JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T PRAY…

You have reveled in your recent successes, celebrated your climb upward on your career journey, and the health status in your home has you saying, “All is well.” These positive things happened, and you may have credited it to good fortune, great effort, and gain from maintaining a healthy diet. You might have even gone so far as to, as they say, “pat yourself on the back” or you may have...

CARLOS’ TESTIMONY

One of my readers, Carlos, asked I would I share his testimony on Mark Writes. I said, “Gladly!” So here is “Carlos’ Testimony.” “Admittedly, I had been guilty of taking things for granted. My thought processes included the belief that what I have been blessed with at any moment in life are things I should have normally, especially since I am a good person. I did not think of the...

THINGS HAPPEN WHEN CHURCH FOLKS PRAY & SING

“The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods. When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. Now about...

THE COLLEGE TRUNK

“O loving and kind God, have mercy. Have pity upon me and take away the awful stain of my transgressions. Oh, wash me, cleanse me from this guilt. Let me be pure again. For I admit my shameful deed—it haunts me day and night. It is against you and you alone I sinned and did this terrible thing. You saw it all, and your sentence against me is just. But I was born a sinner, yes, from the...

THE MAN WITH ALL THOSE KEYS

“Faith is the key to the life of a Christian. It is the key to blessings, provision, protection, inspiration, and the key to receiving every good thing that Jesus wishes to bestow upon His precious children.” (This is a quote found on pinterest.com) This is your Monday Short meditation. For real!  It’s brief, but it can serve to boost your faith walk this week. Real quick story: Two men...

FINDING & BRINGING

“The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you...

THE MAKI T-SHIRT

“A little leaven leavens the whole batch .” (Galatians 5:9 The Amplified Bible) Vivian Baker, in an article she contributed to a Christianity.com publication, explained the verse above in these words. “The Apostle Paul was telling the Galatians that just as a little bit of yeast or leaven can work its way into the whole batch or the whole lump, a little bit of hypocrisy or false...

THEY

“And whenever evening came, they would leave the city. As they were passing by in the morning.” (Mark 11:19-20 NASB) To get started, let me defend my one-word title. If an old black and white fictional movie about giant ants invading the earth could be released decades ago, designed to entertain us; if it could be simply titled “Them,” well, I surely can present you with a new...

IT IS NOT SO WITH GOD

According to sources, Abraham Lincoln is credited with a well-known saying regarding deception. In 1858 during a political debate, Mr. Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” The saying is well said, but the truth in what Lincoln said about deception cannot be applied to the Almighty...

WHEN YOU NEED HELP TO DO WHAT THE LORD TOLD YOU TO DO?

“Bring two of every different kind of bird, two of every different animal and two of every different living thing that moves along the ground. All these will come to you. You will take care of them so that they will stay alive.” There are some things that the Lord has told us to do, and we think that what He has commanded is just too hard to do. Love all my neighbors? That’s a hard thing,...