Author Archives: Mike Valles

The Desperately Needed Victory Over the Eyes

Psalm 101:3 “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.” David, the writer of this Psalm, had experienced what happens when you do not control what you see with your eyes. He first saw beautiful Bathsheba from the palace… Read More »

Giving Our All in the Time Left in the Race (Pt. 3)

I Corinthians 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” One reason that more people do not enter the Olympics, or sports in general, is because of the hard work involved. Besides possible time… Read More »

Giving Our All in the Time Left in the Race (Pt. 2)

I Corinthians 9:25,26 “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:” If a Christian wants to win the race set… Read More »

Giving Our All in the Time Left in the Race

I Corinthians 9:24 “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” A lot is being said about the Olympics and sports in the media. There seems to be constant reporting about their lives, their wins, losses, and the trades of… Read More »

God’s Desired Response to His Blessing

Psalm 67:1,2 “God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.” God used this Psalmist to want God’s blessing. He asked for three things: “Be merciful unto us.” “Bless us.” Cause your “face… Read More »

Is the Bible Relevant Today?

Psalm 12:6,7 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” When God wrote His Bible through about 40 men, He wrote it with the intent that it continues forever.… Read More »

Father’s Day

Malachi 4:6 “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” What a blessing to have a Father’s Day in this country. It is a day when believers and others are reminded of… Read More »

The Power of the Holy Spirit to Give Victory

I Corinthians 2:12 “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” Starting with salvation, our loving God has given to His children many things that are free. Of course, they are the… Read More »

Avoiding Deceit in the Last Days

I Timothy 4:1 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;” In this letter to a young preacher, the Apostle Paul warns him that some believers are going to depart from the faith. The reason: They will be… Read More »