Author: Dr. Mark

STARTING THE DAY ON A HIGH NOTE

ByDr. Mark August 6, 2021 0 Comments
“This is the day which the Lord has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 Amplified Bible) After I had completed writing the meditation yesterday, Thursday, I used the feature of my version of Word called “Editor.”  Some of the older versions of Word don’t have this feature, just “Spellcheck.”  Up until yesterday, the “Editor” had only pointed to...

ENABLING

ByDr. Mark August 5, 2021 0 Comments
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrews 12:11 NIV) Before I get started, let’s get it straight in our minds that discipline and punishment are not the same.  The Lord disciplines us, reproves us, talking about believers because He loves us.  We...

GET TO STEPPING

ByDr. Mark August 4, 2021 0 Comments
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16-17 NKJV) “Get to stepping,” heard that said more than once in my lifetime and in different settings. In elementary school one of our “exercises” in Physical Education was walking two by two, as if we were military recruits.  It must have taken hours...

THE TWO BORDERS OF INTENT

ByDr. Mark August 3, 2021 0 Comments
“Jesus, having prayed this prayer, left with his disciples and crossed over the brook Kidron at a place where there was a garden. He and his disciples entered it.  Judas, his betrayer, knew the place because Jesus and his disciples went there often. So Judas led the way to the garden, and the Roman soldiers and police sent by the high priests and Pharisees followed. They arrived there with...

GETTING YOUR “PICTURE” RIGHT

ByDr. Mark August 2, 2021 0 Comments
“But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4 NASB) During the 1950’s, I remember when the one black and white television, the only TV in the house, went haywire.  It wasn’t like the end of the world back in those days.  Kids knew how to entertain themselves in living...

ONE IS GREATER THAN…

ByDr. Mark August 1, 2021 0 Comments
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV) Are you ready for a brief Sunday morning lesson before you leave for church or while you are sitting in your pew waiting for service to begin?  The lesson: With the exception of zero, one (1) is greater than any other number.  Preposterous you proclaim!  Ridiculous you rapidly...

BETTER CALL PAUL!

ByDr. Mark July 31, 2021 0 Comments
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV) Paul is a good example of perseverance. In Second Corinthians he gives an accounting,...

THAT PUBLICATION WITH THE RECIPES

ByDr. Mark July 30, 2021 0 Comments
“The high priest Hilkiah reported to Shaphan the royal secretary, “I’ve just found the Book of God’s Revelation, instructing us in God’s ways. I found it in The Temple!” He gave it to Shaphan and Shaphan read it. Then Shaphan the royal secretary came back to the king and gave him an account of what had gone on: “Your servants have bagged up the money that has been collected for...

DO YOU SEE THE BIRD IN THE TREE?

ByDr. Mark July 29, 2021 0 Comments
“But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.” (I Corinthians 12:18 NIV) Fastened securely in her seatbelt, a four-year old toddler is continuously talking on the long ride home from church. The parent is paying attention to the road, and somewhat to the talkative toddler, acknowledging every statement that the child makes with an...

THE ARTIST’S WORK

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2021 0 Comments
 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NASB) Today’s meditation was inspired by a teaching moment presented this past Sunday by the faithful leader of the Ushers Ministry.  She used the verse above and at some point, referencing how we have to see the big picture...