Tag: Sunday

FILL YOUR CUP WITH WISDOM

ByDr. Mark March 22, 2026 5 Comments
“You are so filled with ideas that nothing more will fit. Empty your cup and come back to me so I can fill it with wisdom” (Paraphrase of an oriental saying) I was watching the movie 2012 one morning. There was one scene in the movie where a man living in the Eastern part of the world came to one of his respected masters. He asked the master about the possibility of the world coming to an...

HOW DID HE KNOW?

ByDr. Mark January 25, 2026 2 Comments
“Your Father knows what you need even before you ask.” (Matthew 6:8 Contemporary English Version It’s a cold and snowy day in a large portion of the continental United States. Of course, it is not just a snowy day, but it’s Sunday, the Lord’s Day. It’s the day where the saints of God assemble together. The problem on this particular Sunday is the frigid, sub-zero weather, accompanied...

WHERE ‘R’ YOU GOING THIS MORNING?

ByDr. Mark October 5, 2025 2 Comments
I posted this a little after midnight, as soon as Saturday’s shift was over and it was Sunday’ turn to do a 24-hour shift. It’s Sunday and know that Sunday is not just another day, one of the seven days in the week. There is something very special about Sunday. It is the Lord’s Day. So, it is only proper that I pose the question to you, “Where ‘R’ you going this morning?” ‘R”...

SUNDAY CHOICE

ByDr. Mark August 3, 2025 0 Comments
“…then choose today…” (Joshua 24:15 NLT Version) You have a choice to make today. Do you agree? Well, then choose today. Communicated in a concise statement, let me say, “I hope you choose to go and worship the Lord at church today, you and all who live under your roof.” This is your “Sunday Choice.” I have made mine! You see everyone living or visiting at my house today will be...

PUT PRAISE AT THE TOP OF YOUR AGENDA TODAY!

ByDr. Mark July 27, 2025 0 Comments
“Praise the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, praise Him with timbrel and dancing, praise Him with the strings and pipe, praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let...

PERFORM YOUR ROLE

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2025 2 Comments
A couple of decades ago, a Christian high school basketball team out of a town located about an hour northeast of Indianapolis, traveled to Erie, Pennsylvania to play in the Christian High School National Invitational. This team was packed with seniors who were future college players. One even went on to play professional ball for years. They captured the national championship that year, led by...

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OR CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR?

ByDr. Mark April 13, 2025 0 Comments
 “On the next day, when the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, indeed, the King of Israel!’” (John 12:12-13 New American Standard Bible) Teaching high school Psychology back in the...

THE DAY AFTER

ByDr. Mark April 7, 2025 3 Comments
“As Ezra read from the scroll, Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites went among the peopleand explained the meaning of the passage that was being read. All the people began sobbing when they heard the commands of the law. Then Ezra the priest, and I as governor, and the Levites who were assisting me said...

PERSISTENT INVITATION OR PERSONAL INTENTION?

ByDr. Mark April 6, 2025 0 Comments
“I want to be a follower of Christ. I want to be one of his disciples. I want to live in the newness of life. Just let me be a follower of Christ.” (Published in 2012 by J.W. Harris) The lyrics above are sung Sunday after Sunday in churches around the country, usually at the time adjacent to when the preacher is presenting an invitation to discipleship. When you sing it, do you take it as a...

SUNDAY CALISTHENICS

ByDr. Mark January 28, 2024 0 Comments
“The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.” (Psalm 118:24 NIV) It’s Sunday morning! Many of you work out to some degree when you get up in the morning. You jog!  You get on the treadmill or some more modern, emotionalized strengthening equipment! You do sit-ups and even use weights or stretch bands. Some of you even have an at home gym.  Others go to the gym...