Tag: Prayers

I GOT JUST WHAT I WANTED!

ByDr. Mark April 23, 2025 3 Comments
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7 NASB) I prayed for the Lord to give me something specific to write specifically to you at this specific time. God is a prayer hearing and a prayer answering God. This is how He answered me in a sequence of things. Several months ago, I had found an old cassette tape on which my...

OH, BUT YES, HE DID!

ByDr. Mark October 20, 2024 0 Comments
“Because of the extraordinary greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in...

GO TO THE OFFICE!

ByDr. Mark October 9, 2024 0 Comments
It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.” (Isaiah 65:24 NASB) You were probably one of the “good” kids who never heard those four fearful words directed to you, “Go to the office!” I can’t say the same for me. There are probably still footprints that the school maintenance staff cannot remove, footprints left by my...

WHAT’S MISSING?

ByDr. Mark August 20, 2024 0 Comments
When I was hired at a local TV station to be the “Film Librarian,” I was trained by the person who had been promoted to the print shop. While learning how to ship movies and films to other stations in the country, either by air or rail, we took the time to get to know each other. I was 17 years old, and he was 27. Disregarding the age difference, to keep our dialogue going I asked this...

THE BLANKET PRAYERS

ByDr. Mark October 27, 2023 0 Comments
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good…” (Psalm 136:1a King James Version) As I sat stranded on a country road, west of the airport in Indianapolis, my marooned-like situation caused me to focus on thanking God for specific things, small or big things by which He blessed me.  Here is what happened.  I ended up on this isolated road because I took a way that I thought would...

LET’S GET VERY PERSONAL

ByDr. Mark February 26, 2023 0 Comments
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health , just as your soul prospers .” (3 John 3:2 The Amplified Bible) Approximately 1,933 years ago, John, the elder, the author of I John, 2 John, and 3 John got personal and wrote a personal letter to Gaius who had acted faithfully in showing hospitality to traveling ministers of the gospel.  Today, early...