Mike Shreve
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5 Proofs That God Can Still Bless Cursed People
That’s a title that grabs your attention isn’t it? Yet the truth behind it should grab our hearts even more. Let me give you just five examples. ADAM AND EVE, AFTER THE FALL—The holy God of an immense, newly created universe walked in the Garden of Eden knowing evil had crept in before Him. His…
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5 Reasons Why I No Longer Pray for a Double-Portion Anointing
Not long ago I became very troubled in my spirit about a common Pentecostal/charismatic practice: praying for believers to receive a “double-portion anointing.” Many times I have witnessed ministers promoting an altar call with a glowing promise like, “Everyone who seeks God in this altar tonight will get a double portion of the anointing in…
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8 Things Jesus’ Resurrection Does for You Right Now!
Most believers view the resurrection of the Lord Jesus either through a historical or a prophetical lens. They tend to look backward or forward. Too often, sons and daughters of God fail to grasp the present-tense benefits that have come to us as a result of this grand, spiritual conquest that took place when the…
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7 Promises of Gifts God Gives You
In Deuteronomy 16:16-17, God directed the people of the First Covenant to gather three times a year for the feasts of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. He also commanded that none were to appear before the Lord empty, but that “every man shall give as he is able.” Recently God burned this passage into my spirit,…
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Stretching the Truth About Yoga
Have you noticed a major trend gaining momentum in our eclectic Western society—the rise of interest in yoga? The word yoga means “yoke or union.” It speaks of being yoked with God or in union with God. Yoga, on the surface, appears to be nothing more than a highly developed low-impact exercise regimen. What could be…
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Created for God’s Glory
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, “Give them up!” and to the south, “Do not keep them back!” Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—everyone who is…
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Created for God’s Glory
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, “Give them up!” and to the south, “Do not keep them back!” Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—everyone who is…
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Biblical Symbolism Behind the 4th of July
One of the most amazing facts about the Founding Fathers is this–the one referred to as the “voice” of the revolution (John Adams) and the one referred to as the “pen” of the revolution (Thomas Jefferson) both died on the same day, July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years from the formation of the United States of…
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Claim Salvation for You and Your Family
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” —Acts 16:31, NKJV Amazingly this promise was not made to a seasoned saint but to an unsaved man on the verge of suicide. God had just responded to the praise of Paul and Silas by sending an earthquake that shook…
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How Divine Mercy Flows to Your Offspring
Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. —Deuteronomy 7:9 Mercy is compassion shown especially to those who have engaged in criminal behavior. In a sense, we have all been criminals, for…
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Is Your Heart Circumcised?
And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. —Deuteronomy 30:6 Once a person’s heart is circumcised, the potential is awakened in him to passionately love the heavenly Father. Romans 5:5…
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Bring Your Kids to an Encounter With God
And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. —Deuteronomy 30:6 Circumcision is the surgical removal of the male foreskin, usually performed shortly after birth. It is a symbol of God…
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How to Fight for Your Family in the Spirit
Are you claiming God’s promises for your children? For years I have studied the powerful and edifying subject of the promises of God. There are literally thousands to be discovered and claimed. Several years ago, however, God gave me a flash of inspiration. It dawned on me that He has given a number of promises…
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Choose Life for Your Children
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for…
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Give Your Child God’s Best
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for…
