Mike Van Buskirk

  • Our pilgrimage…

    The Christian life is just that…a pilgrimage. We’re passing through, and therefore, we must keep our focus on eternity. This is how the patriarchs of old looked at life. Such was the understanding of…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Genesis 47:9 (AMP)

  • Kingdom Paradox

    How do you stop something from growing? Well, smash it, crush it, or kill it of course! Except when it comes to those things pertaining to the Kingdom of God; this is something that cannot be stopped…

    Created 3 months ago

    Exodus 1:12 (AMP)

  • My part, God’s part…

    There is always a God-ward side and then there is the man-ward side. Over and over again in scripture we see that when men did their part, God always did His. This is the “hands-on” type of relationship…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 1:21 (AMP)

  • 40 days, 40 years, or somewhere in between…

    In the wilderness is where you confront the temptations of Satan, with the intent of God that you overcome them and come out in the anointing of the Holy Spirit… Luke 4:1 “And Jesus being full of the…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 4:1 (AMP)

  • My life’s theme…

    If you could sum up your life’s theme using just one scripture, which one would you choose? There are a few different ones that come to mind for me, but I’d have to say this one stands above the rest.…

    Created 11 months ago

    Mark 16:15 (AMP)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-06-25

  • Nothing to say…

    Matthew 22:12 “He saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.” He was speechless because there was no excuse. Everyone else had taken the time…

    Created 12 months ago

    Joel 2:11 (AMP), Matthew 22:12 (AMP), Revelation 19:7 (AMP)

  • God has a plan…

    Genesis 45:8 “It was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” If we can learn anything…

    Created 12 months ago

    Genesis 45:8 (AMP)

  • Do what you can

    Mark 14:8 “She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.” It’s a shame when someone despises the efforts of another member of Christ’s body. They might not be…

    Created 12 months ago

    Mark 14:8 (AMP)

  • Attitude...

    What you’re saying has a great impact on what’s happening around you. And though most of us recognize the power of our words, we don’t always use them at full capacity. One of the hinderances to releasing…

    Created 12 months ago

    Mark 7:28 (AMP), Mark 7:29 (AMP)

  • Evidence of a hardened heart…

    One of the greatest necessities of the Christian life is to develop and maintain a tender heart toward God. This is, more than anything else, the defining element in each of our lives. The condition of…

    Created 12 months ago

    Mark 6:52 (AMP)

  • The Local Boy

    Every preacher, teacher, missionary/apostle or whatever else you want to call them is first just a local boy or gal. It was even true in the life of Jesus… Mark 6:3 “Is not this the carpenter, the son…

    Created 12 months ago

    Mark 6:3 (AMP)

  • Abode’s

    I’m reminded of a question that one of Jesus’ disciples asked Him in John chapter 14:22; “…how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not unto the world?” Personally, I’m very interested in…

    Created 12 months ago

    John 14:22 (AMP)

  • Wanna see God?

    The unseen God, creator of heaven and earth, longs to reveal Himself. He loves to breakthrough human experience and make Himself known. It’s happened throughout history, climaxed in the life and ministry…

    Created 12 months ago

    1 John 4:12 (AMP)

  • The Real World!

    The Bible is full of cool, though provoking questions; things that make you go hmmm. I enjoy answering the questions that I find in God’s word for myself. Questions like: Who do you say I am? Matthew…

    Created 12 months ago

    John 19:9 (AMP)

  • What are you afraid of?

    Fearlessness is an ideal virtue, but if we’re honest, all of us could identify some area of fear in our lives. Even the fear of being afraid. The purpose of this post is to suggest that some fear is okay,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 4:41 (AMP), 1 John 4:18 (AMP)

  • Take care of the unseen...

    Matthew 23:26 “Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.” If you’ll take care of the unseen (the inside of the cup) the…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 23:26 (AMP)

  • Keep digging…

    Genesis 26:22 “And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Genesis 26:22 (AMP)

  • God always does what He says…

    Genesis 21:1 “And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.” I’m so thankful God can be trusted. His faithfulness is beyond compare. If He said it, He will…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Genesis 21:1 (AMP)

  • The Stupid Test!

    1 John 4:6 “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” Hereby we know truth and error. How by?…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 John 4:6 (AMP)

  • The Ultimate Reward!

    Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” God is in to rewards, and His greatest reward…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 15:1 (AMP), Philippians 3:8 (AMP), Colossians 3:3 (AMP)

  • What do you see?

    You will always see whatever it is that you’re looking for. Jesus saw faith. Matthew 9:2 “And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 9:2 (AMP), Matthew 9:11 (AMP)

  • All the right stuff…

    Acts 9:31 “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.” Multiplication…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 9:31 (AMP)

  • The proof is in the power!

    Matthew 11:4 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see.” Any questions about the life and ministry of Jesus can be answered by taking a close look…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 11:4 (AMP)

  • F.O.G.

    Nehemiah 5:15 “But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Nehemiah 5:15 (AMP)

  • Let them help...

    Ezra 4:2 “They came to Zerubbabel [now governor] and to the heads of the fathers’ houses and said, Let us build with you, for we seek and worship your God as you do, and we have sacrificed to Him since…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ezra 4:2 (AMP)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes

    2011-01-27

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-01-04

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-04