Author: Dr. Mark

WHEN PAIN IS POSITIVE

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2023 0 Comments
I have been on the receiving end of a stranger blessing me unexpectedly.  Let me show you what I mean.  Driving at a toll booth during the time when people manned the toll booths, on two occasions, I pulled up, ready to pay my toll and I was informed that the person in front of me had paid for it.  It apparently was painless, at least that is what I deducted from the smile on the...

NEW YEAR’S EVE ADVICE

ByDr. Mark December 31, 2022 0 Comments
From experience I know how New Year’s Eve can be filled with all kinds of excitement, enticement, and the enjoyment that is found in gatherings where normal behavior is sometimes neglected, the loud music is never rejected, and into your world, all kinds of folks, saved and unsaved can be expected.  Therefore, speaking from past experiences and injecting some spiritual tangents, advice from...

ON MY “GET RID OF IT” LIST

ByDr. Mark December 30, 2022 0 Comments
“Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on…” (Philippians 3:12a) I used a teaser at the end of the yesterday’s meditation, trying to entice you to tune in today, hoping that I might share my note on what I had on my “Get Rid of It” list, as I go from this present year into the next year.  And perhaps if I am a little transparent and truly...

A RIDDLE THAT ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER

ByDr. Mark December 29, 2022 0 Comments
Let me present you with a riddle, one that is fitting for the few days left before the door to the present year is closed and a door to the new year is opened.  This riddle, as the title indicates, is one that only you can answer.  I left out an opening verse intentionally.  But don’t peak ahead to the closing verses, a couple of passages, until you have thought about your answer to my...

SHORT, STRAIGHTFORWARD, & SERIOUS

ByDr. Mark December 28, 2022 0 Comments
“Be alert, be on watch!  Your enemy, the devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.  Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that other believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.” (I Peter 5:8-9 Good News Translation) At one time or another, “someone” said to you, “I ain’t feeling it,” when asked why he...

AT THE SENIORS TABLE

ByDr. Mark December 27, 2022 0 Comments
“I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.  He is ever merciful and lends; and his descendants are blessed.” (Psalm 37:25-26 NKJV) At family gathering, children often have to sit at the little table.  If it is a large gathering, young and middle-aged adults tend to sit with those who are in a similar age bracket or...

WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO SAY ABOUT YOU?

ByDr. Mark December 26, 2022 0 Comments
“He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.  For he who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:11-12 Modern English Version) The great James Cleveland sang a rendition of “Jesus Is The Best thing That Ever Happened To Me.”  The song starts out with these words, “If anyone could ever write my life’s story, for whatever...

A DEEPER PURPOSE

ByDr. Mark December 25, 2022 0 Comments
“…for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11 NASB) As youngsters, Christmas came and Christmas went.  That is still true for people of all ages, unfortunately.  Today, children and adults will receive gifts, reveling in great joy, and they will react to them with smiles that seemingly would not stop for miles.  As...

THE POWER OF QUESTIONS

ByDr. Mark December 24, 2022 0 Comments
“Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesdaand which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.  Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.  One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.  When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he...

RESPONDING TO A RESPONSE

ByDr. Mark December 23, 2022 0 Comments
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the...