Author: Dr. Mark

ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ZACCHEUS TYPE

ByDr. Mark January 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Then Jesus entered and walked through Jericho.  There was a man there, his name Zacchaeus, the head tax man and quite rich. He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way—he was a short man and couldn’t see over the crowd.  So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus when he came by.  When Jesus got to the tree, he looked up and said,...

THE ANSWER TO ALL THE QUESTIONS

ByDr. Mark January 20, 2023 0 Comments
“The Holy Spirit will give you the words to say at the moment when you need them.” (Luke 12:12 The Voice Translation) Here is a question that I have been asked multiple times over the last five-plus years that I have been sending out meditations personally via email and publishing publicly on the Marks Writes Daily blog site: “How do you know what to say?” Well, now in my sixth year, and...

THE WITTICISM AND THE WITNESS

ByDr. Mark January 19, 2023 0 Comments
“Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.  Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?  How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?” (Matthew 26:52-54 NASB) Joseph P. Kennedy may get...

THE KING’S PROMISE

ByDr. Mark January 18, 2023 0 Comments
“Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”  And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba.  So, when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”  He said, “At your service!”  Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to...

PRISCILLA’S PROOF

ByDr. Mark January 17, 2023 0 Comments
“By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” (John 13:35 The Amplified Bible) Priscilla, a 64-old woman with years of prior teaching at the secondary level, applied for a job at local charter school.  After taking an early retirement, she got tired of sitting around the house, and decided she would answer an advertisement...

FREEDOM

ByDr. Mark January 16, 2023 0 Comments
“And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!  Thank God...

THE OUTFIT CONSULTANT

ByDr. Mark January 15, 2023 0 Comments
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV) A qualified manager, employed at a company I worked for in the past, was skipped over more than once...

DISCUSSIONS, DISPUTES, & DANGEROUS TIMES

ByDr. Mark January 14, 2023 0 Comments
“For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom He is betrayed and handed over!”  And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this.  Now a dispute also arose among them as to which of them was regarded to be the greatest.  Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles have...

TELL THEM THAT THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT

ByDr. Mark January 13, 2023 0 Comments
“Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.  And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” (Luke 19:30b-31 NASB) You are familiar with the passage above, reporting on the time, recalling the Sunday that leads to the Friday where...

THE HOUSE TOUR

ByDr. Mark January 12, 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.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 Amplified Bible) This morning I woke up and instantly took a house tour.  My motive for taking the tour had nothing to do with safety and security concerns.  It was concerning the...