Pastor Mike Impact Ministries

Today, Tuesday September 8 - Jehovah-Tsidkenu, The LORD our Righteousness!  Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, proclaimed Jehovah's message of judgment upon the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The people had forsaken Jehovah and now He was going to forsake them. But in the middle of this pronouncement, God revealed Himself to them by a new name, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, The LORD our Righteousness! To experie...

Today, Monday September 7, Labor Day - This is a day set aside as a  federal holiday in the United States to "honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States." Solomon, who was considered the wisest man of his day, in the book of Ecclesiastes, writes about looking at life from man's perspectiv...

Today, Sunday September 6 - In our morning worship services I will be sharing a message from Matthew 24-25.  Jesus in response to his disciples question, "... and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?", gives them and us the great prophetic message that we call the "Olivet Discourse."  I've entitled the message: "And Then the End Will Come."  We will be loo...

Today, Saturday September 5 - Jehovah-Sabaoth, The LORD of Host in his name!  When we get discouraged and feel like it is hopeless in dealing with the situations and challenges of life all around us, it is a good time to remember that Jehovah-Sabaoth is with us!  Most of the time, the greatest discouragement that we face, has to do with our own failures and sins!  Isaiah 6:1-8 is wh...

Today, Friday September 4 - Jehovah-Sabaoth, the LORD of Hosts is His Name! One of my favorite names in the Bible is David. I love reading the stories about him and his great exploits for God! He was a man of great courage during a very difficult time. And of course, one of the favorite stories of all time, is the story of David and Goliath. Where did David, even as a young boy, find the courage a...

Today, Thursday September 3 - Jehovah-Sabaoth, The LORD of Host! For the next several days we will have the opportunity to meet and know God by this name, Jehovah-Sabaoth! Interestingly, this name of God is not found in the Pentateuch, Joshua or Judges, the first seven books of the Bible. It is first found in 1 Samuel 1:3. The book of Samuel is a transitional book, especially in terms of the leade...

Today, Wednesday September 2 - Psalm 23, Jehovah-Rohi, The LORD is my Shepherd!  One last look at this wonderful and comforting Psalm of David written in his golden years after a lifetime of experiencing Jehovah taking care of him. In verse 5 we read how the Good Shepherd prepares a table for us in the presence of our enemies. This could mean a lot of things, but one application would be that...

Today, Tuesday September 1 - Jehovah-Rohi, The LORD is my Shepherd!  As a young pastor over 45 years ago, one of my greatest concerns was knowing I would be expected to be with a family while their loved one was dying.  As a child and teenager I had only been to two funerals that I could remember, my grandfather's in Maybank, Texas and an uncle in the same area.  I couldn't imagine...

Today, Monday August 31, Jehovah-Rohi - The LORD is my Shepherd!  Do you ever feel like no one cares for you?  That's the way the Psalmist felt in Psalm 142:4 "Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul."  Today, I want to assure you that Someone cares for you!  God does and He reveals Himself in Psalm...

Today, Sunday August 30, Jehovah-Rohi - The LORD is my Shepherd!  Psalm 23 reminds us how much our God really loves  and cares for us.  He nourishes and provides for us. He leads us to the place of peace as we drink of His living waters.  He heals us when we are broken!  He leads us to the paths of right living that glorify His name.  He takes away our fears as we mak...

Today, Saturday August 29, Jehovah-Rohi, The LORD is my Shepherd!  Its seems to me that, especially in today's world, that we are  programmed from birth, to want everything we see for ourselves. And we won't be satisfied until we have what we want!  Today, it's even worse than that!  We often feel entitled to what we want, thinking that it is owed to us!  What a sad state...

Today, Friday August 28, Jehovah-Rohi, The LORD is Our Shepherd!  Probably the most beloved and most read and quoted chapter in the Bible is Psalm 23.  It is often called the Shepherd's Psalm.  Over the years, I've read this beautiful and comforting Psalm at hundreds of funerals.  King David probably wrote this Psalm in his latter years after a lifetime of experiences  whe...

