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Mike Cowart Ministries I'm Just Here To Be A Blessing

09/07/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Judges 6: 14 The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?" 15 "But Lord, " Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family." 16 The LORD answered, "I will be with you, and you… Have you ever noticed that God uses people who would disqualify themselves? Gideon heard God’s assessment of himself, but all he could see was his own. Notice the Lord didn’t counsel Gideon about his low self-esteem; He just spoke to His divine purpose. I know there are times when you disqualify yourself from the service of God for a myriad of reasons. Moses did so when he said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh?” One thing I have learned is that God doesn’t hold our faithless moments against us. He understands our humanity and still speaks His will into our lives. The Father doesn’t overlook our mistakes, but as He does in all things, He uses them for our good. Today, stop looking at yourself and start listening to the Lord. He sees His purpose being fulfilled in your life.

09/06/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Deut. 28:2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God… I have always believed that our God is a rewarder of those who seek Him. When we keep God in first place and do our best to honor Him, Scripture says, “His blessings will chase us down and overtake us.” That means you will come into increase, promotion, and blessings that you didn’t necessarily deserve. We see this principle in the Old Testament with Ruth. She was out in the fields following behind the workers and gathering up the leftover wheat that they missed. She was trying to take care of her mother-in-law, Naomi, but they were barely surviving. One day, the owner of the fields told the workers to leave handfuls of wheat on purpose for Ruth. Ruth came into blessings that were simply dropped at her feet. Every one of us can look back and see times when God has left us handfuls on purpose—something that we didn’t deserve or even ask for. We just stumbled into it. That’s a “handful on purpose.” I encourage you to always keep your expectancy up. Keep trusting God and obeying His voice because He is ready to bless you in unexpected ways today!

09/05/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Isa 29:5,6 Suddenly, in an instant, the LORD Almighty will come… Sometimes when we’ve struggled in an area for a long time, it’s easy to just give up and accept things the way they are. One of the enemy’s favorite lies is to tell you that nothing is ever going to change. He’ll tell you that you’re never going to get well, that your marriage isn’t going to work out, that you’re never going to break that addiction. But I want to tell you today, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in those circumstances, God can change things in an instant! In a split second of time, He can turn it all around. One touch of God’s power can heal your body. One touch of His favor can promote you. One touch of His goodness can solve that problem. Just one touch from Almighty God can instantly change your life. God is working behind the scenes. Your time is coming, and I declare that your breakthrough is going to happen suddenly — in an instant!

09/04/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Joshua 1:9 Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest… Courage comes from trusting God. It can’t be mentally drummed up. It comes from believing what God says regardless of what the circumstances look like. Courage comes from faith! Where does discouragement come from? From fear and unbelief. It comes when you listen to the devil’s lies about what God is not going to do for you. As the people of God, you and I must shake off discouragement and rise up with courage! We must quit looking at our own abilities and failures and limitations and start looking to God. We must rise up in the Name of Jesus and the power of His Spirit and establish the kingdom of heaven upon earth. If you’ve been discouraged lately, stop listening to Satan’s lies. Stop receiving evil reports. Whenever someone tells you God is not going to deliver you, you just tell them, “He’s already delivered me in the Name of Jesus.” Once you begin to realize who you are and what you’ve been given by the power of God, you’ll quit letting the devil run all over you. God didn’t suggest that you be strong and courageous. That is His command! Be strong and of a good courage!

09/03/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Hab. 3:17–18 Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation… Consider the words of Habakkuk, he didn't say he would rejoice in his circumstances; he said he would rejoice in the Lord. Anyone can rejoice when things are going well. But when you are facing adversity or hardship or sickness, and you still rejoice, then you are obeying God. Paul, in the worst circumstances imaginable, said, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!" (Phil. 4:4). Here is why we should rejoice. Solomon said, “the cheerful heart has a continual feast.” When we rejoice our heart becomes cheerful. Then our heart can feast on that joy. When we feast in the natural we give our body that which produces strength. When our hearts feast on the joy of the Lord, we gain spiritual strength. Thus, the joy of the Lord is our strength. Remember, God is still on the throne. God still loves us. God has promised that He can work all things together for good to those who love Him. He has also promised that He will never leave or forsake us. So we can rejoice.

09/02/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want… In my morning prayer time, I try to always tell the Lord, “Father, you are my Shepherd (Jehovah Roi). I want you to fully realize the importance of God the Father being your Shepherd. He can lead you to green pastures where you can lie down for rest. There you can feed on green grass (His promises) to regain your strength. He will lead you beside still waters. The same waters Jesus spoke of when He said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (Jn. 7:37,38). The Lord is your Shepherd; He will lead you in the right paths, for His name’s sake. He will guide you through the valley of the shadow of death. Don’t be afraid of shadows. I once heard a preacher say, “The shadow of a dog never bit no one.” The Shepherd will be with you in danger and will lead you through dark valleys, but will not leave you there. Your Shepherd will prepare a table of food for you after you get through your dark valley. Your favorite cup is full and running over. Eat, drink, and rejoice in His provision. The Shepherd has two “sheep dogs” that will pursue you if you stray. The first is His goodness, which will keep you following Him. The second is His mercy, which will forgive any of your future wayward steps. The Lord is your Shepherd!

