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Happy Wednesday! Welcome to Ep. 1023 - Our Eternal Shepherd! Does God actually know you?  Not know of you.  Know you — by name, as a specific person He is specifically attending to?  The answer might not be what you’ve expected.

Welcome to Ep.#1022 — “The Backup Plan! “ You didn’t plan to stumble and cope.  You didn’t sit down and decide this sin was a good idea.  But before you even made a conscious choice, it seemed you were already reaching toward it, again. What if the problem isn’t your willpower?  What if it isn’t even your behavior?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Welcome to Ep. 1021 — Rubbish! You’ve been doing all the right things.  Showing up.  Staying faithful.  Building something for God.  And underneath all of it, there’s a quiet accounting that never quite closes.  A low-grade pressure that sometimes feels less like calling and more like unbelief.  You don’t feel like a failure.  You feel like a project - the proverbial “work in progress”.  And the project is exhausting. What if the very things we are most proud of - the faithfulness, the track record, the righteous-looking and dutiful version of ourselves - what’s exhausting?  Actually an obstacle?  And if so, what do we do?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Welcome to Ep. #1020 - “The Wisdom of The Inside-Out Life”! You’re tired.  Not lazy-tired.  Not I-need-a-vacation tired (or not Just that!).  You’re tired in the way that only happens when you’ve been carrying the weight of parenting, of showing up at work, of being a spouse, a caregiver, a friend, a functioning human being in a world that never stops demanding.  And on top of all of that, you want to do right by God.  You want to serve Him, follow Him, show up for Him - and somewhere in the middle of wanting all of that, you hit a wall. A quiet, honest, terrifying wall.  Maybe you can push through it.  Maybe you’ve been pushing through it for years.  But what if the wall isn’t a failure of your effort - what if it’s an invitation to divine intimacy?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught or expect.

Welcome to Ep. 1019 — "Divine Supply Meeting Demand!"What does God actually want from you when you have a demand you cannot meet?  You’ve felt it.  The standard rises, your adequacy seems to shrink, and somewhere in the gap a quiet voice starts talking.  You’re not enough.  You never were. So why pretend?  The effort to be less fallible fails us more.  What should we do?  What does God expect?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Good morning Grace Tribe! Welcome to Ep. #1018 - “Settling Into Perfect” - Maybe you’ve heard the rumor you’ve been made perfect - is that figurative? Is God overlooking the real you? Is He happily pretending because of grace? Are you supposed to live up to what Christ is living in?

Good Morning and Welcome to Ep. 1017 - “Un-Indebted: The Practical Reality of Forgiveness”! Does forgiveness seem impractical?  Is it unrealistic to forgive what someone has cost you in value or security or expected role?  When people fail you, how do you afford forgiveness? Grab your coffee and let’s drink fully of the grace of God in one of the most challenging and unbalanced areas of the Christian life.  This could really be transformational for so many! Who might you share it with today?

Welcome to Ep. #1016 — “The Door, Not the Room”! Friends - We often trip over our feelings and failures, instead of recognizing them as the door to grace and the revelation of an entirely different identity.  Join Mike on the show today with the Grace tribe as he shares an encounter with a literary Titan that opened his eyes to the identity crisis of receiving true Grace.  And discover a hint of what it means to accept the Divine invitation to reel intimacy. 

Good morning, Saints! Welcome to Ep. #1015 - You, Perfected?” What if you’re not God‘s fixer upper?  As much as we talk about who we are in Christ and how he works in our life, the work of the enemy and the program of the world and our own self perception still create a false Trippe cord for daily living, don’t they?

Good MORNING, Grace Tribe! Welcome to Ep. #1014 - “Christ Life Q&A - there is so much evil in the world - is Satan winning?”  Beautiful question about wanting good and seeing evil, and Satan seems to be winning in his role on the Earth and everywhere and doing things with such power, surely he’s God’s nemesis, right? I love the heart of the question in the hope of this answer! 

