Author: Dr. Mark

HOW TO HANDLE EMOTIONAL STIMULI

ByDr. Mark August 2, 2026 0 Comments
“Give your burdens to the Lord. He will carry them. He will not permit the godly to slip or fall.” (Psalm 55:22 The Living Bible) According to Science Insights, emotional stimuli are any events, cues, or experiences that trigger emotional responses in the brain and body. These can be internal (e.g., memories, thoughts) or external (e.g., facial expressions, music, news events). If we...

NOBODY BEATS THE ROCK

ByDr. Mark August 1, 2026 2 Comments
“He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4 King James Version) The title above is not in reference to the awesome wrestler who's also an award-winning actor. No, it is not about that Rock because as I watched a wrestling documentary, I was reminded that that Rock was defeated, and...

THE ASTONISHING ANSWER

ByDr. Mark July 31, 2026 2 Comments
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 NIV) A Tennessee high school student, a young lady who just old enough to get a driver’s license, was interviewing for an internship with a health provider. The interviewer posed a question, “Why do you want to want this internship?” The young lady responds, “I was...

DARK MOMENTS

ByDr. Mark July 30, 2026 4 Comments
“But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the full day.” (Proverbs 4:18 New American Standard Bible) You never know when someone is having a dark moment and they need someone to brighten up their day. Yes, someone who needs to escape their thoughts about their concerns, their circumstances, and/or their conditions. And after...

HEAVEN’S CLOSET

ByDr. Mark July 29, 2026 0 Comments
“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of...

THE DIRTY CLOTHES HAMPER

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2026 2 Comments
“One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper, but one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.” (Proverbs 28:13 NASB) The timing could not have been any more perfect. It was like it was predestined to happen. It was like it was like what was about to take place had been scripted. It was like a set up by the Divine hands of God. Okay, okay, okay, I’ll get on with it!...

THE GREATEST LANDSCAPIST

ByDr. Mark July 27, 2026 2 Comments
“To say—God is the only Artist—is to name a reality too vast for us to behold.” (Extract from a poem composed by Makoto Fujimura) This is your Monday Short meditation. An artist competition was held at a nearby, special event location. Each entrant was a landscapist. In other words, the contestants were landscape artists. A panel of art critics judged their work that was to represent...

THE HEALTHIST REGISTER EVER

ByDr. Mark July 26, 2026 0 Comments
“Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice. Keep my message in plain view at all times. Concentrate! Learn it by heart! Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they’re bursting with health.” (Proverbs 4:20-22 The Message Bible) It is probably my imagination, but when I was a child, it seemed like all medicine tablets, all the prescribed pills...

SHORTEST SERMON IN HISTORY!

ByDr. Mark July 25, 2026 0 Comments
“Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, ‘Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.’” (Jonah 3:4 NASB) The shortest sermon in history is found in the scripture above, eight words preached by Jonah, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Now, I cannot promise you that the specific message that God will send by His...

HOME VISITS

ByDr. Mark July 24, 2026 2 Comments
“Into my heart, into my heart, come into my heart Lord Jesus. Come into day, come into stay, come into my heart Lord Jesus.” (Lyrics by Harry D. Clark, 1927) Monday, I received a call from my Medicare healthcare organization. The purpose of the call was to check my interest in scheduled home visits, since such visits are covered by my plan. I politely declined, patiently explaining that I...