Author: Dr. Mark

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

ByDr. Mark October 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence.” (Psalm 140:13 Modern English Version) In a recent televised basketball game I was watching, a team get charged with a technical foul for only having four players on the floor.  They were one player short.  According to the Coaching Kidz website, here are the rules: “NBA teams are...

THE WRITING ON THE WALL

ByDr. Mark October 20, 2023 0 Comments
“But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.  And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven.  They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them.  And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or...

HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF DAVID!

ByDr. Mark October 19, 2023 0 Comments
“The Philistine started walking toward David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.  He kept coming closer, and when he got a good look at David, he was filled with scorn for him because he was just a nice, good-looking boy.  He said to David, “What's that stick for? Do you think I'm a dog?”  And he called down curses from his god on David.  “Come on,” he challenged...

LOOK AND LIVE

ByDr. Mark October 18, 2023 0 Comments
“No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.  But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.  And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have...

JOB TITLE: “INFLUENCER”

ByDr. Mark October 17, 2023 0 Comments
“You are the salt of the earth.  But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5:13 NIV) This past Sunday, the Head of our Trustees presented a Teaching Emphasis during our morning service that included a description of Jesus’ resume.  Realizing that this part of our...

DO I, OR DON’T I?

ByDr. Mark October 16, 2023 0 Comments
“God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.”(The Good News Translation) This is your Monday Short Meditation.   Really, it is short this week.  As you go through this week focus on both the opening and closing Scriptures.  In regard to the opening verse, know that God will do what He says.  That’s how God operates.  In regard to the...

THE POINT GUARD MENTALITY

ByDr. Mark October 15, 2023 0 Comments
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples...” (Matthew 28:18-19a NIV) As another preacher and me were discussing the major topic of making disciples, among our sub-topics was about determining when to use our point guard mentality and when, in discipling and pastoring others, when do we allow the one who...

FACING FAITH DECISIONS

ByDr. Mark October 14, 2023 0 Comments
“By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house.  He chose a hard life with God’s people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors.  He valued suffering in the Messiah’s camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff.  By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the...

THE OLD BROWN BOOK

ByDr. Mark October 13, 2023 0 Comments
“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone .  But if it dies, it produces much grain and yields a harvest.” (John 12:24 The Amplified Bible) An old brown book that I picked up for décor purposes, decades ago, has been moved from room to room over the years, largely because of its brownish color and how it matched a...

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?

ByDr. Mark October 12, 2023 0 Comments
Sometimes we find ourselves just like Elijah in the passage you are about to read.  Elijah had just defeated the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel.  His faith should have been bolstered and his belief that God was able to protect him should have been heightened, and in the absence of any divine direction, Elijah should have concluded that God was not done with him yet.  He still had some work...