Grace and Peace,

I hope that this imPactful moment finds you in good health, high spirits, and abundance of every good and perfect gift that “is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” (James 1:17) I am plum pleased, proud and privileged to be writing to you at this time and in this capacity.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Maurice K. Mickles, and at the time of this writing, I am 20 years old residing in the beautiful city of Pensacola,
Florida. For the past 13 years and 7 months, I have been sharing the gospel through the medium of preaching and teaching in many pulpits across the country, most recently in
Los Angeles, California. I have authored a book and several others pieces of literature, but all those things are irrelevant.

I guess you are wondering, “Why this blog?” The sole source of my motivation of imPactful moments is to offer to as many as would read a candid and transparent account of a young man struggling to revive, restore, and revitalize his relationship with God.

For several months my walk with God diminished tremendously. I had become dissatisfied with God because it seemed to me that if he could answer my request for others, at some point he should be able to answer my request. I could pray and ask God to move in a situation for someone else and by morning it had come to pass, but it seemed like months since those things that I was seeking of him for myself would ever happened.

So as a result, my relationship with God evolved into reading my Bible to prepare a message and performing in church services. Outside of those two areas, my relationship with God did not exist. I was not praying or studying or spending time with God. I had concluded that what I was teaching and seeing work in the lives of those who were imPacted by the ministry just wouldn’t work for me.

But isn’t it strange how God allows you to get to your lowest point in order to teach you your greatest principles. I was sitting (out by the railroad track) with tears streaming down my face, and I broke. I looked to God and was brutally honest when I said to him, “O.K. I just can’t do this this way?” At that moment I really began to search my heart and soul to find how to turn my life around. The answer came a few hours later when I read in a MySpace message, “If you be real with God, God will be real with you.”

So after much consideration, I decided to post this blog via imPact.today.com to share devotional articles, prayers, journal entries, and, on occasion, sermon outlines/manuscripts that come out of my re-emerging personal walk with God. I hope that these imPactful moments be a blessing to your life and a catalyst to restoring intimacy with God.

Your Life Will Never Be the Same!
Pastor Mick

P.S. Keep your ears open for the imPact MySpace page.

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