Author: Dr. Mark

THE BLACK CUP

ByDr. Mark April 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.  Let us then come with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time...

THREE THOUGHTS

ByDr. Mark April 20, 2023 0 Comments
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side.” (Psalm 124:2a King James Version) First Thought:  Yesterday morning I was thinking about how the various neighborhoods and familiar streets that I drive through on Sunday, how they all bring back memories of the past; some struggling times, some successful times, and some situations where sin got in.  I was thankful for the former because God...

CHANGING COLORS

ByDr. Mark April 19, 2023 0 Comments
CHANGING COLORS “Happy is the person who doesn’t listen to the wicked.  He doesn’t go where sinners go.  He doesn’t do what bad people do.  He loves the Lord’s teachings.  He thinks about those teachings day and night.  He is strong, like a tree planted by a river.  It produces fruit in season.  Its leaves don’t die.  Everything he does will succeed.” (Psalm 1:1-3...

WISDOM REGARDING SEPARATIONS

ByDr. Mark April 18, 2023 0 Comments
“So, Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.  Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.  And he went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on...

CHEER UP!

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2023 0 Comments
“A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” (Luke 24:1-9 NASB) As you read this Monday Short meditation, even though we are face the residue of the pandemic, the really disheartening increase of violence in the local community, the repulsive fighting on the political scene, as well, as a variety of other realities and real challenges that try to...

MIMICKING, MOCKING, & MASTERFULLY COPYING

ByDr. Mark April 16, 2023 0 Comments
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 KJV) Your children may be grown, but the verse above still applies to you.  Some child of God who has not reached your spiritual level of maturity is looking and listening to you.  Whether this child is young or older, from a chronological perspective, they are carefully observing how...

CERTAIN, BUT NOT COMPLETE

ByDr. Mark April 15, 2023 0 Comments
I don’t have a story, special observation, or a smart analogy to start today’s Saturday meditation.  I am going to simply give you a verse to keep in mind as you start the weekend.  I’ll give you a story tomorrow Sunday.  Today, however, I am just going to give you a verse to think on as your start your day.  Read it!  Reflect on it!  Oh, one more thing, know that the list that you...

THE LORD’S ADDENDUM

ByDr. Mark April 14, 2023 0 Comments
“It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.”(Luke 24:1-9 NASB) The April 11 meditation was entitled, “Have A Good Day.”  You can refer back to what was written on that day if you choose to do so.  But the important thing om this Friday...

AS FOR YOU, IT’S NOT RIDICULOUS!

ByDr. Mark April 13, 2023 0 Comments
“Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.” But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its...

WHEN YOU THINK NOTHING IS LEFT

ByDr. Mark April 12, 2023 0 Comments
“The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord.  But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you?  Tell me, what do you have in your house?”  “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of...