https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/podcasts/140366/ If you are a child of God you are in the middle of a war between the greatest powers that exist. The battle is spiritual, and it is in the spiritual realm. The enemy engages us in the mind, which is the battlefield of spiritual warfare. Very practical and helpful preaching on this important matter that will change your view of life and give you the knowledge you need to fight the good fight of faith. Religion & Spirituality Straight Paths Bible Church http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/images/series/1440/1440/140366.1628157805.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/podcasts/140366/ en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:04:58 +0000 30 Mike Miller no Mike Miller bromike50@spbiblechurch.com If you are a child of God you are in the middle of a war between the greatest powers that exist. The battle is spiritual, and it is in the spiritual realm. The enemy engages us in the mind, which is the battlefield of spiritual warfare. Very practical and helpful preaching on this important matter that will change your view of life and give you the knowledge you need to fight the good fight of faith. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41726123195564 The biggest struggle of every life is the fight to hold onto hope. Satan's greatest weapon against us is to deceive us into thinking that all hope is gone. He wears us down until discouragement and despair overwhelm us. Expectation is the object of hope, and when our expectations become unreachable, or even seem to, we quickly fall into despair. Earthly hopes in people, family, church, or circumstances often disappoint, but the believer's true hope must be anchored in God, not in this world. We have many good examples to look to from the Word of God to help us in this struggle to hold onto hope. Faith in God and love for others restores hope, while self-pity and despair come from looking too low, and forgetting about God. Then we also have the "blessed hope" of Christ's presence, His coming again, and the certainty that God will always make a way. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41726123195564 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:57:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42262328415848 The deepest need of every human heart is to truly know God the Father, and that this is only possible through Jesus Christ. Beneath all unbelief, rebellion, and false religion is an inescapable longing for God. Christ came to open the way through "the veil" so people can truly come to know the Heavenly Father, know He hears them, and live with peace and assurance in their hearts that all is well between them and the God who created them. Seek God sincerely through Christ, turn from your sin, and be born again. Then you can enter into a real relationship with Him before it is too late. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42262328415848 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:06:13 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/327261726196595 It is clear from the Scripture that God has provided the means through the local church for believers to grow spiritually, gain wisdom, and avoid living a vain, regret-filled life marked by poor decisions and worldly influence. The goal of the Christian life is to mature and grow into the likeness of Christ through sound teaching, unity in faith, and consistent exposure to God's Word, which equips people to navigate relationships, and hardships properly. The end of a life lived this way does not end in vanity and confusion, but in peace and joy and love. Proverbs 4:18 says, "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/327261726196595 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:40 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/319262054302800 In Genesis 6, the rapid moral collapse before the flood began when the "sons of God" (God's people) compromised and united with the ungodly world, breaking down moral boundaries and unleashing widespread evil. Abandoning God's moral law, which always begins with sexual purity, leads quickly to a society filled with violence, hatred, and disorder, much like today. Evil is the natural result of sin, and multiplies once restraint is removed. But the Scripture also points to hope in the example of Noah, who found grace in the eyes of the Lord by separating from the world around him and living faithfully and righteously before God. Believers now need to do what true believers have always done in times of apostasy - guard their minds, and live righteously, and stand firm in a corrupt world as the time of God's judgment approaches. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/319262054302800 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:05 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31226169381481 "Who hath believed our report?" said Isaiah, and Jesus, and Peter. Although many people hear the message of Jesus Christ, only a few truly believe it in a saving way. People often ignore, reject, or misunderstand the gospel—sometimes trusting in religion, traditions, experiences, or intellectual agreement rather than genuine faith. True belief is more than knowing the facts about Christ; it involves surrendering one's life to Him and living in obedience to the gospel. While many resist or remain spiritually blind, those who truly believe show it through a transformed life. The responsibility of God's people is simply to faithfully proclaim the message and leave the results to God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31226169381481 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:06:13 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/35262044263845 Ecclesiastes 1:18—"in much wisdom is much grief." People begin life in innocence and joy, like children who trust others and find wonder in simple things. But as people grow older and gain knowledge of the world's sin and hypocrisy, they become more and more cynical, critical, and unhappy, focusing only on what is wrong with others and with life. This kind of "wisdom" can fill the heart with pride, bitterness, and misery, especially in a world where knowledge and information constantly increase. Instead of letting evil and negativity consume the mind, believers must seek the wisdom that comes from God, which is pure, peaceable, gentle, and full of mercy. God intends for people to enjoy the simple blessings of life—family, work, fellowship, and daily provisions. True wisdom allows a person to recognize the evil in the world without becoming bitter, and to live with joy, gratitude, and trust in God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/35262044263845 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:48 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/22726164311580 Jesus is not just "the life" in doctrine—He must be our life personally (John 14:6). Just as God breathed physical life into Adam, spiritual life comes only when Christ gives life to the soul. Without Him, a person may be religious, moral, or successful, but is still spiritually dead. Church attendance, denominational loyalty, knowledge of Scripture, or good works cannot save. Only a real, personal relationship with Jesus—through surrender and faith—brings eternal life. When Jesus truly is our life, it shows: we begin to think like Him, love like Him, live with conviction, and seek to honor Him above all else. The message is simple and urgent: Don't settle for religion. Know Christ Himself, and let Him be your life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/22726164311580 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/220261517203801 2 Thessalonians 2:7–12 warns that the "mystery of iniquity" is the growing power of deception in the world. When people reject the truth of God's Word, God allows them to believe lies, because man has a free will to chose good or evil. The real mystery is how intelligent people can call evil good and good evil—but it happens when they refuse to love the truth. Throughout history people have justified great evil while believing they were right. The root problem is abandoning God's authority and replacing it with human opinion. Without the Bible as the final authority, morality collapses and society drifts into confusion and delusion. The only safeguard is a personal return to God—loving His truth, living by His Word, and refusing to be shaped by the lies of the age. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/220261517203801 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:47 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/220261454376499 Many people try to have religion - church attendance, moral living, or even biblical knowledge without truly knowing Christ. But without Him, it is all empty—like artificial flowers that look real but have no life. Dead religion, emotional religion, or intellectual religion cannot give life. Only Jesus can. The message stresses that we must seek Christ Himself first—not merely the way or the truth as ideas. When a person bows before Him in faith and surrender, the way becomes clear and the truth becomes understandable. Eternal life is found in knowing Him personally, through the Word of God. Anything short of giving Him the supreme place in our lives leaves us in confusion and spiritual death. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/220261454376499 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:57:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/212261531306676 That God is faithful is a common theme throughout the Bible There is a great contrast between God's perfect faithfulness and human inconsistency, showing that while people often fail—through weakness, forgetfulness, or lack of love—God never fails. He keeps His promises, gives counsel, forgives sin, shows mercy, protects His people, and never forsakes them. Faithfulness is more than occasional good deeds or keeping rules out of duty. True faithfulness flows from love. God is faithful because He is love, and if we truly love Him, we will respond with steady, wholehearted faithfulness in return. God has never failed us, so how can we ever justify being unfaithful to Him? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/212261531306676 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:23 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21226144120338 Human reasoning, religion, philosophy, and even biblical knowledge alone cannot bring saving faith. People can know facts, organize doctrines into systematic theology, and even perform religious works, yet still be spiritually lost. Truth is not a system to be assembled — it is a Person. Jesus is not just a teacher or prophet but God incarnate, the exact image of the Father, who humbled Himself to become a man in order to bridge the gap between sinful humanity and a holy God. This calls for complete surrender: forsaking personal opinions and beliefs, pride, and self-made religion in order to truly know Christ. Salvation comes not from intellectual agreement with known facts, but from yielding to Jesus Christ as Lord and King. In the end, all we have, need, and claim is Jesus — and only by knowing Him can we know the truth and be made free. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21226144120338 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:54 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/262623304713 We should apply to ourselves the words of Jesus to Peter in John 21:22 "What is that to thee? Follow thou me." We need to stop worrying about what others are doing — their faults, failures, faithfulness, or hypocrisy — and instead focus on our own walk with God. People will disappoint, churches will never be perfect, and this world will always be fallen, but none of that excuses us from obeying God. What will matter in eternity is how faithfully we walked with the Lord, not how much time we spent judging, fretting over, or trying to control others. The call is to live joyfully, trust God with other people, love even enemies, and keep our eyes on Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/262623304713 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:45:59 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12326193471366 Temptation is more than the pull toward sin; it includes trials, afflictions, and persecutions that test whether our faith is genuine. Every temptation asks the same question: will we trust God and remain faithful, or will we turn aside for relief or an easier way? God never tempts anyone to do evil, but He allows trials while the devil uses lies to deceive and destroy. Temptation always involves deception, offering promises that never deliver. Enduring temptation is possible because God provides a way of escape, and those who endure are strengthened, proven in their love for God, and promised the crown of life. Victory comes by taking temptation seriously, maintaining godly boundaries, and staying anchored in the Word of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12326193471366 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:42:01 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/123261715506660 God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. In times of discouragement, spiritual darkness, personal trials, and cultural decline, believers often lose heart because they lose sight of who God is. By considering God's infinite power revealed in creation, Scripture, and His dealings with His people, we are called to stop relying on our own strength and plans and to trust Him fully. God's work is never limited by our circumstances, failures, or imaginations. He is able to save to the uttermost, sustain the weary, defend His people, and finish what He has begun. Therefore, we are exhorted not to despair, not to give up on lost loved ones, not to grow weary in well-doing, but to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord who never fails. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/123261715506660 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:06 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11626181318136 The Bible is clear that Jesus is the only way to God, but that way is a holy, obedient way, not merely a belief or profession of faith. While most all professing Christians can agree on and accept the fact that Jesus forgives past sins, the real issue—and the great dividing line—is how a person deals with present, ongoing sin. It is our present sin over which theologians put a fork in the road. Scripture makes clear that those who are truly born again do not live in habitual, continual sin, because Christ came to destroy the works of the devil and to change lives now, not just someday in the by-and-by. Salvation is not just forgiveness of past sins, but a new life marked by repentance, obedience, and righteousness. True faith produces a changed heart and a changed direction. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11626181318136 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:52 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11626202164760 The greatest danger in the last days is not violence, fear, or world events, but spiritual deception. Scripture teaches that many will depart from the faith by listening to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Jesus warned us repeatedly about the danger of being deceived in the last days. The constant exposure to the world's ideas, voices, and "knowledge" leads to confusion, fear, and spiritual decline. Deception often works through guile—truth mixed with error—which makes it especially dangerous. That's how the serpent deceived Eve. He didn't deny God outright—he questioned, reframed, and let her draw the wrong conclusion. In the end, guile doesn't shout. It whispers. And by the time you realize where it's led you, your thinking has already shifted. The only safeguard against deception is wholehearted devotion to Christ, disciplined separation from corrupt influences, and a faithful commitment to seeking truth from God alone. Christ must remain the sole authority over the believer's mind and heart. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11626202164760 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:06 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/182621454199 Slander, blame, and false accusation are sins that are rooted in pride and are driven by an evil spirit—the spirit of the devil, who is the accuser of the brethren. The Scripture shows us clearly that blaming others began in the Garden of Eden and has marked every generation since, especially the last days. Accusation and slander are often used to hide personal guilt, justify sin, and destroy others, and they now dominate the world, politics, media, churches, and personal relationships. God condemns this behavior and promises judgment for those who practice it, while blessing those who walk uprightly, speak truth, refuse to backbite, and do not take up a reproach against their neighbor. The child of God is called to reject this spirit, guard the mind, repent of blaming and slander, and follow Christ's example—showing truth with mercy, taking personal responsibility, and living in charity and righteousness. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/182621454199 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:43 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/18262132317972 The righteous hate evil because God's Word gives them understanding, and His precepts define what is right in every area of life. True faith in God is identified by what a person loves and hates: loving good requires hating evil. God's people are often hated by the world because righteousness exposes sin, and following Christ brings reproach and persecution. The righteous hate evil because of the destruction it causes, the deadly end it always brings, and the dishonor it brings upon God. Evil is dangerous, deceptive, and progressive, often entering the life through what is popular, tolerated, or excused, and it leads to ruin of individuals, families, and nations. Believers are called to reject compromise, learn to discern good and evil through consistent reading and study of Scripture, separate from corrupt influences, and actively fill their lives with godly truth and fellowship. Only by esteeming God's Word above culture, guarding the mind and heart, and living out the truth can a Christian remain faithful in a world that increasingly calls evil good and good evil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/18262132317972 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12302517892378 A person's true spiritual identity is revealed by what they love and what they hate. Scripture consistently shows two opposing realities: the righteous hate evil, and the wicked hate the righteous. There is no middle ground. Those who genuinely belong to God will hate evil—not redefine it, tolerate it, or coexist with it—but avoid it, distance themselves from it, and speak against it. This hatred of evil is not self-righteousness; it is the fruit of knowing and loving God through his Word. Jesus taught that the world hates His followers for the same reasons they hated Him first. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12302517892378 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:12:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1225252259456642 In John 14:6 Jesus declares that He alone is the way to God. A "way" is a passage that makes the unreachable reachable, and without a way, no one can arrive at the destination. Sin separated man from God, leaving mankind lost and unable to find its way back. Jesus did not merely point to a way—He Himself is the way. There is no knowledge of God, no access to the Father, and no hope of eternal life apart from Him. Men are skilled at making roads, bridges, and paths in the world, but spiritually they cannot build a way to God. All human religions, efforts, and self-made paths lead to destruction. Only Christ bridges the great gulf between sinful man and a holy God. To know Jesus is to know the Father; to see Jesus is to see the Father. The Christian life is a journey, not mere observation. Seeing truth is not enough—one must enter the way and follow it. This requires dying to self, abandoning all other ways, and submitting fully to Christ. The way is narrow, simple, ancient, and unchanged, and few find it because few are willing to give up their right to rule their own life and follow Jesus. Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy, the revelation of God, the mediator between God and man, and the only safe place for the soul. To be "in the way" is to continually look to Jesus, follow His steps, and trust Him through every trial. Salvation and life are found only by looking to Christ, believing Him, and walking in Him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1225252259456642 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1218252037521977 What we have been teaching on biblical womanhood and God's design for marriage, is from God's Word - not my opinion, and His commands are the only way to real joy, stability, and blessing. Much confusion and misery today comes from rejecting God's order, especially regarding marriage and the roles of men and women. Women have a clear responsibility before God to live according to His Word, and they will answer to God for their attitudes and obedience, just as men will. Submission, as Scripture teaches it, is not weakness or humiliation but a place of honor, power, and influence, rooted in humility and love. A godly woman, with a meek and quiet spirit and a pure heart, has great power to bless her home, change the world, and even win an unbelieving husband. Marriage belongs to God and only works when both husband and wife commit to His design. Ignoring God's ways leads to heartbreak, while obedience brings peace, strength, and blessing in the home. