LOOKING AT YOU

ByDr. Mark May 13, 2024 0 Comments
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and   glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16 King James Version) Here is a poem I wrote a while back, a few years ago. Perhaps it does not compare with influential poets of old like Homer, Emerson, or Poe, but it comes inspired from within, that I know. It may not have the...

CATCH SOMEONE DOING RIGHT THIS MORNING!

ByDr. Mark May 12, 2024 0 Comments
“Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”...

WHAT HE SAID

ByDr. Mark May 11, 2024 0 Comments
“All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end. But while I am still here in the world, I give it my light.” (John 9:4-5 The Living Bible) I have not worked full-time in a non-church job since 2011. I have not taught at the local university since 2015. I have been a senior or...

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN “THOUGH IT ALL”

ByDr. Mark May 10, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add...

THE CLEANER’S FRANCHISE

ByDr. Mark May 9, 2024 0 Comments
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:25-27 ESV) If my sister can still read these meditations...

WHEN YOU RISE THIS MORNING…

ByDr. Mark May 8, 2024 0 Comments
“I lay down and slept ; I awakened, for the Lord sustains me. I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands who have set themselves against me all around.” (Psalm 3:5-6 The Amplified Bible) I love watching videos of the Mississippi Mass Choir Singing, “When I Rose This Morning.” Do you remember some of the lyrics? Well, just in case you don’t, let me share some of them...

WHEN YOU COME TO YOUR ROUNDABOUT

ByDr. Mark May 7, 2024 0 Comments
“And He said, “A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that is coming to me.’ And so, he divided his wealth between them. And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate in wild living. Now when he had spent everything,...

THE CONFESSION

ByDr. Mark May 6, 2024 0 Comments
“But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.” (I John 1:9 NLT) This is your Monday Short meditation. Saturday, at our church’s Leadership Council Meeting, Pastor M.R. King, the incumbent that will step in my shoes completely in September of 2025, headed the monthly meeting. When we were talking about facility...

PUT THIS ON TODAY’S TTD LIST!

ByDr. Mark May 5, 2024 0 Comments
“My cup overflows with blessings.” (Psalm 23:5B NLT) I’m sending out this Sunday meditation extra, extra early, before Saturday evening comes. I’m sending it early hoping to give you enough time to not only put a certain action on your Sunday TTD (Things To Do) list, but to also ensure you have ample time to prepare to bless someone unexpectedly at your church when you attend worship...

IF IT IS NOT ALREADY ON A BILLBOARD…

ByDr. Mark May 4, 2024 0 Comments
Driving around your city, I am sure you have seen at least one large billboard, located on a busy thoroughfare that carried a message that relates to man’s behaviors in the eyes of God, or they are designed to provoke self-evaluations by men and women so they might modify their actions to the point that they are actually pleasing to the Lord. These messages are typically written in large type...