WOKE

ByDr. Mark July 6, 2025 2 Comments
There is an old song that we used to sing in church service, fairly often, years ago. I found myself singing them the other day and realized that while we were saying the words, and singing even with sincerity and as a undeniable pledge, we did not realize how the words were to have meaning once we left the sanctuary. The lyrics got lost in the cognitive, conscious realms of our minds. Let’s...

LOOKING & LISTENING

ByDr. Mark July 5, 2025 2 Comments
“Heaven is my home. I’m just traveling through this world.” (Billy Graham Quote) It does not matter how old our children may be when they go out, whether it be for education, entertainment, or just escapement from that feeling of being bored at home. In any case, we find ourselves looking and listening for signs that they have come safely home. This looking and listening does not stop when...

LEFT BEHIND IS NOT A GOOD THING!

ByDr. Mark July 4, 2025 0 Comments
“At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.” (Matthew 24:40 NASB) Let me start out by sharing two true stories that confirm, validate the title above. First, one of the faithful sisters at church told her two boys what time she was leaving for church, located on the other side of town, not anywhere near walking distance in respect to where...

HOW DO I GET MORE PATIENCE?

ByDr. Mark July 3, 2025 0 Comments
“Love is patient… (I Corinthians 13:4 NLT) The other day as my compulsion for decorating without spending a dime, using what was already in the house, as I put two olive green wall-hangings in the upstairs bathroom, I read the words in the center of the framed art. It was titled, “Patience…” In smaller print, the message was completed, “…a man’s wisdom gives patience.”...

CONTINUING EDUCATION

ByDr. Mark July 2, 2025 4 Comments
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” (Philippians 4:11 NIV) A quote from Linda Dillow says, “Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.” Think about it! We all face unavoidable circumstances that come along the pathway called life. As we age, circumstances change. As our health...

“IT’S GOOD FOR ME!”

ByDr. Mark July 1, 2025 7 Comments
“Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good and You do good; Teach me Your statutes. The arrogant have forged a lie against me; with all my heart I will comply with Your precepts. Their heart is insensitive, like fat, but I delight in Your Law. It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I may learn Your statutes. The Law of Your mouth is...

TREAT SOMEONE KINDLY TODAY!

ByDr. Mark June 30, 2025 4 Comments
“Jesus answered by telling a story. ‘There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him, he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man. A...

YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU REALLY NEED!

ByDr. Mark June 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money. Peter and...

THE LORD WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU TOO!

ByDr. Mark June 28, 2025 0 Comments
“Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said,...

I GOT A GUY!

ByDr. Mark June 27, 2025 1 Comment
“Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no...