Today, Thursday August 27, Jehovah-Shalom - The LORD is Peace!  And today, He can be your peace.  Remember first there must be peace with God that is made through the blood of the Cross of Jesus Christ. (Colossians 1:19)  Then as we believe and and bring everything that is disturbing our peace to Jesus in prayer, we will find the Peace of God that "guards and keeps our hearts and mi...

Today, Wednesday August 26 - Jehovah-Shalom, The LORD is Peace!  Especially when we find ourselves in conflict and distress we desperately desire a sense of peace!  Peace is a wonderful thing but it is not easily found sometimes.  God has a formula for us to have an inward peace no matter what situation or circumstance we might find ourselves in.  Philippians 4:7 & 9 "And t...

Today, Tuesday August 25 - Jehovah-Shalom, The LORD is Peace!  The very fact that peace is being sought or needed is because there is a conflict.  There is something that is dividing us from someone else.  There is strife and communication is either difficult with that person or not taking place at all.  The loss of peace can actually be a good thing if we respond to it the rig...

Today, Monday August 24 - Jehovah-Shalom, The LORD is our Peace!  It seems our peace can be so easily disturbed or disrupted. It's really hard to describe what it means that I have a inner peace in my life, but it is very obvious when I don't have it. When we aren't experiencing peace in our lives it means something is missing!  And that something is actually Some One!  In the New T...

Today, Sunday August 23 - Jehovah-Shalom, The LORD is Peace!  Peace is something that money cannot buy!  Probably the most sought after thing in the world for our soul is peace!  Yet it seems so hard to find and keep.  Just when we think we have found it, something comes along and disturbs it. We meet God by this compound name of Jehovah-Shalom in Judges 6 where we read the sto...

Today, Saturday August 22 - Jehovah Nissi, The LORD is our Banner.  In days past, when the troops of two opposing armies would face each other on the battle field, the lead soldiers would carry the flag or banner, that symbolized their country, their mission and their cause!  In the heat of the battle, the warriors would keep an eye on the "Banner" to give them courage and remind them wh...

Today, Friday August 21 - Jehovah Nissi, The LORD is our Banner!  The rod of Moses became the Rod of God when he obeyed and yielded his life totally to Jehovah.  This Rod also became the "Banner of God" that brought victory over the Amalekites.  The Rod was the symbol and pledge of God's presence and power and working.  As a ensign or standard, it was a signal to God's people t...

Moses grew tired as he held up the Rod of God over his head.  When the Rod came down, Amelek begin to win the battle with Joshua.  Moses needed help!  So he enlisted his brother Aaron to stand on one side and an unknown man by the name of Hur to stand on the other side and hold up his hands with the Rod of God over his head!  We need help to face the temptations and trials we f...

The Rod of God in Moses hand represents the Authority of Jesus Christ over our lives.  If we want Jesus to fight our spiritual battles for us in the temptations and trials we face everyday in our lives, we must be willing to "die to self" and submit with our whole heart to His authority!  God bless!

Today, Tuesday August 18 - Jehovah-Nissi, The LORD is our Banner! Jesus said, "Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation, for the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41) Discouragement often comes upon us after we have yielded to a temptation. Jesus had spoken these words to His three inter-circle disciples, Peter, James and John, while in the Garden of Gesemem...

Today, Monday August 17 - Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord is our Banner!  We are talking about dealing with the temptations and trials we face in life. I've never been tempted to eat a worm but a fish can be tempted to go after a worm that is hiding a hook and before it knows it, it is hooked and caught.  God never tempts us to do evil but He does allow the devil to tempt us. James 1:13-15 "Let...

Today, Sunday August 16 - Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord is our Banner! God wants us to enjoy living the victorious Christian life!  Over my years of ministry, I've found that the most miserable people in the world are not those who have no idea what it is to be a follower of Jesus as a believer, but it those who claim to be Christians but have never learned how to put on the whole armor of God. &nb...

Today, Saturday August 15 - Jehovah-Nissi, The LORD is our Banner!  (Exodus 17) Do you have a spiritual bully in your life?  You really have a desire to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus but every time you get up and take five steps forward, the spiritual bully knocks you back ten steps!  That spiritual bully might be a bad habit or even lack of a good habit.  It m...