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1218252037521977 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121825188536238 Turning to John 14:6, we see Jesus' words that He is the way, the truth, and the life. Salvation cannot be divided into parts. I cannot seek the way, the truth, or the life separately or on my own terms. Christ must come first. True salvation is total surrender and union with Him, where He becomes preeminent in my life. Seeking religion, knowledge, moral living, or happiness without Christ always leads to confusion, pride, or emptiness. Many people try to find fulfillment through church activity, doctrine, pleasure, success, or self-made spirituality, but none of these bring real life. Only Christ changes a person, fills the emptiness of the soul, and gives abundant life. Salvation is not a ritual, a prayer alone, or a label—it is Jesus Himself. The call is simple but demanding: seek Christ first. When I know Him, I find myself walking in the true way, knowing the truth that sets me free, and living the life God intended. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121825188536238 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:39 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1212251233392801 Titus 2 teaches that older women are to live holy, steady, honorable lives and use their experience to guide younger women. They should avoid gossip, vanity, and lack of self-discipline, and instead teach what is good. Younger women, in turn, are to be sober-minded, love their husbands and children, be morally pure, run their homes well, and respect their husbands. These instructions are God's design for women of every age, leading to stability and blessing, while ignoring them leads to trouble and disappointment. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1212251233392801 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:57:03 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121225334293828 "And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." - John 14:4 The issue isn't ignorance but refusal. Jesus said they knew, while they said they did not know. Who is telling the truth? People know God is real, know right from wrong, and know the way of righteousness, yet resist submitting to God because they don't want to give up their right to themselves. Unbelief isn't lack of understanding — it's a deliberate refusal to trust God with your life. It's choosing your own way while pretending you don't know better. God has made Himself known to all people through creation, conscience, Scripture, and preaching, so no one has an excuse. The call is simple: stop resisting, stop blaming others, and walk in the way you already know God has shown you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121225334293828 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:45 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/125252024414867 "A nation rises or falls with the virtue of its women. The degeneracy of women marks a nation's fall." That standards for godliness for the female gender are clearly stated in the Word of God. Ignorance is not the problem - most people know what the Bible says, but they have set themselves against God in this matter and chosen to stand with the ungodly world and defy God and his Word. The standards God has set down in his Word concerning the relationships between male and female are the pillar of all morality. Moral collapse is always immediately preceded by the abandoning of God-given morals concerning sex. Men and women are mutually responsible to guard one another from fornication. However, there is an obvious double-standard among almost everyone now. This message is directed to women about their responsibility in this matter. We will talk about men and their responsibility later. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/125252024414867 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:20 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/112825136374402 True thanksgiving isn't just words — it starts with a genuine heart of gratitude. Gratitude is a feeling of goodwill and appreciation toward the one who has blessed us, and it naturally leads to spoken thanks. Without that feeling, spoken "thanks" are empty; and without expressing it, the feeling doesn't bless the giver. True thankfulness always shows up both in the heart and in the mouth. Failing to give thanks — to God or to other people — reveals a darkened, selfish heart. Scripture shows that an unthankful heart is one of the first steps to a darkened heart. Many people enjoy God's blessings but never acknowledge Him. Telling others what God has done is part of true thanksgiving. Thankfulness must be expressed openly. The Bible tells believers to "make known His deeds among the people." Likewise, in everyday life we ought to openly thank spouses, family, friends, and anyone who blesses us. Children should be taught to say "thank you," not just as manners, but to form hearts that appreciate and are grateful for the kindnesses shown to them. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/112825136374402 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:39:12 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/112825121527609 Jesus spent His last moments before the cross reassuring His disciples. They were scared and confused because He was leaving, but He told them not to let their hearts be troubled and reminded them that He had already overcome the world. He promised His presence, the coming of the Comforter, and that His death would lead to something greater. The lesson is that we often react just like the disciples when life gets difficult—we forget God's past faithfulness and let fear take over. Jesus' answer is to trust Him. Faith means relying on God's promises in every season. Just as He guided the disciples, He'll guide us too. So we're called to stay steady, remember what God has already done, and trust that Christ will never leave us without comfort. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/112825121527609 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:40 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1121252041261370 Jesus said, "…lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth…" Earthly treasures are things that make us appear successful, comfortable, or proud — clothes, property, money, conveniences, status, and all the modern comforts people feel they must have. Jesus wasn't just warning against materialism — He was warning against the selfish mindset behind it. So when Jesus said, "…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…" we must consider that a selfish mindset is just as wrong in spiritual things as in earthly things. We cannot think of "laying up treasure in heaven" as personal gain or spiritual profit. The real heart of laying up treasure in heaven is tied to the greatest commandments, which are to love God, and to love your neighbor as ourselves. Treasures are not laid up in heaven by "taking care of myself spiritually." Instead, it comes from serving others, sacrificing, giving, helping, and seeking their good — not our own. We are laying up treasures in heaven when we are serving others, as part of the kingdom of God, and for the glory and honor of God, and not for ourselves. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1121252041261370 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:39:05 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111525131484081 We either trust in the Lord will all our heart, or we lean to our own understanding. The natural tendency is to lean on one's own wisdom. We trust in what we have learned through our experiences in life, both good and bad. We trust in what we have learned from the culture we have lived in. We trust in what our denomination or group that we have identified with. We trust in our feelings about things, but have a hard time really and truly trusting in the Lord with all our heart in everything. If the Bible says "thou shalt not..." and we do it anyway, we are NOT trusting in the Lord. If the Bible says "thou shalt..." and we refuse to do it, we are not trusting in the Lord, we are leaning to our own understanding. Next time you have a dilemma in your life, or a problem, or anything that perplexes you, stop and take a good, long, honest look at yourself and see how much you are leaning on your own understanding to figure it out, and how much you are really trusting in the Lord about it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111525131484081 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252331595123 There is a great contrast between the natural man, who lives according to fleshly desires and discerns everything by his physical senses, and the spiritual man, who is transformed, and directed by the Spirit of God dwelling in him. The only way for the natural man to be changed into a spiritual man is by being born again—spiritual rebirth through the Word and the Spirit. Only those in whom the Spirit of Christ dwells can truly understand and embrace spiritual realities, overcome the world and the flesh, and live in accordance with God's will. Spiritual discernment is not derived from human reasoning, education, or worldly experience, but from the Holy Spirit's guidance, which enables believers to judge all things according to God's Word, reject the works of the flesh, and embody the fruit of the Spirit. We all need to be honest with ourselves and recognize whether we are truly walking in the Spirit or still living after the flesh. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252331595123 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:04 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10312504283118 The Bible teaches clearly that there are only two roads in this life. There is the broad road that leads to death and the narrow road that leads to life. Most travel the broad road because there is lots of company there which makes it feel like it surely must be the right way. Those that are after the flesh travel the broad road and those that are after the Spirit travel the narrow road. Those that are after the flesh are not saved and are headed to hell. Those that are after the Spirit have the assurance of God and the witness of his Spirit that they are going to be with God in eternity. Which road are you on? If you make your choices and decisions without regard to God and you cannot be happy unless you are conforming to this world, then you should be alarmed about the condition of your soul, even if you claim to be saved and on your way to heaven. There is too much at stake to risk on a misunderstanding of the Gospel. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10312504283118 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:02 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102525252155195 The defining mark of true discipleship is that we love one another as Jesus has loved us. This love is not merely emotional or sentimental but is a deliberate, obedient, and sacrificial new nature based upon Christ's example—especially His love for the unlovable and even for his enemies. Genuine faith produces a changed heart, evidenced by a consistent, selfless love that prevents personal offense, grudges, and prejudices. This love is inseparable from salvation, joy, and obedience to God. The Bible is clear in 1 Corinthians 13 that without such love, even the most devout religious acts are meaningless. We need a return to the 'old-time religion' where love for God and neighbor is inseparable and life-changing. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102525252155195 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:03:10 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1017252248367911 True contentment is not passive acceptance but an active, Spirit-led disposition of peace, submission, and thankfulness that rejects the insatiable hunger of covetousness. Discontent is manifested by murmuring and complaining and is not only spiritually destructive but offensive to God, as it reflects a lack of trust in His provision and wisdom. Thankfulness is the key to being truly content, because it transforms our perspective to recognize God's daily blessings, even in hardship, and brings inner peace and satisfaction. We must intentionally cultivate gratitude, to view material needs as sufficient, and to find joy in the assurance of God's faithful care. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1017252248367911 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:45:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1017252142154744 To observe all the evil in this world and suppose that nothing will ever be done about it is absurd and against the sense of justice every human being is born with. To think that people can do all the unspeakably evil things to others and simply go to sleep and rest in peace for eternity is a fantasy of those who have forsaken God. Hell is not a metaphorical grave or a temporary state, but a place of everlasting punishment where the soul and body are punished forever for their wickedness. Jesus declared that in hell there is unquenchable fire and gnashing of teeth. The widespread disbelief in hell stems from self-righteousness and moral relativism, where people judge themselves by comparison to others rather than by God's perfect standard, leading to the dangerous illusion that good people go to heaven and bad people to hell—when in fact, even morally upright individuals who reject God are worthy of eternal punishment, too. They have done to God what cruel and wicked men have done to their fellow men. Sin is not merely harm to others, but a profound offense against a holy God, and true salvation requires a radical transformation of the heart through faith in Christ, not not simply a good life toward others. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1017252142154744 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:06:17 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1010251918117425 The first commandment is "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." The last commandment is "Thou shalt not covet." The violation of the last commandment leads to the violation of the first. The overwhelming desire for "things" of this world, and knowledge to merely satisfy our curiosity is what leads us to having other "things" that take the place of God in our life. Jesus warned about a snare that would come "on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth" in the last days. This snare would cause them to be overcharged with eating and drinking and cares of this life. That smartphone that you hold in your hand has done just what Jesus warned us about. It has become our god; it has usurped God in our lives in everything. For most people it is the first and only source of information, their counselor about the issues of life, and even spiritual guidance. It has undermined all order and authority, and given us the ability to gaze upon every evil thing that ever existed. In every aspect it has become the god of this generation. It is up to every individual to keep themselves out of this snare that Satan has laid for us all. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1010251918117425 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:42 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/103252339505316 We are to be "swift to hear slow to speak, and slow to anger." But the nature of man is to do exactly the opposite, which results in anger. Words provoke anger more than any other thing. "The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God." That means that when we allow our anger to control us we NEVER do what is right in the sight of God. If we would focus on being a listener and a learner - swift to listen and slow to speak, we would have a lot less anger to deal with in ourselves and others, and we would live a life much more pleasing to God. Godly people deal with evil with a sound and calm mind, according to law and order - not anger. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/103252339505316 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92625192127670 You should always suspect the devil's involvement in anything that the whole world makes such a stir over. The work that Charlie Kirk was doing was a good thing and he was standing against evil and trying to reach the brainwashed and devil-possessed on the college campuses, but what we have been witnessing the past two weeks is not true revival and it is not going to lead to true revival. It is going to lead to a great sweep of the traditional churches into the one-world, contemporary, modern paganism that is masquerading as Christianity. The devil is not stupid, but many people are, and he works every angle in his strategy to annihilate all righteousness and bring this world completely under the rule of evil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92625192127670 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:03 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9192525223851 In order to deal with the moral confusion in contemporary society, we must emphasize the need to be able to discern between good and evil. Our modern culture is increasingly upside down in this matter. "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20) Other passages warn against justifying the wicked and condemning the righteous. Cain and Abel show us that the wicked have hated the righteous since the beginning - enough to murder them. They murdered the prophets, they murdered Jesus, and the Apostles, and the martyrs, and they still do it today, as we have witnessed this week. The battle is spiritual, not political, and not carnal. We MUST return to biblical standards of righteousness! Stand firm in the faith and recognize that true change begins with individual commitment to God's word and the courage to reject worldly influences. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9192525223851 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:05:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/911251328396657 There is profound significance in the phrase "the Lord be with your spirit." Paul ended three epistles with those words. He used the word "spirit" to emphasize that it represents a closer walk with God than simply wishing for general well-being, such as we hear often in our prayers, "Lord be with..." this person or that one. Grace is the divine influence of Jesus Christ dwelling within, which is quite different than the common perception of Jesus as an external figure who merely takes care of our problems and fixes our messes. True spiritual life, guidance, and victory over temptation arise from the Lord Jesus Christ controlling our spirit. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27) https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/911251328396657 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:36:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9425192964771 The sermon delivers a urgent, pastoral call to spiritual vigilance, emphasizing that the Christian life is a continuous battle against the devil, not a passive existence of comfort or self-fulfillment. Grounded in Scripture—James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8, Ephesians 6:11–12, and Revelation 12:11—it affirms that believers must actively resist Satan, who operates through subtle deception, modern distractions, and worldly compromise. The preacher warns against the dangers of complacency, moral relativism, and the erosion of biblical authority, particularly in the face of digital temptations like pornography and the proliferation of ungodly voices on social media. He stresses that victory comes not through human effort but through the blood of Christ, the Word of God, and steadfast faith, urging believers to put on the full armor of God, guard their minds, and courageously oppose evil with both defense and offense. Ultimately, the sermon challenges every Christian to live with awareness, discernment, and resolve, recognizing that the fight is real, ongoing, and essential to enduring faith. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9425192964771 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:56:56 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/829251816525215 A continuation of Sunday morning's message about the dangers of gainsayers—those who contradict and oppose truth, and reemphasizing the fact that their opposition stems from selfish motives and a disregard for sound doctrine. Believers have a responsibility to stand against these individuals, using Scripture to expose their falsehoods with the hope and goal of convincing them of their sin, and also offering a path to recovery. This message shows the importance of maintaining clear God-ordained distinctions, such as those between male and female, and emphasizes the necessity of obedience to God's commandments in love, rejecting the notion that believers are free from moral accountability. