UNTIL

ByDr. Mark August 9, 2021 0 Comments
“My little children, for whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed within you.” (Galatians 4:19 Amplified Bible) As children, after misbehaving we were told to go to our room and think about it until we were in our right mind.  We have had the policies of the home in which we were raised, reiterated, and reinforced by the resounding, relentless words expressed by our parents,...

A LITTLE “PSALM-THING,” “PSALM-THING”

ByDr. Mark August 8, 2021 0 Comments
“Praise the Lord!  Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty heavens.  Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His greatness.  Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre.  Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.  Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with loud cymbals. Let everything...

DON’T MISS CLASS!

ByDr. Mark August 7, 2021 0 Comments
“Learn to do good, to be fair, and to help the poor, the fatherless, and widows.” (Isaiah 1:17 The Living Bible) You who know me or if you have become familiar first-hand with my early escapades in truancy during my first 6 weeks of high school, and maybe longer, you probably are thinking, “Who is he to tell somebody or anybody, “Don’t miss class!”  Have mercy and put that...

STARTING THE DAY ON A HIGH NOTE

ByDr. Mark August 6, 2021 0 Comments
“This is the day which the Lord has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 Amplified Bible) After I had completed writing the meditation yesterday, Thursday, I used the feature of my version of Word called “Editor.”  Some of the older versions of Word don’t have this feature, just “Spellcheck.”  Up until yesterday, the “Editor” had only pointed to...

ENABLING

ByDr. Mark August 5, 2021 0 Comments
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrews 12:11 NIV) Before I get started, let’s get it straight in our minds that discipline and punishment are not the same.  The Lord disciplines us, reproves us, talking about believers because He loves us.  We...

GET TO STEPPING

ByDr. Mark August 4, 2021 0 Comments
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16-17 NKJV) “Get to stepping,” heard that said more than once in my lifetime and in different settings. In elementary school one of our “exercises” in Physical Education was walking two by two, as if we were military recruits.  It must have taken hours...

THE TWO BORDERS OF INTENT

ByDr. Mark August 3, 2021 0 Comments
“Jesus, having prayed this prayer, left with his disciples and crossed over the brook Kidron at a place where there was a garden. He and his disciples entered it.  Judas, his betrayer, knew the place because Jesus and his disciples went there often. So Judas led the way to the garden, and the Roman soldiers and police sent by the high priests and Pharisees followed. They arrived there with...

GETTING YOUR “PICTURE” RIGHT

ByDr. Mark August 2, 2021 0 Comments
“But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4 NASB) During the 1950’s, I remember when the one black and white television, the only TV in the house, went haywire.  It wasn’t like the end of the world back in those days.  Kids knew how to entertain themselves in living...

ONE IS GREATER THAN…

ByDr. Mark August 1, 2021 0 Comments
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV) Are you ready for a brief Sunday morning lesson before you leave for church or while you are sitting in your pew waiting for service to begin?  The lesson: With the exception of zero, one (1) is greater than any other number.  Preposterous you proclaim!  Ridiculous you rapidly...

BETTER CALL PAUL!

ByDr. Mark July 31, 2021 0 Comments
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV) Paul is a good example of perseverance. In Second Corinthians he gives an accounting,...