I WANT WHAT HE HAS #3

ByDr. Mark May 28, 2025 0 Comments
“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” (Author Unknown) In the room I refer to as my home office, there are several pictures and wall hangings. There are four framed pictures all with a bible verse written on an olive-green background. They are not just for décor, not just to coordinate with the colors of other articles is the room, but they serve...

I WANT WHAT HE HAS #2!

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2025 2 Comments
“O loving and kind God, have mercy. Have pity upon me and take away the awful stain of my transgressions. Oh, wash me, cleanse me from this guilt. Let me be pure again. For I admit my shameful deed—it haunts me day and night. It is against you and you alone I sinned and did this terrible thing. You saw it all, and your sentence against me is just. But I was born a sinner, yes, from the...

I WANT WHAT HE HAS #1!

ByDr. Mark May 26, 2025 3 Comments
“Every morning that I wake up and I’m breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, ‘Thank God I’m alive for another day.’” – Ron Cephas Jones Every new day that the Lord blesses you to see this week, remember the quote above. And then say, “I want what he has!”  That’s your Monday Short mediation on this Memorial Day. I doubt that this will be the case, but...

MISSING MEMORIES

ByDr. Mark May 25, 2025 0 Comments
“…but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” (Genesis 50:20b NKJV) Appropriately and deservingly, on this Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who served and made sacrifices in our armed forces. Equally important, we remember our loved one who went to their new home in heaven to be with the Lord. Ultimately, especially on this...

THE BELIEVER’S TARGETED DESTINATION…IN THIS LIFE

ByDr. Mark May 24, 2025 0 Comments
“You, therefore, will be perfect  , as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 Amplified Bible) Our targeted destination, as believers in this life, is the same: perfection. While we will never reach that high standard in this life, certainly we can all strive to reach our destination continuously, putting forth the individual effort to live out what The Message Bible calls,...

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN…

ByDr. Mark May 23, 2025 0 Comments
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one !You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength . These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart and mind. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road...

GO BEYOND….

ByDr. Mark May 22, 2025 0 Comments
“While I was in Susa, one of my brothers named Hanani and some other men came from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped captivity and still lived in Judah. I also asked them about the city of Jerusalem. They answered, “Nehemiah, the Jews who escaped captivity and are in the land of Judah are in much trouble. They are having many problems and are full of shame because the wall...

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND?

ByDr. Mark May 21, 2025 0 Comments
“And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began watching…” (Mark 12:41 Amplified Bible) You already know what I’m going to say, don’t you? Well, I’ll be succinct, seeing how I did not publish the anticipated Monday Short meditation this week, and due to the fact that Tuesday’s meditation did not serve as a succinct substitute in its place. Now, don’t just cruise through...

FINISH THE COURSE

ByDr. Mark May 20, 2025 0 Comments
Back in the 1960’s I ran on my high school cross-country team. The time it took me to finish a competitive race against other schools is nothing to brag about. But I can say that I finished the course. Unlike a couple of runners who blatantly cut across the course, taking a shorter route, I stayed within the boundaries laid out by course officials. As hard as it was and even though there were...

MOMMA SAID…

ByDr. Mark May 19, 2025 2 Comments
“And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7 New King James Version) It is a Monday morning. A little boy is sitting at the kitchen table waiting for his momma to bring him his breakfast before he begins his eight block walk to school. Momma, she is wearing her duster, a...