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/829251816525215 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:59 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/826251439291445 The message emphasizes the necessity of unwavering obedience to the Word of God, rebuking those who selectively embrace portions of the Scriptures while rejecting others or attempting to justify their actions with worldly philosophies. It underscores the importance of confronting 'gainsayers'—those who contradict scripture—with biblical truth, advocating for a resolute stance against deceptive teachings. The message calls for believers to be bold in defending the faith, resisting the temptation to compromise with the world, and actively engaging with scripture to discern truth and reject the influence of false doctrines, ultimately urging a commitment to a life of holiness and unwavering devotion to God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/826251439291445 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:16 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82125204435714 "In the last days perilous times shall come..." The believer in Christ faces many perils in these last days. The greatest peril is always the tendency of our own heart to want to conform to the world around us and not be so different from everyone else. In these last days it is going to be impossible for us to be faithful to Jesus and at the same time to conform to the world around us and follow their trends and fashions. Two things stand out as the most dangerous perils: uncleanness and deception. We are in great danger of falling under the influence of all the unclean spirits that are at work now, and of being deceived in a world where we cannot know what is true and false anymore. It happens by slowly and by degrees and so we must be vigilant and aware and resist the temptation to follow the world into these deadly things. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82125204435714 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:13:36 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8182521104016 "When I consider..." said David, the man after God's own heart. This is the greatest difference in the people that truly know God and those who trifle away their soul by playing religion all their life. Only a few "consider" God while most never take the time. They may consider doctrine, the things going on at church, and even gather a lot of Bible knowledge, but never consider how big God is. A thing as simple as looking up and considering God's heavens, and pondering the fact that He spoke them into existence, should humble all but the most hopeless fool. Only in stopping to consider and getting a glimpse of God's infinite nature and wisdom is there the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of knowledge. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8182521104016 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:17 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/72125056313417 Most people who make an attempt to know God miss Him because they seek only his hand and not his face. All men need God, and all men seek his hand. Only those who seek his face find that relationship that God made possible through his plan of redemption for sinful man. Learn to love the Giver and not just the gift. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/72125056313417 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:37:43 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/720252159432384 No matter what the Bible plainly says, and conscience approves, every generation has those who think they can live in continual, habitual sin and go to heaven when they die. Also, in every generation there are enough false preachers and teachers who will nurture that vain hope in unconverted people and seal their eternal doom. People are so foolish and easily deceived that we give the devil more credit than he's due. Deceiving people is so easy a child could do it, and that makes his job very easy. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/720252159432384 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:07:57 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/71725332301315 "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." If you will not listen, you will never have saving faith. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God, and absolutely no other way - not by a good upbringing, or a lot of knowledge, or resolve, but through a divine miracle that occurs when you are listening for God to speak to you through the Word of God. To "hear" is to pay attention, to attend to - not just to hear a sound. No one will hear if no one ever takes the Word of God to another person. The skill of listening is the most important thing parents will ever teach their children. A deaf spirit is the doom of the soul. A person who will not LISTEN will never know God and will be doomed to an eternity in hell. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/71725332301315 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:08 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/71225234561767 Selfishness, self-centeredness, and self-pity lie at the root of most mental and emotional issues, as well as all bitterness, anger, and wrath. The depth of our selfishness is revealed by our attitudes and priorities. When we prioritize ourselves—our problems, possessions, or pride over the needs of others, we show that we have no charity. Following Christ requires the denial of self, which is difficult, but essential. Christ's life on earth was marked by compassion and concern for others, and believers are called to "...let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." True service to God is not in religious appearance or competition, but in genuine acts of love and care for others. This matter is the heart of the Gospel: Jesus gave Himself for us, and we are to do the same for others. The path to joy, soundness of mind, and eternal life is summed up in this simple truth: "Jesus first, others second, self last." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/71225234561767 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:19 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/76252030113080 The Christian life includes a great conflict against the forces of sin and evil. This "race" we are running is not a competition between believers to find out who is the greatest, but a warfare that we all fight together. If we expect to be crowned when it is over we must enter the race, then run lawfully, and finish our course. In order to do that we are going to have to lay aside some things and put first in our lives the things that God has said must come first. We have too many cares that God did not give us to carry, and we waste too much time, knowing our time is limited. To be a good soldier of Christ takes more than a passive attitude toward his church and his cause. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/76252030113080 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:03 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7325173913953 The idea of duplicity in people is spoken of throughout the Bible and is always condemned. Jesus spoke of hypocrites at least 23 times in the Gospels. We are talking about people having two different personalities, changing into another person and acting completely different, moods, fits of anger, fits of melancholy and depression. Singleness of heart, simplicity, and sincerity are always spoken of as right in the sight of God, and the only way to have stability in life. The word "double-minded" actually means, "two-spirited," or vacillating. Doublemindedness is a spiritual issue, and the only cure is the new birth. Ephesians 2:15 "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;" https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7325173913953 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:39:20 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/626252136215368 The first two verses of Romans 12 make it very clear that how we present our bodies in this world is a very important matter. So It is NOT only what is on the inside that counts. How we present our bodies has to do with our appearance, the clothes we wear, hygiene, the words we speak with our tongue, the things we use our body to do, and so much more. We are not to be conformed to this world (v. 2) that is, identified by our appearance as ungodly, but to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Now it is very obvious that most people are very much into "presenting their bodies" to the world around them, but God's people are to present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable unto God. And we are to prove what is that good, and perfect, and acceptable will of God. There are many things that are popular and accepted by the world, and the churches, that are not acceptable to God. We talk about some of them in this message. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/626252136215368 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:34 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/62025113333456 As an illustration of what this message is about AI wrote this summary of the sermon and did it better than I could: The sermon explores the impending arrival of a deceptive era, drawing parallels to the days before the flood and emphasizing the allure of artificial intelligence as a sophisticated snare. It cautions against complacency and encourages discernment, highlighting the potential for even the faithful to be deceived by seemingly utopian advancements. The message underscores the importance of clinging to biblical truth and resisting the temptation to surrender critical thinking and personal agency to increasingly persuasive technologies, ultimately urging listeners to remain vigilant and anchored in God's word amidst a world poised for profound and potentially perilous transformation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/62025113333456 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:03 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/612251132454044 Do you ever wonder why some people who profess to be Christians are so different from others? Some live holy, clean, dedicated lives from the day they are saved until they die, while it is hard to tell others from the common sinners of the world. The answer to that question is that one is real and the other is not. They are either deceived or they are just plain hypocrites. The difference is one has been regenerated by the Spirit of God and the other has not. Those who are not regenerated are not saved, and have no hope whatsoever of heaven as long as they remain in that state. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/612251132454044 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:50 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/611251959513437 There is a fatal error in modern Christianity and it is the teaching a person that salvation is a get-out-of-hell-free card, and a free ticket to heaven, while leaving him in the bondage of sin while he lives on earth. Jesus did more for us than that! "Ye shall not surely die" when you disregard God and his Word has been the lie of the devil since the beginning. If the salvation that Jesus provided does not deliver us from living in continual, habitual sin, then we have no real hope for eternity, and nothing to offer the hopeless. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/611251959513437 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:09:02 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6525114402544 Am I really saved? Am I really a child of God? What am I basing my assurance on? We must make sure that we are not just living on imagination. Men and women are very prone to fall in love with the fictions of their imaginations and stumble right off into hell over them. Your trust in God, and what you expect Him to do for you, must be based on truth and not on imagination. And the only reliable and infallible source of truth is the written Word of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6525114402544 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/63251856421040 What a calamity it will be when all but a few of the people who have ever lived on earth face God and find themselves condemned and told to "Depart from me, ye that work iniquity, for I never knew you!" Multitudes go to church and have convinced themselves that their religion, or their empty profession of faith is their free pass into heaven, but they have never sought the face of God. It is a very personal responsibility and the most important matter of life. "Seek ye the Lord, while He may be found. Call upon him while He is near." If you miss God and end up in hell it will be because you did not seek him. You didn't try with an honest heart to find him out. James 4:8 "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you… " https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/63251856421040 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:58 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5312513394883 Paul and Silas had a woman following them who was telling everyone that they were the servants of the most high God, and that they were showing the way of salvation. She would have been appreciated in about any church now, but she was possessed with a devil. Paul was grieved and put a stop to her talking on his behalf. It was damaging to the work of God and the souls of the people who heard her. We need Paul's discernment now, because the same kinds of things are going on everywhere. Not everyone who says, "Lord, Lord" is going to heaven, and so sometimes they should be stopped instead of encouraged. Jesus gave us some pretty clear instructions on how to recognize these kinds of people. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5312513394883 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:39 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/523251441317597 We cannot believe anything that we read or see anymore. Reality and fantasy are becoming indistinguishable. There is a quote that is attributed to a woman from Germany who lived in the 20th century that goes like this: "If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer." This is the snare that we find ourselves in now. Very few people believe anything anymore. This is why there is so much apathy, lack of commitment, and skepticism and cynicism among those who profess to be believers in Christ and his Word. Generally, modern professing Christians do no believe anything enough to die for. Their so-called faith will not even get them to church or deliver them from their sinful lifestyle. That is not the kind of faith that saves. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/523251441317597 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:06:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51625218442516 One of our biggest stumbling blocks is to look at our future according to the present circumstances. Many lose hope because things look so bad at the present time. But things always change. "…it came to pass" is mentioned 457 times in the Word of God. Everything "comes to pass." There is always a morning after a night, the sun always shines again after the storm and the rain, and there is always resurrection after death. "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, ..." - 2 Corinthians 2:14 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51625218442516 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:45:35 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/59251214511496 Consider a few things that will help us to remedy the pride that grows in us so easily. Endeavor to see yourself as you are, your lowliness and utter helplessness, and to see God as He is in his glory and holiness and power. This is part of what church services are to be about: and why hymns that show forth the honor and majesty and glory of God are so important. At the same time be persuaded of the beauty and comeliness of humility. Seek it out and observe it in others, and note how much better it is to be humble than to be proud. It is the grace that is the very opposite of pride, which is abomination to God and men. Put it on like you put on your clothes. Then consider the examples of proud people in the Bible who were humbled and abased. And finally, simply remember that you have nothing to be proud of because we have nothing that we have not received - everything we have, and every ability we possess was given to us. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/59251214511496 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 07 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:23:46 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/522512402348 A man's pride shall bring him low – this is a promise of God, a statement of fact, and a sure prophecy for everyone who walk in pride. This can be accomplished at the cross of Christ for the few that will come and set their eyes upon Jesus and see themselves as they are in his sight. Otherwise, the most potent remedy for this sin of all sins is to be brought low, very low. It is the hope of everyone who has to endure the proud fool, and gives them great satisfaction and a feeling of justice served when it happens. "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." - Proverbs 11:2 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/522512402348 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:28 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42625216598158 We all hate pride in others, but fail to see it in ourselves. It is the original sin, and it is the cause of all strife and contention. It ruins everything. But we refuse to kill it in ourselves, and even count it as some kind of virtue. It even ruins the effect of the Word of God and the message of the Gospel. The Bible clearly teaches us to judge and discern between good and evil, and especially when it comes to people, because of the danger that evil people pose. But when our pride is involved it turns our testimony into a stumbling block and does more harm to the kingdom of God than good. No one has any right to be proud of the fact that they are saved, or of the church or creed they identify with. Pride is sin, no matter what form it manifests itself in. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42625216598158 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:22 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41225016582763 Sin and evil are not the same thing. Sin is the transgression or trespass against God and other men. Evil is the environment created by sin. Evil is the effects of sin. The sin of man turns everyone against one another and causes strife, confusion, hatred, malice, along with all the grief, sorrow, loss, calamity, and pain that the world is full of. Since Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it is this environment in which the people of this world live and exist and carry on their lives. They spend most of their mental energy and strength fighting and striving against one another, and defending themselves from one another. To depart from evil means to come out from among them and cease to engage in the same hatred and paranoia and malice in which they live. To abandon our vices and bad habits and start going to church is not salvation or sanctification. To depart from evil is understanding. Jesus said to "resist not evil" and this is exactly what He meant, and showed us with his life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41225016582763 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:02 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/45251336347192 The title is meant to get your attention. However, it is very true that only trusting Christ will not bring about the new birth. The devil has managed to water down the Gospel until most only believe half of it. It is repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that brings about salvation. Repentance alone will not save anyone, but neither will simply "trusting" Christ for a better life, and a home in heaven when you die. Multitudes, in fact, most of the human race is going to be lost for eternity because they did not turn from their sin to trust in Christ. There is no such thing as saving faith in Christ while you continue in sin; continue being the same person you have always been; continue in hatred and strife and bitterness. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/45251336347192 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:29 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3282522504223 Has anyone else noticed that the music is gone? Music used to make people happy and cheer tired, burdened, and discouraged hearts. The sound of music is gone, and what is now called music is nothing more than noise that speaks to the emotions of hatred, anger, rebellion, blasphemy, and profanity, as well as sexual immorality. Without a song in the heart, life is pretty much meaningless, and very bleak and sorrowful. The Lord is our song, and it is amazing what the power of a simple song, coming from a pure source, can do to make the devil flee, and peace and contentment fill the soul. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3282522504223 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:00 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/328252232372209 I have great assurance that I have that I am a child of God is when I look into my heart and find that it is so different from the world around me. I am so sick and tired of the envy and strife, the pushing and shoving, the blaming, the hating, the evil speaking, and evil imaginations that everyone has against everyone else. That is the world I am looking forward to leaving someday soon. What does it mean to have the peace of God if it doesn't mean that we are disengaged from the world's constant envy and strife and hating one another? How can a person even think for a moment that they are right with God when they are engaged in envy and strife of the world? If you cannot look into your heart, and be completely honest with yourself, and see the great difference between what you were and what you are now, you should be concerned about where you are headed for eternity. All the haters and evil thinkers and pushers and the shovers are going to be barred from heaven, and hell is their eternal abode, where they hate and fight and blame one another for eternity. