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WHEN YOU GET IT, GET TO IT!

ByDr. Mark May 8, 2026 0 Comments
Good morning! It’s Friday! I won’t write a lot this morning. I’ll just refer you to the title above and ask you to (1) Read the passage below, listening carefully to one of Jesus’ parables. (2) Meditate on it as it relates to you and how you can apply what the Lord has to say to you.  “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was leaving on a trip. He called his servants and handed his...

DON’T LET ANYBODY CHANGE YOUR NAME!

ByDr. Mark October 25, 2025 0 Comments
“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. Then the king told Ashpenaz,...

KEEPING A “YES, I CAN” ATTITUDE!”

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2025 3 Comments
‘”I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NASB) The purpose of this morning’s meditation is to encourage seniors and younger adults who will one day, Lord willing, reach their senior years. The closing verses are from the scriptures focused on this past Sunday as my older brother, Dr. H.C. King, preached the morning service. Here are some words of...

THE THOUGHT REALLY DOES COUNT!

ByDr. Mark December 23, 2024 0 Comments
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us too!” (Quote by Voltaire) This is your Monday Short meditation! Hopefully it will help somebody who cannot see their blessings on Christmas morning when they don’t get the gift they wanted, get a gift card which is unappreciated, get a self-made gift, or possibly just get a “I’m praying for you”...

WHEN YOU REALLY LOVE THE LORD

ByDr. Mark June 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38 New King James Version) If you have ever sang, “I Really Love the Lord,” or “I Love the Lord, He Heard my Cry,” or you have expressed you love for God in some other form or fashion, and even if you...

WHO, WHAT, AND WHY

ByDr. Mark May 31, 2023 0 Comments
“And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”  And He said to him, “What is written in the Law?  How does it read to you?”  And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”  And...

CORRECTED!

ByDr. Mark April 18, 2022 0 Comments
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.” (Job 8:7 KJV) Many of us tend to look back over our lives and we say, “I could have done more.”  Recently I had a dream where I was a late comer as an activist in the late 1960’s civil rights movement.  This made me think of the late 1970’s when I woke up; caused me to revisit a time when I was...

THIS AIN’T NO SCOUT PLEDGE!

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2022 0 Comments
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) As Christians, most if us have used the verse before as if it is some type of boy scout pledge, girl scout pledge, or a saying that has been passed on in our culture, from one generation to the other.  It goes right along with other sayings that are intended to project our faith and confidence in...

YOU ARE THE DECIDING VOTE

ByDr. Mark October 15, 2021 0 Comments
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience.  And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand.  When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” (I Corinthians 10:13 NLT) Two elementary children are walking to school in 1961.  There was no bus picking you up.  You walked to the school in your...

NAVIGATING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL

ByDr. Mark August 26, 2021 0 Comments
“Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.  Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.” (2 Corinthians 3:4-5 ESV) Do you remember the story about the little engine that was trying to get up a hill?  He overcame the overwhelming challenges that were inhibiting him from reaching the top of the...