PRISCILLA’S PROOF

ByDr. Mark January 17, 2023 0 Comments
“By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” (John 13:35 The Amplified Bible) Priscilla, a 64-old woman with years of prior teaching at the secondary level, applied for a job at local charter school.  After taking an early retirement, she got tired of sitting around the house, and decided she would answer an advertisement...

FREEDOM

ByDr. Mark January 16, 2023 0 Comments
“And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!  Thank God...

THE OUTFIT CONSULTANT

ByDr. Mark January 15, 2023 0 Comments
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV) A qualified manager, employed at a company I worked for in the past, was skipped over more than once...

DISCUSSIONS, DISPUTES, & DANGEROUS TIMES

ByDr. Mark January 14, 2023 0 Comments
“For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom He is betrayed and handed over!”  And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this.  Now a dispute also arose among them as to which of them was regarded to be the greatest.  Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles have...

TELL THEM THAT THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT

ByDr. Mark January 13, 2023 0 Comments
“Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.  And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” (Luke 19:30b-31 NASB) You are familiar with the passage above, reporting on the time, recalling the Sunday that leads to the Friday where...

THE HOUSE TOUR

ByDr. Mark January 12, 2023 0 Comments
“It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 Amplified Bible) This morning I woke up and instantly took a house tour.  My motive for taking the tour had nothing to do with safety and security concerns.  It was concerning the...

WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?

ByDr. Mark January 11, 2023 0 Comments
“Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus , giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” (Colossians 3:17 Amplified Bible) I’m sure that you have experienced what I am about to share with you.  A couple of days ago, I went into a business, and got in a very long line, waiting my turn to be helped by the organization’s representatives who had the...

CHILDEN OF THE CORNFLAKES

ByDr. Mark January 10, 2023 0 Comments
“The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.” (Psalm 23:1 NLT) Two 8-year-old twins, Betty and Beatrice, had been allowed to spend Friday night at one of their friends.  Not often did their single, hardworking, churchgoing mother allow the children to do an overnighter.  But after their whining, crying, begging, and pleading, “Please Mommy!  Please Mommy!  Pretty Please!,” the...

POWER OUT, BUT NO POWER OUTAGE

ByDr. Mark January 9, 2023 0 Comments
“But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had left Me.”  Now when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and admitted in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.  And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”...

FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO GET CLOSE TO THE FATHER

ByDr. Mark January 8, 2023 0 Comments
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145:18 ESV) First of all, before I start, let me apologize to for writing Genesis as the Book for our meditation yesterday.  It was Exodus.  Typing early in the morning, well, that happens.  For you who might have caught it, great job in checking out the scripture,  Keep doing it! ...