The MPC Podcast

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.”                                           ...

“I am in them and you are in me, so that they may be made completely one, that the world may know you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.”  John 17: 23 CSB Kevon drove up to the school and parked in front of the building so he could quickly run to the door and pick-up his 6-year-old nephew, Dennison, by 3pm. His brother had sent him at the last minute since he was stuc...

"Everything is permissible for me," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.”                                           &...

But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him and His righteousness, and with their children’s children .                               Psalm 103:17 NIV Many years ago, during a Women’s League Ministry meeting,...

I called upon the Lord in distress, the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?      Psalm 118:5-6   God answers our distress call with freedom.  When we are desperate, or in a place where we see no light or just lost our direction, that is when God steps in.  He will move us to a large...

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.                                                  &nbsp...

Do not grieve, for the JOY of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10b   Consider it pure JOY, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds  James 1:2   When I think of the word “joy,” I smile, remembering the gift of a newborn healthy child, squeals of laughter when I played games with my young children, good times at the park and getting together with family and frien...

“ Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything”                         &...

8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.                1 Peter...

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”                            1 Peter 5:7 NIV “Why am I going through these situations?  Why do I keep hurting?  When will this pain go away?”  Sometimes it can feel like we’re alone in this...

Co me to me , all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28 (NIV)   In the spring of 2019, I woke up with a fever. I hadn't been feeling well for a few days prior to that. Instead of going to the doctor, I took a fever reducer and went to work. By mid-morning, my fever was back and I was ordered bythe nurse at my job to leave work and NOT retu...

“Cast your burden on the Lord and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.“                                                 &nbs...

“However, this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17: 21   The boy was epileptic and suffering greatly, often falling into the fire and often into the water. His father brought him to Jesus’ disciples, but they could not cure him. Then Jesus came. He rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was cured from that very hour.    The disci...

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.                                                  &nb...

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”                                                &nb...

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.                                                      ...

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”                           Ephesians 1:3-4     Have you ever had a thought of why God chose to bless you? At some...

"Now therefore," says the Lord, Turn to me with all your heart, with fasting with weeping, and with mourning. So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and he relents from doing harm. Who knows if he will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him – A grain offering and a drink offe...

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."                           Isaiah 41:10   A few days ago, I attended a program honoring a deceased fr...

 “I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now he has taken away. May his name be praised.”                                            &nb...

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God                   Psalm 42:5; Psalm 43:5 Let’s face it, this earthly world is not a very pleasant place these days. There are wars and rumors of wars, pandemics, ep...

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will. ~    Roman 12: 2 NIV   Do you feel that it’s too great of a sacrifice to yield all to Christ? Ask yourself what has Christ given for me?  The Son of God gave all, His life for our re...

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight. “O Lord my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 ESV   Life’s opportunities and creativity increase or decrease based on your ability to harness your imagination. Imagination is the natural product of meditation. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagi...

I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my Lord,” I replied. So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of...

16  I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  17  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.  18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19  Now the works of the fle...