THE TALE OF TWO BROTHERS

ByDr. Mark September 7, 2026 4 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation, “The Tale Of Two Brothers.” Their brothers’ names were Kevin and Keith. Both of them were young adults, living at home while seeking degrees at a local university. They came from a Christian home, and up to this point in their lives, attending church on Sunday was not optional. It was mandatory. Kevin opted to stay in the church as a young adult...

DON’T LET YOUR ISSUES HINDER YOU!

ByDr. Mark September 6, 2026 4 Comments
“And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who...

CHANGING PRIORITIES, PLANS, AND THE PLACES WE GO

ByDr. Mark September 5, 2026 2 Comments
“They went to Phrygia, and then on through the region of Galatia. Their plan was to turn west into Asia province, but the Holy Spirit blocked that route. So they went to Mysia and tried to go north to Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn’t let them go there either. Proceeding on through Mysia, they went down to the seaport Troas. That night Paul had a dream: A Macedonian stood on the far...

TGIF

ByDr. Mark September 4, 2026 4 Comments
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’" Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Please, Lord, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done...

YOUR SECRET TO HANDLING YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES

ByDr. Mark September 3, 2026 0 Comments
Good morning! Sometimes the counselor has to seek help from the Counselor. I’m being transparent right now. Here is what He brought to my mind” The secret to handling your circumstances is to focus on the “U” in your circumstances. Of course, He was meaning, “YOU’ as represented by the letter “U.” When the Lord speaks, I really have no need to validate it, for if He says that is...

HE NEVER GAVE IT A THOUGHT!

ByDr. Mark September 2, 2026 3 Comments
“And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35b New King James Version) Two men were having a conversation regarding giving out of a generous heart, in one fashion or the other, to support or help somebody. One of them pulled a portion from the verse printed above, the portion embedded in his childhood collection of...

THE HANDS

ByDr. Mark September 1, 2026 5 Comments
Perhaps the two most famous pictures of hands are “Praying Hands,” also known as “Study of the Hands of an Apostle,” a pen-ink drawing by Albrecht Duer, created in 1858, and Michaelangelo’s “Creation of Adam,” painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, completed during the years 1508 and 1512. I looked what you just read after looking at my own hands one day, as I sat quietly in a...

STRETCH ASSIGNMENTS

ByDr. Mark August 31, 2026 2 Comments
“And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10 NASB) This is your Monday Short meditation! In the verse above, God gives Moses a stretch assignment. Here is Moses, after 40 years in Pharoah’s court, followed by 40 years of shepherding in Midian, and he is standing on holy ground, on the Mountain of God. It...

“WRITE THIS DOWN!”

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2026 4 Comments
“And the Lord said to me, “Write my answer on a billboard, large and clear, so that anyone can read it at a glance and rush to tell the others.” (Habakkuk 2:2 The Living Bible) Today, while attending worship service at your church, when your pastor says, “Write this down!” as he preaches the word, think about the words in the tennis shoe commercial that says, “Just do it!”...

OVERCOMING CONDITIONAL RESPONSES

ByDr. Mark August 29, 2026 2 Comments
“Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, ‘The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.’ Therefore God led the people around by way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in battle formation from the land of Egypt.” (Exodus...