Tag: God's

HOMO UNIUS LIBRI

ByDr. Mark November 7, 2026 0 Comments
“God, teach me lessons for living so I can stay the course. Give me insight so I can do what you tell me—my whole life one long, obedient response. Guide me down the road of your commandments; I love traveling this freeway! Give me an appetite for your words of wisdom, and not for piling up loot. Divert my eyes from toys and trinkets, invigorate me on the pilgrim way. Affirm your promises...

GOD LOVES YOU…

ByDr. Mark October 9, 2026 2 Comments
So then, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that He was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His disciples were), He left Judea and went away again to Galilee. And He had to pass through Samaria. So, He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; and Jacob’s well was...

THINK OF GOD’S GOODNESS TO YOU…REALLY!

ByDr. Mark May 13, 2026 2 Comments
 “And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on...

WHO’S COUNTING?

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2025 0 Comments
“I mean that you should use every opportunity you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So don’t be foolish with your lives but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” (Ephesians 5:16-18 Easy-to-Read Version) This is your Monday Short meditation! Focus on the last part of the passage above which says, “but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” Why the title above? Here’s...

GOD’S MODEL FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING

ByDr. Mark April 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Go up to the top of Pisgah and raise your eyes toward the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan.  But command Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go across and lead this people, and he will give them the land which you see as an inheritance.” (Deuteronomy 3:27-28 The Amplified Bible) Succession planning is not...

GRACE UPON GRACE

ByDr. Mark October 13, 2024 0 Comments
“For out of His fullness we have all received grace upon grace .” (John 1:15 The Amplified Bible) When you enter the sanctuary this Sunday morning and after you find your favorite seat in the sanctuary, sit silently, bow your head, and thank the Lord for grace upon grace; grace that is piled on top of grace in the experience of Christians. More specifically, thank the Lord for the grace...

YOU STILL NEED TO HEAR THE WORD!

ByDr. Mark June 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. “Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth. ”Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” “Blessed are the pure in heart,...

THEY SAID…

ByDr. Mark December 2, 2023 0 Comments
“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” (Psalm 122:1 NASB) “They” want you to be glad that “they” said, “Let us go to the house of the Lord, and you did. Furthermore, “They” don’t want you to be merely glad you heard their words articulated, clearly communicated to you at this very moment, on this early Saturday morning.  No! ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LORD’S INSTRUCTIONS

ByDr. Mark November 24, 2023 0 Comments
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.” (Matthew 7:24-25 NLT) Monday night I begin assembling the first of two crossbar stools after dinner.  We ate late that day, around...

ADRESSING THE GLOVE BOX TENDENCY!

ByDr. Mark October 29, 2023 0 Comments
An early innovation, as it relates to automobiles, was the addition of a storage compartment on the front panel or dashboard of the 1900 Packard.  Originally used to store gloves, today, today’s car owners stuff their glove compartments with everything: registrations, proof of insurance paperwork, coupons, gift certificates, and a lot of, let’s just say, “stuff.”  Among this...