PLAY THE GAME JUST AS WE PRACTICED!

ByDr. Mark September 26, 2022 0 Comments
“But Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him; for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior since his youth.”  But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep.  When a lion or a bear came and took a sheep from the flock, I went out after it and attacked it, and rescued the sheep from its mouth; and when it rose up...

WHEN YOU’VE LOST YOUR BEARINGS?

ByDr. Mark September 25, 2022 0 Comments
“Be still…” (Psalm 46:10a KJV) Losing your bearings, not knowing exactly where you are, that is not something reserved for senior moments.  Decades ago, I lost my bearings traveling to a small town in Tennessee to make a presentation.  I went the opposite direction than I should have been going.  I have driven in big cities and did not know whether I was going north, south, east or...

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOU?

ByDr. Mark September 23, 2022 0 Comments
“Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did.” (I John 2:6 The Living Bible) One online site shared some statistics that would make the faithful open their mouth and eyes wide-open, and regardless of their surroundings, whether on a flight back home on a quiet plane or in quite the plain sight of many.  The expression being communicated by their facial expressions would be...

THIS IS MY HOUSE!

ByDr. Mark September 22, 2022 0 Comments
“Whether we live or die, it must be for the Lord.” (Romans 14:8a CEV) The title, in light of our opening verse, reveals the wrong attitude when we consider we are earthen tabernacles, created to serve a Sovereign God; created to live for the Lord.  The rules in the house in which we live and the “house” in which my soul abides belong to God.  Henceforth, I can’t apply the same...

BETTER THAN THE POT AND THE KETTLE SAYING

ByDr. Mark September 21, 2022 0 Comments
“You have heard…” (Matthew 5:21a NASB) We have all heard the saying, “That’s like the pot calling the kettle black.”  Wikipedia explains this saying as follows.  “The pot calling the kettle black" is a proverbial idiom that may be of Spanish origin, of which English versions began to appear in the first half of the 17th century.  It means to be used by a person who is guilty of...

TODAY’S HIGHIGHTED S.O.P.

ByDr. Mark September 20, 2022 0 Comments
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8 ESV) In most of the jobs we have held, we were given a book, or a volume of books called Standard Operating Procedures S.O.P.).  To be truthful, there are only a couple of people I know who were so dedicated that they read such a book in its entirety when they first received it.  Many glanced...

“AND THE ONE BY YOUR SIDE”

ByDr. Mark September 19, 2022 0 Comments
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV) It’s your Monday Short meditation time!  So here it is!  For real, this time.  How often have you heard as part of a corporate prayer, rendered in the presence of the faithful congregation, “And bless his wife by his...

SIDING WITH THE CHURCH

ByDr. Mark September 18, 2022 0 Comments
“But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’  And yet they all alike began to make excuses.  The first one said to him, ‘I purchased a field and I need to go out to look at it; please consider me excused.’  And another one said, ‘I...

THREE SHORT STORIES…AND ONE IS ABOUT YOU!

ByDr. Mark September 17, 2022 0 Comments
“Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.  And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.” (Luke 5:18-19 NKJV) Story #1: The scene is a championship football game.  The home team has...

A QUICK LESSON ON HOW TO TELL THE STORY

ByDr. Mark September 16, 2022 0 Comments
“Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso” Outreach and personal evangelism become a challenge for many Christians.  Deep in our hearts, we want to be obedient to the Great Commission and make disciples, but our efforts to reach the lost, the strayed, or the stolen (by the world) reveal some degree of timidity.  So here is a...