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Mike Fox Ministries, Phoenix, AZ (2026)

05/20/2026

Hello Friends!

How wonderful is our God! There is none to compare with Him! I heard from an old friend this week who is living, working and ministering in northern Panama. He said, “We are so close to the national line (Costa Rica) where you tromped around for Jesus, sowing seed, working the Kingdom of God, giving your lives for Jesus! We are here now, probably harvesting some of the seeds you’ve sown. We’re working with the same tribe you worked with the Bri Bri… where we live right in the middle of their communities....” It blesses me so much to know that in the same are at hat I was privileged to sow seed for The Kingdom, God has sent others to water, and then still others to harvest.

In 1988, I was invited to go minister to the BriBri tribe, while living in Costa Rica. The Bribri are an indigenous group of approximately 3,200 people living in the Bocas del Toro province of Panama and the Talamanca region of Costa Rica, largely in isolated, mountainous areas. They are known for farming cacao and bananas, preserving their language, and maintaining strong traditions. We traveled as far as we could go by jeep, and then mounted our gear on a horse and walked an hour into the jungle.

When we arrived, we met with the “rey” (king) of the tribe and had an impromptu ministry service right in his grass hut. Oh my- Holy Spirit moved among those gathered there. I remember they brought three babies that were burning up with fever; hot to the touch, flushed and listless. When I laid my hands on them- I felt such a powerful presence of the Lord and I knew the anointing went into their bodies to heal them. Almost immediately they visibly changed, color returning to normal, and eyes brightening in a healthy way. There was such a feeling of awe that came over us, and then much rejoicing! That miracle opened the door for many to come to salvation, and for more miracles! Afterward, we got to eat sopa de morcielago – bat soup. Yum! We went back several times over the years to sow God’s Word into the tribe. Some willsow,somewillwaterandotherswillreaptheharvest. It does my heart good to know that ministry is still going strong among the BriBri.

This month we touched base with Machelle Burroughs, our missionary friend in Puerto Penasco, de Sonora, Mexico. She shared with us an exciting new project that she has been praying about for years and God has now turned the green light on. Machelle has been traveling for years, twice a month, ministering in fishing villages up and down the Sea of Cortez. These remote villages have public school that only goes to the sixth grade. After that the kids turn to the main occupation in their area- fishing. If they wanted to go to high school, they would have to travel an hour to an hour and a half, each way, by bus that would cost $27 per child per day.

God has given Machelle the vision of facilitating online high schools. The area can now receive Star Link, a global satellite internet providing high speed broadband. She got permits from the mayor of Caborca, political seat of Sonora, for the use of two public buildings in two of the fishing villages. She has 48 students that want to enroll and volunteers to run the school. She now needs 50 laptops, a cabinet to lock them in, 2 printers, tables and chairs. If God speaks to your heart to help these kids, please mark your giving “Mexico Youth”.

03/07/2026

From Debbie’s pen...
In late summer of 1987, my husband, Mike and I moved to Costa Rica to go to language school to learn Spanish. We arrived with our two young children, Dan- ny and Tarah, and all our worldly possessions, crammed into 4 suitcases, two trunks and 2 bicycles. For six months we lived in Tres Rios, a suburb of San Jo- se. Then we joined Grace World Missions International, a team of missionaries based in the beautiful city of Cartago. It is located approximately 17 miles south of the capital. We quit the language school and continued to learn Spanish with the help of a tutor, while we also got involved in ministry to the Ticos.

Cartago sits in the mountains, at the base of Volcan Irazu and the mission center is situated bottom of a windy road leading to the volcano. Mike and I found a lovely little three, bedroom home, to rent, just a mile from the mission center, on the outside of the city. This was fortunate as Mike was expected to be at the mission center everyday and we had no car. We both lost a lot of weight walking everywhere we went- either up to the ministry base, or down to the town center.

Our home was on an acre of land and was enclosed by a six-foot-high, cement block wall. That sturdy gray wall represented security to me. It would be difficult for an intruder to get over that wall. When we lived in Tres Rios, a thief broke in while we were at school, and stole our bikes. What an awful feeling of violation and vulnerability! So, we specifically looked for a place to rent that was fenced in and safe.

We lived in that home for six of the seven years we lived in Costa Rica. We grew to appreciate that wall very much. I could let our two- and eventually three- children (when Titus was born), and our dog, Captain, play outside freely. I didn’t have to worry about them running into the street and getting hurt, nor be concerned that anyone passing by would bother them. They could ride their new bikes, play on the jungle gym that Mike built for them and climb the lemons trees. Our loving, protective wall would keep them closed off from the evils of the world.

