RECAPTURING A PARTICULAR CHILDHOOD CHARACTERISTIC

ByDr. Mark April 27, 2023 0 Comments
“And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.” (Romans 15:4b NLT) Your little children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren are just like we were when we were young children.  You know how we were, no different than them.  We got into anything.  If it was something placed over our heads, we found a way to reach...

ARE PEOPLE NOTICING THAT YOU ARE GAINING?

ByDr. Mark April 26, 2023 0 Comments
“For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make request for you, that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things—That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please...

YOU GOT ENOUGH!

ByDr. Mark April 25, 2023 0 Comments
“Now after John was arrested and taken into custody, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the good news .  As Jesus was walking by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Simon’s brother, Andrew, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.  And...

A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES STANLEY

ByDr. Mark April 24, 2023 0 Comments
“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As on the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers put Me to the test, And saw My works for forty years.  Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways’; As I swore in My anger,...

YOU SHOULD KNOW THE SIGNAL BY NOW!

ByDr. Mark April 23, 2023 0 Comments
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.  He will glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you.  All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.”...

A SENSE OF PRESENCE

ByDr. Mark April 22, 2023 0 Comments
Definition: “The sense of being in particular place and time.” {Psychology Dictionary, April 2023) I was moved by the Spirit this morning to write this meditation, for several reasons.  One reason is that it can benefit the church.  Second, it can benefit the workplace.  Third it can benefit the home.  Before I type one more sentence, let me encourage you to share what you read with at...

THE BLACK CUP

ByDr. Mark April 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.  Let us then come with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time...

THREE THOUGHTS

ByDr. Mark April 20, 2023 0 Comments
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side.” (Psalm 124:2a King James Version) First Thought:  Yesterday morning I was thinking about how the various neighborhoods and familiar streets that I drive through on Sunday, how they all bring back memories of the past; some struggling times, some successful times, and some situations where sin got in.  I was thankful for the former because God...

CHANGING COLORS

ByDr. Mark April 19, 2023 0 Comments
CHANGING COLORS “Happy is the person who doesn’t listen to the wicked.  He doesn’t go where sinners go.  He doesn’t do what bad people do.  He loves the Lord’s teachings.  He thinks about those teachings day and night.  He is strong, like a tree planted by a river.  It produces fruit in season.  Its leaves don’t die.  Everything he does will succeed.” (Psalm 1:1-3...

WISDOM REGARDING SEPARATIONS

ByDr. Mark April 18, 2023 0 Comments
“So, Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.  Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.  And he went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on...