THE TEN PRINCIPLES STILL WORK!

ByDr. Mark September 7, 2024 0 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, teaching from The Book of Titus in Sunday School, Dr. G. passed out some small pieces of paper with white print on a purple background. The class was surprised, anticipating that Dr. G. would go directly into the duties of ministers, older men, older women, young men and young women. They were possibly wondering why they were being distributed the small pieces of purple...

ENDING INFIGHTING

ByDr. Mark September 5, 2024 0 Comments
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2 KJV) For illustration purposes, I am going...

THE REAL TIME LAPSE, NOT A COMMERCIAL!

ByDr. Mark September 3, 2024 0 Comments
Early morning commercials, the ones that air on TV before 6:00 a.m. promote products to remove wrinkles for aged faces and they use time lapse pictures. Perhaps the time slot for this promotion is because somebody thinks seniors are the only ones up at that time. If we are, as a side note, I know we are saying, “Thank you Lord for one more day!” Now, regarding the time lapse in the...

WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP…

ByDr. Mark September 2, 2024 0 Comments
“I will praise you to all my brothers; I will stand up before the congregation and testify of the wonderful things you have done. “Praise the Lord, each one of you who fears him,” I will say. “Each of you must fear and reverence his name...” (Psalm 22:22-23 The Living Bible) If you have an old bible that you brought at a garage sale, picked up at a Goodwill Store, or you have a...

HOW TO GAIN FRIENDS

ByDr. Mark September 1, 2024 0 Comments
“A man who has friends must show himself friendly…” (Proverbs 18:24 Modern English Version) You do not need to read a nine-chapter book with the same title as above to learn how to gain friends. There is no need to attend a two-day special seminar, that meets four- and-a-half hours each day; a total of nine hours. You do not need to buy a used nine-dollar CD about making friends and...

CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM

ByDr. Mark August 31, 2024 0 Comments
“…and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (Philippians 3:13-14 The Living Bible) Thursday morning, I was reading selected pages from “Indiana’s African American Heritage: More Essays from Black History & Notes from 2007-2017,” A book edited by Wilma Gibbs Moore. Don’t let the dates in the title make you think this publication of the Indiana Historical...

A MORNING WAKE UP CALL!

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My Chosen One in whom My soul delights.I have put My Spirit upon Him; He bring forth justice to the nations. He will not call out or shout aloud, nor make His voice heard in the street. A broken reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish ; He will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not be disheartened or crushed ; He...

THE EYES HAVE IT!

ByDr. Mark August 29, 2024 0 Comments
“And then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” (Luke 22:61 NASB) Sitting at my regular spot before the start of Sunday School, a four-year-old girl comes and stands in front of me. First, she shows me the pretty outfit that she has on. “See my dress!  See my...

THE MAKER WANTS YOU TO BE A MAKER TOO!

ByDr. Mark August 28, 2024 0 Comments
It’s Wednesday and the Lord has blessed you to see another day. Here is what the Maker of the universe, the Maker of a way to reconcile and find peace with Him, the Maker who has revealed Himself in your life as the One who will make a way out of no way; here is what the Maker wants to tell you today! He wants you to be a maker too! No, we cannot be a maker that compares to even a fraction of...

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR BLESSING?

ByDr. Mark August 27, 2024 0 Comments
I’ll try to make this Tuesday meditation short, by just emphasizing a couple of things I said in my sermon this past Sunday. First, when you get your desired blessing, a blessing you that falls under the scope of the will of God, don’t keep your desired blessing to yourself. Share your blessing, be it a thing, free time, your testimony, or a truth from the word that saved you from the power...