Tag: God

STAY IN TOUCH

ByDr. Mark October 11, 2023 0 Comments
“The hand of our God is for good on all who seek Him.” (Ezra 8:22b English Standard Version) Per the Italian Renaissance. Org website, “the most famous section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling is Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam.  Two depicted figures, God on the right and Adam on the left.  Unlike the figure of God, who is outstretched and aloft, Adam is depicted as a lounging being who...

A PRISM CHANGE: POVERTY TO PROVISION

ByDr. Mark September 14, 2023 0 Comments
“They arrived at the place to which God had directed him.  Abraham built an altar.  He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.  Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”  “Yes, I’m listening.”  “Don’t lay a hand on that boy!  Don’t touch him!  Now I know...

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...

IS THE HAND QUICKER THAN THE EYE?

ByDr. Mark August 18, 2023 0 Comments
“…the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.” (Deuteronomy 11:12 NIV) At some time in your days on this earth, you have heard a magician or old trickster say, “The hand is quicker than the eye.”  Is it?  Let’s see! I have a “magic” trick, probably one that is done by novice illusionists, one that I do with young...

WHEN THE LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU OUT OF SOMETHING

ByDr. Mark July 11, 2023 0 Comments
“Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea.  You shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.  For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’  I will harden (make stubborn, defiant) Pharaoh’s heart, so...

VAL’S PROJECT

ByDr. Mark June 10, 2023 0 Comments
“Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.” (2 Corinthians 1:21-22 NASB) Val is a young lady with many gifts.  At church she leads the education ministry, teaches Sunday School, sings in the choir, humbles herself and finds time to clean the church, establishes rapport and maintains...

THE BILLBOARD ON 38TH STREET

ByDr. Mark May 28, 2023 0 Comments
In my town, on a busy thoroughfare, West 38th Street to be exact, there once was a cleverly designed billboard that caught the eyes of drivers and passengers in the vehicle.  It said, “Don’t make me come down there!”  The message was signed at the bottom of the billboard, “God.” Oh I know you know the song that says, “On the stormy sea, Jesus speaks to me, and the billows...

BEATEN UP, ROUGHED UP, AND CHAINED UP…

ByDr. Mark May 15, 2023 0 Comments
”One day, on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl ran into us.  She was a psychic and, with her fortunetelling, made a lot of money for the people who owned her.  She started following Paul around, calling everyone’s attention to us by yelling out,  “These men are working for the Most High God. They’re laying out the road of salvation for you!”  She did this for a number of...

CERTAIN, BUT NOT COMPLETE

ByDr. Mark April 15, 2023 0 Comments
I don’t have a story, special observation, or a smart analogy to start today’s Saturday meditation.  I am going to simply give you a verse to keep in mind as you start the weekend.  I’ll give you a story tomorrow Sunday.  Today, however, I am just going to give you a verse to think on as your start your day.  Read it!  Reflect on it!  Oh, one more thing, know that the list that you...

SATURDAY WISDOM FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

ByDr. Mark March 4, 2023 0 Comments
“God’s word is alive and powerful! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.” (Contemporary English Version) Picture a basketball player who takes the last shot as time is expiring in a critical game.  See this player being fouled hard as she/he...