Tag: Pray

QUINTESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION

ByDr. Mark October 8, 2025 2 Comments
“Pray along these lines: ‘Our Father in heaven, we honor your holy name.” (Matthew 6:9 Th Living Bible) The list of way in which human beings communicated with each other has advance from pre-historic days to the present days. Paintings on walls, smoke signal, petroglyphs, the advent of the written language, smoke signals, drumbeats, and the telegraph are evolutionary methods of...

PRAY FOR OTHERS

ByDr. Mark June 10, 2025 0 Comments
“First of all, then, I ask that requests, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving be made for all people.” (I Timothy 2:1 Common English Bible) This past Sunday, the pastor teaching the Adult Sunday School class assigned those in attendance, five questions for to answer individually during the week. One of them was, “Who in your life do you need to be praying for?” That question should be...

GOD HEARS YOU…

ByDr. Mark March 12, 2025 0 Comments
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” (Matthew 6:6-8 NIV) I shared...

PRAYING IS ON THE INCREASE

ByDr. Mark January 13, 2025 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation. I have two living with their families in the Los Angeles area. Other people I know have family and friends living in LA too. I cannot speak for them, but I would guess that they are no different than me when it comes to praying for Los Angeles in the midst of the raging fires. I think it would be safe to say that our prayer times have increased. Praying is...

PRAY FOR OUR CITIES!

ByDr. Mark August 18, 2024 0 Comments
This Sunday morning, at prayer time at your local church, please pray for the cities in this country. Then, get specific and pray for the city in which you reside. Keep it up doing the week and as conditions are worsening, crime is rising, and the unbelieving our threatening, instilling fear, and affecting everyday social manners.  Pray for our cities in your favorite, personal place that...

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME BIG…

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2024 0 Comments
“First of all, I ask that you pray for all people. Ask God to bless them and give them what they need. And give thanks.” Timothy 2:1 English Standard Version) I’ll complete the sentence in the title above in a minute, but first the backstory. First, I have a T-Shirt that I got as a Christmas present when working at my last secular world job a few years ago. There is a picture of Santa...

PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN

ByDr. Mark March 7, 2024 0 Comments
“Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.” (Psalm 127:3 Contemporary English Version) As a child, brought up in the church, I never considered myself as one who was standing in the need of prayer. I viewed others, such as delinquent children, destructive bullish kids, distinctly poorer than even me…peers, and deviant youth as the children who needed prayer.  As an adult my...

THE GREATER WRITER IN THE FAMILY

ByDr. Mark August 14, 2023 0 Comments
(Subtitle: Find The Courage to Pray) “So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.” (2 Samuel 7:27b) Good Monday morning!  This is your Monday Short meditation.  And while as of yesterday, I have composed over 1, 571, 375 words and submitted them under the brand, Mark Writes, I am not as great a composer as my late Aunt, Maude Rose Lee King, who went to her heavenly home...

YOU BETTER GET BACK UP THERE, RIGHT NOW!

ByDr. Mark October 7, 2022 0 Comments
“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.  So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” (Hebrews 4:15-16) A young boy anxious to get outside and play with his friends on a beautiful, autumn, Saturday morning,...

“YOU HAVE TO BEND YOUR KNEES”

ByDr. Mark May 1, 2022 0 Comments
“When life brings you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray.” — (Quote by Taya Kyle) A man shows up at a distribution center to pick up a package that was not delivered at his doorstep. due to the fact no one was home when the delivery driver stopped.  A signature, plus and ID was required for the package.  Entering the door to the distribution center, where he...