WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2025 0 Comments
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3 NKJV) The Labor Day Weekend is upon us. Let me ask you a personal question. What’s on your mind this weekend? Fun, family reunions, or folly? What’s on your mind? Games, going out, or getting away? What’s on your mind? Problems, peril, predicaments, or the pursuit of...

THE FITTED SHEET

ByDr. Mark August 29, 2025 2 Comments
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9 New King James Version) Here is a prelude to “The Fitted Sheet.” A famous pastor, a very erudite theologian, a musicologist, and a historian, once said, “Christians are not failures, but we do have failings.” I agree and I thank God for how He forgives...

SAY, “IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ME!”

ByDr. Mark August 28, 2025 2 Comments
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” (Philippians 2:4 King James Version) As commanded, the smart device in the kitchen played, “When We All Get to Heaven.” The first rendition was very slow and a little bit, well, country. So, I commanded the device to play the same song by a well-known gospel mass choir. Their version was a little bit...

UP MEANS UP!

ByDr. Mark August 27, 2025 0 Comments
"Wise people walk the road that leads upward to life." (Proverbs 15:24a The Good News Translation) I’m the guy that gets on your very last nerve at the airport. You know, the one who gets on the moving sidewalk but just stands, waiting until he gets to the end. Yeah, that’s me! I’m also the guy who gets in the escalator that is going upward and stands with my luggage taking up its own...

THE SONG THAT MADE MOMMA SHOUT

ByDr. Mark August 26, 2025 2 Comments
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 NLT Version) One Sunday when I was a youngster, I decided to forego sitting with the other young people who regularly sat in the two rows near the back of the church, on pews located in the center section of...

SCARS

ByDr. Mark August 25, 2025 2 Comments
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3 NLT Version) Last Wednesday night, after studying Psalm 149 in Bible Study and focusing on giving God glory and giving God the praise, I entered the bathroom and looked in the mirror, searching my face like a top-notched crime scene investigator, looking for a scar that had been present since I tried to shave at the age of...

TIPS THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM CAUSING CHURCH HURT

ByDr. Mark August 24, 2025 0 Comments
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 NASB) A couple of Saturdays ago, a single, working mother, striving to raise her children, putting forth a dedicated effort to provide for them, sacrificing to ensure they receive a good education, but facing the challenge to feed them, went to a church...

WEEKEND LOVE!

ByDr. Mark August 23, 2025 0 Comments
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 King James Version) This short Saturday meditation is surely not for you. However, you can pass on the content to someone you know who is looking for weekend love in all the wrong places. This weekend love, referring to real love, is not...

GETTING OUT OF THE DARK FOREST

ByDr. Mark August 22, 2025 2 Comments
“Your word is a lamp that gives light wherever I walk.” (Psalm 119:105 Contemporary English Version) Participating in a senior scout rendezvous, a group of older young boys were required to spend the night in the woods, near a far-eastside reservoir. To one of the boys, it was a challenge comparable to being a contestant on one of the televised, wilderness survival shows. The adult leader of...

TIME TO REMIND YOU OF THE UNFOLDING

ByDr. Mark August 21, 2025 0 Comments
“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good…” (Genesis 50:20 King James Version) I don’t know what’s going on in your life; don’t know if you feel like it’s the best of times or the worst of times; don’t know if you feel triumphant or troubled; don’t know if you consider yourself up or down. But listen! What I do know is that God is not through with...