Pastor Mike Impact Ministries

Today, Tuesday October 27 - Are you facing a crisis or decision in your life, your family, your finances or your work, and you don't know what to do?  Do you need wisdom?  One of the great promises for a believer is found in James 1:5 which says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him."  This vers...

Today, Monday October 26 - Have you ever prayed for patience?  Most of us have, not knowing, that when we prayed that prayer we are actually asking for trials and tribulation.  James 1:2-4  "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and com...

Today, Sunday October 25 - The first chapter in the Bible that I remember memorizing, as a young 19 year old believer, was James chapter one.  Matter of fact, a few years later, the first entire book of the New Testament that I memorized was the Book of James.  For the next several days or weeks we will be looking at this wonderful book.  James is often called the "Wisdom book of th...

Today, Saturday October 24 - The final words in the pattern of prayer the Lord taught the disciples to pray are: "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."  As we conclude our prayer of worship and petitions for daily provision, for daily forgiveness, for daily protection, we remind ourselves that our Father in heaven is a Sovereign God who has all authority and eve...

Today, Friday October 23 - The very first verse in the Bible that I remember memorizing as a 19 year old, brand new believer, was 1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."  We...

Today, Thursday October 22 - Jesus taught His disciples to pray by giving them a pattern of prayer in Matthew 6 and Luke 11.  In that prayer He teaches us to ask the Father in heaven to forgive us of our debts and our sins.  When you truly come into the presence of our Holy Father, almost immediately you will sense your unworthiness and sinfulness.  Remember Isaiah and his encounter...

Today, Wednesday October 21 - It was on this same day, October 21, 1885, that James Hannington, a young man from Brighton England, was taken captive by warriors from the lawless Mwanga tribe as he was attempting to cross Africa to go to Uganda to share the good news of Jesus Christ.  Over the next few days, he laid beaten, hungry and eaten by swarms of insects and lice in a hut with no ventil...

Today, Tuesday October 20 - A prayer from a pure heart is our means of a spiritual connection to a Holy God.  Psalm 61:1-5 "Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under...

Today, Monday October 19 - As I look back over the 49 years of my Christian life, I truly wish that I would have spent more time engaging myself in the two spiritual disciplines of reading, studying, memorizing and meditating on God's Word, and praying.  Someone said, "We live in the day of the weapons of mass distractions."  Oswald Chambers in his devotionals often reminds us that, "The...

Today, Sunday October 18 - Psalm 77:1-3 "I cried out to God with my voice-- To God with my voice; And He gave ear to me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah"  They tell us that there are over 650 prayers listed...

Today, Saturday October 17 - In Psalm 42, at least two times, the Psalmist David cried out to God, "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God."  Have you ever felt that way? Inwardly defeated and very discouraged and maybe even depressed to the point you feel like you have lost hope?  It appe...

Today, Friday October 16 - The Bible could be rightly called "A Prayer Book".  The entire Bible is God's Word to us, to assist and help us "reconnect" to God.  God's great desire is to have a personal relationship with every human being He has created.  As you read the Bible it is clear that God has open His door and the windows of heaven to the prayers of our heart.  Prayer is...

Today, Thursday October 15 - In Matthew 6:9-13 and in Luke 11:2-4 Jesus gives us the pattern for prayer.  On several occasions over the years when I've asked someone to pray, they responded, "I really don't know how to pray." Even the disciples who were with Jesus must have felt the same way after they experienced and heard the Lord praying.  So for a few days we will be looking at the l...

Today, Wednesday October 14 - A friend had a friend, who had a friend, who had, what the first friend needed!  This is a amazing story that Jesus told in Luke 11 when He was teaching His disciples how to pray! What was the need of the first friend?  He came at midnight and knocked on his friend's door and asked for bread.  I believe this friend represents the friends in our life tha...

Today, Tuesday October 13 - The Bible is full of prayer promises.  In other words, if we pray and seek and ask God for something, He promises to respond to our prayer!  As humans we often fail to keep our promises, but the God "Who cannot lie", will always keep His!  One of the great prayer promises in the Bible is found in Jeremiah 33:3 "'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show...

We are studying the Gospel of Luke and in this message we are looking at the prayer life of Jesus.

Today, Monday October 12 - If prayer is the most productive and most powerful thing we can do, we must ask the question, "Then, why don't we pray more?"  I'm convinced that we have been deceived by the devil that we really don't need to pray, we can make it without prayer, we can do it on our own.  Our neglect of prayer, and our prayerlessness, actually reveal the real condition of our h...

Today, Sunday October 11 - I'm convinced that we are at a critical crossroad in America today! The upcoming elections will determine the course of our nation for years to come! In Virginia, this Tuesday the 13th, is the last day to register to vote in the November election. It is crucial that every God-fearing citizen that loves the Christian heritage that has brought the blessings of God upon our...

Today, Saturday October 10 - In Luke 11:1, the disciples of Jesus ask Him to teach them to pray as John taught his disciples.  And Jesus responded with a powerful lesson on the various aspects and principles of prayer.  So for sure, pray can be taught and learned. But over the years, I've become convinced that prayer is more "caught" than "taught."  The disciples were motivated to p...

Today, Friday October 9 - The Bible teaches that we reap what we sow! In my earliest days of ministry and college at Lynchburg Baptist College (now Liberty University), I'll never forget Dr. Jerry Falwell encouraging us to pray.  He introduced us to men like Andrew Murray and his book, "With Christ in the School of Prayer."  Men like Watchman Nee and his book, "The Normal Christian Life....

Today, Thursday October 8 - Prayer is indeed a privilege but also a responsibility for all of us.  It is the prayer of faith that calls on the name of the Lord Jesus to save us that brings His great salvation into our lives.  It is believing prayer that opens up the windows of the resources of heaven to meet every need in our lives.  It is prayer that brings us into the presence of...

Today, Wednesday October 7 - John Wesley, the great founder of the Methodist Church said, "The devil trembles when the weakest Christian gets on his knees."  The disciples of Jesus never asked Him, to teach them to preach or teach, but they did ask Him to, "teach us to pray as John taught his disciples..." (Luke 11:1) They ask this after they had observed and heard Jesus Himself praying. &nbs...

Today, Tuesday October 6 - Jesus said that "men ought always to pray and not to lose heart." (Luke 18:1)  Jesus told 25 different parables in the Gospel of Luke.  Many of them deal with the subject of prayer!  For the next several days we want to think about this Spiritual discipline of prayer.  Oswald Chambers said, "Its not so much that prayer changes things, but that prayer...

Today, Monday October 5 - The Reward of Discipline is Freedom!  Freedom to live, to love, to give, to serve, to achieve, to live a life of significance that blesses others and impacts eternity!  One of the major underlying issues that plague our country today, is laziness!  Lack of self discipline.  We want a job and a paycheck, but we don't want to work!  And if we are no...

Today, Sunday October 4 - "Bodily training is some valve, but godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come." (1 Timothy 4:8)  We spend millions of dollars and countless hours these days to exercise our bodies to have the best health we can have, so we can better enjoy living out our daily lives.  But it is so sad that we spend...