Burning Heart‘s Podcast

Jesus is for Losers Part 1

How tightly do you hold onto your possessions? It doesn't matter if you have a little or a lot, your stuff can hold you back. Pastor Michael asks the question, could you leave it ALL in order to follow Jesus? Scripture teaches you must be willing to leave the riches, comforts, and titles of life to share the love of Christ with unbelievers. In today's message, you'll be encouraged to be a loser. To lose everything to follow after Christ. If this sounds hard, ask the Holy Spirit to free you from your stuff.

Jesus is for Losers Part 2

Life is filled with sorrow, heartbreak, and loss. There is a time for grieving, but once that passes you need to move forward. As Pastor Michael shares in today's message, if you are constantly looking back and feeling sorry for yourself, you'll miss what God is trying to do right now. Are you ready to lose your excesses and lose all the stumbling blocks of moving forward? God can heal your past hurts and help you move forward, you only need to come willingly to Him asking for His healing.

The Passion of Jesus Part 1

When you talk about Jesus, what does your voice say about what you are speaking about? Are you using a monotone, boring intonation? Or are you expressing excitement, wonder, and awe? As Pastor Michael shares in today's lesson, HOW you deliver the message of Christ is just as important as the content. Perhaps this could be a new challenge for you. Any time you are talking about God, with a believer or not, use dynamic modulation. Hook your listener with your delivery, and they won't be able not to listen!

The Passion of Jesus Part 2

What are you living your life for? To make a paycheck to buy the newest smartphone or trying to climb your way up the career ladderr? These things are not very exciting or worthy of your dedication. Today Pastor Michael shares an antidote to living a boring hum-drum life in his message. Become passionate about Christ. Maybe you've never experienced a zeal for Christ, or you've just recently lost your affection. Having something you are passionate about will bring back the excitement. And as a bonus, it pleases the Father to be passionate about His Son.

Won’t you be my neighbor Part 1

Pastor Michael shares today that often, people know quite a bit about Christianity but are far from having a relationship with the Father. Head knowledge and heart love are two very different things. Knowing what is in the Bible won't save you – it only helps you know the truth – that in order to spend eternity with the Father in Heaven, you must have a relationship with Him. Start today with reading the Word, meditating on truths found in the Bible, and spend time in prayer speaking to Him.

Won’t you be my neighbor Part 2

Have you experienced a time in your spiritual walk where you’ve been so consumed with being the best you can, you’ve forgotten the building blocks of following Jesus? Pastor Michael shares in his message today that it’s actually pretty simple - love your neighbors and love God. Jesus had to remind the religious leaders that they’d walked away from the essentials. How can you help your neighbor today? It doesn’t need to be complicated; just find a simple way to love those around you.

Jesus’ middle name Part 1

Have you had a time in your walk where you thought you were the only one serving the Lord? You likely started to grumble and complain that others were not pulling their weight. As Pastor Michael shares in today’s message, this is precisely how Martha reacted towards Mary. The service Martha was doing wasn’t bad, but her heart attitude towards Mary was. If you find yourself grumbling about another service, you need to check your heart and see if you are the one with a problem.

Jesus’ middle name Part 2

You've likely heard the phrase, sometimes the good in life steals away the best in life. This is the idea Pastor Michael shared in today's message. Martha was going a good thing by preparing a meal for Jesus and His disciples, but she was missing out on the best, sitting at Jesus' feet. You can experience this in ministry as well. While you are working to present a good worship service or Bible study- you miss out on developing meaningful Christ-filled relationships. What good things are you doing that means you are missing the best?

The Kiss of Prayer Part 1

Did you know that the Lord is not impressed with your eloquent words of prayer? As you listen to today's message from Pastor Michael, he teaches you to “K.I.S.S- Keep It, Simple Saints.” When you come to the Lord in prayer, come to Him as you would your Father. You don't need to embellish your words to try to please Him or to impress others. Pastor Michael encourages you, that the Lord already is pleased with you. He just wants you to come authentically to Him with your needs, cares, and concerns.

The Kiss of Prayer Part 2

Praise the Lord for His love endures forever and ever! In today's message from Pastor Michael, he encourages you that if you've received Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, you are joint-heirs with Christ. You are adopted into the family of God and have received equal access to all of the Father's inheritance. Pastor Michael reminds you, how much the Lord loves you. When He sees you, He sees His Son, Jesus. You are very loved by the Lord. You're not a second-class citizen of Heaven. You're a beloved child.