Welcome to Ep. #1013 - “Christ Life Q&A Day on Mike Q. Daniel LIVE!” Who are we talking to when we’re talking to God?  Who do we address when we get up in the morning?  Are we leaning into what Christ has called us to or are we missing out on the relationship and power of the Christian life by missing out on How we address God?  Kristine, others have great questions that are informative for all of us in our focus and fruitfulness in Christ for today! 

Welcome to Ep. #1012 - “Christ Life Q&A on Mike Q. Daniel LIVE!”Where does salvation effect daily living, and where does being reborn in Christ help someone grow up in their daily living in the world?Thanks for being here today.  If this or any conversation is stirring something in you — a question, something happening in your life, a prayer need, a truth you’re still turning over — don’t let it stop here. Connect beyond the show with devotionals, submit your own questions, share a prayer need, or partner with us to keep getting Christ as Life truth into the hands of people who need it most. 

Welcome to Ep. #1011 - “Christ Life Q&A on Mike Q. Daniel LIVE!” Sheri sent in a question about two verses that show up constantly in sermons about mortality, judgment, and accountability — and what preachers say they mean for how you’re supposed to be living right now. It’s a question worth sitting with. And it deserves a real answer. So - Grab a cup of coffee, and let’s look to Christ together, Tune in!

Welcome to Ep. #1010, "Christ Life Q&A!Johnny asked incredible question, that I think we’ve all visited at 2 AM when our mind is wandering and wondering how secure we are in Christ.   At the heart of it is - “If I’m not producing enough, being good enough, staying connected enough — will God finally give up on me?”.Join Mike Q Daniel LIVE! With the Grace tribe as we explore what Jesus really meant by remaining in the vine and where are hope and security and him really comes from. Share your questions about something happening in your life, something you’ve heard or read from a biblical source or teacher, or something we can be praying for you today in the comments!

Good morning Grace Tribe!   Ep. #1009 - “Abba's Intrinsic Love” Question: is God figuring out how he feels about you?  Are you wooing and repelling His love? 

Welcome to Ep. 1008 - “Living God Led?” Happy Monday, beloved, empowered, Spirit-walking children of God! What if you’re not missing God’s voice?  We been trained to listen for the external voice from afar, invading our thoughts and interrupting the flow of daily life, but what if you’re not actually missing his voice because he’s not speaking often as an outsider demanding attention?

When the Bible presents a God of actual justice, the cognitive conflict gets so uncomfortable that we try to fix it.  We pull out our theological Sharpies and try to edit Hell out of the Book just to save God’s "PR brand."  We assume that if we can just eliminate Hell, we can finally believe God is loving. But what if we have it completely backwards? What if trying to erase Hell actually erases the greatest proof of God's love in the history of the universe?In Episode #1007 - “Does Hell Disprove God’s Love?” of the Mike Q. Daniel LIVE! Broadcast, we are resolving the hardest intellectual objection of all.  We’re unmasking the ultimate excuse and looking at the inescapable logic of love, free will, and what God actually did about our deepest brokenness.  You'll never view the Cross the same way again. 

Our culture loves the idea that "all paths lead to the same mountain."  We’re told that as long as someone is sincere, their beliefs are valid.  So when Christians say Jesus is the only way, the world pushes back hard: “How arrogant!  A loving God wouldn't exclude billions of sincere people.” It sounds incredibly compassionate and inclusive.  But what if the "all paths" argument isn't actually about inclusion at all?  What if calling God "too narrow" is just another brilliant exit strategy to protect our own autonomy? Today, in Part 3 of our Subpoenaing Heaven series, we are taking a hard look at the "Narrow God" objection.  If you’ve ever felt defensive, tongue-tied, or embarrassed when someone accuses the Gospel of being intolerant, this episode will completely flip the script.  You'll discover why the exclusivity of Christ isn't an act of bigotry—it's the ultimate act of rescue.

