Mike Donahoe

  • mdonahoe7
  • Grove City, OH
  • Happily married, five adult children and thirteen grandkids.
  • Be Holy

    This isn't a question but a statement. We are Holy. Now this is something hard for us to grasp, but spiritually speaking, it is true. How is this possible? By the statement made earlier in the verse,…

    Created 16 days ago

    1 Peter 1:13 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:14 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:15 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:16 (NASB)

  • Our Location is Important

    ...and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. We all know the physically, we live in this word in physical bodies and with minds that need to be renewed.…

    Created 25 days ago

    Ephesians 2:6 (NASB)

  • Love

    And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. With all the different thoughts, ideas and interpretations, all the different denominations and versions of the Bible, how…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Colossians 3:14 (NASB)

  • No Condemnation

    Romans 8:1-9 The above verses are talking about how in Christ, we are no longer under condemnation and guilt due to sin. Christ came and took our sin and nailed it to His cross. The Old Testament Law,…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Romans 8:1 (NASB), Romans 8:2 (NASB), Romans 8:3 (NASB), Romans 8:4 (NASB), Romans 8:5 (NASB), Romans 8:6 (NASB), Romans 8:7 (NASB), Romans 8:8 (NASB), Romans 8:9 (NASB)

  • We are Holy

    Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you…

    Created about 1 month ago

    1 Corinthians 3:16 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 3:17 (NASB)

  • The Word

    The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. The Word is not just written words. The Word mentioned here is Jesus, the Living Word. So many of us focus on the Bible and…

    Created 2 months ago

    John 1:1 (NASB)

  • Be Holy

    I used to read this verse and think of it as a command. I thought God was telling us we needed to live a holy life. Of course this made me wonder how that could ever be possible. As I became more aware…

    Created 2 months ago

    1 Peter 1:13 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:16 (NASB)

  • Jesus was tempted

    We tend to think about Jesus being above humanity while He lived on earth. He lived a perfect life while here, but we usually say He did this because He was God and above being tempted.Here we are told…

    Created 3 months ago

    Hebrews 4:15 (NASB)

  • Prosperity

    Prosperity is a subject that is highly misunderstood, especially here in the United States. Being prosperous is talked about in the Bible, but it seems like our view of being prosperous always has to…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Timothy 6:7 (NASB), 1 Timothy 6:8 (NASB)

  • We are the Righteousness of God

    Can you even imagine it? We, you and me, saved by grace and now considered to be the righteousness of God. Funny, it almost feels sinful to think that way, but God said it and it is true. Because of…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)

  • True Freedom

    The 10 Commandments, Tithing, church attendance, do this, do that, don't do this, stop doing that....we Christians like to make things so much more difficult on ourselves. We have the mentality that we…

    Created 4 months ago

    Galatians 2:16 (NASB), Galatians 2:20 (NASB)

  • Innocent but not naive

    The word innocent is described in the dictionary as free from moral wrong; without sin; pure. Sometimes we read this verse and think we aren't supposed to be up on what is evil. Obviously we aren't to…

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 16:19 (NASB)

  • Law or Faith

    The Law very clearly was used under the Old Covenant as a tutor, a set of rules to basically keep us in line. The Law was there for us to follow, and if we kept it entirely, we would be perfect and could…

    Created 5 months ago

    Galatians 3:24 (NASB), Galatians 3:25 (NASB), Galatians 3:29 (NASB)

  • Concern for Others

    Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also…

    Created 5 months ago

    Philippians 2:3 (NASB), Philippians 2:4 (NASB), Philippians 2:5 (NASB), Philippians 2:6 (NASB), Philippians 2:7 (NASB)

  • Be Kind to One Another

    Kindness is something you don't find much in our world today. The Bible speaks about kindness many times. Kindness is one of the fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22. The dictionary says kindness…

    Created 5 months ago

    Ephesians 4:32 (NASB)

  • Be Careful How You Act

    Have you ever come across someone who calls them self a Christian, yet the way they act says something different? I remember an experience my wife had recently. She stopped in to what used to be a library.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Colossians 4:5 (NASB), Colossians 4:6 (NASB)

  • Can't We All Just Get Along

    When it comes to Christianity, with all its different denominations, interpretations, different versions of the Bible, it seems there are always times when we run into conflict. Each of us as brothers…

    Created 6 months ago

    Galatians 5:14 (NASB), Galatians 5:15 (NASB), Galatians 5:16 (NASB)

  • Education

    Acts 4:13 - Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus...…

    Created 6 months ago

    Acts 4:13 (NASB)

  • The Physician is for the sick

    When I read these verses, it always makes me think of how a lot of Christian people are today. They think of themselves as good, moral Christians, avoiding things that are 'bad', keeping away from people…

    Created 7 months ago

    Matthew 9:11 (NASB), Matthew 9:12 (NASB)

  • Husbands and Wives

    22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her. I think these two verses are very misunderstood…

    Created 7 months ago

    Ephesians 5:22 (NASB)

  • Faith without Works

    We read in James 2:26 that faith without works is dead. Many think of works as being working in a food pantry, helping the homeless, being active in a church, maybe doing door to door evangelism etc.…

    Created 7 months ago

    John 14:12 (NASB)

  • Alone Time

    Luke 5:16 -- But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray..... This verse says to me how important it is to have personal alone time with our Father God. Jesus would slip away to…

    Created 8 months ago

    Luke 5:16 (NASB)

  • Sin is not our master

    Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace This says to me that people who try to fulfill the law and try to earn their salvation by good works are the…

    Created 8 months ago

    Romans 6:14 (NASB)

  • Live in Peace

    Romans 12:18 - If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. This almost sounds like an impossibility in our world today. To be at peace with all men, including non-believers and…

    Created 8 months ago

    Romans 12:18 (NASB)

  • Fulfill the Law

    To love others is to fulfill the law. The Old Testament law was given as a guide to show people that they could not measure up to pleasing God. If anyone could keep all of the law, then they were perfect.…

    Created 8 months ago

    Romans 13:8 (NASB), Romans 13:9 (NASB), Romans 13:10 (NASB)