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Published on January 26, 2024 in Blog by Mike Genung

“My highest hope for all of us is to stop trying to fool others by appearing to have our act together. As people living in intimate union with God, we need to become better known for what and who we actually are. Perhaps a good Read More

Published on January 12, 2024 in Blog by Mike Genung

Rogue: “No longer conforming to a desired standard; a person or organization that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way.” We read everywhere that 2024 is going to be rough year. Okay, now what? Do we sit back, grab a tub of popcorn Read More

Published on January 5, 2024 in Blog by Mike Genung

God, marriage, kids, work. If you ask most Christians what their life-priorities are, they’ll parrot this well-rehearsed list. Talk is cheap. Our actions expose our belief systems and what we love, not merely our talk. When I was bondage to lust, and for some time Read More

Published on December 29, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

“It (2023) could have been immeasurably worse. But holding back from the brink in 2023 has simply deferred vast crises to 2024. The post-covid world is exhausted, cash-strapped, but ultimately more fraught than for decades. Overshadowing it all will be a flagging hyperpower, at best Read More

Published on December 22, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

This week I’ll share several videos with you. Brighter Days Cheap cliches or easy answers to pain and suffering are a turn-off for me. At first glance the title of Blessing Offor’s song Brighter Days seemed like it fit the cheap and easy category – Read More

Published on December 14, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

“My own soul’s conviction, is that prayer is the grandest power in the entire universe, that is has more omnipotent force than electricity, attraction, gravitation, or any other of those other secret forces which men have called by name, but which they do not understand.” Read More

Published on November 2, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

We recently learned that Lisa, my wife’s matron of honor at our wedding, suddenly died. She was in her mid-fifties. Hearing that someone we knew abruptly transitioned to eternity at a young age was a sharp reminder of how short life is. Solomon’s words come Read More

Published on October 23, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

“I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.” – Charles Spurgeon “Prayer does not equip us for greater works— prayer is the greater work. Yet we think of prayer as some commonsense exercise Read More

Published on September 8, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

The following has been in the news recently. 9/1: The Texas law requiring age verification of 18 or older to access porn websites was struck down, a day before it was scheduled to go into effect. The adult entertainment industry had filed the suit. When Read More

Published on September 5, 2023 in Blog by Mike Genung

“Seek ye first the kingdom of entertainment, and all these things will be added to you.” 1st Americans 1:11 In my early years as a believer, prayer was an intimidating enigma. I didn’t deal with being alone in silence well. Then there was the big Read More