Tag: JESUS

IN THE MEANTIME!

ByDr. Mark December 9, 2022 0 Comments
“Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them.  They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky?” (Acts 1:10-11 Contemporary English Version) In response to Wednesday’s meditation, one faithful reader whom I have known since childhood, shared a prayer, so powerful that you would think you were in her presence as she...

LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE

ByDr. Mark October 20, 2022 0 Comments
Yesterday’s meditation was long, right?  Well, you deserve a quick read this morning as a reward for being a faithful reader.  However, I hope that the brief nature of today’s publication does have a long effect on you. Tuesday, a friend who sends out quotes and saying to many people, sent me the following quote by Thomas Jefferson.  “Do you want to know who you are?  Don’t ask. ...

“WHERE IS HE?”

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2022 0 Comments
“Where is He…” (Matthew 2:2a NASB) Instead of focusing on the magi on the east who had come to see Jesus, and when they found Him they worshipped Him, let’s focus on you in the present time, specifically on this day. First, however, to put you in the frame of mind where you can relate to the question in the title above, let me do a preliminary interview with you for a minute.  Do...

“GET YOUR T-SHIRT!”

ByDr. Mark June 12, 2022 0 Comments
“You must learn the difference between what is holy and what isn't holy and between the clean and the unclean.” (Leviticus 10:10 Contemporary English Version) The title for this Sunday morning’s meditation was essentially to entice you.  I have no T-shirts for sell.  I only have a short message to share, one that I asked participants in our church’s Bible Study classes to jot...

“HE LIVES!”

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2022 0 Comments
“But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.” (Acts 2:24 NASB) The pulpit may be located in a grand sanctuary.  It may be situated center stage in a homeless shelter; perhaps it a spot on a barren piece of land far away from civilization as you know it.  It may be and enclosed spot on the exercise yard...

THE “SHORT” MONDAY

ByDr. Mark March 21, 2022 0 Comments
“When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds.  There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon.  They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by evil spirits were healed.  Everyone tried...

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...

DID YOU EVER USE PATTERNS?

ByDr. Mark November 26, 2021 0 Comments
“And He said to them, “Follow Me...” (Matthew 4:19 NASB) After I dropped off some pants to be altered at a local alteration shop, I thought about the things that students were taught In Home Economics and Tailoring classes during school days.  Then I thought about all the patterns my mother had when I was a child and even the patterns she made on her own.  While she brought most...

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...

TODAY’S FORECAST

ByDr. Mark September 7, 2021 0 Comments
“While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”  And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.”  And immediately the leprosy left him.” (Luke 512-13: NASB) Two things prompted today’s...