Tag: Making

MAKE ROOM!

ByDr. Mark June 11, 2026 2 Comments
“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the...

A SAYING AND A SHOWING

ByDr. Mark March 25, 2026 2 Comments
“If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn” (Extract from Mrs. Dymond, a novel by Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, 1885) There are many variations of the saying above. Most of us have heard the saying expressed this way, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a...

IT WAS HIS DECISION!

ByDr. Mark November 29, 2025 0 Comments
A young man, right after his high school team had won a state championship, and his track team finished second at the state finals, just a few point from the title, he was recruited to an out-of-state college to play football and run track. He accepted the scholarship, even though he was somewhat reluctant about playing on the football team. He was a wide receiver and the head coach’s offense...

THE ANSWER TO OUR EXCUSES

ByDr. Mark June 3, 2025 2 Comments
The excerpt from Exodus found below is long. Therefore, I will make my admonition brief. Many of us come up with excuses, and we do it expeditiously when it comes to executing that which the Lord wants us to do. Think about it! Before you read the passage, remember, like Moses: (1) You have been picked by the Lord. (2) God has a purpose for you. (3) God has given you promised. (4) God can use...

MAKING UP

ByDr. Mark April 21, 2025 0 Comments
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9 NASB) This is your Monday Short meditation. I’ve heard it said and sung, “Making up is hard to do.” Granted, making up for lost time is very hard to do, especially when the time span behind you, filled with misdeeds, mistakes, mischief, and...

WHAT HAPPENED WAS…

ByDr. Mark April 10, 2025 0 Comments
See if what I am about to tell you is not true, at least most of the time, when you ask someone, “What happened?”  Instead of an explanation you get some excuse making, and words of justification for what took place. It starts with these words, “What happened was…”  When you hear it, get ready for the excuse that follows, that is, most of the time. This effort to exonerate...

DECISION TIME

ByDr. Mark November 20, 2024 0 Comments
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve…” (Joshua 24:15a King James Version) No! This is not a pre-election meditation that I forget to publish. It is not that kind of “Decision Time” to which I am referring in the title above. In general, my intention is not to cause you to live cautiously, but rather consciously; cognizant of the fact...

THE BOUNCY FOOD

ByDr. Mark October 12, 2024 0 Comments
Lee’s mother stuck her head out the backdoor and said, “Dinner time. Go wash your hands and come to the kitchen.” The kitchen, adorned with linoleum floor, barely room for a table and an old gas stove, equipped with a refrigerator that today’s young people would consider a collector’s item or vintage, was filled with the appealing smell of what Lee thought would be a delicious meal....

IMPRESSED

ByDr. Mark June 13, 2024 0 Comments
“Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written: “He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor,His righteousness endures forever.” (2...

MAKING IT PLAIN!

ByDr. Mark April 29, 2024 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short Meditation! I just chose some verses from the Common English Bible to encourage you today! I want to get you going with some positive vibes! Before you even read the verses thought, go ahead and rejoice in God’s grace! Thank God for the character He is continually developing in you!  Shake your head in recognition of the fact that because of your dependence on...