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TIME MANAGEMENT IN THE WEEK AHEAD!

ByDr. Mark July 13, 2025 0 Comments
“Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices of time, fill them up with holy service.”  (Charles Spurgeon) I just know that you are managing your time well this Sunday morning. Look at you! You deserve a Exceeds Expectation rating for being up and ready to leave early and to show up before the start of service....

A PRESCRIPTION TO TAKE WHEN YOU ARE FEELING DOWN

ByDr. Mark June 17, 2025 4 Comments
YOU ARE FEELING DOWN “Now after this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Go; behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the...

PRAY FOR OTHERS

ByDr. Mark June 10, 2025 0 Comments
“First of all, then, I ask that requests, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving be made for all people.” (I Timothy 2:1 Common English Bible) This past Sunday, the pastor teaching the Adult Sunday School class assigned those in attendance, five questions for to answer individually during the week. One of them was, “Who in your life do you need to be praying for?” That question should be...

MOMMA SAID…

ByDr. Mark May 19, 2025 2 Comments
“And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7 New King James Version) It is a Monday morning. A little boy is sitting at the kitchen table waiting for his momma to bring him his breakfast before he begins his eight block walk to school. Momma, she is wearing her duster, a...

JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T PRAY…

ByDr. Mark May 9, 2025 2 Comments
You have reveled in your recent successes, celebrated your climb upward on your career journey, and the health status in your home has you saying, “All is well.” These positive things happened, and you may have credited it to good fortune, great effort, and gain from maintaining a healthy diet. You might have even gone so far as to, as they say, “pat yourself on the back” or you may have...

GOD’S MODEL FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING

ByDr. Mark April 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Go up to the top of Pisgah and raise your eyes toward the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan.  But command Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go across and lead this people, and he will give them the land which you see as an inheritance.” (Deuteronomy 3:27-28 The Amplified Bible) Succession planning is not...

MARCHING MADNESS

ByDr. Mark March 20, 2025 0 Comments
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14 King James Version) It’s the month of March, the time of the year, as it relates to college basketball. It is known as March Madness. Yes, it’s the time of the year where multiple TV stations carry very competitive games, coached by great coaches, masterminds of what they call the...

THE REMEDY

ByDr. Mark March 13, 2025 0 Comments
“The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing , but the soul (appetite) of the diligent is rich and abundantly supplied.” (Proverbs 13:4 The Amplified Bible) Today, I’m going to give you a remedy to use when you start thinking, “I ain’t got nothing to do.”  The remedy: “Start doing something.” Instead of sitting around going out of your mind, start doing...

THE RUN

ByDr. Mark February 28, 2025 0 Comments
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses , stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us…” (Hebrews 12:1 The Amplified Bible) Do you remember the movie, Forrest Gump? There is a segment in this film where the character, played by...

IT’S NOT PAUL, IT’S PERSONAL!

ByDr. Mark February 21, 2025 0 Comments
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. These bodies of ours are constantly facing death just as Jesus did; so it is clear to all that it is only the living...