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PRAYING IS ON THE INCREASE

ByDr. Mark January 13, 2025 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation. I have two living with their families in the Los Angeles area. Other people I know have family and friends living in LA too. I cannot speak for them, but I would guess that they are no different than me when it comes to praying for Los Angeles in the midst of the raging fires. I think it would be safe to say that our prayer times have increased. Praying is...

OSCAR, DYNAMITE, JET, AND THREE MORE FIGURES!

ByDr. Mark January 7, 2025 0 Comments
Reviewing the story of my childhood, you would have quickly predicted, speculated that my career as an entrepreneur would not show any profit or success. Yes, if you looked at my performance on my first job, you would promptly extinguish any early thought of ever nominating me as “The Businessperson of the Year.”   My first job was a paperboy. Three figures had a negative impact on my...

WORTH SHARING

ByDr. Mark November 21, 2024 0 Comments
“…a right time to shut up and another to speak up…” (Ecclesiastes 3:7 The Message Bible) Monday morning, I was forwarded a social media post written by Jordan Riley. The sender, my big brother, also a fellow theologian, felt that this specific post had “meditation topic potential.” I agreed. While I have addressed this topic before, now I will share with you what Mr. Riley had to...

IT WAS NOT JUST FOR YOU!

ByDr. Mark October 21, 2024 0 Comments
“I write this, dear children, to guide you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a Priest-Friend in the presence of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous Jesus. When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good—not only ours, but the whole world’s.” (I John 2:1-2 The Message Bible) The person or person you think the Lord would be the least interested in...

A PERSONAL MESSAGE JUST FOR YOU!

ByDr. Mark October 4, 2024 1 Comment
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people...” (I Timothy 2:1 ESV) Instead of writing a long meditation, inspired by a lengthy passage from the word of God, incorporated with transparency or an injection of a little humor to bring a big smile, I opted to do something else. Don’t get me wrong, because I still want to tell...

NOT MADE FOR DEFEAT

ByDr. Mark September 19, 2024 0 Comments
Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Man is not made for defeat.” Now don’t jump to the wrong conclusion! I have never read “The Old Man and the Sea,” but I did pause on a channel showing an old classic film based on Hemingway’s work. That’s where I heard the quote. Let me take the liberty to modify the quote to fit you and me, fellow believers. In the Lord Jesus Christ, as new creatures, we...

PRAY FOR OUR CITIES!

ByDr. Mark August 18, 2024 0 Comments
This Sunday morning, at prayer time at your local church, please pray for the cities in this country. Then, get specific and pray for the city in which you reside. Keep it up doing the week and as conditions are worsening, crime is rising, and the unbelieving our threatening, instilling fear, and affecting everyday social manners.  Pray for our cities in your favorite, personal place that...

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME BIG…

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2024 0 Comments
“First of all, I ask that you pray for all people. Ask God to bless them and give them what they need. And give thanks.” Timothy 2:1 English Standard Version) I’ll complete the sentence in the title above in a minute, but first the backstory. First, I have a T-Shirt that I got as a Christmas present when working at my last secular world job a few years ago. There is a picture of Santa...

PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN

ByDr. Mark March 7, 2024 0 Comments
“Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.” (Psalm 127:3 Contemporary English Version) As a child, brought up in the church, I never considered myself as one who was standing in the need of prayer. I viewed others, such as delinquent children, destructive bullish kids, distinctly poorer than even me…peers, and deviant youth as the children who needed prayer.  As an adult my...

IN TIMES LIKE THESE…PRAY!

ByDr. Mark January 5, 2024 0 Comments
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.” Psalm 34:18 NLT) In times like these, we who are in the land of the living, ought to be included in the number described by the saying, “Somebody prayed for me.”  In times like these, pray! Pray for others! For all those who have lost loved ones, let us pray for their comfort today. Perhaps you...