The kids loved that wall. There were always creatures, such as little snakes, lizards and iguanas scampering on the wall. There you could find caterpillars and walking sticks insects. It was great fun to bounce your ball off the wall or create lovely chalk mu- rals to show Dad when he came home. As he grew older, Danny, learned to climb the back wall and sit on top. It was his favorite spot to think and to watch the city light up at dusk.

Thinking of the wall around our home reminds me of what it says in Zechariah 2:5. This verse holds a powerful promise from God. “For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire around her, (protecting her from enemies), and I will be the glory in her midst.” Like the wall, this verse makes me feel safe and protected. The “I wills” of God are promises that we can claim for our lives. God is a wall of fire around me– He has been and He will be. Not only that– inside that fiery wall of protection He says, “And I will be the glory in her midst.” God is not content to only give us the protection of His fire; He aims to give us the pleasure of His presence. Oh my goodness! I have to stop now, so you can praise Him for awhile!! Thank you, almighty God!

09/04/2025

Hello Friends!
I want to remind you today of the truth that what God says, He does! This is true of everything He says. Whatever God says in His Word is certain. Whatever He wills– always comes to pass. “So shall My Word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isa.55:11

How many times have we made a promise to someone and failed to keep it? We get sick, or something goes wrong with the car, we forget, or we simply decide “I don’t want to do it.”

As humans we sometimes say one thing and yet do another, for all kinds of reasons. But God! Every promise God makes comes to pass. He would cease to be God if He failed to keep His Word. God keeping His Word is His very nature. It is Who He is as God. Because He is God, He cannot fail to do all that He says.
This gives me incredible confidence when I pray His Word. His Word is truth! It is action! It is life! So people! We have got to stay in God’s Word, so that we know what He promises and so that we can pray and see results!

One of our family’s favorite memories happened before we moved to Mexico, when we lived on the CA border. Someone donated a lovely, very large, working organ to our ministry. We asked several of our pastor friends in Mexico if they would like the instrument. Pastor Ricardo was thrilled! He excitedly said he would love to have it for his church. He said he would be over soon to pick it up.

The organ was so large, we couldn’t fit it in our home. So the only place for it was on our back patio right in front of the kitchen window. Well, about 3 weeks later, Debbie is getting pretty tired of it blocking our light.

One morning, she marched out to the organ and shouted loudly, “I am saying to this organ mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!’ I am not doubting in my heart. But I believe that what I say is going to take place, and it will be done for me in Jesus’ name! For I know whatever I ask for in prayer, and believe that I receive it, -it will be given to me!”

Then she left to do some grocery shopping. She was gone about an hour. When she laid bags of groceries on the kitchen counter, she noticed right away all the light in the kitchen. She whooped and ran outside! Mount organ was gone! Just a few minutes after she had left Pastor and his son came and loaded up the organ to pass over into Mexico!

Coincidence? No way! God had made Debbie a promise in Mark 11:23-24, she declared it with faith, and He performed His Word for her!

Dear friend, as you read God’s word, as you read the statements God makes about you, as you read His promises for you in Christ, as you read His declarations about Who He is and what He has done, know that whatever God wills always comes to pass. What He says is the same as what He does. Rejoice and give thanks to your promise making and promise keeping God!

05/12/2025

Romans 6:4 “We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways].” Before I baptize someone I really enjoy hearing them confess their faith in Jesus. Then they go down into the water, signifying their death to sin and self, but come out of the water showing the world that they have been raised to walk in newness of life by the glory of the Father.
As we lead people to Jesus, we need to be sure that they know what it means to commit their life to Him. They need to realize that when you come to Christ, you can’t keep your life as you know it. In fact, you lose your life as you know it– and that’s a great thing! You lose your life to find an entirely new life in Him!
When you walk with Jesus your dreams are different. Your desires change. Your thoughts are shifted. As you grow to know Him, you begin to think, love, act and talk in a new way. Everything in your life is transformed by Him. You are a new creation. Life looks different. The old is gone, the new has come. You just want to experience new life in Him more and more each day, don’t you?
Our prayer is now, “God we don’t want to live as we once lived– slaves to sin, dead in sin, running from You. We praise You, Lord, for saving us from that life. We praise you for sav- ing us from the penalty of sin– death. Thank You for eternal life– not just in the future– but eternal life, NOW! I thank You, Father, for new life!”
I also pray in my own life, as well as for you reading this– that we will continue to allow the Lord to help us walk in newness of life everyday. That we will let Him change our thoughts, change the way we think, change our desires. May we not slip back into old way, old loves. We must let Holy Sprit have free reign in us– to help us love Him and His Word and His ways so much more than anything in this world. We must live His new life everyday. We have been crucified with Christ. We no longer live Jesus lives in us. Let it be evident to those all around us.

