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WE WERE NOT TOLD TO STRIVE FOR PRETTY GOOD!

ByDr. Mark July 6, 2024 0 Comments
The Osgood File (Copyrighted in 1986) published a list of poetic expressions, almost proverbial in form, and the writer used the term “pretty good” as the central thought. Among the phrases presented was the following, “When doing arithmetic problems, pretty good was regarded as fine. Five plus five needn’t always add up to 10. A pretty good answer was nine.” If one subscribed to this...

WHEN THE STAR IS NOT IN THE GAME

ByDr. Mark May 31, 2024 0 Comments
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” (Revelation 22:16 NKJV) Whether it is in regard to sports or spiritual matters, it makes a great difference when the star is not in the game. In regard to the former, I am speaking of athletic games. In regard to the latter, I am referring to...

ALL ABOUT YOU

ByDr. Mark May 21, 2024 0 Comments
“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.” And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.” Then...

GOD IS NOT DONE WITH YOU

ByDr. Mark April 11, 2024 0 Comments
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will also help you, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 NASB) It was halftime at a community league basketball game. The home team was behind by fourteen points, largely because they were not running the plays they had practiced and never seized the momentum. The...

TOO OLD! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

ByDr. Mark March 14, 2024 0 Comments
A little girl who loves the Lord, and loves her Pastor too, told her grandmother, in so many words, “Pastor King is too old to be cool.” This followed a discussion comparing Pastor M.R. King, my son, with me, Pastor M.L. King. She made a preliminary comment; an opening statement, much like a lawyer, and perhaps it would stand up in court. Perhaps! Well, if my Counselor were to make an...

NOT ODD! JUST GOD!

ByDr. Mark March 5, 2024 0 Comments
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,    nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law, he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2 ESV) I know!  Yes, I used the passage above just a couple of days ago. But repetition has it value when it comes to remembering what the...

SHAKING OFF THAT NOT AWAKE FEELING

ByDr. Mark September 13, 2022 0 Comments
“Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”  “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”  Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!  This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look!  I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!  I will...

SIZE DOES NOT MATTER

ByDr. Mark July 24, 2022 0 Comments
“Write this to Smyrna, to the Angel of the church.  The Beginning and Ending, the First and Final One, the Once Dead and Then Come Alive, speaks: “I can see your pain and poverty—constant pain, dire poverty—but I also see your wealth.  And I hear the lie in the claims of those who pretend to be good Jews, who in fact belong to Satan’s crowd.  “Fear nothing in the things you’re...

NOT EXEMPT

ByDr. Mark May 16, 2022 0 Comments
“Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” (Job 2:10b) This is your “Monday Short” meditation, brief but beneficial.  Benefit from the words of Job and the words of the Apostle Paul this week if you are faced with trials, tests, or temptations; calamity or circumstances that bring about conscious loss, or changes that can be classified as unexpected disaster...

“NOT PLAYING THE MARTYR”

ByDr. Mark May 9, 2022 0 Comments
“He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word.  He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7 NLT) Aren’t you blessed?  The answer is “Yes, in many ways!”  Add this to your endless recognition of your blessings.  Yesterday’s meditation was short, and it was not even...