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AN ALPHABETIC ESSENTIAL

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2024 0 Comments
“At this the woman came and fell at his feet. “Help me, sir!” she said. Jesus answered, “It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.” “That's true, sir,” she answered, “but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their masters' table.” So, Jesus answered her, “You are a woman of great faith! What you want will be done for you.” And at that...

YOU HAVE CHANGED…BUT THE CHANGING IS NOT OVER!

ByDr. Mark December 21, 2023 0 Comments
“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6 NASB) Yesterday, in an unsolicited email, I received a message that had the following “Quote of the Day:” “Change is the end result of all true learning.”  For you and me, “true learning” does not take place necessarily in 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...

PRAYING FOR THE CITY

ByDr. Mark October 5, 2023 0 Comments
“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city… Pray to the Lord for it…” (Jeremiah 29:7 NIV) There is no original story to share this morning, no overlooked flashback memories from gone by years, no overflowing message filled with a new flavor of spiritual inspiration, and no testimony about the omnipresence, omnipotence, or omniscience of God.  However, I still want to make you...

THANK GOD FOR HIS SPECIFIC MESSENGERS

ByDr. Mark October 1, 2023 0 Comments
“And how shall they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:15 New King James Version) It is early Sunday morning, so I will be as brief as possible!  I know you got “somewhere” to be.  But I just wanted you to join me in thanking God for His...

THERE IS HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

ByDr. Mark September 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Your children, the very ones that you said would be taken for plunder, I’ll bring in to enjoy the land you rejected while your corpses will be rotting in the wilderness.  These children of yours will live as shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, living with the fallout of your whoring unfaithfulness until the last of your generation lies a corpse in the wilderness.  You scouted out...

THE SINGING TOES

ByDr. Mark September 13, 2023 0 Comments
“A cheerful heart is good medicine…”  (Proverbs 17:22 NLT) “Somebody” recently told me after a hilarious, and apparently health good laugh, one of those laughs where you lose it and tears come from your eyes, “Laughter is good for the soul.”  The verse above talks about a cheerful heart being good medicine.  Laughter brings about a cheerful heart, and yes it ends up helping us...

SULKING, SEEING, AND SAYING

ByDr. Mark August 19, 2023 0 Comments
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.  In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.  For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever...

HOME IMPROVEMENT FOR CHRISTIANS

ByDr. Mark June 8, 2023 0 Comments
“Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ.  The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing.  So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.  Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as...

SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE BELOW

ByDr. Mark April 1, 2023 0 Comments
“I can do nothing on my own initiative or authority.  Just as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just (fair, righteous, unbiased), because I do not seek My own will, but only the will of Him who sent Me.  “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.  There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony on My behalf is true and valid.  You have sent ...