WHEN MUCH IS AGAINST YOU…

ByDr. Mark March 24, 2024 0 Comments
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A...

THE LORD MAY LET YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING!

ByDr. Mark March 23, 2024 0 Comments
In the passage above, you see a familiar account of God leading the people in their Exodus from Egypt by a longer route, instead of by a way that was near. He led them by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea. We all know the latter story about the Red Sea, right? I need to restate the title you just read, “The Lord may let you go through something to show you something.” Perhaps he...

I SAW SOME OF YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS!

ByDr. Mark March 22, 2024 0 Comments
My momma gave me two pieces of advice when I was a young single person. First, she said, “Don’t put it in writing.” Second, she said, “Don’t keep any old love letters.” You will have to ponder on her words of wisdom and come up with your own guesstimation as to why she might have spoken those words to me. Perhaps you will be correct, since you might had received similar counsel when...

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT!

ByDr. Mark March 21, 2024 0 Comments
“Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got! Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall...

TROUBLING PHRASES

ByDr. Mark March 20, 2024 0 Comments
It would be nice if I could say that people stopped using troubling phrases after they grew out of their adolescent years, but unfortunately, that is not always the case. Grown folks still use troubling phrases, words that turn to trouble on various levels, at times elevating to violence.  I’m sure you remember some troubling phrases. Here are a just a few, and you will notice that I...

JUST LEAVE IT THERE!

ByDr. Mark March 19, 2024 0 Comments
“…casting all your cares on Him, for He cares about you .” (I Peter 5:7 The Amplified Bible) I like to move things around in the house, usually daily. You can call it a decorating compulsion or some other type of disorder it you so desire, but I just look at it a continuing to be mobile, creative, and to strive for perfection in designing the décor of every room. Did I make myself look...

IN THE MIDST OF MOURNING

ByDr. Mark March 18, 2024 0 Comments
“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4 KJV) To be forthright, I believe God led me to this morning’s meditation because a couple of our faithful members recently lost a loved one; one in the immediate and one in an extended family. However, this is not of my own initiative by which I am writing, for I believe God is sending a specific message for a...

EXPERIENCE A MOMENT

ByDr. Mark March 17, 2024 0 Comments
“You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever.” (Psalm 16:11 Good News Translation) Today, I want to encourage you to take advantage of an opportunity to experience a moment, a moment in the duo sense of the word. To be clear, know that a moment can be “a short period of time (Cambridge Dictionary).” Also, a moment as...

THE FIND

ByDr. Mark March 16, 2024 0 Comments
“The next day He decided to go to Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.”Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from...

ACTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT

ByDr. Mark March 15, 2024 0 Comments
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 King James Version) As far as I know, when purchasing a car in my younger years, you had the option of a 4-, 6-, or 8-cylinder engine. Today, there are cars equipped with an Active...