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/328252232372209 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:47 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31525345191006 The root of most of the problems people have is their lack of forgiveness toward others. The root of unhappiness, as well as mental illness and addictions, is usually found in the bitterness of the soul because of some offense or trauma caused by some other person. Forgiveness is the ONLY way to escape the torture of the mind and heart, and the eventual destruction of the soul. Jesus died to make it possible for us to forgive others, not only to make it possible for God to forgive us. Forgiving others is as much a part of the Gospel as God forgiving us, but it is left out much of the time. "Freely ye have received, freely give." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31525345191006 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:38:31 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/372518617834 Jesus teaches us here in Matthew 24:12 that the lack of true and godly love will be a sign of the last days. Love will have a different meaning in the last days than what the Bible teaches it to be, and what men have generally understood it to mean through the ages. Think about it! Isn't it obvious that in this generation people do not love one another deeply, fervently, and faithfully? This is true in marriages, families, churches, and every other relationship between people. The love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost will keep a true believer from falling into this snare of these last days. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/372518617834 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:49 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/312525045903 To be faithful with what God has given us is the most important thing. In our dying moment, it is all that will matter to us. All God requires, and all of God's promises of reward are based upon faithfulness - not performance, and not great accomplishments. What God gives a person, as far as knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures, and the truths of the Word of God that make up God's ways, he must never water down or mix with false doctrine for any reason, if he expects to hear, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." How faithful have you been with what you once knew to be true? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/312525045903 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:46 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21525336547244 Knowing truth is not the end goal of sanctification – holiness is. "Sanctify them through thy truth, they word is truth." John 17:17 Lack of knowledge is not the problem - lack of wisdom is the problem. Truth revealed by the Holy Spirit of God will cause a person to grow in grace and holiness. Truth in the hands of the devil turns people into arrogant bullies who stay focused on one or a few truths and use them to beat on other people. If the truth turns you into an ogre that hates and destroys other people, you got that truth from the devil, even if it is a truth of God. If God reveals a truth to you it will be manifested by the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, ... Beware! The devil can deceive you more easily with truth than he can with lies. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21525336547244 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:20 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/282529131961 In all our conversations and encounters with other people we are touching them and they are touching us, even if we do not physically touch them. It is felt in both parties, and many times by those who are not in the conversation, but only looking on and listening. We touch one another with our words, our facial expressions, and our spirit. We always walk away from someone thinking about how they made us feel. We would be more like Jesus if we walked away thinking about how we made them feel. A smile, a kind word, an encouraging word, are ways of touching someone in a way that will leave a good feeling, and a blessing in their mind and heart. How much more good could we do, as Christians, if we understood this truth and put it into practice and made it the habit of our life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/282529131961 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:39:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/13125213424386 Feelings are not something that we cannot control. We can control our feelings, if we can control our mind. Yet, most people are controlled by their feelings most of the time. Feelings are a result of what we think about, and we are more prone to let our minds be obsessed with our feelings than anything else. Consider Webster's definition of the word "obsession." "OBSESS'ION, n. The act of besieging; the first attack of Satan antecedent to possession." When we are obsessed with something in our mind, we are being besieged by the devil and we are one step from being possessed by him. Better gird up the lions of our minds, and we better let that mind be in us, which was also in Christ Jesus. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/13125213424386 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/124252341143805 The Scripture here speaks of two spiritual influences at work in this world: the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. One is of God and the other is of the devil and reasons with you with the wisdom of this world, which is earthy, sensual, and devilish. One will lead you to God and eternal life – the other will lead you to the world, which ends in sin and death, and eternal punishment and separation from God. This message is about how to tell them apart, according to the Scpritures. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/124252341143805 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:45 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252350397632 There is a difference between being deceived in our mind and in our heart. Feelings accompany a deceived heart, while confusion and instability are more likely to accompany a deceived mind. The mind can be changed by hearing and believing the truth– the heart, not so easily, because the feelings of the heart override truth and reason. So the most important thing is to keep your heart from being deceived, and that happens through feelings. If God is truly Lord of our heart, He will be Lord of our feelings, and they will be governed by love. "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252350397632 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:02 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252330455333 It seems that one of the hardest things for us to learn is that we are not wrestling against flesh and blood, and the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We hear it, we believe it, and then we just immediately go back to our same old methods and habits of dealing with evil. Most professing Christians are not even engaged in the battle, but are "as one that beateth the air." Flesh is not the source of evil, as so many have been taught to believe. Satan hates God and all that is good and holy, and the flesh is man's weakness that he exploits to work evil and misery in this world. As long as a person remains ignorant of Satan's devices and strategy he will be in the devil's pocket. Once we know who our enemy is and what to do to defeat him, we can have victory in our life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/117252330455333 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:10:00 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/122024194339979 God created man in his own image and likeness. The things that all men know about God is that He is love, He is kind, He is merciful, and full of compassion. Jesus, the Son of God, came and showed us in the flesh what God is like. The Scripture says Jesus is not an high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities." God made us to feel deeply about other people, and even other living creatures, because God feels deeply toward them. However, sin destroys that part of God's image and likeness in man. Instead of love and compassion for others, he has contempt and hatred and suspicion. Instead of good he only thinks evil and his heart is darkened. The lack of empathy and compassion for others is how depravity is manifested. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/122024194339979 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121424352221077 Feelings are how people naturally discern things. The first mention of feelings in the Bible is when Isaac discerned between his sons Jacob and Esau by feeling of Jacob's hands and neck. Isaac trusted in what he felt more than what he heard, and was deceived. The worldly advice to "follow your heart" is the road to hell for almost all of the human race. To overcome our feelings and not allow them to control us, to make our decisions for us, and to direct our lives requires the help of the Spirit of God. Only the person who has truly been born again, and learned to trust in the Lord at all times, is able to deny himself and do the will of God, instead of what he feels. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121424352221077 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12624227374643 Feelings are the language of the soul, but there are some people who appear to have no feelings. Modern terminology describes these people as sociopaths, or psychopaths. Their identifying characteristic is their lack of feeling for others, and their lack of regard for the feelings of others. This is exactly the kind of people the Bible refers to in Ephesians 4:17-19. These people have serious spiritual problems. Feelings are the issues of life. What matters more to you about someone than how they feel about you? Which is a greater confirmation of love, the words you say, or the feelings you show? The closer we walk to God, the more sensitive we will be to the feelings of others. A person that never shows any sign of feelings, and is insensitive or indifferent to the feelings of others, is someone to keep your eye on. That is a road that leads to a bad end somewhere. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12624227374643 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:48 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1129242335226531 From God's perspective there are two groups of people in the world. There are the children of men and the children of God. There are the sons of men and the sons of God. It has been this way since sin entered into this world, with the sons of men always outnumbering the sons of God. These children we just dedicated to the Lord will either be the children of men or they will be the children of God. We must fight for their souls and not let the devil and the sons of men steal them from the fold. Here are some things that might help these young families in this battle. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1129242335226531 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:37:23 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1123240571119 No true spiritual awakening ever begins with murmuring, complaining, blaming, accusing, realizing you are a victim, or in any other way dishonoring other people, especially those who came before us. No real turning to God ever begins with contempt for other people. It is an evil spirit that is working in this generation, not only in the churches, but in the whole population. Being a "victim" is everyone's excuse for everything that is wrong with them, and for their low life way of living – that will not fly when they stand before God. It is poisoning the minds of this generation and neutralizing any hope of true revival. We will never see any kind of spiritual awakening or any kind of revival until we rise up and resist and cast out that spirit of contempt and condemnation for all that came before us. We have to view our situation like Nehemiah, like Ezra, like Daniel, WE, as a people, have sinned and departed from the ways of God, and WE, as a people, must return to the true and the right way, by opening the book and committing to obey what it says, and live according to God's precepts. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1123240571119 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:58 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11924226537863 This is the day after the election. Trump won, now what? Here are just a few sober thoughts about what has just happened and what our situation is now. Many people are living in some kind of fantasy or delusion about what all this means. We still live in a pagan country and world, and our family members and neighbors are still lost. The whole world is still full of war and violence and misery. Assuming the best, God has granted us a small mercy to work a little longer before the night cometh. Let's not waste the next 4 years being lazy and stupid in the Lord's work. Let's do all we can, with all that we have, everywhere we can, to reach the lost in this dying and wicked world and hold our celebrations for something real and lasting. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11924226537863 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:32:04 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11124236134884 Do you keep God's commandments? Better not answer that question too quickly with the "no" that you have heard so much from preachers and half-hearted professors of religion. Keeping God's commandments is connected with every blessing promised in the Word of God, and the Bible makes it very clear that it is the mark of a true born-again believer. It is not sinless perfection, or strictly obeying a list of rules like a Pharisee, but to order and arrange and conduct our life according to what we know God has designed, ordained, and commanded in his Word. It is to do it willingly, with a desire to do so, and to diligently seek to know and do the Will of God. Certainly, it is obvious that there are few people like this, and most are running from any knowledge of what God desires, knowing that it will conflict with their sin and their desires. Many will be in hell for eternity because they swallowed the devil's lie that keeping God's commandments is working for your salvation, but this is not works for salvation, it is the evidence of a new birth and a new man. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11124236134884 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:55 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102624028121142 In these past several weeks we have tried to show and establish the fact that paganism is fast becoming the prevailing spiritual influence in the world and in our nation. We are moving in leaps and bounds back toward the darkness and violence that ruled the world until Jesus came 2000 years ago. Christians are about to lose their long-held protections that were purchased for us by our ancestors with their blood. Those who call themselves Christians in this country have never known what it is like to live under the evil, bloodthirsty, merciless, and godless rule of pagans, but we are about to find out. We need to be waking up to what we are facing, and we need to be preparing ourselves and our children. Elections and politicians will never save us, but this election will have much to do with how soon the darkness of this world will have complete control. In this message we are talking about some things every true believer in Jesus should be considering and preparing for. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102624028121142 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:15 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101824189313799 When it comes to witnessing to the lost the situation has changed drastically in the past few decades. The prevailing concept concerning sin, salvation, and God seems to be that everyone is going to heaven no matter what they do with God or how they live their life here on earth. Sinners seem to be confident in the fact that God is a loving and forgiving God, but they know nothing about what the Word of God says about that matter or any other. Someone has made them believe that their sin does not matter and that God is going to take them to heaven to live with Him forever in the same state they are in now. They must repent of what they BELIEVE because that is what is going to damn their soul. Someone has to tell them they are wrong and call them to repentance! Jesus and the Apostles preached the Gospel to their pagan generation and the Great Commission was given so we would do the same in ours. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101824189313799 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:16 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1052403552768 The first two men who came to God to make an offering and worship are examples of the two ways that men have always came to God. Abel 's offering was accepted and Cain's was rejected. Most worship is of the kind that Cain offered and it is no more acceptable to God now than it was then. Abel worshipped the LORD God that created the heavens. Cain's idea of God was much lower. Evidently, his concept of God was just a better version of himself. He that worships God must worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Contemporary worship is generally focused on self, not on God, and that is not acceptable to God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1052403552768 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:31 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92124253281753 That God created man male and female is the most important foundational thing to the divine order of Creation. This fact is repeated in the story of Creation and in the New Testament by Jesus himself. In order to destroy man Satan always begins by breaking down this pillar of the divine order and thereby destroying the image of God in which man was created. Both male and female have their strengths and weaknesses, and they have their roles in life precisely laid out in the Word of God. When confusion and disorder is introduced to the distinction and roles of men and women it leads to complete abandonment of God and a return to paganism. This is the spirit of Jezebel we read about in Revelation 2:20. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92124253281753 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:43 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9624230311746 The slide into paganism, which is the total abandonment of the LORD God and the embracing of false gods, is much more than throwing out the moral law of God. The strategy of Satan is to change what we believe, and at the same time to change the very way we reason and think. The heart must be corrupted, and the mind must be corrupted, also. Good becomes evil and evil becomes good, but then rational thinking is abandoned and replaced with insanity on a national or even world-wide scale. All anyone has to do to know this is true is simply look around at what the world has become. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/9624230311746 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:38 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/83124229511461 It seems our perception of the great falling away before Jesus comes has always been far too shallow. For whatever reason, most who should have had enough knowledge of history, Scripture, and human nature to have seen this "woke" generation coming, did not see it coming at all. We are farther into the darkness than we realize, and the hour is late. This message contains a lot of statistics and information that reveal in a pretty shocking way how fast this apostasy has progressed and where we really are now. God's people desperately need to be awakened to this matter and be informed about the situation as it really is in order to avoid the great deception that is coming very soon. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/83124229511461 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:56:45 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8172406207526 There is a delusion among many people that the world will soon be completely secular, and religion will be a thing of the past. The plan is to simply erase God from every aspect of life and then they think man will be free to do as he pleases without any condemnation or opposition. But they are in for a great disappointment because men simply cannot, and will not, continue to live as if there is no God and nothing greater than himself. Life is too full of pain and sorrow and hardship and grief for man to bear it all by himself, so he will seek some way to offload his burdens, and find help with his problems. He will seek God's help, but normally he does that without being reconciled to God by dealing with his sin, and God will not answer his prayer, and so he turns to idols. Secularism is only an interval between abandoning God and embracing the worship of devils. Secularism leads directly back to paganism. