The Drive - A Daily Devotional by Pastor Mike Sternad
1,193 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTHE DRIVE: Short 10 minutes talks about topics related to God's Word.
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Peace #56
December 17, 2023 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBEphesians 6:21-24 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts. Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible. Support the Show.
Stand #54
December 17, 2023 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.46 MBEphesians 6:10-13 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having do...
Filled With the Spirit #50
December 15, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBEphesians 5:18-21 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Support the Show.
Be Wise #49
December 15, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 6.16 MBEphesians 5:15-17 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Support the show
No Fellowship #48
December 14, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.39 MBEphesians 5:11-14 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” Support the Show.
Children of Light # 47
December 13, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBEphesians 5:8-10 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Support the Show.
Don’t Partake #46
December 12, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.07 MBEphesians 5:4-7 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. Support the Show.
Giving of Thanks #45
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBEphesians 5:3-4 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Support the show
Be Kind #43
December 06, 2023 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MBEphesians 4:30-31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Support the Show.
Imitator's #44
December 06, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.94 MBEphesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. Support the Show.
Edification & Grace #41
December 05, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MBEphesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. Support the show
Holy Spirit #42
December 05, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.01 MBEphesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Support the Show.
Anger #39
November 28, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBEphesians 4:26-27 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil Support the Show.
Stealing #40
November 28, 2023 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.24 MBEphesians 4:28 longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Support the Show.
Thankful #35.2
November 22, 2023 13:00 - 5 minutes - 4 MBPsalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Support the Show.
Given Over #36
November 22, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.45 MBEphesians 4:17-19 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Support the Show.
Put On #37
November 22, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBEphesians 4:20-24 But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Support the Show.
Speak Truth #38
November 22, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBEphesians 4:25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. Support the Show.
Christ’s Gift #31
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBEphesians 4:7-8 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” Support the Show.
No Longer #34
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 7 minutes - 4.98 MBEphesians 4:12-14 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, Support the Show.
Rescue Mission #32
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MBEphesians 4:9-10 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) Support the Show.
Truth In Love #35
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MBEphesians 4:15-16 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. Support the show
Divine Gifts #33
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes - 6.3 MBEphesians 4:11-12 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Support the Show.
One Faith #30
November 13, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MBEphesians 4:3-6 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Support the Show.
Walk Worthy #29
November 13, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 6.73 MBEphesians 4:1-2 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, Support the Show.
Filled #27
November 07, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MBEphesians 3:17-19 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Support the Show.
Above All #28
November 07, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBEphesians 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Support the Show.
Strengthened #26
November 07, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 6.13 MBEphesians 3:14-16 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, Support the Show.
Less Than #23
November 06, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.82 MBEphesians 3:8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, Support the Show.
Wisdom #24
November 06, 2023 09:00 - 9 minutes - 6.87 MBEphesians 3:9-10 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, Support the Show.
Boldness #25
November 06, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MBEphesians 3:11-13 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. Support the Show.
Ministry #22
November 05, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MBEphesians 3:1-7 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: ...
Cornerstone #21
November 02, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MBEphesians 2:20-22 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Support the Show.
Fellow Citizens #20
November 01, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MBEphesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, Support the Show.
Access #19
October 30, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes - 6.41 MBEphesians 2:17-18 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Support the Show.
Brought Near #17
October 27, 2023 23:00 - 9 minutes - 6.89 MBEphesians 2:11-13 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Support the Show.
Making Peace #18
October 27, 2023 23:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MBEphesians 2:14-16 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. Support the Show.
His Workmanship #16
October 27, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.22 MBEphesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Support the Show.
Grace & Faith #15
October 26, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBEphesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Support the Show.
Raised Up #14
October 25, 2023 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.44 MBEphesians 2:3-7 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ag...
The Spirit Works #13
October 23, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MBEphesians 2:1-2 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, Support the Show.
All In All #12
October 22, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.66 MBEphesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Support the Show.
Far Above All #11
October 21, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBEphesians 1:19-21 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. Support the Show.
Know the Hope #10
October 21, 2023 02:00 - 8 minutes - 5.87 MBEphesians 1:17-18 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, Support the Show.
Prayers #9
October 17, 2023 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.24 MBEphesians 1:15-16 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: Support the Show.
Sealed #8
October 17, 2023 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBEphesians 1:13-14 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. Support the Show.
Inheritance #7
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MBEphesians 1:11-12 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. Support the Show.
All Wisdom #5
October 14, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBEphesians 1:7-8 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence Support the Show.
His Will #6
October 14, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MBEphesians 1:9-10 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. Support the Show.
Beloved #4
October 13, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBEphesians 1:4-6 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Support the Show.