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AGE DOES NOT MATTER

ByDr. Mark January 24, 2026 2 Comments
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.’I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’So Abram went, as...

SAY, “IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ME!”

ByDr. Mark August 28, 2025 2 Comments
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” (Philippians 2:4 King James Version) As commanded, the smart device in the kitchen played, “When We All Get to Heaven.” The first rendition was very slow and a little bit, well, country. So, I commanded the device to play the same song by a well-known gospel mass choir. Their version was a little bit...

IT DOES NOT TAKE ALL THAT!

ByDr. Mark August 7, 2025 0 Comments
I’m not writing about the diligence and dedication or the commitment and the concerted effort to break a bad habit when I say, “It does not take all that!” I am referring to good habits! One little interference, interruption, or insistence of one type or the other can cause you to skip doing what you are supposed to do every day. Case in point: I got up Monday morning at 1:30 a.m. I stayed...

IT IS NOT SO WITH GOD

ByDr. Mark May 1, 2025 0 Comments
According to sources, Abraham Lincoln is credited with a well-known saying regarding deception. In 1858 during a political debate, Mr. Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” The saying is well said, but the truth in what Lincoln said about deception cannot be applied to the Almighty...

YOU ARE NOT TOO OLD!

ByDr. Mark April 25, 2025 0 Comments
“Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. So, refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 NLT) You may think you are too old for Sunday School or...

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! (Part II)

ByDr. Mark December 11, 2024 0 Comments
“Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them. "And he was afraid and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and...

THE BEST THINGS ABOUT WAKING UP

ByDr. Mark November 5, 2024 0 Comments
“God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).He’s all I’ve got left.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 The Message Bible) As a coffee drinker, I no longer frown at the commercial that points to coffee as “the best thing about waking...

CLARIFICATION: IT’S NOT TOO EARLY!

ByDr. Mark October 15, 2024 0 Comments
“Then the Lord God said to the serpent, because you have done this, cursed are you more than all the livestock, and more than any animal of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life; and I will make enemies of you and the woman, and of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the...

NOT MADE FOR DEFEAT

ByDr. Mark September 19, 2024 0 Comments
Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Man is not made for defeat.” Now don’t jump to the wrong conclusion! I have never read “The Old Man and the Sea,” but I did pause on a channel showing an old classic film based on Hemingway’s work. That’s where I heard the quote. Let me take the liberty to modify the quote to fit you and me, fellow believers. In the Lord Jesus Christ, as new creatures, we...