by Michael King | Mar 15, 2023 | Missions, The Goodness of God
During the 2023 Peru Mission Trip with Overseas Missions, one of the things we did was hire prostitutes. Now, it sounds terrible when I say it that way, but the REASON we hired them was so we could have their undivided attention to throw them a party. You see, our...
by Michael King | Dec 4, 2021 | Encouragement, Physical And Emotional Healing, Prayer, Reflection, The Goodness of God
My trip with Overseas Missions to Guatemala this November was eventful, to say the least, but there were certain things about it that were more special than others. One, in particular, was very precious to me because it felt like God redeemed a moment in my life that...
by Michael King | Jun 18, 2020 | Inner Life, Reflection, Spiritual Laws, The Goodness of God
There is a common view in the Body of Christ that while God didn’t cause Job’s afflictions directly, He allowed them by not stepping in and stopping the attacks. While the little we see of the heavenly meeting-room scene in Job 1 might suggest that God did...
by Michael King | Apr 2, 2020 | Beliefs, Inner Life, Spiritual Laws, Teachings, The Goodness of God
Some people struggle with understanding why God “lets” bad things happen. The “why didn’t God stop it” question has to do with a lack of understanding about sovereignty and God being in control. If God was “in control” like many say, then God...
by Michael King | Jul 10, 2019 | Physical And Emotional Healing, Reflection, The Goodness of God
Back when I was helping run conferences for a local ministry, the staff and volunteers would aim to start each morning with a time of prayer before we got started and let all the attendees in the doors for the day. This was sometimes a challenge because the doors...
by Michael King | Mar 27, 2019 | Encouragement, Inner Life, Prayer, The Goodness of God
I got an unexpected phone call the other morning from a brother in Christ, and we began talking about resting in God’s presence, a practice also known as “soaking”. He began to share about times of worship he has enjoyed where the Presence of God would...