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WHEN THE ROAD IS CLOSED

ByDr. Mark October 11, 2022 0 Comments
“’For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’” (Jeremiah 29:11 The Amplified Bible) If you look at life from a godly perspective and through a God-conscious prism, every experience you have will inspire you.  Consider the following example.   See how it works. Before...

PUT ME IN!

ByDr. Mark September 12, 2022 0 Comments
“The I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’  Then I said, 'Here am I.  Send me!'” (Isaiah 6:8 NASB) Once again it is Monday morning, and as par for the course, I am challenged to uphold my word to be brief on this day of the week.  We even have a name for meditations published the day after the Lord’s Day, “The Monday Short.”  I’ll...

ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY INTROVERTS IN HEAVEN?

ByDr. Mark August 25, 2022 0 Comments
“After this, I saw a large crowd with more people than could be counted. They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and held palm branches in their hands.” (Revelation 7:9-10 Contemporary English Version) In spite of the positions I have held in life that required outgoing behaviors; positions that...

FINDING THE NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

ByDr. Mark August 17, 2022 0 Comments
“There’s not one totally good person on earth, not one who is truly pure and sinless.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20 The Message Bible) There is a screensaver function on my computer, and perhaps on yours as well.  One day the screensaver was a picture of a haystack in an open field, When I first saw it, I thought of the 16th century idiom about “finding a needle in a haystack,” a saying that...

CHECK OUT THE RIDE OPERATOR!

ByDr. Mark August 15, 2022 0 Comments
“For I hold you by your right hand—I, the Lord your God.  And I say to you, ’Don't be afraid. I am here to help you.” (Isaiah 41:13 NLT) It’s Monday, so I will try my best to meet the “Monday Short” meditation target, but I’m not promising that I will accomplish my “not many words” goal, for the Lord is the guide who determines and dictates what I write.  Read on! ...

“AS YOU ARE GOING BY”

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2022 0 Comments
“He came to the outskirts of Jericho.  A blind man was sitting beside the road asking for handouts. When he heard the rustle of the crowd, he asked what was going on.  They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is going by.”  He yelled, “Jesus! Son of David!  Mercy, have mercy on me!”  Those ahead of Jesus told the man to shut up, but he only yelled all the louder, “Son of David! Mercy,...

“MONDAY MORNING WORDS”

ByDr. Mark May 2, 2022 0 Comments
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2 King James Version) This is perhaps my...

OXYMORONS

ByDr. Mark April 3, 2022 0 Comments
“Your old evil desires were nailed to the cross with him; that part of you that loves to sin was crushed and fatally wounded, so that your sin-loving body is no longer under sin’s control, no longer needs to be a slave to sin; for when you are deadened to sin you are freed from all its allure and its power over you.” (Romans 6:6-7 The Living Bible) Dead or alive is an expression that...

DOWN IN THE DUMPS

ByDr. Mark March 26, 2022 0 Comments
“Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul?  Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God—soon I’ll be praising again.  He puts a smile on my face.  He’s, my God.” (Psalm 43:5 MSG) A fellow saint that I have seen grown from childhood to adulthood asked me, “Do you ever have a bad day?”  My immediate response was “yes” and I identified my remedy for such days: God.  Yes,...

THAT OLD THREE-RING BINDER

ByDr. Mark February 23, 2022 0 Comments
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’” (Matthew 22:37 NIV) Do you remember when the upper elementary students and high school students carried those three-ring binder, often with blue, felt covers?  We had colorful dividers for each subject, and we started the semester with our minds set on keeping them neat and...