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8172406207526 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:16 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81024231506909 How does the human race change its collective mind altogether? It happens very slowly as those who are called by God's name compromise little by little and give up ground to the devil. Evil gains control of the microphone and then it isn't long before the moral and intellectual changes begin to manifest themselves in the collapse of that civilization . It has happened in this country and our world in my lifetime. The danger to your soul and the souls of your children and grandchildren is that you will not be diligent to guard your heart, your mind, and your spirit in such an environment, and you will be sucked into the deception of this self-made religion, and this self-determined righteousness that is so prevalent in this pagan world now. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81024231506909 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:57 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8224204711688 This modern generation that is wise in its own eyes would never admit it, but their views and ways of thinking are strikingly similar to the ancient pagans. Their eyes are on the skies as they look for their "gods" to come anytime now. They are not looking for Jesus, but for aliens from outer space. All humans of all ages that have rejected God and clung to their evil ways have done exactly the same thing. The "gods" they believed in were simply super-humans, or super-heros, who lived in the heavens somewhere. They did not concern themselves much with Creation and where everything began, but their "gods" and their religion was self-serving and about making their lives safer, more pleasurable, and successful in their endeavors. That should sound familiar as you look around at this modern world. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8224204711688 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:58 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/726242157471056 Man has invented machines to do most of his work for him, especially over the past 200 years. But now we have crossed a threshold where man is turning over his thinking to machines. First radio, then television, then the computers, smartphones, the Internet, social media have done to mankind what all the kings and conquerors of all the ages could not do, and that is to bring all of humanity under one authority and one entity. Now AI has been rolled out and is evolving into the dream of pagans through all the ages. It is the collective mind of all humanity, but it is already showing many signs of not being under the control of its designers. No wonder Jesus warned repeatedly about the last days, "Watch!" The great falling away is in full swing and the great deception is at hand. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/726242157471056 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/719242330491742 What does paganism look like? It looks exactly like the marriage of religion, patriotism, and worldliness that we are seeing in our culture right now. Paganism is the worship of nature, the worship of animals, the empowerment of the feminine over the masculine, the removal of all moral absolutes, the extinguishing of all hope, and the eventual collapse of the civilization. It looks like darkness, because that is what it is, and it is taking over our world very quickly. If you do not understand, start watching. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/719242330491742 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:28 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7122420591917 Religion without holiness is the first step to paganism. ALL religions outside of true Bible-believing Christianity reject the moral law of God. When people turn their back on God and his church the issue is always practical righteousness, holiness, reverence, and separation from this ungodly world. Paganism is based upon the belief that nothing is absolute - nothing is absolutely wrong, nothing is absolutely right, and nothing is absolutely forbidden. You can have religion without holiness, but you cannot have God. You can call yourself a Christian, but if you live like the world you are deceiving yourself. There are only two choices and there will only be two groups standing before God at the judgment. Which one will you be in? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7122420591917 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:04:18 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/75242351146025 The descent into darkness described in the first chapter of Romans is primarily a description of mankind as a whole, or individual countries or cultures, because the slide into paganism happens corporately. Nations or peoples do it together, and that is a major reason that it has such power when it gains control. It starts with a knowledge of God. Man did not start out as pagan, he started out fellowshipping with God in the Garden of Eden. Then when Noah got off the ark, everyone who was alive on the earth was very familiar with God and his ways. Something happened since then, and this message is about the slide into paganism, and the fact that we are witnessing it in this generation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/75242351146025 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:06 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6292421536926 The issue that drives everything on earth is the battle between good and evil. To fail to understand that there really only two sides engaged in this spiritual battle always leads to being deceived by the evil. The battle waged by evil is to confuse, compromise, mix the two up together, and eventually change places so that good is called evil, and evil is called good. All gods except Almighty God are devils, not just imaginations of men. All gods except the God who created all things are unholy, unclean, murderous, and destroyers. The Bible tells us clearly that they are all devils. So it is either love and serve God in truth, or you are submitting yourself to the devil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6292421536926 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:58:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/62224234312310 There are really only two forms of religion in this world: the worship of the true and only God, or paganism. There is faith in Almighty God, who created the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, who has revealed himself to man through the written Word of God, and his only begotten Son, who came to earth and died for the sins of mankind and rose from the dead, and also by the Creation that we all can observe. The only other option for man is superstition based upon fear and the unknown. Satan is the master of that system, and it includes all other religions and philosophies of life. Not believing in any God or gods is not an option. Every man will be influenced by spiritual powers, and if he is not submitted to Almighty God he will be guided by evil spiritual beings, whether he is aware of it or not. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/62224234312310 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:56 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/61524212326161 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my savior. He is the theme of my life and my everything. When all is said and done, God is all there is. David gave God the honor, the glory, the credit for everything he ever accomplished, and every blessing he ever enjoyed. When we learn to live with God as the biggest thing in our life, our soul, our mind, and our heart, we will know what victory is like. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/61524212326161 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:01 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6124315565389 Sin divides a man against himself. He has violated his conscience and lost his innocence, and sees himself different than he ever did before. An inner conflict is set up from that moment on; there is an internal struggle with himself, good against evil. It is that enmity in Ephesians 2 that can only be abolished when we are born again and reconciled to God. The old man is crucified with Christ. The war between our members and the law of our mind is ended. The inner conflict is over and there is inner peace now in its place; the peace of God which passeth all understanding. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6124315565389 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:31 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51924204365518 To be weary is to be exhausted physically, and/or mentally. It is when you think and say things like, "I am sick of this." "I have had it with this." "I'm tired of this." It can also be the result of being, or feeling defeated. It happens to all us, over and over through life; as long as we are living we will feel weary often, because life is a struggle. God does not tell us not to be weary, but not to be weary in well-doing; that is, doing what is right. Rest is the cure for physical and mental weariness, while faith and patience are the cure for weariness in well-doing. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51924204365518 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:35:54 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/517242219534501 Love is the diminishing of self. Love does not exist until we value someone else more than we do ourselves. Until we desire their good more than we desire our own. Until we count their life more important than our own. This is not just a higher type of love, this IS the Bible definition of what love is. This love is the very evidence of being born again, and the lack of it is the evidence of being unregenerate. 1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/517242219534501 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:14:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/426242321512859 I never envisioned a world like this, and I do not know anyone who did. We knew that "evil men and seducers would wax worse and worse" but we never imagined that it would be like this. We expected more of the same kind of sin we were seeing 40 years ago, and we expected it to be more and more widespread and common, but we did not expect the insanity and the madness that we are seeing now. We should have seen it coming, though. If we had been more knowledgeable of human history and the Word of God, we could have known this was coming. Moral degeneration and depravity always follow the same path and end up in the same place, and it is plain to see from all the examples that happened in times past that we are nearing the end. The hour is late, sin has become exceeding sinful, and a holy God will soon judge this wickedness, as He has always done before. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/426242321512859 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:26 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4524226285871 God views man and his history forward and backward by generations, not by the present only. We have a strong tendency to only look at the present; at our own generation, and our own experience. This makes our view, and therefore, our comprehension of everything that matters very small and narrow. Judging and discerning truth by our little life and our few short years of experience on this earth is certain to cause us to err from the truth. This generation of know-it-alls in the world and in the churches needs to hear this. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4524226285871 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:04:25 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31624215486235 There are certainly times when people who leave a church have been done wrong. Offenses are a part of life in any kind of social setting, including church. There are an abundance of Scriptures that instruct us and command us concerning the issue of being offended, and how we are to deal with it Biblically and righteously before God. But it is also clear to me after over 40 years of preaching and being a part of churches, that most people who leave a church offended do it because of a manufactured offense, not a real one. Their number one charge against the church when they leave is that the church is a bunch of hypocrites. But there is a common pattern with all who leave a church with this attitude. They slowly switch sides and take the side of evil, and call it good, then proceed to call evil what they used to think of as good. They are the real hypocrites, not the people who remain faithful and continue in ways of God without redefining everything. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31624215486235 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:47 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3824233241403 Hypocrisy is defined as simulation, or pretending to be what you are not, and also dissimulation, which is hiding what you really are by having multiple versions of yourself that you present to others. Both of these aspects of hypocrisy are based in dishonesty and lies. Hypocrisy is the leaven that has leavened the whole of humanity. It has become almost all that life is about for almost the whole of mankind. Almost everyone has very few thoughts and feelings toward other people that are not, in one way or another, centered around trying to figure them out. Hypocrisy is the greatest manifestation of sin. Every aspect of man's life on this earth is dominated by this matter of trying to see beyond the facade that others are putting on and trying to figure out who and what they really are. Loving sincerely is the only cure for hypocrisy. If you truly love people you will not deceive, lie, or hide from them. If you love others sincerely you will not be able to be dishonest with them. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3824233241403 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:52 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3224221236123 Hypocrisy is the omission of truth, and/or the addition of lies. This must be done with words, which are the utterance of thought. So hypocrisy begins with the manipulation of thoughts through the use of words. Do not allow your mind to be deceived by distortions of truth through the shell games people play with words. Satan is a master wordsmith and this is his game. Remember that truth is fixed and eternal; it never changes. The Word of God is truth, and therefore our only protection from being deceived and becoming a hypocrite ourselves. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3224221236123 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:07 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/217243361256 Hypocrisy is basically having multiple personalities. Dissimulation is part of the definition of hypocrisy. It is like "simulation" but with the "di" it means pretending to be two (or more) different people at the same time. The inner conflict and confusion affects the emotions and makes them hard to control. Thus, we have moods, which in fact are multiple spirits that we allow ourselves to be subject to, manifested by anger, melancholy, frustration, or foolishness. Moods are very similar to the way alcohol affects people. Hypocrisy is common among all people, with the exception of those who have been truly born of the Sprit of God. The only kind of person that is of any use to the kingdom of God, or to the good of others on this earth, is a person who is free from hypocrisy. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/217243361256 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:15 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/2324333344610 The traits of Jezebel all speak of pride, rebellion, and selfishness. These things are ugly, abominable, and sinful in anyone, man or woman. A simple study of the name and its meaning tells us that she is an impudent, daring, vitious woman. She is shameless; lacks modesty; is bold, with contempt of others; saucy. She is impure and immoral. She is defective; there is something wrong with her in her heart and mind. Every thing about her is a perfect description of todays modern, liberated, empowered woman. Her problem is not with men, but with God who made her a woman. Her rebellion is not against men, but against God because she is deceived by this wicked world into thinking that God has put her in some lower place and done her wrong. She is the very opposite of what God made a woman to be and should be called out for it instead of being praised and admired. Jesus pronounced judgement upon this kind of woman and those who "suffer" (put up with) her, especially in the churches. A woman is empowered by God with the traits and abilities and the station in life to change the world if she would only realize it and submit her life to God, and live according to his design. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/2324333344610 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:05:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/126242154155496 Satan's spiritual attack against you will come in three ways. He will try to convince you to believe that you have done too much, and the mess you have made of your life is too much for God to fix. He will also tell you that you are not worth God's concern; you have nothing to offer, or your problem is too insignificant for God to be bothered with. He will also tell you that it is too late for you; that you have missed the opportunity and are hopelessly lost, because God has had it with you. All of these things are LIES straight from the devil himself. God is infinite in power, infinite in mercy, and infinite in his love. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. It is never too much, too little, or too late for Him. All things are possible to him that believeth. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/126242154155496 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:37:36 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11324517561588 Purity and pollution both affect the way we view the world around us. To the pure all things are pure. He looks for the good, finds it, and rejoices in it. Them that are unbelieving and defiled in their mind and conscience only look for the bad and find it in everything and everyone. Rotten fruit is sweet to a worm but noxious to normal people. These are the two kinds of people in this world. When we find ourselves thinking that there is nothing but evil and no good in this world we are under the influence of the devil, because that is a lie. No true Christian can live with such an attitude and disposition. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11324517561588 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:41:23 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/15242322577360 Throughout the Scriptures purity is more often than not connected with our interaction with other people. The matter of purity is not simply for our own sake, or so we can be right with God, it is necessary in order to be right with others. Every relationship between people is affected by purity or the lack thereof. More than that, we can say that it is one of the pillars of any relationship. If you want a good relationship, whether in marriage, with your children, or anyone else, keep it clean. Keep the profane and the corrupt talk and actions, and thoughts out of it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/15242322577360 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12923114497237 The primary meaning of religion, by it's definition, refers to the true God and the Savior. The word has been misused and slandered so that now most people have the wrong perception when they hear the word. But it is in the Bible and it is our subject. There is only pure religion and vain religion. Pure religion has two identifying marks: more concern for others than for self, and not defiled by the world. Vain religion is marked by an unbridled tongue, which is connected to a heart that has been deceived by self. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12923114497237 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:42:45 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12223232213774 We purify water, air, coffee, oil, fuel, and all kinds of other liquids by running them through a filter. We cannot hope to remain morally pure in a world like this unless we have a filter. We cannot hope for our children to remain pure unless they have a filter. We can be their filter while they are very young, but every day as they get older they will see and hear more from this world, and they will be exposed to all of its filth and corruption. To maintain purity we must have something between us and the world around us that stops the filth before it goes in our eyes and ears. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12223232213774 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111823241463810 To be pure is to be clean; it is to be free of pollution and unadulterated. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." There is no such promise to those who are not pure in heart. This world is a very unclean place. We are swimming in filth up to our necks all the time. We are bombarded with pornography, profanity, blasphemy, and violence in everything we look at and listen to. There is no way to maintain a pure heart and mind unless we separate ourselves from the fountain of it all. If people who call themselves Christians do not start drawing some lines and backing away from all this social media and filth, this generation is going to be completely lost. "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord..." Flee from Sodom or you will die with them, and so will your children. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111823241463810 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:37 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1027232237473622 Jesus said that the world would be like it was in Noah's day just before He comes again. The earth was filled with violence then, and it is approaching that same condition now. While we are focusing on all the wars going on in the world, that "same spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience" is filling the children and young people of this generation with the spirit of violence. Video games, entertainment, and the lack of truly godly people in their lives are making them that "generation whose teeth are as swords and their jaw teeth as knives." When this generation takes the reins in the next decade we will see the world as it was in Noah's time. There is a great difference between those who are possessed with the spirit of violence, and those who resist them. It is the difference between good and evil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1027232237473622 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:10 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/929232130596195 A pure heart is a heart that has its affection set on God above everything and everyone else. The "perfect heart" that is mentioned many times in the Scripture is that heart that will not turn away from God. A pure heart cannot be wooed or drawn away, and is described in Solomon's Song this way: "I have found Him whom my soul loveth, I held him, and would not let him go." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/929232130596195 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:31:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92323217107917 This is one of those messages that I wish everyone would hear. The matter is so vitally important! If you are a child of God you are involved in a spiritual conflict , and we are living in the most dangerous times. The enemy that will do you in is most likely the one you will not see. You will not see him because part of his strategy is to keep you distracted while he deploys his spies, his snipers, his double-agents, his land mines, and his disinformation in your mind, and in the minds of your children and others around you. Social media and the Internet are rife with them, and until we can begin to recognize that Satan has his hand in all of it, and shut the doors against it, our ranks are going to get thinner and thinner. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/92323217107917 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:05 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82423112415669 There is no way to have peace with God without a pure heart, a pure mind, and a pure conscience. The pollution and corruption of this world makes it a very dangerous place for us to work and live in, physically and spiritually. Disease, germs, viruses, and poisons are a danger to our physical health, but the greater danger is the spiritual and moral corruption that we are exposed to everywhere we go. Our conscience is made pure when the blood of Christ is applied to our heart. We must learn how to apply the blood to our heart. Our mind is made pure by the washing of water by the word (of God). https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82423112415669 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/819233271332 The devil wants to kill you, and he has a plan to do so. What he plans to do with you is more than just kill you; he intends to take you to hell with him for eternity. His strategy has two stages. First get you to say "no" to God; to deny God, and turn away from Him. Then to lead you on down the road to destruction of your earthly life. He will use every means, every person, every situation, every device that is available. He will use your own desires, even holy desires, to draw you out into the world, which is his territory where he will have the advantage. There he can convince you to say "no" to God and "yes" to yourself. Then you are on the road to destruction and it is only a matter of time until your demise. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/819233271332 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:48 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81223230544942 Purity means clean, not mixed with any other thing or substance. We can understand this truth in the physical realm. All sickness and disease is caused by something in our body that is not supposed to be there. Contaminates, pollution, infection by germs, viruses, or bacteria result in sickness and even death. In the spiritual realm it is much the same. Unclean spirits are mentioned more than any other in the Bible. Wickedness, sin, and evil are contagious and when we gaze upon it with our eyes and ears something filthy enters our mind and heart. Until the people who are called Christians separate themselves from the filth of this world and all its sources things are going to continue to get worse. The work of God is suffering greatly because of the sin and immorality that is commonly found in the churches. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81223230544942 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:08 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8523239253086 Purity of mind, heart, conscience, and soul is a major part of being a child of God. The word means "clean" and we are very attentive to cleanliness when it comes to food or drink. We want what we take into our body to be pure, but it seems that we are very careless about what enters into our mind, our heart, and our soul. The devil is on the rampage right now like most of us have never seen. Sin, worldliness, and immorality are commonly reported among the churches. When sickness and disease start spreading we began an urgent search for the cause, and the cause is always pollution, contamination, something corrupt that has invaded our food, drink, or home. The people of God need to do the same immediately. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8523239253086 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:28 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/72123231117858 The "world" that God commands us to be separated from is not the created things of this earth, but rather all that is under the influence and control of Satan and unregenerate human beings. This world system and all its means of influence over mankind is under the control of the devil. The only way to be a child of God is to forsake this present, evil world and become a citizen of God's kingdom. We then live as a pilgrims and strangers here. If we are a friend of this world the Bible tells us we are an enemy of God. If we love this world then the love of the Father is not in us. But "Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world." So how we "fit in" and deal with the world around us is very accurate evidence of whether we are truly born again or not. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/72123231117858 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 19 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:13 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7823151117696 Being alone and feeling alone are two different things. All of us feel alone and abandoned at times. It is part of life. It is a hard part of life for folks when they get older because they feel it a lot. The devil likes to push us into that corner because we are very vulnerable to his lies when we feel alone and abandoned. The thing that drives this kind of loneliness away is to simply realize that we are a part of the family of God in heaven and on earth. We must be like a tree and spread our roots far and deep, into the past, and the present, with a long look into eternity. We have a great cloud of witnesses and so we are not ever really alone, or abandoned. And the Lord said, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7823151117696 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:05 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/712321273933 The devil never changes his strategy. An object is presented for our consideration. Then while we gaze upon it and consider it, a desire is born in our heart for it. Then a plan is formed to obtain it. Then we obtain it. This is the natural order of things for the good and for the evil. The problem we have is with the desire. We allow the desire to take control of our mind, and truth and reality are shut out while we figure out a way to get what we want. This is our Achille's heal and the devil knows it very well. This is what the Bible is talking about when it says in James 1: "When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished bringeth forth death." We must learn that if we are a true child of God, His desires come before ours. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/712321273933 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51323119436355 It is a marvel that the mind is so prone to forget the most important things and remember the most vain things; a mind that was designed by Almighty God to work and operate in his own image and likeness. Surely there is an influence at work that causes the mind to malfunction like this. Strive to not be a forgetful hearer of the Word of God. Strive to remember and hold dear that blessings of life that God gives you in other people and his loving care for you and yours. Resist the powers that would have you forget by occupying your mind with vanity and drama. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51323119436355 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:44 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/55232252524403 The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. To pray according to his Will is to ask for those things which He has said in his Word that He is willing to grant. Not my will, but thine be done. Prayer is not to bring God on board with our plans and desires. It is not to inform God of the problem and tell Him how to fix it. The less of self that is involved in our prayers, the more effectual our prayers will be. To pray according to his will is impossible unless we are walking with God in righteousness. If we regard iniquity in our heart, God will not hear our prayer. (Psalm 66:18) https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/55232252524403 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:48 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4222325403993 A carnal mind is not identified by sins and vices, but by how we interact with other people. Envying, strife, and divisions are the evidence presented in this Scripture to convict these people of being carnally-minded. Having a checklist of bad habits, vices, and other things we abstain from does not certify us as spiritually-minded. Our attitudes toward others and the way we esteem them reveals whether we are carnal or spiritual. The carnal mind is enmity with God, and is not subject to God, so Webster was right when he defined "carnal" as "unregenerate." Such sobering facts demand an honest assessment of ourselves. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4222325403993 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:45:31 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41523232156445 Why does the "way" people think change? Look at what has happened to our world over the past few decades, and how the insanity has snowballed in the past few years. The "way" people think and reason has been changed, and is being changed at a much faster pace now. The only way to have a sound mind and sound reasoning is to have a mind that is stayed on truth. Lies, fantasy, and misinformation corrupt the mind and the ability to think and reason properly is affected or done away with completely. The corruption in our minds comes mostly from influence of other people, with their corrupt minds and hearts and their insane opinions, especially about moral issues. This is why the Scripture tells us to "come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41523232156445 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:53 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/324232137375302 The mind is such an important part of our being. It is the power to reason, conceive, and judge, and if it is feeble in these matters our life will be one disaster after another. Feeble means to be weak and powerless, and therefore easily deceived. There are a number of reasons for a feeble mind, but none of them are hopeless because of the promise of God that He will give us a spirit of a sound mind, and that we can have the mind of Christ. This is the comfort for feeble-minded folks. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/324232137375302 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:15 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31823251343285 Our mind is our own and we can control it. Our spirit is our own and we can rule over it, if we simply WILL. If we do not rule our spirit and control the thoughts of our mind, we are wide open to spiritual evil. They move in quickly and establish strongholds in the mind through that inner dialog that only you hear in your thoughts. All this knowledge will do no one any good unless it is applied and practiced in our life at all times. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31823251343285 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:56:32 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31123329532364 Paul admonished Timothy to be "a good soldier of Jesus Christ." Also, to war a good warfare. The first business with any kind of soldier is training. He must learn to recognize the enemy and defeat him. He must learn how to stay alive keep from getting wounded by the enemy. Most people who profess to be Christians have no training at all and are absolutely impotent in the face of the enemy. We cannot be ignorant of his devices, how he works, and what his strategy is. Until we know how the difference between natural appetites, desire, and lust, and how the tempter uses them against us, we are doomed to fall into his snare again and again. We are to arm ourselves with the same mind that Christ had in this warfare. Too much is at stake and it we cannot afford to be careless in this matter. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31123329532364 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/22523254471944 The first time the devil tempted a human being he did it by convincing Eve that if it tasted good and looked good, then it was good for her. Temptation is always an appeal to the mind to set aside truth while under the influence of some desire that has been aroused in your heart by the sight of, or the thought of, some object. What kind of appetites do I have in my thought life? That secret place of mine where no one sees or knows what is going on? We are drawn to thoughts in our minds just like we are drawn to food when we are hungry, or to other fleshly desires. The devil and his helpers in this world are able to direct our thoughts by directing our attention to some object. Once we see an object the image of it is forever filed away in our memory, so from that point the devil does not have to put the actual object in front of our eyes anymore, he can just remind us of it and we see it again. This is the power of sin and the answer as to why it has so effectively destroyed the human race. That battle is in the mind, and our thought life has to be governed with the help of the Holy Spirit, or all will be lost. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/22523254471944 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:57:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21823414394402 Appetite and desire are two words we need to consider. Appetite speaks more of a desire of the flesh for gratification, either of the body or the mind. There are natural appetites and there are artificial appetites. Having an appetite for food and drink is a natural appetite. Having a desire for tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or anything that is not life-sustaining and beneficial to the body or mind is an artificial appetite. God gave us natural desires and they are not sinful in themselves, but temptation to sin always involves our natural desires. The first sin on earth happened when Eve developed an appetite for that which God said would bring sure and certain death. So our desires can manipulated and directed by outside influences. So knowing this fact and having this understanding, we should take up arms against whatever would affect our appetites and desires. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21823414394402 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:18 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/211231149442447 Many people who call themselves Christians have fallen for a trap that the devil has laid for them. Being a critical thinker has become a kind of badge of honor that many boast of now, but they have taken the same bait that Satan gave Eve in the garden. The Bible tells us that we are not to believe every spirit, but we are to try the spirits to see if they be of God. The modern concept of critical thinking makes each person the judge of all people and all things with no foundation of truth but their own prejudices, preferences, priorities, and opinions. By the world's own definition critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. Therefore, it is self-serving, as well. It is to doubt everything and not believe anything. It leads to absolute uncertainty about everything, and leaves people totally lost and without any moorings, or waypoints, or landmarks, or sense of direction at all. To search for truth in order to obey it is right and what God wants from us. But to search for a way to overturn truth is plainly of the devil himself. Be careful with that critical spirit and that doubtful heart. It is not pleasing to God and will take you away from Him, not closer to Him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/211231149442447 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:47 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12242238122879 To "think no evil" means to put the best possible construction on the motives and the conduct of others. It is not about evil thoughts or temptations to sin in the mind. It is about our attitude toward other people. If we are under the influence of charity we will "think no evil." Love will be our first reaction and we will not think evil until it is impossible not to. The devil has a great advantage over us in this matter because we have been hurt by the evil in others all our lives. But the Holy Spirit of God who indwells the true believer will enable him to overcome in this matter. To think evil is ungodly. To think no evil, even when the evil is obvious, is to be like Christ. We overcome evil with good, and this is a matter that is vital to our testimony as a Christian. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12242238122879 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:09 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121722343242499 The first goal of the devil is to try to take away our hope. You will hear his voice in your mind very often, telling you there is no hope and the future is nothing but dark and dreary. The Christians hope is in eternity, not in anything or anyone on this earth or in this life. It seems that only hope most people have is for what God will do for them here and now in this life. When circumstances are bad they lose hope. Now abideth faith, hope, and charity. What if we lost our faith like we lose our hope? What if we lost our charity like we lose our hope? The only way we get in trouble is when we get our eyes off of eternity and on the present circumstances of this world. No matter what happens in our life here on earth our hope lies beyond all this. Don't let the devil take, or hide your hope from you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121722343242499 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:55 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10122254421007 There is spirit and there is flesh. One of the main themes of the teachings of Jesus was to point out to man this fact. The flesh profiteth NOTHING, it is the Spirit that gives life. Only when a person is born of the Spirit of God are their eyes opened and they begin to see that life is about more than what they can perceive with their physical senses. God is a Spirit and we must worship Him in Spirit and truth. A spiritual person and a religious person are two different creatures. One sees God and is directed by the Spirit of God with an awareness of the spiritual world, while the other sees only the physical and lives according to his carnal interpretation of everything. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10122254421007 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:19 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8282213592655 The devil does not have an advantage over us unless we give it to him. The Scripture is clear that we are more than conquerors through him that loved us; greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world; that if we resist the devil he will flee, etc. There are many ways we can give him an advantage over us. By putting our confidence in man instead of God is probably the most common way. If we wander off into his territory, or allow ourselves to become involved with his people he has a great advantage over us. The danger is not only in the physical influences we allow, but also we must guard against allowing ourselves to be in a state of mind that gives the devil an advantage. