Mike | March 4, 2008
I suppose I’m a pretty good source for life change. My life has taken so many turns it looks like the switchback roads of Arkansas. I grew up moving every two to three years. I changed friends like a high school guys changes clothes. I’ve changed careers many times. You [...]
Mike | February 2, 2007
I thought I might get your attention with this title. For guys that’s a rough thing to think about – and a painful one at that. But I was reading Kenny Luck’s book, Risk: Are You Willing to Trust God with Everything?, when he used a passage from Jeremiah 4:3-4 -
3 This is what the [...]
Mike | January 3, 2007
So guys, what’s going to be new this year? What are you going to do differently? What are you going to start you’ve been meaning to start for some time now? What will you change about you?
If you noticed each of the questions above were point at you – NOT YOUR SPOUSE [...]
Mike | December 27, 2006
I was going through my study time with God this morning – I’m walking through Max Lucado’s study, Experiencing the Heart of Jesus. This week’s study is on experiencing Jesus’ power. This morning our focus was on faith and how faith allows us to experience – to allow our life to intersect with – Jesus’ [...]
Mike | December 19, 2006
Ever wondered what it must have been like for Joseph, Mary’s husband? Here’s a guy who is betrothed to a young girl. Now the concept of betrothal does not exist in our 21st Century American culture. For Joseph, Mary, their families, and the Jewish leaders (remember the church and civic leaders were [...]
Mike | November 29, 2006
Had an interesting conversation with my friend Alex Monday night at Starbucks. We were talking about fears – Alex gave me a great book by pastor and author Bill Perkins called Six Battles Every Man Must Win. In it Perkins addresses the issue of fear (I will write more about this later). [...]
Mike | November 24, 2006
One of the things that keeps us from being the men that God designed and desires us to be is FEAR. Fear of failure, fear of loosing control, fear of what others will think of us, fear of the unknown, fear of . .you name it.
Fear in and of itself is not bad. [...]
Mike | November 11, 2006
To help men become the men God designed and desires them to be I will, on occasion, invite others to provide some input. This post comes from my pastor, Ed Litton. He wrote this on his blog on Monday, October 23. He has given me permission to re-post it here.
Manliness
In his book, [...]
Mike | November 9, 2006
Ok men. We know the process to becoming the men God designed and desires us to be begins with a RELATIONSHIP then moves to LORDSHIP. So where do we go from here? Glad you asked. We now move to WORSHIP. That’s right, worship. It’s about having a passion [...]
Mike | November 5, 2006
I think the title says it all. Where do we start? Where do we start the journey to becoming the men God designed and desires us to be? Do we begin with defining manhood? Do we start with God’s design of and for man? Maybe we just jump in and [...]