Author: Dr. Mark

THE PIT, THE MUD, AND THE MIRE

ByDr. Mark January 27, 2021 0 Comments
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” (Psalm 40:2 NIV) What the Lord did for David, lifted Him up, he likewise will do for you.  Yes, He will!  You know that from your past experiences!  You know that what He has done before, He will do again!  He will lift you!  He will  lay His...

STOP THE STONE GIVING!

ByDr. Mark January 26, 2021 0 Comments
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” (Matthew 7:9 NIV) Here is an assignment that will help our present and future generations, and in fact help society as a whole.  So do me a favor, please.  After reading this, pass this on to all the fathers or “momma’s baby’s daddies” and all the teenage hormone driven boys, not yet fathers that you...

WRONG PLACE

ByDr. Mark January 25, 2021 0 Comments
“Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2 NASB) Bookstores are hard to find in my area, so Saturday I ventured a little further west to a small town and found a pretty large bookstore.  I...

CARRY ON!

ByDr. Mark January 24, 2021 0 Comments
“What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives.  This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable.  Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it?  It’s different in this life.  God...

BELL TO BELL

ByDr. Mark January 23, 2021 0 Comments
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 NKJV) On my way to get my vaccine early Thursday morning, I called one of my daughters; an early riser too.  I was positive that she had left the gym and was about ready to arrive at her workplace. ...

SALVAGED!

ByDr. Mark January 22, 2021 0 Comments
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.” (Lamentations 3:25a NKJV) Have you ever been to a salvage store?  My oldest son and his daughter told me about a good one on line; a local store where you can buy new furnishings and décor, still in the box; items that were not returned to the original supplier.  I have purchased dining room chairs, clocks, and other great finds. ...

TASSELS CONFRONTING HASSLES, ETC.

ByDr. Mark January 21, 2021 0 Comments
“Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners.  And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are...

TEACH!

ByDr. Mark January 20, 2021 0 Comments
“And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.  Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized.  Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.” (Titus 2:7-8 NLT) You’re standing in the pulpit, preaching your heart out; sweat is...

SQUARE PIECES IN ROUND SPACES

ByDr. Mark January 19, 2021 0 Comments
“Don’t love the world’s ways.  Don’t love the world’s goods.  Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.  Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father.  It just isolates you from him.  The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way...

RIDING THE WILD MOUSE

ByDr. Mark January 18, 2021 0 Comments
“Light, space, zest—that’s God!  So, with him on my side I’m fearless, afraid of no one and nothing.” (Psalm 27:1 MSG) On the west side of Indianapolis there was once an amusement park that featured a variety of fascinating rides.  Not until a protest, a justified and peaceful protest, was held in 1963 by the NAACP Youth Council did the park drop its segregating admission policy...