PRAYING IS ON THE INCREASE

ByDr. Mark January 13, 2025 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation. I have two living with their families in the Los Angeles area. Other people I know have family and friends living in LA too. I cannot speak for them, but I would guess that they are no different than me when it comes to praying for Los Angeles in the midst of the raging fires. I think it would be safe to say that our prayer times have increased. Praying is...

CUT AND PASTE

ByDr. Mark January 12, 2025 0 Comments
“All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB) In our Thursday night Bible Study Class, as I tend to do in most sessions, I asked the attendees, after discussing the content of a verse or verses, to...

THREAD COUNTS ON THE SHEETS

ByDr. Mark January 11, 2025 0 Comments
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV) When I was a child, I knew nothing about “thread counts” on sheets. I felt blessed just to have a sheet to cover my stripped, not so thick, twin bed mattress, I did not focus on having a fitted sheet and a top sheet. Like...

DENYING SELF

ByDr. Mark January 10, 2025 0 Comments
“As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they compelled to carry His cross. (Matthew 9:32 NASB) An onlooker, watching as Jesus carried the crossbeam of the cross on which He would be crucified down the path called the Via Dolorosa, a man of Cyrene, he was pressed into service to help Jesus. Our Savior was physically weak as a result of being the victim of the...

FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT

ByDr. Mark January 9, 2025 0 Comments
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” (I John 5:14 ESV) If it had not been for work related travel, the places that I have I visited would have been restricted, primarily, to places in Indiana, Kentucky, Chicago, and Ohio. Work related travel allowed me to visit most major cities and even perform an important...

SCRIPTURE CONTENT VS. SCREEN CONTENT: MAKE YOUR CHOICE

ByDr. Mark January 8, 2025 0 Comments
“How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping watch according to Your word . (Psalm 119:9 Amplified Bible) Since the introduction of the TV and the programming on the silver screen, young people have been influenced, at the least undeniably unconsciously, by what they view. This influence is nothing new, but it has greatly increased during these times in which we live. In older times,...

OSCAR, DYNAMITE, JET, AND THREE MORE FIGURES!

ByDr. Mark January 7, 2025 0 Comments
Reviewing the story of my childhood, you would have quickly predicted, speculated that my career as an entrepreneur would not show any profit or success. Yes, if you looked at my performance on my first job, you would promptly extinguish any early thought of ever nominating me as “The Businessperson of the Year.”   My first job was a paperboy. Three figures had a negative impact on my...

JUST ASK SOMEBODY!

ByDr. Mark January 6, 2025 0 Comments
“Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no...

HE GOT UP FOR YOU!

ByDr. Mark January 5, 2025 0 Comments
“For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” (Mark 9:31 NASB) Let’s keep it short on this first day of the week, so you can make sure to get up out of your bed, get up out of your favorite big chair that you fell asleep in Saturday night, and get...

“WHAT THEY SAID”

ByDr. Mark January 4, 2025 0 Comments
"So, when we preach about Christ dying to save them, the Jews are offended, and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense. But God has opened the eyes of those called to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, to see that Christ is the mighty power of God to save them; Christ himself is the center of God’s wise plan for their salvation.” (I Corinthians 1:23-24 The Living Bible) Tuesday night, as...