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8282213592655 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:31 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7222037364235 It is spirits of devils that try to influence our thinking to lead us away from God and righteousness. It is the Spirit of God that influences our thinking to lead us in the paths of righteousness and a closer walk with God. To try the spirits is simply to look closely at the direction your thoughts are being led. Are the thoughts being presented to your mind tending to soften or remove the enmity between good and evil? Are they making something that is wrong seem not AS wrong as you have been led to believe? Are they a direct challenge to something that is wrong, and has always been considered wrong by the people of God? You can be sure that these thoughts are the voices of spirits of devils. The Spirit of God will never lead your mind to think more favorably, or sympathetically with what is evil in God's sight. This is a basic truth about good and evil. The kinds of thoughts that soften us up toward evil are riddled with lies wrapped in some truth, and that "truth" usually has something to do with what the word "love." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7222037364235 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:57 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7222026277981 God himself put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the Serpent. God's children and the devil's children will never get along. One of the main strategies of Satan is to break down that enmity by softening our attitude and thoughts toward wickedness. It is the devil's work because he never tries to soften the attitude of the wicked toward the righteous. However, he is very successful in silencing the people who are called by God's name concerning evil. They not only stop speaking out against it, but they actually develop affections for those that do wickedness. We are told clearly that if a man is a friend of the world he is the enemy of God. We are the salt of the earth and we should speak up more than we do and stand against this flood of evil that is overwhelming everything in this world. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7222026277981 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:10:10 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6252214027051 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:" How do we know we are not under the influence of a spirit other than the Spirit of God? The Bible gives us the clear answer right here. Failing to heed this warning has been the major failing of the past few generations. It has allowed the churches to be filled with Satan's influence. He is an expert counterfeiter and imitates the Spirit of God to deceive those who do not pay close enough attention. The stakes are high in this spiritual war, so we must take heed to the warning and the instruction here. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6252214027051 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:10:08 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6182233553766 It is very obvious from the Scriptures that there is something more than most people ever experience in their religion. Jesus made it clear that without Him we can do nothing. He told the disciples to tarry at Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high. The indwelling power of the Holy Spirit is the most neglected part of the Gospel. Most people simply assume the Holy Spirit dwells within them because the Bible teaches He dwells in the believer, while they have no evidence at all that He does. Most of what is done is done in the power of the flesh and not in the power of the Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is present there will be some evidence of his working IN us, and the Bible gives us plenty of information about what that work is. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6182233553766 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:28 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/611222791921 Spiritual warfare is that great battle that is being waged in the minds of people between good and evil. We must be able to recognize spiritual evil - spirits of devils, as they try to deceive us in our mind. But we can learn to do that and still be defeated by them. The most important thing in spiritual warfare is that we are truly led by the Spirit of God. This is what is missing in most professing Christians, and in most churches altogether. So much to say here, but the Holy Spirit of God must be a reality in our life or we simply do not have any true evidence that we are a child of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/611222791921 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/642220504858 The greatest danger to our soul, and to the souls of our children, is that we will be deceived. The devil is a liar and he is good at it. He is the father of lies and deceit is his main weapon, and his universal way of defeating and destroying a soul. Others are deceitful, sin is deceitful, Satan is deceitful, but our greatest danger is that we can deceive ourselves. We can actually lie to ourselves and come to believe it. Beware of this greatest danger to your soul. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/642220504858 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:38 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5142225067655 Charity is not a spiritual gift, but part of the fruit of the Spirit of God, and the "more excellent way" that the Scripture refers to here. Spiritual gifts are to be desired, but only from a motive of love toward God and others. Everyone seems to want to "DO" something, or "BE" something "for God." Sadly, many times it is from a motive of pride and self-interests. Charity will move you to "DO" things for God and others, but it will be without any selfish interests involved. It is the very essence of what it means to be like Christ, "who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister..." and "who gave himself a ransom for all." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5142225067655 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:35:12 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4302233744606 All spiritual gifts are for the manifestation of the Spirit of God. Spiritual gifts are what God uses through a person, or a person's life to edify and encourage other Christians. The Spiritual gifts are to the body of Christ what the contribution of each member of our physical body is to the life and wellbeing is to the whole. No member is the same, or has the same function and purpose. Christians are individuals - not cookie-cutter replicas. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4302233744606 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:00:19 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41522222763197 Spiritual gifts are just that - SPIRITUAL gifts. Their operation is in the spiritual realm. They are meant to edify the soul, the spirit, and the church. Carnal matters are the opposite of spiritual matters, and yet almost all the spiritual gifts mentioned in the Bible are misrepresented, misused, and misunderstood, and then applied to carnal concerns. It is very obvious that most people are far more concerned about physical healing that spiritual healing. Yes, we are to pray for those who are sick in the body, but the health and wellbeing of the soul and spirit is much more important. It is God who heals ALL our diseases, and He does so out of his mercy, love and compassion, but never to prove himself or to increase our faith because that is not where faith comes from. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/41522222763197 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:53 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4922239227739 The manifestation of the Spirit of God, what is it? It is when we see clear evidence of God's Spirit working in a real way in others. Spiritual gifts are for that purpose. They are never to exalt or edify, or make someone special of the one who exercises the gift. They are never for show, or for a spectacle, but for the manifestation of the Spirit of God. This is what unifies a church and bonds our hearts together in love. A church where the Spirit of God is not being manifested in this way is not really the body of Christ, but only a worldly, social organization. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4922239227739 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:09 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4222148545432 Ignorance in spiritual matters leads to superstition. To be ignorant is to be destitute of knowledge, uninstructed, or uninformed of the facts. If we are going to entertain spiritual thoughts and exercise spiritual gifts it must be according to knowledge and truth. otherwise, it is simply superstition and mysticism. There is much enthusiasm in those who conduct themselves in spiritual matters without knowledge, and enthusiasm is not what we need in the churches, and in our lives. Neither do we need superstitious fascination, but we need truth and the true working of the Spirit of God which breaks the chains of sin and sets souls free. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4222148545432 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:11 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3262233454809 A gift is something given, not learned, and not acquired through our own efforts, A skill is something we have acquired through learning. It literally means "to know." So to have a skill is to know how to do something, make something, repair something, etc. We know how because we have learned how. Now honestly, what do you think the churches are mostly operating with, spiritual gifts,, or skills? When the preaching and the music are skilled instead of spiritual the whole thing is nothing but carnality. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3262233454809 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:40:28 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31222317321026 Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He accuses us day and night before God, and he also accuses us day and night to one another. He is always inciting discord by making accusations through the minds of people. It is the number one way the devil is able to defeat the people of God. Our command from Jesus is not to police one another, but to love one another. We should be wise to this wile of the devil that separates very friends and brethren with what is almost always lies, which are Satan's best weapon. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Love one another, which is the identifying mark of a true believer. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/31222317321026 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:07:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/35223208909 If you are a Christian you are involved in a war. It is a spiritual war of aggression by Satan and all his devils against you and they will attack anything or anyone in your life to get to you. Our orders from the Word of God are to STAND. The primary goal in any war is to take away the ability of the enemy to wage war The devil wants to make each of us unable to fight back or defend ourselves. He does this when we lay down any part of our spiritual armor. He tries to demoralize us by making our life difficult and taking from us the things we hold dear, just as he did with Job long ago. We must be vigilante to stand against his wiles, and we must trust in God who is able to make us stand, and having done all, to stand. Never surrender and never quit resisting the devil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/35223208909 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:26 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21922359434554 Lying is the first sin that we know of that was committed on this earth. It is the original sin in that sense, as well as it is the original sin that occurs before any other sin is committed. All sins of the flesh and the spirit begin with a lie. Lies lead to deception, which is a very effective snare for the mind. To be deceived is to believe a lie and then begin to form your views and opinions based upon it. Through all the ages it has been the devil's lies that have been the destruction of man. The devil is a liar and the father of it. Beware that you believe the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. You can only find it in that Holy Book God has preserved for us forever. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21922359434554 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21222017426328 The only way to have peace is for the heart to be yielded to the truth and in one accord with the mind. The struggle we all feel in life is the heart struggling against our mind concerning the truth. All the trouble we know in this life is felt in our mind as it constantly tries to some way reconcile good with all the evil around us. This is what we inherited from our ancestors - the knowledge of good and evil. We CAN live with a good conscience and peace of mind only by having a heart that is yielded to God and his truth. Intellectual knowledge is not enough to deliver a soul from death, for "with the heart man believeth unto righteousness." The new birth happens when the heart yields to God, and not before. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/21222017426328 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:57:09 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12822225354835 Why do so many start the Christian journey and fall by the wayside? The answer lies mainly in how they treat the truth. To belong to God is to belong to the truth, for the Holy Spirit of God is the Spirit of Truth. Only those who cannot abide a lie in any form whatsoever have any real reason to think they possess eternal life. Satan is a liar and the father of it. He is relentless in trying to turn us from the truth by exploiting our sentiments and our desires. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. If we do not walk in truth, we are not walking with Jesus, and we are out of the way, and we have no life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12822225354835 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:10:03 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1722235592381 Satan is the father of all lies. Lying and deceiving is his his main tool and weapon against the kingdom of God and the souls of men. Every sin is preceded by a lie or many lies. A lie is what makes that which is forbidden desirable. Our greatest defense against this formidable foe is an intimate knowledge of the Word of God. Casual knowledge of the Word of God makes a person more susceptible to the devil's lies. Intimate knowledge of the Word of God only comes from personal reading and study. Intimate knowledge of the Word of God is a body of understanding, not just a database of facts. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1722235592381 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:15 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12421232334881 Carnal wickedness is not the same as spiritual wickedness – there must be a difference or this phrase would not be in the Bible. There is a threshold where carnal wickedness becomes spiritual wickedness. When the carnal desire is driven by hatred and contempt for the moral authority of God and his Word it is no longer just carnal wickedness, but spiritual wickedness. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. High places are those places of authority and influence; political, religious, medical, entertainment and education. The strongholds of spiritual wickedness in the high places are what makes life a struggle for the righteous who regard God's moral law. Our orders from God are simple: "Stand." Do not compromise and do not give place to the devil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12421232334881 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1119212339527091 First, there is the Word of God, then there is faith. It is weak faith, it is struggling faith, it is unsure faith, but it is faith. Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Mark 9:24 "And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief." This is the kind of faith that opens the door of our spirit and soul and mind and heart for the Holy Spirit of God to come in and make his abode with us. After this the Holy Spirit of God DOES increase our faith as we trust and learn of Him through his Word and the experiences of life as we walk by faith and not by sight. There is a great difference between newborn faith and the faith of a true saint of God at the end of his journey. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1119212339527091 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:20 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111321312333582 Sorrow is a part of life, but life is not all about sorrow. It is a necessary part of life, but should not be the dominating part of life. Sorrow must be mixed with everything else or it becomes death to us, and to those around us. II. Sorrow has the power to take over our life if we do not keep and rule our own spirit. When it becomes bondage, we have forgotten God and Satan has been able to establish a stronghold in our mind with it. There is only one way to have victory over sorrow and that is to have faith in God and to trust in his promises in the darkness, as well as the light. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111321312333582 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:51:12 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/103021255473954 The basic definition of the word "carnal" is "pertaining to the flesh," "to be in the natural state; unregenerate." The great difference between true salvation and the many religions of the world is that true salvation is a spiritual birth that begins a spiritual life here in this present world. The true believer in Christ has the Spirit of God living inside of him and his view of the universe around him includes the spiritual realm. Those who are carnal live and walk "after the flesh," and follow the ways of the world around them. They look to men for their help and they trust in the wisdom of men for their guide. This is what it means to be carnally-minded, and to be an enemy of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/103021255473954 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:49 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101621256367378 The devil will always begin his attack by questioning a moral issue in your mind. When you realize that there is a debate going on in your mind trying to justify something that you know is wrong, you can be sure that you are being influenced by a devil - an evil spirit. We can see Satan's step by step method of deceiving and ensnaring souls by his conversation with Eve in the garden. He has never changed his method because it works so well. Lots of wisdom here to enable us to fight the good fight of faith and to keep the devil from deceiving our children, as well. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101621256367378 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:47 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1092125443920 Prayer has its foundation on the Word of God. Prayer is a spiritual exercise, it is not a religious duty or performance. It is communion with God and the Spirit of God must be involved. If we find ourselves bound and unable to really pray and know God hears us we can discern that we are being drawn away from God by other spirits that are not of God. If we are not experiencing the comfort, the guidance, and the fruit of the Holy Spirit we can be sure that we are listening to other spirits that are not of God. Prayer is a spiritual battle. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1092125443920 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101211812227806 God calls, prepares, and sends men with a message from God. The response to that message from God makes people better or it makes them worse. There is no neutral ground. The message is not from the man who is sent, but it is from God. There is a great difference between a message from another man's mind and heart that touches our intellect or emotions, and a spiritual message from God, sent through a spirit-filled man, that touches our soul. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/101211812227806 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:02:46 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/91821239481985 The one thing that makes the war between good and evil so difficult is that those that are evil are not bound by any rules while the righteous are. Anything goes for the wicked; they can lie, cheat, steal, kill, fight dirty, and they do not hesitate to do all of these things in order to prevail. The righteous are bound by truth, justice, mercy, righteousness, and the fear of God to do what is right in spite of what the wicked do. God has given the righteous rules by which to engage the enemy, and every Christian needs to live by them or the cause of Christ suffers and souls are lost. