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THE WAIT & THE WHEREVER

ByDr. Mark March 7, 2025 0 Comments
“Let your conversation be gracious as well as sensible…” (Colossians 4:6a The Living Bible) The happening that I’m about to tell you took place in one of those “malls” that was once a large store, but now the property owner rents out booths to small merchandisers. A father is with his son who had to be between 3-4-years old. A lady at the meat counter seemed set on buying a little of...

THE RUN

ByDr. Mark February 28, 2025 0 Comments
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses , stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us…” (Hebrews 12:1 The Amplified Bible) Do you remember the movie, Forrest Gump? There is a segment in this film where the character, played by...

ADJUSTING TO THE TIMES

ByDr. Mark February 20, 2025 0 Comments
“You, therefore, will be perfect  , as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 The Amplified Bible) When it comes to fashion, forwarding your life to be a famous music artist, facing the inevitable physical changes that come with aging, or forging through, successfully, the fast-changing world of technology, in all those instances, adjusting to the times is understandable. However,...

STOP WAITING FOR IT!

ByDr. Mark February 15, 2025 0 Comments
“The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” But his mother told...

QUESTIONING THE “UNDISPUTED”

ByDr. Mark February 12, 2025 0 Comments
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8 New King James Version) I was trying to do a little, quick research to find the title of the book with the most chapters that has been written to date. The first thing that came up was “The Blah Story” by Nigel Tomm, published in 2007. The internet insert insisted that this book, a work that...

DON’T MISS THE MARCH! MARCH ON!

ByDr. Mark February 9, 2025 0 Comments
The admonition to accompany the above title is not from this author, not even from this present age. This admonishment comes from a composer who wrote the words below in 1865, S. Baring-Gould. He composed the song we know as “Onward Christian Soldiers.” It’s an old hymn, often forgotten in present times, but its content is a forever applicable, especially in these times where we need to be...

IN BETWEEN THE “WAIT” AND “THE RENEWAL,” “THE MOUNTING UP,” AND “THE RUNNING”

ByDr. Mark February 2, 2025 0 Comments
“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 NKJV) What should you do while you are waiting for the described changes in the divine word of God, found in the opening verse? Yes, you may be waiting for a situation to get better, waiting for the Lord to...

JUST ASK SOMEBODY!

ByDr. Mark January 6, 2025 0 Comments
“Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no...

NEW

ByDr. Mark January 3, 2025 0 Comments
At this time of the year, there is a lot of “new.” But most of the “new” soon, quickly, rapidly becomes “old.” There are new clothes that soon become old and worn, perhaps even after the first wash or dry cleaning. There are new cars that become old used cars as soon as they are driven off the dealer’s lot. There are newborn babies that quickly go from being seen as new joy to both...

NOT A RESOLUTION BUT A RESOLVE TO…

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2025 0 Comments
“The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding...