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SEARCHING FOR THE GOOD ONES

ByDr. Mark October 18, 2025 2 Comments

“My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.” (Psalms 119:71 NLT) Don’t let the title of this meditation mislead you. This is not about searching for one of the few good men or good women that are so hard to find. This is not about finding a good deal or a good dining place. It is not about a so-called sure way to lose weight or ways to gain weight. It...

DON’T LET ROUTINE RUIN YOUR DAY

ByDr. Mark June 19, 2025 2 Comments

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.” (Colossians 3:23 Good News Translation) Sometimes our days seem like replays of previous days. We find ourselves habitually doing the same things, day end and day out. At times this can become pretty jolting, as one’s routine robs him or her of their desired, joyful disposition....

GO BEYOND….

ByDr. Mark May 22, 2025 0 Comments

“While I was in Susa, one of my brothers named Hanani and some other men came from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped captivity and still lived in Judah. I also asked them about the city of Jerusalem. They answered, “Nehemiah, the Jews who escaped captivity and are in the land of Judah are in much trouble. They are having many problems and are full of shame because the wall...

THE COLLEGE TRUNK

ByDr. Mark May 6, 2025 0 Comments

“O loving and kind God, have mercy. Have pity upon me and take away the awful stain of my transgressions. Oh, wash me, cleanse me from this guilt. Let me be pure again. For I admit my shameful deed—it haunts me day and night. It is against you and you alone I sinned and did this terrible thing. You saw it all, and your sentence against me is just. But I was born a sinner, yes, from the...

DEALING WITH FAILINGS

ByDr. Mark April 5, 2025 0 Comments

“Failure is delay but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.” (Quote from William Arthur Ward) Some of you have certainly heard me repeat this axiom, an actual truth on more than one occasion: “We have failings, but we are not failures.” I base this truism on the following scriptures. (1) “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard...

JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!

ByDr. Mark March 25, 2025 2 Comments

“Then he came there to a cave and spent the night there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (I Kings 19:9 NASB) I have a question for you to answer when you are having one of those days where you feel down, depressed, or disconnected with reasons to rejoice. When you start having a pity party, a poor “woe is me”...

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! (Part II)

ByDr. Mark December 11, 2024 0 Comments

“Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them. "And he was afraid and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and...

TIED UP BY YOUR REGRETS?

ByDr. Mark November 11, 2024 0 Comments

Here is your Monday Short meditation! As human beings, we often spend time regretting the things we have done that were disappointing to God because of the mistakes, the many wrong choice, the multiple errant steps that we have made. Satan rejoices when he can keep us focusing on our regrets. He likes to get us tied up in our regrets. Well, I suggest that if and when you are tied up in your...

DISTRACTIONS

ByDr. Mark October 28, 2023 0 Comments

“He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44b King James Version) There is a black wooden block on my desk inscribed with these bold white words, “Don’t Tell God That You Have a Big Problem, Tell Your Problem You Have a Big God.” ...

SO WHAT IF YOU THINK YOU ARE OLD!

ByDr. Mark September 15, 2023 0 Comments

“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life.” (Proverb 16:31 NLT) I had been up since 1:45 a.m., ate breakfast before 7:00 a.m., and yes, I had my coffee. As soon as I donned some joggers and a jean jacket, I headed to the store. I didn’t forget my list this time! I grabbed my cart and started going down the aisle where I could find what I was...