02/16/2025

How blessed we are, to be loved by our mighty God! Recently I heard the Crowder Band sing “How He Loves”, and I was humbled and blown over anew by His great love for us!
I love the thought that God is jealous for me. Ex. 34:14 “Do not worship any other god, for the Lord...is a jealous God.” This refers to people choosing to love some other “god” more than Him. Whatever we love most becomes our “god”, be it money, comfort, prestige, or any other idol. But, we were made by Him, for Him. Therefore, no thing else is worthy of being number one in our lives. No thing else can bring us lasting happiness and fulfillment.
God’s love for each one of us, individually, is strong; enduring. It makes sense to compare God’s love to a storm- “Love’s like a hurricane”. Jer.51:16, “When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses.” His love for us, for YOU, is powerful! Even when we are going through things that make us wonder– His love endures! It will get you through anything!
God’s love for us is immense! It is immeasurable! It is eternal. “If His grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking”. Eph 3:17-19 “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge– that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
I urge you, my friends, to take some time to meditate on God’s love for you. Let it surround you. Let it minister to you. Let it comfort you. Let it guide you. Let it change you.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” I John 3:1

PHOTOS: Because you gave, MFM was able to buy tables and chairs for a new church in Puerto Lobos, MX., and
Christmas gifts for the children.

10/07/2024

Hello Friends!

We see in Revelation, chapters 2 and 3, that Jesus expects His followers to be overcomers. The word “overcomer” is the Greek word nikao, which means victor, champion, one who possesses superiority, and master. We are to make it our continual and ongoing goal to stay in victory in every possible part of life as long as we live on this earth.

The Lord told the early believers that to win the contest before them, they had to eliminate all spiritual apathy and ready themselves for tough competition. Only a full commitment would be enough to master, or overcome the enemy and the struggles they would have. Only a completely committed believer will win a victor’s crown.

Last spring when all hell waged war against my health, Debbie and I, and our family jumped into the battle with our “Word-Guns” blazing! We fought relentlessly by professing The Word of Faith, by not “giving place” to any negative reports, by refusing to give up when my physical life was in crisis. Then somewhere in the midst of constant, weekly doctor visits, and having to admit that I didn’t have the strength to hold down a full-time job, "besides– was brain fog that unusual for someone approaching 70?", and being forced to get used to a new “normal”- I became complacent. I accepted that things had changed. I was different then before. I am getting older, after all.

However, recently I have begun to see things differently. Holy Spirit has called me to stay in the race until I reach the finish line, to fight the good fight of faith, to be victorious and to overcome! Spiritual complacency and lack of passion are enemies of our faith that have to be conquered. I have made a recommitment to be permanently and consistently unwavering in overcoming and winning the victory in every area of my life!

What ongoing battle is in your life that you know it is time for you to overcome? Commit to cutting out all spiritual apathy from your life and get ready for the toughest competition you’ve ever engaged in. Only a full commitment will be good enough to win this victory.

Declare every day: “By faith-I am an overcomer in Jesus Christ. He has given me His Spriit. I have His Word. He overcame the devil at the Cross and the Resurrection— then He gave me His name to use. For that reason I can overcome the troubles I’ve had in my relationships, my weight, my health, my finances, and any other struggle I’ve had. With The Holy Spirit’s help, I am strong, I am stable, I am committed. In Him I win and stay in victory! I declare this by faith in Jesus’ name!”

07/04/2024

Hello Partners!
Hebrews 13:13-15 says, “So let’s go outside, where Jesus is, where the action is— not trying to be privileged insiders, but taking our share in the abuse of Jesus. This “insider world” is not our home. We have our eyes peeled for the City about to come. Let’s take our place outside with Jesus, no longer pouring out the sacrificial blood of animals but pouring out sacrificial praises from our lips to God in Jesus’ name.”

To be a follower of Jesus means going outside the camp, or outside the church walls. For the first Christians, the “camp” represented their former religion of Judaism. For us it represents the world with all its sinful pleasures, ungodly values and cultural norms. We must be willing to come away from all of that, bearing rejection from the world just as Jesus did to bring us salvation. Identifying with Jesus in this way is essential in following Him, being His friend, living by His standards, fulfilling His purposes for us and boldly bringing His message to the world. In going “outside” we make ourselves strangers and aliens on the earth. Yet we are on the way to a city that is to come, a city with foundations, “whose architect and builder is God”.
“Sacrificial praises”, here, means an offering to God. Our very lives should be “as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God”. That is the only sacrifice God now requires of His people. This sacrifice is not just songs of praise and worship offered up to God during a worship service in church. That is a good thing, but in truth where praise and worship become a sacrifice is outside of the church, where Christians must show their love and commitment to God, and live in a way that truly brings honor and praise to Him in all they say and do.

