The Anchor

"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…" (Hebrews 6:19a)

Having Jesus as our anchor is such a blessing. No matter what we are facing we can have confidence that He keeps us held fast and sure.

Christian songwriter Ray Boltz sings a song that says even though our ship has been battered and the sails are torn, the anchor holds, in spite of the storm.

Have you ever thought about what is holding you?

Flesh, Failure, & Success

These past few days have been a real struggle, and as a result I fell into depression and anger in very real and tangible ways. I know that a major factor has been physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion, but never-the-less there is no excuse for a believer walking in the flesh.

Yesterday the Lord reached out an took my eyes off of myself just for a few minutes, and it was such a blessing to realize His joy and peace again. Today I am thankful for Him letting me fall in to the flesh - the contrast truly shows a revelation of His life within! He truly DOES cause all things to work together for the good of those who love Him!

"And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power would be of God, and not us." (See Corinthians 4)

How has He been revealing Himself to you through your failures????

Update

It's been a while since I have posted, or even had time to peruse the blogs. Life happens too often. But amen, we make our plans, He directs our steps. It has been impressed upon me to share a recent prayer the Lord laid on my heart.

The word the Lord has given me to pray is "ENOUGH!!!!" Let me explain what that means....

We are receiving more and more requests for ministry all around the U.S. as well as around the world, but there is just no money to meet our basic ministry expenses, much less to begin traveling again. I have had to cancel my last three domestic trips due to lack of funds. Again, His word is "ENOUGH!!!!" He has give me a sense that there is a spiritual block somewhere that needs to be prayed about, so please partner with is in prayer, that whatever is hindering His provision from coming through would be removed. He is telling me that it is time, the enemy has had his way long enough, and He is calling us to pray with power like we never have before, "that is ENOUGH!!!!" It is time for His provision to flow as He intends. We desire His will to be done in ALL things. I will be excited to share how He answers that prayer in the coming weeks.

Thanks for your considering this before Him.

Shalom,
Mike