Follower of One : Missions For The Rest Of Us

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. We continue our discussion of second Peter chapter one verses five through eight. Today, our verse is verse seven. "And in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness love." If you remember from the previous episodes, we are supplying these things to our faith. The faith was given to us by God. And then we supply moral excellence...

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. We're continuing our series through 2 Peter.   Today, we're in chapter 1, verse 6. Let me read 5, 6, 7, and 8. "Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence in your faith, supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godli...

Welcome to the Follower of One podcast. I'm Mike Henry Sr., and today, we're continuing our conversation through 2 Peter chapter 1 in this progression of character traits or things that we should pursue as followers of Jesus Christ. And today we're in 2 Peter 1:6. "And in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness." Self-control is the...

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. I'm Mike Henry Sr., and our goal is to help you to be a full-time minister in your regular job. We've been going through a series on 2 Peter chapter 1, and today, we want to talk a little bit about adding knowledge to moral excellence. We're in verses 5 and 6. "Now for this very reason, also applying all diligence in your faith, supply moral excellence,...

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. I'm Mike Henry Sr., and we've been talking through the first chapter of 2 Peter. We're in verse 5 today. "Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge". The title of today's post is about "Why is faith first?" What we're talking about here is growing into the God-li...

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. I'm Mike Henry, and today we continue our conversation about 2 Peter chapter 1. Today we're in verse 4, "For by these, He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." Maintaining consistency, that's the New American Sta...

Welcome back to the Follower of One podcast. I'm Mike Henry with Follower of One, and today, we're talking about 2 Peter chapter 1, verse 3, "seeing that His divine power has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence."   The reason why this is pulling this one verse out of a sentence fragment, I spoke in...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today, and for the next few episodes, I'm going to go through 2 Peter chapter 1, at least the first few verses of it. I so love this passage of scripture, and I've been focusing more on self control, even though I'm not winning the battle, and we'll come to that in verse 6.   But today, 2 Peter chapter 1, verse 1 and 2, I'm just going to go ahead and read...

Jim Lapinski and Tom Nohelty are two men who sought to share their faith in their workplace, both seeking to make an impact for God's kingdom by completely surrendering. Their obedience led to the creation of Marketplace Impact.  Jim and Tom join me in this episode of Follower of One to share more about their global ministry and how they're working to equip Christians to share their faith every da...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today I've chosen a passage from John chapter 3, verse 36. "He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."    This is from the New American Standard Bible, as I typically do, but there are several translations of this that either say "does not obey"; some say "do not be...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today I want to talk about 2 Kings chapter 6 verse 23. "So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Aramaeans did not come again into the land of Israel."     I talked about this a little bit on the episode proceeding, this.    This army of men came t...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. In today's podcast, I want you to just think for a moment about those with us. "Those with us" is a phrase that comes from 2 Kings 6:16. "So he answered, 'Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.'" That's from the New American Standard Bible.   If you remember this story, or if you don't, quickly, what happened was thi...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One again. Today I want to talk about a passage from John chapter 3, verse 30. John the Baptist is speaking, and he says "He must increase, but I must decrease." I think about this passage in several ways. One way to think about it is to remember that this is John the Baptist talking.   John the Baptist isn't really part of the church. He's actually the last O...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today I want to talk about God's will for us. What is God's will for us? One of the places where the Bible tells us God's will is in 1 Thessalonians 4:3, and that verse begins "For this is the will of God, your sanctification..." I confess this was kind of a "duh" moment when I first heard this verse.   When I first remember paying attention to this verse...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. This is another one of those episodes where I'm mostly talking to me. I hope you enjoy it. 1 Peter 4:12 & 13, "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at t...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. In episode 199 of our podcast ( https://followerofone.org/who-is-greatest-luke-22-27/ ), we talked about Luke 22:27, but today I want to talk about Luke 22:28. And the verse simply says "You are those who have stood by me in my trials." Jesus is speaking to the disciples and He's actually calling them out a little bit, because they're having an argument a...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today's passage is Hebrews 4:15, "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." On the September 18th edition of "My Utmost for His Highest", the September 18th entry, Oswald Chambers talks about this passage, and he draws a parallel between temptation an...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today, I want to read a very convicting verse to me.    This is a conviction to me, and that's part of the reason why I want to read it. I think it's a challenge to all of us, especially in business, but in any type of work. Proverbs 16:9, "The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." I've been working for the last few days, doing some...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today I'm doing our podcast on both video and audio. And so you can hear this in both places and it will come out at different times, but our verse for today is 1 Peter 5:7 "casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." Peter is talking to us, and he's telling us that we can cast our anxiety on him. In our previous episode, we were talking a...

Markee Johnson was the Director of a marketplace ministry called "Endeavor" at Celebration Church in Austin, focused on empowering and equipping the Body of Christ to bring their faith to work. But her journey of faith in the workplace didn't start there. Markee shares how her unique background in a Fortune 100 tech company led her down the path of workplace ministry in this episode of Follower of...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Today, I want to talk about how humility unlocks joy for us. Let's use 1 Peter 5:6 as our verse. "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you at the proper time." Exalt is one of those words that I don't use very often, but when I look at the word, I see the definition: it's to raise in rank, or to elevate, or to praise....

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One. Let's continue our conversation from yesterday, where we were talking about how to get right with God, so we'll call this episode part two. Today our verse is Acts 16:31. They said: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Yesterday we were quoting from the old Testament in Habakkuk, and it said that the righteous shall...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One and today's passage, still in the Old Testament, Habakkuk 2:4, "Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him, but the righteous will live by his faith." I love the last phrase in that verse. I love an old Rich Mullins song that he wrote that was about this verse: The Just Shall Live.   And, I want to talk today about how we get right with...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One, and today's episode, I want to talk about where our faith is based, or what is our faith based on, and I'm using a fragment of a sentence. 1 Corinthians 2:5, "so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God." That's from the New American Standard Bible.   What does your faith rest on? Does it rest on the wisdom of man, or d...

Hey, it's Mike Henry with Follower of One, and today, I'm thinking about what makes things happen. What moves the needle in our world? I'm reading from Zechariah chapter 4, verse 6. "Then he said to me, this is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,' says the Lord of hosts."   God is reminding His prophet to go speak to the priest and the king - I...