EXPECTING ANNOUNCEMENT

ByDr. Mark July 7, 2022 0 Comments
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (I Thessalonians 5:18 NLT) Rid your face of the “can’t believe it” expression!  Right from the start, let me assure you that the title above does is not a birth announcement!  No way is this an Abraham-type story where, by divine intervention, a baby is on the way at my house!  This is a...

THOSE SMILE SLOGANS

ByDr. Mark July 6, 2022 0 Comments
“So, the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.  Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?’” (Luke 11:39-40 Good News Translation) I got ready to title this meditation, “Things That Make You Go ‘Huh’!”  I guess when you finish reading this edition of Mark Writes...

“SOUL HITS”

ByDr. Mark July 5, 2022 0 Comments
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” (3 John 1:2 KJV) Occasionally when working early in the morning, before the early news comes on and the sun finishes its nap, I take a break, grab a cup of coffee, and turn on the TV.  On more than one occasion I have watched the public broadcasting channel’s airing of shows...

“WHEN THE PREACHER SAYS, ‘I WON’T BE LONG’”

ByDr. Mark July 3, 2022 0 Comments
“We met on Sunday to worship and celebrate the Master’s Supper.  Paul addressed the congregation.  Our plan was to leave first thing in the morning, but Paul talked on, way past midnight.  We were meeting in a well-lighted upper room.  A young man named Eutychus was sitting in an open window.  As Paul went on and on, Eutychus fell sound asleep and toppled out the third-story window....

“A VIRTUAL TRUTH”

ByDr. Mark July 2, 2022 0 Comments
“If the enemy can distract you from your time alone with God, then he can isolate you from the help that comes from God alone.” (Quote from an Unknown Author) God has blessed you to see another Saturday!  Go ahead and thank Him!  And after thanking Him, pray that He will help you wake up early tomorrow and head to the place where you will worship Him in spirit and in truth! ...

“BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD”

ByDr. Mark July 1, 2022 0 Comments
“Be still and know that I am God!” (Psalm 46:10a NLT) Tuesday I was sitting outside a major hospital in the area, early for an appointment.  Several feet from the front door of the hospital, there is an open plaza, somewhat an oasis where one can sit still, saturate one’s mind with meditation, and see with God-conscious sight, all that surrounds you.  Tuesday was a summer day...

“YOU MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE WOODS YET, BUT…”

ByDr. Mark June 30, 2022 0 Comments
“I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there?  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!” (Psalm 121:1-2 NLT) A group of campers left their campsite and went on a hike in the woods, starting their adventure just before the sun went down.  Only one of the campers took a flashlight.  The others apparently assumed that the hike would be quick, and they...

“YOU EARNED THIS ONE!”

ByDr. Mark June 29, 2022 0 Comments
“It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.’” (Luke 11:1 NASB) Monday’s meditation was not so short, even though it was supposed to be your “Monday Short.”  Tuesday’s meditation was long, for some.  But I’m thankful and appreciative that...

“REMEDY FOR OUR CITIES: KEEP ON MARCHING”

ByDr. Mark June 28, 2022 0 Comments
“Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.  The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.  You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.” (Joshua 6:1-3 NASB). Thus, the second day they marched around the city once...

“EASY PEASY”

ByDr. Mark June 27, 2022 0 Comments
“Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem.  You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day.  God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews.  But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to...