Author: Dr. Mark

CARRY THE BONES WITH YOU!

ByDr. Mark March 2, 2024 0 Comments
“When the king sent the people out of Egypt, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was the shortest way. God said, “If they have to fight, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”So God led them through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were dressed for fighting when they left the land of Egypt. Moses carried the bones of...

KEEP THE MATTER IN MIND

ByDr. Mark March 1, 2024 0 Comments
“Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.” His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And...

THE TRACTOR IN THE BARN

ByDr. Mark February 29, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV) On a large farm, located in central Indiana, there lived a man who had farmed the same acreage for over 20 years. His main piece of equipment was a very old tractor, one that lacked the power of the newer models that are available today. When...

THE HAPPY BOY!

ByDr. Mark February 28, 2024 0 Comments
You have been faithful readers, even when the story content seems like yours truly has no loss for words, based on the length of the meditations. So, today, here is a short one! A young man always came to the breakfast table to join his siblings for breakfast. Instead of looking gloomy and sleepy like his brothers and sisters, he looked glad, as if his “cup” were spilling over with joy. He...

OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO OUR PRAYING

ByDr. Mark February 27, 2024 0 Comments
“On another Sabbath he was in the synagogue teaching, and a man was present whose right hand was deformed. The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched closely to see whether he would heal the man that day, since it was the Sabbath. For they were eager to find some charge to bring against him. How well he knew their thoughts! But he said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and...

HOW TO TURN THE WORLD RIGHT-SIDE UP

ByDr. Mark February 26, 2024 0 Comments
“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the...

DOMINO EFFECT OF A BAD SERVE

ByDr. Mark February 25, 2024 0 Comments
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” (Colossians 3:23-24 NASB) Years ago, I looked at a book by Charles Swindoll entitled, “How Is Your Serve?” He was talking about our Christian service, not the game involving a...

A PAST THAT YOU CANNOT SEE!

ByDr. Mark February 23, 2024 0 Comments
“I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age...

CORE VALUES

ByDr. Mark February 22, 2024 0 Comments
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40 KJV) Yesterday’s meditation was “long,” over 1,000 words including the...

THE BOOK

ByDr. Mark February 21, 2024 0 Comments
The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord God—the Sovereign-Strong—and the Lamb are the Temple. The City doesn’t need sun or moon for light. God’s Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp! The nations will walk in its light and earth’s kings bring in their splendor. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there...