we don’t repent to be forgiven. We…