THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LORD’S INSTRUCTIONS

ByDr. Mark November 24, 2023 0 Comments
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.” (Matthew 7:24-25 NLT) Monday night I begin assembling the first of two crossbar stools after dinner.  We ate late that day, around...

RELEASED FROM YOUR OWN INTELLECTUALITY

ByDr. Mark November 23, 2023 0 Comments
“I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything.  Nothing and no one can upset Your plans. You asked, ‘Who is this muddying the water, ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing My purposes?’ I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, made small talk about wonders way over my head. You told me, ‘Listen, and let Me do the talking. Let Me ask the...

THE RELEASE

ByDr. Mark November 22, 2023 0 Comments
“Take notice that your brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes again, I shall see you.” (Hebrews 13:23 NASB) Last week in our Bible Study classes we concluded our verse-by-verse study of The Book of Hebrews. When we go to the opening, included in the writer’s concluding benediction and exhortations in Hebrews, we ponder on what Timothy had been released from, especially...

WHAT ADEQUATE THANKS CAN WE OFFER?

ByDr. Mark November 21, 2023 0 Comments
“For what thanks can we offer to God for you in return for all the joy and delight we have before our God on your account?” (I John 1:9 NASB) Like everybody else, I am in a thanksgiving mood, more so than ever this week. The focus on the “Thanksgiving holiday” makes every believer, at least it should, increase their thanks for others, thanks for the many opportunities that the Lord...

AN UNLIMITED PACKAGE

ByDr. Mark November 20, 2023 0 Comments
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9 NASB) Are you ready for your Monday Short meditation? Well, here it is! A local car wash chain offers various Unlimited Packages.  This is how it works.  You pay a monthly fee that is deducted from your bank account.  That fee allows...

WAIT FOR IT! WAIT FOR IT!

ByDr. Mark November 19, 2023 0 Comments
“Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.  But I urge you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written...

THE TELL OF TWO CITIZENS

ByDr. Mark November 18, 2023 0 Comments
“Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!  But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His Law he meditates day and night.  He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.  The...

THE NO TAKEBACK GUIDELINE

ByDr. Mark November 17, 2023 0 Comments
“For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.” (Romans 11:29 NLT) To support an initiative to clothe the on the homeless for the winter months, I had donated one of my favorite coats to one of our member’s ongoing ministries to individuals living on the streets, under bridges, alleys, and places hidden from view.  Oh, what a coat I had donated!  It had no flaws, generated...

ALL THE TALK ABOUT BONUSES

ByDr. Mark November 16, 2023 0 Comments
“The payoff for a life of sin is death, but God is offering us a free gift—eternal life through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, the Liberating King.” (Romans 6:23 The Voice Translation) In a conversation with a young man who is deservingly climbing the ladder of success, we started talking about bonuses.  One of our topics was the fact that employees at various levels, at many...

PRIVILEGE

ByDr. Mark November 15, 2023 1 Comment
Definition of Privilege: “A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. At a manager’s training session, executives at all levels of the organizational structure participated in an exercise called “The Privilege Walk.”  The exercise was conducted in a large room with all seats pushed aside.  The moderator in charge of this learning...