Good morning Grace Tribe!! Welcome to Ep. #1005 - “Why God Won't Give You a Neon Sign” | Subpoenaing Heaven (Part 2)We stand firmly on God’s dirt, fill our lungs with His air, operate entirely within His laws of physics, and then look up at a quiet sky and scream, “If You’re real, give me a sign!” When people look at the vast mystery of the cosmos, the verdict is often swift: “If God actually wanted my allegiance, He would speak up. The silence is proof of His absence.”It sounds so academically courageous.  It sounds like a deeply honest, objective requirement for more data.  But what if the demand for empirical proof isn’t actually a search for the truth?  What if the complaint about a "silent God" is just a brilliant alibi?In Part 2 of our series Subpoenaing Heaven, we are putting the world's demand for physical evidence on the witness stand.  If you’ve ever felt pressured to become an amateur scientific apologist when a friend, coworker, or family member demands a burning bush to believe, this episode will completely re-frame the debate.  You’ll walk away equipped to see what’s really hiding behind their demand for a neon sign, free from the pressure to "prove" heaven is real, and anchored deeper into the unshakeable intimacy of your New Covenant identity.

Good morning Grace Tribe!!  Welcome to Ep. #1004 - “The Real Reason the World Puts God on Trial” | Subpoenaing Heaven (Part 1) ~  Mike Q. Daniel LIVE!Life often feels like a car crash in slow motion.  And when the world looks at the wreckage, a very specific verdict usually forms: “If God is real, He’s unjust.  And if He’s unjust, I want nothing to do with Him.”It sounds like moral clarity.  It sounds like defending goodness.  But what if that objection isn’t actually a question at all?  What if it’s more like an exit strategy?In Part 1 of our new series Subpoenaing Heaven, we are looking at the real motive behind the culture's biggest objection to the Gospel.  If you’ve ever felt intimidated or knocked off balance when a coworker, neighbor, or family member throws the "unjust God" excuse at you, this episode will completely re-frame the conversation.  You’ll walk away equipped to see through the smokescreen, free from the pressure to "defend" God, and anchored deeper into your unshakeable New Covenant identity in Christ.

Welcome to:  Episode #1003 - “Settling in to Source”Thursday.  Before the arrests, before the betrayals, before the false accusations, before the bitter herbs and sweet wine and broken bread, Jesus entered into a day where He had to have it all together.  A lot was on the line.  Let’s pour the coffee and drink deeply of God’s grace as we look at the day we honor today and lean into the weekend ahead lauding the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ - and you with Him.  And like Him, we get to know some things going into this day and all that is ahead. 

Good morning Grace tribe!  Relationships can be messy, volatile, swinging, highs, and lows, feeling close and far.  Whether a dad who is gruff or romances that grow cold, we associate relationships with emotional swings and ambiguity of terms.  And yet this is what God calls us to in Christ?!  This leads us with a bit of a problem, so today, in Ep. #1002 - “The Fuzzy Relationship Problem”, we’re going to see the truth of the relational economy of life in Christ, and clear out some of the cobwebs about what we mean by relationship and how understanding our relationship with God through Christ changes absolutely everything.

Weee’re Baaack! Good morning Grace Tribe!  Happy Tuesday, friends. And welcome to Ep. #1001 - “The Cross, the Gospel, the Truth”. What do we mean when we say “the gospel“ and why is that getting softer and wider and more diluted it seems with time?  Where the guard rails for protecting the truth, not just in our life, but in our family and culture? 

Good Morning Grace Tribe!  Can you BELIEVE it's our 1000th Episode!!  Wow - praise God!  Welcome to Ep. 1000 - "One Way to Live"!  We are discussing the reasons we get overwhelmed while in the fullness and love and empowerment of God's grace and Christ AS our Life!  We are broadcasting LIVE from Boerne Texas with a group of saints gathered in person to join GT1K Event for the weekend! 

 Ep. #999 - “5 Reasons We Sometimes Feel Distant From the God in Union with Us through Christ” Feelings are real, but they’re just sometimes lying to us, aren’t they? We can be afraid of something because we mistook it for something else.  We can think it’s the wrong day and engage in the wrong routine.  We can think that God is far from us and be striving to cause closer proximity when He is in union with our innermost being for all who believe.  We are getting to the heart of one of the hardest issues for believers in God - and one of the most heart-breaking distractions in the Christian Life. 

