Author: Dr. Mark

“I HEAR YOU, I GET IT, BUT…” (Part II)

ByDr. Mark January 31, 2024 0 Comments
“I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.” (I Corinthians 3:6 NASB) Monday, I wrote to you about a reader’s response, a message that said, “I hear you!  I get it! But I’m not ready. Perhaps I will be in the future. Please remove me from your email list.”  Complying with his request, I did not send him Monday’s meditation. That is until I...

“WHEN MY DADDY HAD A JOB!”

ByDr. Mark January 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding. When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting...

“I HEAR YOU, I GET IT, BUT…”

ByDr. Mark January 29, 2024 0 Comments
“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Matthew 25:13 King James Version) I got one response from someone who has grown tired of receiving these daily meditations. The reader said, “I hear you!  I get it! But I’m not ready. Perhaps I will be in the future. Please remove me from your email list.”  Oh, my! Undoubtedly, you have...

SUNDAY CALISTHENICS

ByDr. Mark January 28, 2024 0 Comments
“The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.” (Psalm 118:24 NIV) It’s Sunday morning! Many of you work out to some degree when you get up in the morning. You jog!  You get on the treadmill or some more modern, emotionalized strengthening equipment! You do sit-ups and even use weights or stretch bands. Some of you even have an at home gym.  Others go to the gym...

THEN, LATER, AND NOW!

ByDr. Mark January 27, 2024 0 Comments
“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world… (John 5:19a NASB) There was a time, back in the day, when children played a variety of things, including church, because that was part of their acculturation, a prelude to their adult participation with a local house of God. That was back “then.”...

COLD

ByDr. Mark January 26, 2024 0 Comments
“I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot—far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant. You make me want to vomit. You brag, ‘I’m rich, I’ve got it made, I need nothing from anyone,’ oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful, blind beggar, threadbare and homeless.” (Revelation 3:15-17 The Message Bible)...

WHEN YOU ARE FEELING LONELY

ByDr. Mark January 25, 2024 0 Comments
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.I will strengthen you; I will also help you; I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 NASB) Tuesday while sitting in a waiting area, I picked up and peaked at a popular magazine. The front cover caught my eye because over to the right, in smaller print than the supersize prints used for the...

BETTER CALL…

ByDr. Mark January 24, 2024 0 Comments
“Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you...” (Psalm 50:15a NLT)” When I start on a home project or should I say when I struggle to assemble or disassemble anything, small or big, I hear the boisterous voices of various members of my family: “Better call Raphael!” “Raphael could fix it. He is good at figuring out things.” I continue on my own, self-...

LOOK HOW THEY GOT THERE

ByDr. Mark January 23, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 NASB) Over the years I have witnessed individuals working endlessly, striving to be better, laboring daily in some area or the other. Surprisingly, shockingly, and with the surpassing o time, they reached “better.” Here are a few examples. There was the overweight woman who tread miles of speed walking...

SEARCH & FIND

ByDr. Mark January 22, 2024 0 Comments
“But if he (Onesimus) has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account…” (Philemon18 NASB) Here is your Monday Short meditation. There are two primary examples in the New Testament who take action that is similar to Paul’s pledge to pay a debt owed by someone else. The specific action that I am referring to is the Apostle offering to compensate Philemon for any...