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Welcome, friend—I’m glad you’ve pulled up a chair on the front porch of my little corner of the internet. My name is Michael Joe Harvell, and I live my life with one simple mission: to glorify God, encourage people, and leave this world a little better than I found it. I’m a husband, father, pastor, writer, Jeep enthusiast, and front-porch thinker who believes that life is best lived on purpose. I serve as pastor of Eureka Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina, where I get the joy of preaching, teaching, and walking with people through the ups and downs of everyday life. Over the years, I’ve discovered that faith isn’t just about Sunday mornings—it’s about living every single day in the presence and power of God. I’m also an author. My books—including The Grace Exchange: How Forgiven People Forgive People and The Word Works—grow out of the sermons, stories, and lessons I’ve learned on this journey. I write in a style that’s conversational, a little front-porch-rocking-chair, and full of stories, quotes, and Scripture that point us back to the goodness of God’s Word. When I’m not writing or preaching, you might find me sitting outside with my Bible and journal, cruising the backroads in my Jeep Gladiator, or sharing a meal and some laughs with the good folks God has put in my life. I love helping people find peace in their spirit, strength in their body, and encouragement in their soul. This blog is simply an extension of that mission. Here you’ll find devotions, encouragement, reflections, and practical insights for living a life of purpose, peace, and joy. So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a rocking chair, and stay awhile—I’d be honored to walk this road of faith with you.
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Live Like Water!

Flow Baby Flow!

Water flows.  It cannot help it, it’s just what it does.  If we try to squeeze it, then it squirts aways from our grasp.  When we relax our hands, then we can feel it, hold it and be touched by it.  In order for water to stay pure, then it must flow.  Water always flows to the lowest places.  It has no specific plans, it just fulfills it’s purpose naturally by doing what it does and being what it is.

We need to learn to live in the free flow, just like water.  We need to learn to communicate without agenda.  We need to be receptive to anyone that comes along, believing that they can make life better.  We need to practice acceptance, gentleness, kindness and love in all the situations of our day.

We need to allow our thoughts to flow freely, just like water.  Stop fighting life.  Stop trying to be something that you know you are not.  Allow yourself the grace to simply and beautifully be you.  You were created to live in freedom, so stop putting yourself in self constructed prisons of doubt, resentment and frustration.

Learn to live in the free flow of love, thanksgiving and beauty.  Life will move to a place of balance, if you will learn to live in the free flow.  There are amazing places for you to go and incredible things for you to do, but you can only get there by learning to flow in the freedom of who and what you were created to be.  Stop fighting, pretending and going through the motions and enjoy the free flow of all that your Creator has for you!