 Ep. #998 - “Discovering the Truth We Know”!  It is a wonderful day to enjoy Christ in us together! Good morning and happy Tuesday!  We had a brilliant question from Sara we’re going to answer about how we know for ourselves what we know to be true?  When and how does life in Christ become experiential for the believer?

Happy Monday, Grace tribe! Welcome to Ep. #997 - “Fullness Isn’t the Finish Line!”. What if you get to begin the day with all that God has for you instead of striving to gain something “out there“ that you have to cause or produce in order to get what he wants for you or where you’re supposed to be?

Welcome to Mike Q Daniel LIVE! for Ep. #996 - “From Filling to Overflow, TODAY!”  On living and flowing from Christ fully today. If we’re honest, most of us don’t wake up thinking, “Today Christ is going to overflow through me to others.”  We wake up thinking,“I hope today doesn’t drain me.” We can easily waffle between survival mode and begging or earning God’s intervention.  But not every problem is the valley of the shadow of death, is it?  How do we live from what we have in Christ in the moment before us?  How do we flow from the life we’re drinking of in Him?  And how does that build up in us something greater than we ever imagined?  How are we changed in the process?  We’ve gone from thirsty to filled and now my friends it’s time to flow!

Welcome to Ep. #995 - “An UN-Thirsty Blessing on Saint Patty's Day”Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  Most people think of shamrocks, green shirts, and a socially acceptable excuse to act a little more Irish than they actually are. But the real Patrick story – and all it Means for you today – is so better than the holiday! 

Good MORNING, Grace Tribe! ☕️😇.  Welcome to Ep. #994 - "A Deeply Satisfied Life, today?"  What might the perfect day look like for you?   We are going to see exactly from Scripture how that unfolds and what that means for our entire life in the here and now.   From David to Paul, a deep satisfaction is ours from God - if we know where to look.  

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to Ep. #993 - “Grace As You Go”. If you ever felt out of place, if you ever felt unsure where you’re headed, if you’ve ever wondered how to move forward or been afraid of missing God’s direction, people, or purpose - then today is for you. “God’s got it seems cliche - but HOW, with WHO (okay, with whom!), and WHERE does He have you?! 

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to Ep. #992 - “Maybe It’s Time to Stop circling the Mountain” on Mike Q Daniel LIVE! with the Grace Tribe!  We’ve talked about Walking in the awareness of God‘s presence over being sent for a task.  We’ve talked about the incredible power and liberty of living for what God is doing not your age agenda for yourself.  Others were even God.  And today we’re gonna talk about it being time to move.  Are you ready for the Divine shift?  Are you ready for his direction and presence and power for his purpose?

Happy Tuesday!  Welcome to Ep. #991 - “Stepping In not Stepping Up”. We’ve all wished we had done things better, or strive to do as well as we possibly can.  The pressure to do better, or the regret of wishing you had can become a tyranny of striving and guilt. 

Happy Monday! Welcome to Ep. #990 - “Forward Facing Life in Christ”. What is it that we really want?  What does it look like to enter this day and tomorrow and this season and the rest of this year for all he has for you? Believe it or not, there’s some incredibly deep language between Moses and God that paints a picture of a truly forward facing life in Christ. 

Welcome to Ep. #989: “The Better Portion”. How do we catch the best parts of every day with Jesus? Grab your coffee and pull up your comfiest chair as we dive into this end of week nugget.

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome to Ep. #988 - “Not Something Else… Something New” (A brief ode to the breathtakingly powerful creative love of God). We’ve had some very comprehensive talks the last three episodes, so today, we stand in awe, taking God’s life and love in like the sunrise.

Welcome to Ep. #987: What must we really do with the law in Christ?We will unpack the definitive answer to the role of the law in the life of the believer, and finally settle what we do with law, with Jesus, with ourselves in light of these two holy realities. You are gonna love this (but some are going to hate this).  If you are determined to in self-righteous effort don’t tune in, or maybe you’re ready to be free of that, then absolutely do!  Or maybe you want to discern our real hope in light of sin and struggle and shame - this is absolutely for you. 

