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WHAT’S STRONG WITH YOU?

ByDr. Mark December 8, 2021 0 Comments
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.  The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”(Isaiah 12:2 NIV) There is not a typing error in the title.  I did not intend to use those words we have often heard, “What’s wrong with you,” in the context of when we have messed up in the eyes of someone who views themself as perfect,...

REACTING TO A REPLY

ByDr. Mark December 7, 2021 0 Comments
“One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.  But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”  Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  He went into the house of God (during...

DON’T SCHEDULE JESUS

ByDr. Mark December 6, 2021 0 Comments
“Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.” (Matthew 15:30 NIV) Let’s make the effort not to schedule Jesus this week.  What do I mean by “schedule Jesus?”  I’m glad you asked.  Yesterday, you went to church or viewed church online, and there is no doubt that you...

I WON’T BE LONG! REALLY!!

ByDr. Mark October 3, 2021 0 Comments
“After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever.  “Please heal her,” everyone begged.  Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.” (Luke 4:38-39 NLV I know!  We say it all the time, “I won’t be long.”  Well...

SOAK

ByDr. Mark September 20, 2021 0 Comments
“When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing.” (Hebrews 6:7 NLT) I won’t send this meditation out until 12:01 EST.  But know that I started writing it at 11:00 a.m.  You might ask, “Why in the world are you up so early Mark King?”  I asked the same question.  At first, I thought it was because when I turned...

YOUR FALL WARDROBE

ByDr. Mark August 27, 2021 0 Comments
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me…” (Job 29:14a NASB) I was looking at the advertisements in a recent edition of a fashion magazine for men.  I have to admit that I was glad when I saw that many of the 126 pages featured advertisements on watches.  I’m glad for the comeback of watches because I’m tired of my smart watch managing my life and informing me of health...

COMMONALITY

ByDr. Mark June 12, 2021 0 Comments
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ , he is a new creature ; the old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come .”  (2 Corinthians 5:17 Amplified Bible) What do the following have in common; a couch, a chair set for the dining room, a color coordinated headboard, and a computer desk that matched the color palette of the living room? Was your answer, “They all begin with...

THESE FOUR WORDS

ByDr. Mark April 22, 2021 0 Comments
“In the beginning God.” (Genesis 1:1 NIV) The four words in our opening verse do not form a hypothesis that needs to be proven.  They do not forward a hunch by any means.  These four words do not make up an unimportant phrase that just heading that leads you to reading the content, like any other book.  Let me tell you what these four words are.  They are the words that...

SQUARE PIECES IN ROUND SPACES

ByDr. Mark January 19, 2021 0 Comments
“Don’t love the world’s ways.  Don’t love the world’s goods.  Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.  Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father.  It just isolates you from him.  The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way...

A REMINDER AND/OR A TEACHING

ByDr. Mark November 10, 2020 0 Comments
“Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in the truth which is present with you.” (Philippians 4:11a NKJV) The Apostle Peter focused on reminding believers in his time of things that he had taught them or things that were taught by the Apostle Paul.  It’s like he knew, even lacking formal education in...