REACTING TO A REPLY

ByDr. Mark December 7, 2021 0 Comments
“One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.  But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”  Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  He went into the house of God (during...

DON’T SCHEDULE JESUS

ByDr. Mark December 6, 2021 0 Comments
“Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.” (Matthew 15:30 NIV) Let’s make the effort not to schedule Jesus this week.  What do I mean by “schedule Jesus?”  I’m glad you asked.  Yesterday, you went to church or viewed church online, and there is no doubt that you...

GOING THROUGH

ByDr. Mark December 5, 2021 0 Comments
“A man of many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24 NASB) You may have been through something in the past, of which the memory still last.  But yet you press on.  You may be going through something right now, and that something is challenging, confusing, or compounded by the curves that we come to as we tarry through this...

FEEL SECURE

ByDr. Mark December 4, 2021 0 Comments
“My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:27-28 NASB) Did you ever play the game of where someone you were playing with held a coin, a marble, a pebble, or some other small object in their hand and you were challenged to try and snatch it from their...

A LESSON FROM DAYS PAST

ByDr. Mark December 3, 2021 0 Comments
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23 The Living Bible) Somebody who knows I live in the time zone where it is just a little after midnight; somebody is asking, “Doesn’t Mark sleep at night?”  I know the answer.  I went to bed at 10:00 p.m. and woke up just before midnight.  I was having...

WELCOME BACK!

ByDr. Mark December 2, 2021 0 Comments
“As has just been said: “Today, if you hear His voice…” (Hebrews 3:15 NIV) There are three main options for us to choose from when it comes to paying one’s bills.  Actually, there are four, but one I would recommend you avoid.  You can pay by mail, a relic from the past that people everywhere once opted to do unless they paid in person.  You can pay by automatic deduction by setting...

IN THE MIDST OF TESTS

ByDr. Mark December 1, 2021 0 Comments
“Oh that I were as in months gone by, as in the days when God watched over me; when His lamp shone over my head, and by His light I walked through darkness; as I was in the prime of my days, when the friendship of God was over my tent, when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me; when my steps were bathed in butter and the rock poured oil for me streams of oil.” (Job...

THE COMPLAINT BOX

ByDr. Mark November 30, 2021 0 Comments
“Look to the right and see; for there is no one who regards me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.  I cried out to Thee, O Lord; I said, “Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” (Psalm 42:4-5 NASB) There are several companies that have done away with complaint boxes and given them a more neutral, non-negative connotation type label, as if not to...

COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE

ByDr. Mark November 29, 2021 0 Comments
“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” (John 9:4 KJV) Do you want to know how to strikeout those expressions that keep you from doing something, saying something, or displaying something that would have benefitted others in a righteous way?  I thought you might.  The way to accomplish the strikeout of “could have,”...

A LESSON FOR THAT PERSON!

ByDr. Mark November 28, 2021 0 Comments
At times, but not always, I refer to Sunday meditations as a substitute Sunday School lesson that will proceed your participation in morning worship, face-to face or virtually.  Well, this Sunday is one of those times.  Read the passage below and let the Holy Spirit speak to you.  Whatever you do, make sure not to delete this meditation.  It will be helpful, profitable shall...