Pastor Mike Impact Ministries

Today, Tuesday August 17 “Do Not Believe….” 1 John 4:1-4 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spir...

Today, Monday August 16 Do You Have a False Assurance? 1 John 3:24 “Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.” 1 John 4:1-2 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of...

Today, Sunday August 15 Connecting People to Christ, His Church and His Call 2 Peter 1:8-11 “For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your...

Today, Saturday August 14 We Can Know Love, Truth and His Presence 1 John 3:16, 19 & 24 “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;” “Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the...

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Today, Thursday August 12 “Out of Death into Life” 1 John 3:11-14 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.  We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. We know...

Today, Wednesday August 11 Overcoming Temptations 1 John 3:4-10 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning …” v. 4 “No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning …” v. 6 “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil…” v. 8 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.” v....

Today, Tuesday August 10 Confident Expectations Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;” Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,” It was fifty years ago, on February 21, 1971, that I received the L...

Today, Monday August 9 Exercising Godliness 1 John 3:9-10 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.” In these...

Today, Sunday August 8 Practicing Righteousness 1 John 3:9-10 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.” The...

Today, Saturday August 7 “We Cannot Keep on Sinning” 1 John 3:9-10 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”...

Today, Friday August 6 “God’s Seed Abides in Us” 1 John 3:9-10 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.” Joh...

Today, Thursday August 5 “The Reason the Son of God Appeared” 1 John 3:5 & 8 “You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin….. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. In these two verses we are given at least two of the rea...

Today, Wednesday August 4 Saved for Sure 1 John 3:5 & 8 “You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin….. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. There are some people, who no doubt are genuine believers, but they misinterp...

Today, Tuesday August 3 The Root Problem - Sin 1 John 3:5 & 8 “You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin….. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. It appears today that we don’t really want to recognize the root proble...

Today, Monday August 2 Do You Know? 1 John 3:4-10 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.  You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteou...

Today, Sunday August 1 “Let No One Deceive You” 1 John 3:4-7 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.  You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practic...

Today, Saturday July 31 “What Kind of Love” 1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” When we consider and think about the “kind of love” that our Creator God loves us with, we will want to live a life that pleases Him. Because the Father loved us and...

Today, Friday July 30 “We Shall Be Like Him” 1 John 3:1-3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he...

Today, Thursday July 29 “We Are God’s Children Now” 1 John 3:1-3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him...

Today, Wednesday July 28 How Can I Know For Sure? 1 John 2:29 & 3:10 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.” “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.” Over the many years that I have...

Today, Tuesday July 27 “Born of God” 1 John 2:28-29 “And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.” Three words that really help us to understand the reality of what it means to be a genuine authentic follower of Je...

Today, Monday July 26 Abiding and Not Ashamed 1 John 2:27-28 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence...

Today, Sunday July 25 “Abide in Him” 1 John 2:26-27 “I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.” Remember the three marks of an “antichrist”,...

Today, Saturday July 24 Don’t Be Deceived 1 John 2:26-27 “I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.” Even in the early days of the first cent...