Tag: God

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...

BUT DID YOU EVER USE IT?

ByDr. Mark February 16, 2023 0 Comments
“I have thought much about your words and stored them in my heart so that they would hold me back from sin.  Blessed Lord, teach me your rules.  I have recited your laws and rejoiced in them more than in riches.  I will meditate upon them and give them my full respect.  I will delight in them and not forget them.” (Romans 1119:11-16 The Living Bible) You are saying, “Did I ever use...

THE REAL DIFFERENCE MAKER

ByDr. Mark February 14, 2023 0 Comments
“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With people it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26 The Amplified Bible) It seems like it is becoming a trend.  Once again, since the Monday Short meditation was not short at all, I have to do an “owe you one,” short meditation on Tuesday.  It’s all good though! As I was waiting for our fried perch dinners...

THE EVIDENCE SAYS: “YOUCANT, YOU DON’T YOU WON’T”

ByDr. Mark February 5, 2023 0 Comments
“And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.  I will go down now and see whether they have done entirely as the outcry, which has come to Me indicates; and if not, I will know.”  Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord.  Abraham approached and...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

ByDr. Mark February 3, 2023 0 Comments
“To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.” (Psalm 115:1 Good News Translation) Tuesday morning, after getting up and working, doing the Lord’s work, starting the day early, a little after 1:00 a.m., I laid back down around 3:45 a.m.  I was having trouble going back to sleep so I decided to pray for awhile and...

I AM…THE FIXER UPPER

ByDr. Mark January 23, 2023 0 Comments
"The farmer plants the Word.  Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road.  No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.  And some are like the seed that lands in the gravel.  When they first hear the Word, they respond with great enthusiasm.  But there is such shallow soil of character that when the emotions wear off...

THE ANSWER TO ALL THE QUESTIONS

ByDr. Mark January 20, 2023 0 Comments
“The Holy Spirit will give you the words to say at the moment when you need them.” (Luke 12:12 The Voice Translation) Here is a question that I have been asked multiple times over the last five-plus years that I have been sending out meditations personally via email and publishing publicly on the Marks Writes Daily blog site: “How do you know what to say?” Well, now in my sixth year, and...

THE HOUSE TOUR

ByDr. Mark January 12, 2023 0 Comments
“It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 Amplified Bible) This morning I woke up and instantly took a house tour.  My motive for taking the tour had nothing to do with safety and security concerns.  It was concerning the...

FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO GET CLOSE TO THE FATHER

ByDr. Mark January 8, 2023 0 Comments
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145:18 ESV) First of all, before I start, let me apologize to for writing Genesis as the Book for our meditation yesterday.  It was Exodus.  Typing early in the morning, well, that happens.  For you who might have caught it, great job in checking out the scripture,  Keep doing it! ...