“Real Life With Pastor Mike”

A Daily Devotional
Quit Chasing Carrots
March 18th, 2024
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the LORD’s favor has come.” He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. Then he began to ...
Make A Difference
March 15th, 2024
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.” Romans 12:6-8   The story goes like this. “T...
More Than A Feeling
March 14th, 2024
“O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”John 17:25-26It was Ray Stedman who said regarding John 17:25-26, “Intimacy with the living God is the key to vitality and fruitfulness. It begins with the recognition of Jesus as "s...
Love Hurts
March 13th, 2024
"Love Suffers Long" 1 Corinthians 13:4It was C.S. Lewis after the death of his wife exclaimed, “why love if it hurts so much?” The answer is painfully simple, because love suffers long. In 1 Corinthians 13, the great “Love Chapter” in the Bible states that the very first quality of agape love is suffering. The quality or depth of our love is directly proportionate to the suffering we are willing t...
When One Is Not A Lonely Number
March 12th, 2024
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”Ephesians 4:4–6Mondays can be tough for many heading into a long week especially after daylight savings time where we lose an hour of sleep. I know I am tired today and even though I don’t know what i...
All You Need And More
March 12th, 2024
"I AM THAT I AM" Exodus 3:14When God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and say, “Let My people go” Moses responded with a question. Moses asked what he should say when Pharaoh says, “who sent me”, and what should he say in response? The Lord told Moses, “tell him that ‘I Am’ sent you as if God was saying let Pharaoh fill in the blank as to who I Am ______.Whatever we need God to be as the great “I Am” H...
Becoming A Rock Collector
March 8th, 2024
“A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones”Ecclesiastes 3:5Chapter 3 of the book of Ecclesiastes begins with 14 couplets of contrasting seasons of life and Solomon writes something that has baffled theologians throughout the centuries when he wrote, “there is a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones.” The million dollar question for today is which season are we living in?...
The Good Life
March 7th, 2024
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”Galatians 5:22–23If you do a word count in your bible you’ll discover the word “good” appears some 749 times. That’s a lot of good! John Wesley, the father of the Methodist movement taught his congregation h...
Live Like You Were Dying
March 4th, 2024
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God hi...
More Than A Feeling
March 4th, 2024
“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”2 Corinthians 1:3–4In the Greek language there are a few words that convey some aspect of the English word “compassion.” Each is di...