HOLD ON!

ByDr. Mark July 27, 2022 0 Comments
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken.  We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit.  We are hunted down, but God never abandons us.  We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 The Living Bible) In a one-on-one conversation with a five-year-old child,...

BLESS BE THE TIE THAT BINDS

ByDr. Mark July 26, 2022 0 Comments
“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” (2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV) “Bless be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love, the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.”  Perhaps you are familiar with these words written by John Fawcett in 1782.  There was a sense of unity when we used to sing this song at the end of services...

MAKE THE CALL!

ByDr. Mark July 25, 2022 0 Comments
“Call upon Me on the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.” (Psalm 50:15 NASB) It’s Monday morning, and of course, you get your “Monday Short” meditation.  Let me borrow from the hymn written by William A. Ogden in 1887, borrow some of his words that still contain sound advice, “I’ve a message from the Lord, hallelujah!  The message unto you I’ll...

SIZE DOES NOT MATTER

ByDr. Mark July 24, 2022 0 Comments
“Write this to Smyrna, to the Angel of the church.  The Beginning and Ending, the First and Final One, the Once Dead and Then Come Alive, speaks: “I can see your pain and poverty—constant pain, dire poverty—but I also see your wealth.  And I hear the lie in the claims of those who pretend to be good Jews, who in fact belong to Satan’s crowd.  “Fear nothing in the things you’re...

PLAYING CATCH

ByDr. Mark July 23, 2022 0 Comments
“My child, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life.” (Proverbs 4:10 NLT) Most days after coming home from work, a father went inside his house, called for his toddler-age son, and told him to get his little baseball glove and come outside.  The father grabbed his own mitt, a thirty-year-old glove that he had played with in his youthful days, and one...

THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROJECT

ByDr. Mark July 22, 2022 0 Comments
“You, therefore, will be perfect , as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 The Amplified Bible) Usually when I go to a store that has multiple entry ways, and notice someone standing outside one door with a clipboard in hand, attempting to get people to stop and answer questions, I go to the other door.  However, on this certain day, I didn’t do my usual thing.  No, I...

DON’T FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE

ByDr. Mark July 21, 2022 0 Comments
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health , just as your soul prospers .” (3 John 1:2 The Amplified Bible) Was God just talking to me this morning?  Or is He talking to you as well when it comes to maintaining balance in your life?  Well either way, the Scripture above will profit all of us, either now or in the future.  It may...

“WHERE IS HE?”

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2022 0 Comments
“Where is He…” (Matthew 2:2a NASB) Instead of focusing on the magi on the east who had come to see Jesus, and when they found Him they worshipped Him, let’s focus on you in the present time, specifically on this day. First, however, to put you in the frame of mind where you can relate to the question in the title above, let me do a preliminary interview with you for a minute.  Do...

YOU WOULD WANT THIS AT YOUR CHURCH’S MORNING SERVICE!

ByDr. Mark July 19, 2022 0 Comments
I observed this at a place of service yesterday, on a Monday morning!  There was a sense of excitement!  The entry door was opened continuously as individuals came for the service.  People were talking in tongues and others, as it should be, were interpreting!  Hands were stretched out!  Individuals were generously giving of their money, even gladly adding above what was...

WHAT A FELLOWSHIP!

ByDr. Mark July 18, 2022 0 Comments
“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.  If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” (I...