Born in Iowa, growing up on a farm, in a small town. Though he grew up in a mainline denomination, found himself interested in and looking to the Baha’i faith.

While in High School, Michael saw the immediate answer to a prayer. This led to an immediate belief in God. He became a Christian, but says he hadn’t met Jesus. 

This new faith caused some changes in him that made him look at the world very differently. What Michael calls sin, became very apparent to him. But he still didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian. He learned very clearly over the next several years that he was a sinner and needed his sins forgiven. He understood that Jesus was the payment for those sins. Frustrated that he continued to sin, no matter how hard he kept trying. Michael was becoming disillusioned in living the Christian life, maybe even being a Christian.

It wasn’t until he heard a guest speaker in Bible College say, “You can’t live the Christian life, so stop trying.” Stop trying really hard to be a Christian. Wait?!? What?!?

Michael says he learned that day that He couldn’t live a Christian life and wasn’t expected to. If his life was going to be meaningful, fruitful, it was going to be God’s work in his life. It was going to be Jesus living in Michael that was meaningful. This was when Michael met Jesus. 

Jesus didn’t die to get us out of Hell and into Heaven. Jesus came to get out of Heaven and into Us.

You can't become a better person. You can't become holy. Only Jesus working in you can accomplish these things.

Hear how Michael's life has changed since he stopped trying to be a better Christian and let Jesus do the work in him. It has been Christ in Michael.

"You can't but He can!"

What does it mean to let it be Jesus in You?