Examine yourself. Do you find yourself with no inner fire? Are you dull in spirit and living self-centeredly? Ask God for His refreshing rain. Spend time with Him. Get filled with His fire again. Know that you can make a difference for Jesus. Ask God to ignite you to sacrifice for the good of others. He will do it– He is just waiting for you to ask Him. Then- “go outside where Jesus is, where the action is”. Offer Him the sacrifice of showing and demonstrating His love to others. Live out loud!

06/04/2024

Whew! May was a quick month! Are we really halfway through 2024? I want to encourage us all, in the busy-ness of life, to remember to keep the Sword of The Spirit– The Word of God- coming out of your mouth, and keep it sharp. Life is full of difficult times. (Jn 16:33) However, Jesus wants us to live in His victory. So He has given us the weapons we need to overthrow the enemy. (Rev.12:11) We must learn to wield our supernatural swords and sharpen the spiritual power of our words. We need to train ourselves to rightly handle the Word of God.

Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and morrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Daily sharpening and maintenance is necessary to keep an efficient and safe blade to deal with the battles of life.

What happens when your blade is dull? I know when I use a dull kitchen knife to cut meat or veggies, it is difficult to slice, and the dull pressure ends up squishing things and making a mess. If our spiritual blade is dull, it cannot do an efficient job and it won’t thoroughly gut out the enemy. You may end up with a partial healing or a temporary fix. Two ways of sharpening a blade are to use a honing stone, sliding the blade across it until the edge of the blade is sharp, or you can take two blades and sharpen them against one another. For our spiritual Sword of the Spirit to be razor sharp, we need to be in The Word, our honing stone, every day, finding His answer to our situation and speaking it out of our mouths. We also need to get with other believers to train, challenge, rebuke and edify one another with Scripture. (Prov.27:17) So read your Bible, study it and do what it says to do. Be consistent, be faithful, spend time in the Word and sharpen your skills with others. Keep sharp!

04/08/2024

I trust you all had an impactful Easter celebration. We rejoiced at church with the body of Christ, then had a sweet time of communion with our children and grandchildren, plus a scrumptious ham dinner and an Easter egg hunt. I love rehearsing, with my family, all that Jesus did for us; all that his death and resurrection has provided for us.
Then as Jesus was leaving this earth, to ascend to His Father, He left clear instructions to His followers. They were told to stay in Jerusalem until they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8 says, “But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power. You will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces—even to the remotest places on earth!”
Notice that it says when the Holy Spirit comes upon you...“you will be seized with power.” What power? The power it talks about in Ephesians 1:20 “This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and exalted Him to the place of highest honor and supreme authority in the heavenly realm!”
We can be continually empowered by Holy Spirit, just as the early followers were. Not long after being filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter and John went to the temple to pray. They encountered a crippled man begging for money. Peter said, “I don’t have money, but I’ll give you this—by the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk!”
As Peter pulled the man to his feet, suddenly power surged into his crippled feet and ankles. The man jumped up, rejoicing and shouting praises to God! That same power that raised Christ from the dead, completely healed and infused life to the cripple’s legs and feet!
One of my favorite things to do is to pray for people. It never gets old
feeling the power of God—by faith— leave my hands and surge into
someone’s body to heal them! I pray you will continually experience the
immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you!

02/16/2024

This month I have had the faithfulness of God on my mind, and how including all who have been a part of Mike Fox Ministries, in one way or another, we have together impacted nations and generations, over the past 40+ years. The faithfulness and steadfastness of God is undeniable. When we look back on His love and provision over the different seasons, and the “ups and downs” of life, it encourages and builds our faith.

In 1994, we visited Mexicali de Baja California, MX, and we had several nights of evangelistic meetings in the barrio of La Carranza. While there we heard God tell us that ministering and sharing the Gospel in Mexicali was our next assignment. We were blessed to help Pastors Armando Betanzos and Gabriel Monson build a church building in La Carranza, for the people that were saved in those meetings. This ministry is still thriving today! In fact, Debbie, Tarah and I will be ministering there next week with Pastor Mario Betanzos.

God has certainly been faithful. Faithful and absolutely trustworthy is He who is calling you and He will do it -He will fulfill His call by making you holy, guarding you, watching over you, and protecting you as His own. I Thes. 5:24

This is already proving to be a year of new growth and new life! May you be reminded of all that God has done in and through you, as we live this year with fresh expectancy.

01/19/2024

Yeah! Welcome 2024!

John 1: 1-5 “In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].”

I speak over this new year of 2024 that the life and light of Jesus in us- His body- His chosen ones- consumes us and moves powerfully through us, wherever The Lord leads. Where we are, we shine in this present darkness– a mighty force– loving, saving, delivering, rescuing, healing, restoring all those to whom He leads us.

John 8:12, “Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

Debbie and I are very excited in our spirits for all that God has planned for the next 12 months. We are planning several trips to Mexico. We thank you for your prayers.

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