Author Archives: Marv Mickley
Let's All Strive For More Of This
It's something we all value. Two year olds grasp at it, eighty-year olds want to keep it, and teenagers can't wait to get it. What is it? Independence! We want to make our own decisions, be our own pe...
Marv Mickley Mar 03, 2021 Photo Credit: iStock / sticker2you
Empty can be good, really good!
I usually don't like empty things- an empty fuel tank, an empty milk carton or peanut jar and especially an empty stomach. But there's one empty thing that is wonderful and amazing--Jesus' empty tomb!...
Marv Mickley Apr 18, 2017
God Has Promised This
As we look at what's going on in our world, it can be pretty frightening! Uncertainty, wars, economic problems, political issues. It's a mess! The great and wonderful thing is: God has promised never ...
Marv Mickley Oct 04, 2016
We Never Know Until We Hear From You
You know, when I’m in a room by myself talking into a microphone, I know it’s likely someone is listening, and I hope that the songs that we play and what is said may encourage someone. Bu...
Marv Mickley Apr 19, 2016
We are grateful... thank you!
After a celebration like our Fall Share last week, I am grateful!
I’m grateful for God’s grace, grateful for the opportunity to be a part of an outreach that impacts people for Ch...
Marv Mickley Oct 20, 2015
We All Love A Good Story
We all love a good story.
They make us laugh and cry and speak powerful truth to us all at the same time. Jesus told stories all the time. And the best stories are the ones about God changing...
Marv Mickley Oct 06, 2015
Who Is Boss?
“You’re not the boss of me!”
Has your child ever said those words or something similar to you?
As parents, we don’t like hearing disrespect and defiance c...
Marv Mickley May 19, 2015
The most destructive sin?
Typically, if someone were to ask me if I have a problem with pride, I would answer “no, I don’t think so”…until I listened to a message from Atlanta pastor Andy Stanley. He p...
Marv Mickley Mar 03, 2015
The Most Loved Christmas Song Is...
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come . . .”
I read that “Joy to the World” is the most loved Christmas song. I think we all long for joy. Yet it’s an elusiv...
Marv Mickley Dec 16, 2014
Humbled
A young lady, thinking of ending her life… God used a Jeremy Camp song in the middle of the night on PRAISE 106.5 to change her mind; and a mother… soaking in God’s hope through Ma...
Marv Mickley Sep 16, 2014