Well one to Ep. #986: “The Truth about Confession” grab your coffee and a comfy spot to tune in from, and let’s dive into what we mean and do to confess, why we do, and what it means for our relationship with aged and each other. If you’ve ever wanted a definitive understanding of confession, forgiveness and security in Christ for you or others, this is going to be a huge blessing and incredibly liberating for many!

Welcome to Ep. #985: “Real Repentance Without Re-Penance”. Understanding what Scripture means and the truth that sets us free is SO much better than relying on traditional perceptions and error that keep people in bondage to false ideas about who God is, all He has done, and who we now are because of Christ’s beautiful work through the cross.  So what is REAL repentance?  How’s it confused, and what is its role?   You’ve gotta see this and get it, because the LAST thing real repentance is is glum!  

Welcome to Ep. #984: “Hurting & Tired - Can Comfort Become an Idol?”  WOW, can I relate some days!  We have two questions about pursuing comfort and being physically tired, so where’s the rest by grace and where’s the trust by faith…. And maybe more importantly, where does my pursuit of better become my hope and dependence for life and sufficiency?  I love these questions, and the heart behind them. 

Welcome to Ep. #983 - “The UN-Grieved Grieving of God – is He pleased with you or not?”We know the Holy Spirit is grieved.  We know God has deep emotional responses.  We know how we react when we are hurt or disappointed by others, don’t we?  So how does God feel about our struggles, failures, and sin as His saved righteous-by-grace child?

Good morning,  Grace Tribe!  Welcome to Mike Q. Daniel LIVE! Ep. #982 -“Emotional Well Being on the Bad Days”.Katherine asked a beautiful question we are going to lean in to together about dealing with the hurt of hard times - what’s it mean to our faith, how do we manage the emotion that doesn’t just go away, and more! 

Welcome to Ep. #981 - Grace & Coffee Q&A - emotional clarity, Scripture conflict, imperfect pursuits, and more…”. 

Welcome to Ep. #980 — “The Impossible Life of Christ in You”.  If you’ve ever felt like life is impossible, you’re absolutely right.  God is in fact inviting you to do and be the impossible in Christ.  If it don’t seem daunting it would never require grace.  It’s not for the most competent but for Christ alone to live, and we are going to talk about the implications of all that and more - and the intimacy with God it brings. So grab your coffee and journal and your favorite spot, as we dive into the truth of this impossible life in Christ together with Him.

Welcome to Ep. #979 - “Fully Present in His Presence”. God has made Himself known, both who He is and where He is.  Maybe we should too?  

Welcome to Episode # 978, "Breaking the Spell"How do we break the spell of the world divisiveness?  Well there is a secret superpower of the believer, that clears the fog, and makes Fod’s perspective much more obvious when the world spins us up into, “us and them”, anti-others precise and self-talk. 

Good morning friends, and happy Wednesday!  Welcome to  Ep. #977 – "Walking Free in a Chaotic World" You are more free here than you know, and your fulfillment is not in siding with the side that beats the other side in any area of your life. You get to walk in the freedom and victory of Christ in you today! 

Good morning, Gracers!  Welcome to Ep. #976 - “ The Blurry Vision of Modern Misalignment”. The world is trigger-happy, and no, not in the traditional way that phrase is used.  Everyone is getting triggered if the breeze blows the direction they didn’t expect. Every news article, every comment in everything, someone’s happy, or upset about, triggers someone else.  We’re walking in a field of land  Mines of others triggered emotions.  This issue is cultural, and identity deep. 

Good morning, Saints!  "Happy new week!    Welcome to Episode # 975 - "How Soft Is Grace, Really?Question: what are the characteristics that come to mine of someone walking by grace?  I’ve been a little surprised how quickly believers lately presume it always looks a very specific way instead of thinking it always affords God getting His way, and makes His way always our good.  That’s a huge difference.  

Episode # 974, “Faith and Fruit: The Process Is the Product”Friends - what do you want from this day?  If you’re like me, it’s easy for a very real God who’s is our very present God (which is a very big deal) to be an afterthought to a whole lot.  Join us for this episode as we look at why life doesn’t always seem that fruitful, and specifically what the shift in our day-to-day might be like without performance metrics, but a different awareness of divine presence.