Author: Dr. Mark

IT’S NOT ON THE BOTTLE LABEL, BUT…

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2023 0 Comments
It is the holiday weekend and there is a greater possibility on holiday weekends, more so than other weekends during the year, that you might find yourself in a company of friends, family, and even faces you never saw before, and you just might face the same situation as when they had run out of wine and Jesus performed His first recorded miracle.  Same situation only because drinking was...

AN EMAIL CHAIN WORTH SHARING

ByDr. Mark May 26, 2023 0 Comments
“After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”  “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.”  “Then feed my lambs,”  Jesus told him.  Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?”  “Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love you.”  “Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.  A third...

THANK GOD FOR HELPERS & “THE HELP!”

ByDr. Mark May 25, 2023 0 Comments
“Don’t put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, of salvation life.  Mere humans don’t have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them.  Instead, get help from the God of Jacob, put your hope in God and know real blessing!  God made sky and soil, sea and all the fish in it.  He always does what he says—he defends the wronged, he feeds the...

IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME…

ByDr. Mark May 24, 2023 0 Comments
”But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.” (James 1:25 New King James Version) Living out the word of God as it has been revealed to you must be materialized on your living.  That is if you want blessings, and you want to avoid some unwanted, negative consequences of...

THE PRE-STOP, STOP SIGN

ByDr. Mark May 23, 2023 0 Comments
“From Miletus he (Paul) sent to Ephesus for the leaders of the congregation.  When they arrived, he said, “You know that from day one of my arrival in Asia I was with you totally—laying my life on the line, serving the Master no matter what, putting up with no end of scheming by Jews who wanted to do me in.  I didn’t skimp or trim in any way.  Every truth and encouragement that could...

UNTIED, UNHARMED, AND ULTIMATELY BROUGHT OUT

ByDr. Mark May 22, 2023 0 Comments
“For this reason, because the king’s command was harsh and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.  But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.  Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up quickly; he said to his...

“WAIT AND BETTER WILL SHOW UP”

ByDr. Mark May 21, 2023 0 Comments
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 KJV) Twice during the same week I visited a physician.  As you know, the first things that take place at a visit is being weighed, having your temperature taken, and your assigned nurse gets a blood...

TAKE A LITTLE FROM ALL THREE

ByDr. Mark May 20, 2023 0 Comments
“On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.  Now Bethany was less than two milesfrom Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.  When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.  “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “If you had been here, my brother...

PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAILS

ByDr. Mark May 19, 2023 0 Comments
“Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other.  None of this going off and doing your own thing.  And cultivate thankfulness.  Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house.  Give it plenty of room in your lives.  Instruct and direct one another using good common sense.  And sing, sing your hearts out to God!  Let every detail in...

WHEN YOUR MIND IS IN MULTIPLE PLACES

ByDr. Mark May 18, 2023 0 Comments
”Now you should finish what you started.  Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving.  Give in proportion to what you have.” (2 Corinthians 8:11 NLT) You can take this meditation as an apology or just a way to point to my humanity.  Tuesday morning, I got up early and started working at 1:50 a.m.  All I had to do first was to review and refine the...