HOW TO HAVE A BETTER DAY!

ByDr. Mark July 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” (William Penn 1644 -1718) I looked at various sources to see how we use the time that we are blessed with daily. If a person works, the average time spent is 8 hours. A person spends nearly 4 hours a day watching TV. The average time spent on social media is approximately 2.5 hours. Time spent eating, not including cooking and clean-up...

WHO’S COUNTING?

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2025 0 Comments
“I mean that you should use every opportunity you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So don’t be foolish with your lives but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” (Ephesians 5:16-18 Easy-to-Read Version) This is your Monday Short meditation! Focus on the last part of the passage above which says, “but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” Why the title above? Here’s...

PUT PRAISE AT THE TOP OF YOUR AGENDA TODAY!

ByDr. Mark July 27, 2025 0 Comments
“Praise the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, praise Him with timbrel and dancing, praise Him with the strings and pipe, praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let...

HELP FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE…INCLUDING YOU AND ME!

ByDr. Mark July 26, 2025 0 Comments
“Teach me Your way, Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, for false witnesses have risen against me, and the violent witness. I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage;Yes, wait for the Lord.!” (Psalm...

I DIDN’T CONNECT…AGAIN!

ByDr. Mark July 25, 2025 2 Comments
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” (Isaiah 40:29 NIV) Literally I didn’t connect…again! I did everything right; except I did not connect…again! Very early in the morning on Tuesday, I went to the store and brought all my ingredients to make a pot roast for dinner. I purchased two good size pieces of lean beef, a can of mushroom soup, a can of cream...

SO, YOU WANT A SHORT ONE?

ByDr. Mark July 24, 2025 0 Comments
“…and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch.” (Matthew 15:14 Good News Translation) This meditation is for those who question whether or not I can do “short,” referring to the length of the meditations at times. Well, it does not have to be a Monday for me to do “short!” I can do “short.” Let me show you! Have you ever heard that saying, “Like the blind...

LIVE IN THE “RIGHT NOW” MOMENT!

ByDr. Mark July 23, 2025 0 Comments
“But friends, that’s exactly who we are: children of God. And that’s only the beginning. Who knows how we’ll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we’ll see him—and in seeing him, become like him. All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus’ life as a model for our own.” (I John 3:2 The Message Bible) While we...

DON’T LET ANYONE KILL THE DREAM!

ByDr. Mark July 22, 2025 0 Comments
“Now Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more. He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have dreamed; we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf got up and stood upright and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves stood all around my sheaf and bowed down .”His brothers said to him, “Are you actually...

AN ASSIGNMENT JUST FOR YOU

ByDr. Mark July 21, 2025 0 Comments
“Then Paul said to Agrippa, “Do you believe what the prophets said? I know you do.” Agrippa asked Paul, “In such a short time do you think you can talk me into being a Christian?” Paul answered, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, I wish you and everyone else who hears me today would become just like me! Except, of course, for these chains.”  (Acts 26:28-29 Contemporary...

PERFORM YOUR ROLE

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2025 2 Comments
A couple of decades ago, a Christian high school basketball team out of a town located about an hour northeast of Indianapolis, traveled to Erie, Pennsylvania to play in the Christian High School National Invitational. This team was packed with seniors who were future college players. One even went on to play professional ball for years. They captured the national championship that year, led by...