09/01/2026

Mike's Morning Manna 1 John 4:17: ...as he [Jesus] is, so are we in this world… Today I want to encourage you with a powerful truth from this remarkable statement. God’s plan is not merely for us to admire Jesus from a distance, but to reflect His character in our daily lives! When we study the ministry of Jesus, we discover that He was accessible to people: Children could approach Him, the brokenhearted found comfort in Him, sinners discovered mercy in His presence, and the rejected found value when everyone else had overlooked them. Jesus never turned away those who came to Him. He was moved with compassion. He gave hope to the hopeless. He touched lives that others considered untouchable. As believers, we are called to have that same attitude. We are to be accessible, compassionate, and willing to serve others. 1 John 3:18 even says, “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” Sometimes love requires us to give our time, our strength, our resources, or simply our attention to someone in need. Today, I encourage you to ask yourself, “Who needs encouragement from me? Who needs mercy? Who needs someone to believe in them?” As Jesus was in this world, so are we called to be. May the Lord help us reflect His heart to everyone we meet.

08/31/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Genesis 32:26 I will not let you go unless you bless me… When God blessed Jacob, he promised to give him land, multiply his family, make him a mighty nation, and use him to bless the world. He made Jacob and his family God’s chosen people. But just like he does with you today, God gave Jacob a promise and then tested his faith in that promise. In Genesis 32, Jacob wrestled with God all night long in a struggle that tested his patience, faith, and trust. Then God touched Jacob’s hip and injured it, putting him at a serious disadvantage. Jacob was hurt and exhausted, and yet at dawn he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Isn't that an interesting thing to say to somebody you're wrestling with? At some point during that all-night struggle, Jacob became aware that this was no ordinary opponent. He was wrestling with God. And so, Jacob refused to let go, knowing that God could bless him. Maybe you feel like you’re wrestling with God right now, and the struggle is lasting way too long. Maybe you don’t want to do the things God has told you to do, like be generous or be kind to your enemies. The very God you’re wrestling with is the one who gives you your dream for your life. He's the one who will make it happen! God’s not trying to thwart your dream—he’s getting you ready for it. Your struggle will build your stamina, deepen your patience, and increase your strength. Your wrestling match will also bring you to the point of commitment. At the very moment when you think it’s time to give up, you need to turn to God and say, “I’m in this struggle as long as it takes for you to do your good work in me and bless me.” That kind of response to God’s test shows you’re ready for his anointing on your life.

08/30/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna 2 Cor. 1: 8 …We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.… WOW! Paul found himself at a point and place that the hardship he was facing was more than he could endure. In fact, he expected to die. The NIV puts it like this, “in our hearts we felt the sentence of death.” It is at this point that most would have given up, but not Paul. During hard times he would always look for a lesson he could learn. It was one of the secrets that helped him through such times. This lesson uncovered something about himself he did not realize. He had been trusting in himself rather than God. We have such times in our life when self-confidence creeps in and we don’t realize it. So powerful is self confidence that it takes a major conflict to bring it to surface so it can be dealt with. If you find yourself in such a time, don’t give up, learn to rely on God. Like Paul, if death did come, you will still rely only on God, who raises the dead!

08/29/2026

Mike’s Morning Manna Isaiah 53:5,6 But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings. . . . All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused the wrongdoing of us all to fall on Him… Every one of us has a good reason to feel guilt. No one does everything right! We hurt other people. We act selfishly. Often the unkindest things we say and do are to the people we love the most. Just like you can’t hide your sins from God, you can’t hide your guilt from him either. Not only that, but when you try to cover up your guilty feelings, they start to eat at you on the inside. Only one thing works to get rid of guilt: Confess your sins, and trust in God’s forgiveness. The word “confession” in the Bible in Greek is homologeo, which means “to say the same thing.” So confession simply means to agree with God: “You’re right, God. I was wrong.” Jesus takes all your guilt on himself. He gives you his goodness—his righteousness. This is the most basic, fundamental truth of the Bible: Your broken soul becomes whole again in him. If you don’t feel forgiven, it means you don’t fully understand God’s goodness. When Jesus died, he covered all your sins. It’s as if he threw them into the deepest part of the sea and put up a “No Fishing” sign. Confess your sin to God. And because he forgives and forgets your sin, you’ll have no need to drag it out again.

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