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NO GREATER JOY

ByDr. Mark August 26, 2026 4 Comments
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”(3 John 1:4 ESV) I talked my two oldest sons into playing with me in a regional three-on-three basketball game back in 1997.  I’ll spare you the math.  I was 48 years old.  While I’m the one who taught them how to play and still thought I had earned the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) distinction for our...

LOOKING & LISTENING

ByDr. Mark July 5, 2025 2 Comments
“Heaven is my home. I’m just traveling through this world.” (Billy Graham Quote) It does not matter how old our children may be when they go out, whether it be for education, entertainment, or just escapement from that feeling of being bored at home. In any case, we find ourselves looking and listening for signs that they have come safely home. This looking and listening does not stop when...

THE EXCUSE THAT IS ONLY IN OUR MINDS

ByDr. Mark August 22, 2024 0 Comments
Every once and a while, I forgo relating one of my real-life stories, and instead I give you something to read and reflect on from the word of God, and hopefully you respond to in the activity you deem necessary and appropriate. You will find today’s read in the closing verses. However, I must say that one conclusion you arrive at after reading the scriptures provided is that there is “The...

THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD

ByDr. Mark August 8, 2023 0 Comments
THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD “While we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man someone might even dare to die.  But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for...

THE BLACK CUP

ByDr. Mark April 21, 2023 0 Comments
“Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.  Let us then come with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time...

IN REGARD TO OUR FAILURES

ByDr. Mark February 20, 2023 0 Comments
“For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sin.  Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need .” (Hebrews 4:15-16 The Amplified Bible) I love...

THERE IS ALWAYS THE RELIABLE “GO-TO”

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2022 0 Comments
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me; my God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.” (Psalm 18:2 The Amplified Bible) In sports, athletes have their “go-to” moves.  Basketball, hockey players, have their “go to moves,” also known as signature moves.  When there wasn’t...

“WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?”

ByDr. Mark May 10, 2022 0 Comments
“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.” (Proverbs 4:23 Good News Translation) In an article published in “Success Consciousness,” Remez Sasson poses the question, “How many thoughts does your mind think in one hour?”  He goes on to answer his own question by citing, “Experts estimate that the mind thinks between 60,000 – 80,000 thoughts a day....

“UNLIMITED”

ByDr. Mark April 25, 2022 0 Comments
“Do you have any idea how powerful God is?  Have you ever heard of a teacher like him?  Has anyone ever had to tell him what to do, or correct him, saying, ‘You did that all wrong!’?  Remember, then, to praise his workmanship, which is so often celebrated in song.  Everybody sees it; nobody is too far away to see it.  He is—infinite, greater than anything you could ever imagine or...

INSPIRED BY THE BOOK THAT I NEVER OPENED

ByDr. Mark November 8, 2021 0 Comments
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1 NIV) The meditations that I have sent you over the years could be categorized or arranged by subject.  There would be the meditations inspired by interactions at the grocery store, meditations about experiences at the drive-thru, meditations about personal life encounters, meditations recalling childhood memories,...