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/91821239481985 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:14 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/91121215295714 To be afraid at times is part of how we are constituted. It must be so in a world such as this. The sin of man has made every creature a potential enemy, and there is danger all around us. But just as a spirit of infirmity is quite different than having an actual infirmity, the spirit of fear is quite different than simply being afraid when we should be afraid. A spirit of fear consumes our life by dominating our mind and emotions with fear and dread of what "might" happen. We become paralyzed and useless, and a liability to others because we have yielded to an unclean devil which has taken control of our mind. This kind of fear is never of faith and faith is never fearful. Resist the devil and he will flee from you! Realize what is going on, recognize the true enemy and source of your fear, and fight! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/91121215295714 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:12 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82821238184055 The woman in our Scripture apparently did not have anything really wrong with her body, but was oppressed by a spirit of infirmity. It is common for people to think themselves sick when they really are not. This is a spirit of infirmity. It is that voice that starts talking to you in your mind and striking fear in your heart when you have a pain, or when a doctor tells you there is something wrong in your body. The spirit of infirmity is probably one of the strongest spiritual foes we encounter. Always ask yourself honestly, "Am I really sick, or is this a spirit of infirmity?" It can steal your life by dominating your mind with imaginations that cause you to live in fear. This is certainly NOT the work of the Holy Spirit of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/82821238184055 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:38:20 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81221247553113 Perverseness in the tongue is evidence of a breach in the spirit. When people just believe and think all wrong it is because spiritual evil has made its way into their spirit through a breach. That breach was likely caused by the perverse tongue of someone else. Hurtful, careless, or lying words shoot a hole through someone's spirit just like the bullet from a gun does. The damage is every bit as real and lasting, too. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. - Proverbs 4:24 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/81221247553113 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8521211297994 An experience that is common to all of us in this life is that our spirit, our heart, and our mind is sometimes overwhelmed. It is a part of the spiritual war in which we are involved. Here are some words of advice and wisdom from the Word of God about how to deal with this matter that is the devil's best weapon against us. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8521211297994 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:43:10 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/73021224483577 The unclean spirit is mentioned more than any other type of evil spirit. It is like the carrier spirit or the gateway spirit for other spirits that totally possess and destroy a life. The unclean spirit seeks to void the distinctions between clean and unclean that God established in his word as so vital. The unclean spirit is the voice of compromise in matters of morality and right and wrong. The New Testament gives us many examples of what an unclean spirit takes a person and it is extremely grievous and sad. Listen to the hopelessness in the cries of those who the Bible declared to have an unclean spirit and beware, for they are still here and seeking a place to inhabit. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/73021224483577 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:32 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7242123757946 To be "in the flesh" and to "walk after the flesh" are two different things and the Bible carefully distinguishes between the two. We are all "in the flesh" because we live in a body of flesh. But those who are born of the Spirit do not "walk after the flesh" but "after the Spirit." Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7242123757946 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:53:17 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/716212330452301 What does it mean to be "in the Spirit?" The Bible uses this phrase 25 times in the New Testament, so it is important for us to understand what the Bible is referring to. This is a very helpful and practical message about how to walk with God and the Spirit's real work in our lives. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/716212330452301 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:40:10 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7102124423568 We must gird the whole armor of God with prayer. It is a most important part of the spiritual armor. We are to pray always, with all prayer - that is all the different kinds of prayer, always in the Spirit, and for all the saints, and always watching thereunto, or making sure we are diligent in this matter of communion with God. What a difference it makes when the people of a church pray fervently for one another this way! What a bond of love and fellowship it creates! How it works to bring about oneness of minds and hearts! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/7102124423568 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:15 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/732105330775 We are not called or commanded to defeat the devil, because we are not able to do that. But what we are called and commanded to do is to STAND, and to be still standing when this is all over. Satan's attacks are always aimed at changing our mind about the very things the armor of God protect: Truth, righteousness, preparation, faith, salvation, and the Word of God. Those who compromise on the biblical view of any of these issues have failed to stand because the devil got to them in their mind. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/732105330775 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:47:30 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6192110502914 Trouble is part of life in this sin-cursed world. Being a child of God does not exempt us from trouble and hard things. But "evil day" or day of trouble, is the place where Satan and his minions are sure to attack us in our minds with the goal of making us doubt God and question his faithfulness and his word. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand this assault of the devil in your time of trouble. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6192110502914 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:56 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6421250591644 Ignorance of the Word of God, and therefore ignorance of the ways of God and the mind of God, makes a person very vulnerable to the lies of the devil. The world comes up with word games and little phrases that lead the mind astray from truth. The idea of critical thinking has become a virtue among many professing Christians and it is one of the most ungodly concepts the devil ever came up with. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/6421250591644 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:43:08 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5292115253635 It is not enough to be able to discern between truth and error - we must learn to discern between the "spirit" of truth and the "spirit" of error. We have all heard the truth preached with a bad spirit. The spirit of error will always enter your thoughts with truth, but only as the bait to get you to take down your guard. We are given some clear instruction in this Scripture on how to tell them apart. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5292115253635 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:49 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51521257353196 There are 24 types of sin and sinners named in these four verses of Scripture. They paint a clear picture of the person with a reprobate mind. Somehow we have been made to believe that having a reprobate mind is some special kind of sinner that is worse than others, but it is in fact the state of all those who reject God. Many of them have found places in churches and even places of leadership there, so that now the way of true salvation is very hard to find. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/51521257353196 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 12 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:19 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/57212332433966 A reprobate mind is not the cause of sin - it is the result of sin. A darkened heart and a blinded mind are the result of sin, not the origin of it. To be left to your lusts and selfishness may sound just like what the rebellious sinner wants, but it quickly turns into the suburbs of hell for him. The way of the transgressor is hard, and his pleasure turns into his punishment. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/57212332433966 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 05 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:32:02 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5121223565220 God says in his word that homosexuality is a heinous sin and abomination in his sight. So then why is it not looked upon the same way as other sins? Would people be as tolerant and sympathetic to murder, stealing, or lying? Of course they would not! The righteous God who judges sin will account those who sympathize with sin as guilty as the sinner himself because their heart and mind are in agreement with him. A person involved in this sin must acknowledge that it is sin and turn from it and trust Christ, just as all sinners must do to be saved. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/5121223565220 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:21 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42421123483861 To worship the creature more than the Creator is to worship the creation, or as most people perceive it - "nature." To look for God in nature is not the right thing to do. Nature has been corrupted by man's sin and is not as God created it in the beginning. We must look for God and truth in the only reliable place it can be found and that is the written Word of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/42421123483861 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:42:23 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4321231537784 There is a point where God turns loose of a rebellious soul and leaves him to his lusts. This is the last thing that can be done when all else has failed to bring them to repentance. There came a day when the prodigal's father released his son and even gave him his portion of the goods. But the boy still had a father he could return to and that is what he did after his sin had brought him low. God would have all men to be saved. Never think that his giving someone up to uncleanness is God giving up on their soul. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/4321231537784 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:40:45 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3202131601161 The wise men of this world are only pretenders to wisdom. They are not really wise, and in fact are fools, according to the Scripture. "The world by wisdom knew not God." This is obvious when they change the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. People who imagine God to suit themselves are fools. More people go this route to hell than any other way. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3202131601161 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:50:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/313211153534865 "Their foolish heart was darkened." To be darkened means to be deprived of light, or to be made ignorant. Light and love go together. A darkened heart does not love, and simply does not care.. The ungodly who claim to be motivated by love and compassion are not telling the truth. "He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love." A darkened heart is under the control and influence of spirits of devils and has become a stronghold of Satan. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/313211153534865 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:54 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3621339407010 When we turn away from God we are surrounded by darkness. When we draw nigh to God we are surrounded by light. When our mind and imagination has nothing but truth to work with we find the way gets brighter and brighter. One of the rewards of having a sound mind here and now is that we begin to know the breadth, length, depth, and height and are filled with all the fulness of God. The end of the earthly journey is a glorious and joyous graduation to the very presence of the Lord. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/3621339407010 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:04 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/2272141426679 When we leave God out of our thoughts and our imagination becomes vain we are taken farther and farther from God. Satan is able to establish a stronghold in our mind because we have took his bait and accepted his lies as truth, and from that point we do not reason rightly. Our mind and heart are darkened and we are lost in the darkness without any light. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/2272141426679 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:46:51 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/262130467928 Romans 1 marks the path that leads to depravity and eternal death. Satan wages his battle in our minds and if we would survive his assaults and his deception we had better know how the mind works. This is a very important message full of truth that will help you more than anything else in this world in having victory in your own life, training your children, and seeing to their spiritual survival, and understanding what is going on in others around you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/262130467928 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:59:50 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1232133595322 Imagination is creating in our mind an illusion or fantasy made out of the things we have seen, heard, and felt. God meant it to be used for creating real things, since we are made in his image and likeness, but sin has corrupted the human mind and heart and now it is used by the powers of evil to destroy us. Imagination is where sin is always born and planned before it is carried out in the flesh. An imagination that has no reins will wreck the mind, life, and soul. Insanity is legally defined as "the inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1232133595322 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:48:18 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11621324506777 Spiritual warfare is about the battle for the soul. Satan has a strategy to destroy an individual, as well as the entire human race. The invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation and all men are without excuse. Satan's first step is always to draw men away from the proper view of God. When God is not enough to satisfy your mind, your feelings, and to answer your questions you are losing the battle and Satan has you where he wants you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11621324506777 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:52:34 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/18212229394577 To provoke others to anger has consequences. God tells us not to do it, and as Christians we should be very sensitive and careful not to provoke others to anger unnecessarily or carelessly. Likewise, we are to not be easily provoked ourselves. This is what is tearing our country apart right now. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/18212229394577 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:37:37 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12214649508 Understanding is the receiving of knowledge and information. Wisdom is the right use of that knowledge and information. There is wisdom of this world and there is the wisdom that God gives. Until we are born again we understand only with a carnal mind. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/12214649508 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:22 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/122520142450532 "Soul" means "life" here, which has the same meaning as "spirit." We are not really born again until our whole being is submitted to God in love. Many submit their heart (emotions and feelings) and their mind, but not their life, which is their soul. They live their lives in this world and these will hear in that day, "Depart from me....I never knew you." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/122520142450532 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:42:21 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121920234552698 We are always thinking, and that is where the trouble always starts. The mind is the battlefield of spiritual warfare. All sin begins there and so does any drawing nigh to God. We fail badly in guarding and training our minds or those of our children. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121920234552698 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:44:37 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121220021135248 Spiritual death is not mentioned in the Bible. It is a phrase invented by men to try to explain the great gulf that sin has caused between man and his God. Spirits do not die, so your spirit is not dead, but it is alienated from God and walks in darkness, until the new birth restores your fellowship with God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/121220021135248 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:45:24 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/125200122749 Being "born again" means more than a sentimental religious cliché. It is to be delivered from this prison whose walls let us see only the physical, carnal world around us. Our blinded eyes are opened to the spiritual kingdom of God and we can see what is really going on. From that point on we are engaged in the spiritual war between good and evil. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/125200122749 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:39:34 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11282027311050 Our charge from God is not to believe every spirit, but to try the spirits whether they are of God. We are not to let our curiosity take us any further than that. To seek more knowledge of them is to enter into the occult and to be deceived by Satan. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/11282027311050 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:42:13 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1120202342119 You can be subject to evil spirits or you can resist them and they will flee. You rule your own spirit or it is overrun by spiritual evil. It is really that simple. It is here that what we call "victory" is won or all is lost. It is here that we either "overcome" and inherit all things, or our soul is vanquished, and our life is destroyed. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/1120202342119 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:49:38 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111420335313321 Jesus said to "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation." What are we supposed to watch? We are to watch what kinds of spirits we are being approached by in our minds. This is spiritual warfare and this is the battle the Bible talks about. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/111420335313321 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:54:34 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10312034412455 Demonic spirits do not manifest themselves in ways that scare and thrill superstitious people like Hollywood portrays. They are those voices in your mind arguing and debating with you about established and known moral issues. Devils are scratching at your soul's door when you hear in your mind their arguments against what is right. Beware! Lest you end up like this poor boy in Mark 9! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/10312034412455 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 0:55:27 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102420321412001 The story of the poor centurion's son who was vexed with a deaf and dumb spirit is very much like what we often see now. There is no need to try to fix blame or analyze what caused this. Help for the hopeless can only be found in Jesus Christ himself, and not in men - not matter how knowledgeable or spiritual they are. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/102420321412001 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:11:33 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8292034573222 Superstition is the devil's counterfeit to true faith. It focuses on the physical looking for confirmation of the supernatural. It is based in fear. Modern religion is full of superstition that is presented as faith. Saving faith is only found in truth, which is the Word of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/straightpaths/sermons/8292034573222 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Miller 1:01:05 no Mike Miller - Spiritual Warfare