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PAUSE!

ByDr. Mark March 16, 2023 0 Comments
“I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.” (I Timothy 2:8 Contemporary English Version) On Monday and Tuesday evenings, I have the privilege of doing one-on-one tutoring with my great-grandson.  Think about it.  How many of us have had such an experience in our lifetime?  I haven’t.  Actually, I never met...

LET’S GET VERY PERSONAL

ByDr. Mark February 26, 2023 0 Comments
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health , just as your soul prospers .” (3 John 3:2 The Amplified Bible) Approximately 1,933 years ago, John, the elder, the author of I John, 2 John, and 3 John got personal and wrote a personal letter to Gaius who had acted faithfully in showing hospitality to traveling ministers of the gospel.  Today, early...

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

ByDr. Mark February 13, 2023 0 Comments
“Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to the tomb.  Suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled aside the stone and sat on it.  His face shone like lightning and his clothing was a brilliant white.  The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and fell into a dead faint.  Then...

IF IT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE…

ByDr. Mark February 11, 2023 0 Comments
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be live to be understood.”  (Helen Keller) Lessons!  I learned a thing or two about the Canadian geese that are starting to show up, earlier than usual, in my neck of the woods.  The female goose choses a male goose that she feels will protect her.  Females in our species should do the same thing, choose a Christian man who will protect her and...

IN THE MEANTIME!

ByDr. Mark December 9, 2022 0 Comments
“Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them.  They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky?” (Acts 1:10-11 Contemporary English Version) In response to Wednesday’s meditation, one faithful reader whom I have known since childhood, shared a prayer, so powerful that you would think you were in her presence as she...

THIS IS MY HOUSE!

ByDr. Mark September 22, 2022 0 Comments
“Whether we live or die, it must be for the Lord.” (Romans 14:8a CEV) The title, in light of our opening verse, reveals the wrong attitude when we consider we are earthen tabernacles, created to serve a Sovereign God; created to live for the Lord.  The rules in the house in which we live and the “house” in which my soul abides belong to God.  Henceforth, I can’t apply the same...

THOSE AIN’T REAL!

ByDr. Mark August 11, 2022 0 Comments
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.  For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the...

WHAT KIND OF OUTFIT DO YOU HAVE ON?

ByDr. Mark August 8, 2022 0 Comments
“Be dressed in readiness and keep your lamps alight.” (Luke 12:35 NASB) I know that it’s Monday and time for your “Monday Short” meditation, but I have to ask you, “What kind of outfit do you have on?”  Oh, I am no asking whether your shoes match the rest of your outfit, or if your socks match your top.  I am not asking if you are wearing attire that is completely color...

THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO TELL EVERYONE IN YOUR HOUSE THIS MORNING!

ByDr. Mark August 7, 2022 0 Comments
“The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did!  Could he possibly be the Messiah?” (John 4:28-29 NLT) I know it’s early on Sunday morning, but I just have to share five things with you based on my personal experience.  I believe they are all worth sharing, but especially the last one,...

“MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME”

ByDr. Mark June 26, 2022 0 Comments
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.  Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.” (Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV) Late Thursday night, after going to be about 10:10 p.m., I woke up, wide awake I grabbed the TV remote to get enough light to see what time it was according to the...