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THE CONFESSION

ByDr. Mark May 6, 2024 0 Comments
“But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.” (I John 1:9 NLT) This is your Monday Short meditation. Saturday, at our church’s Leadership Council Meeting, Pastor M.R. King, the incumbent that will step in my shoes completely in September of 2025, headed the monthly meeting. When we were talking about facility...

SO, YOU KEEP WEARING THE SAME DIRT?

ByDr. Mark April 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10 NKJV) Working in his assigned group as part of an Applied Leadership class at a local university, an international student from a well-known European country diverted from the discussion on the groups assigned work. I don’t know what prompted him, but he commented, “You people in this country use...

READ ON!

ByDr. Mark April 24, 2024 0 Comments
A man was traveling on a four-hour flight from a major city. People were watching movies, eating snacks, taking naps, and engaging in friendly conversations with new acquaintances. The person sitting next to the man I just mentioned was a business traveler who read a fictional book, page after page after page, until the flight attendant told everyone to put things away, put up their trays, and...

GOD WILL LET YOU KNOW!

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2024 0 Comments
If you miss an opportunity to refer to God when someone opens the door for you to be a witness, God will let you know about it. How? The Holy Spirit will communicate with you, not to dismiss you, but to develop you, and direct you in a better way! All you need to do is respond accordingly and get it right the next time.  You know, we all should be thankful for God’s compassionate help to...

WHOA THERE!

ByDr. Mark March 29, 2024 0 Comments
There is a lot of buzz about the solar eclipse which will take place on April 8, 2024. But hold up! Whoa there! Yes, those in the direct path of the eclipse will see the sky change to a silvery, purply blue color, but it will not be 100% dark. But listen! Today you ought to stop your focusing on making sure your refrigerator is full, your car gas tank is filled, and all the additional things you...

COWBOYS TO GIRLS, CARS TO THE TRAIN

ByDr. Mark March 28, 2024 0 Comments
Hopefully, the title enticed you to read further to explore just why I chose that heading for today’s meditation. Every Monday, I get an email with a question to answer about my life in years past. My assignment is to author a small story that will be one of fifty-two narratives to be included in a small book. This week I was asked “Did I have a car in high school or college?” My response?...

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT!

ByDr. Mark March 21, 2024 0 Comments
“Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got! Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall...

EXPERIENCE A MOMENT

ByDr. Mark March 17, 2024 0 Comments
“You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever.” (Psalm 16:11 Good News Translation) Today, I want to encourage you to take advantage of an opportunity to experience a moment, a moment in the duo sense of the word. To be clear, know that a moment can be “a short period of time (Cambridge Dictionary).” Also, a moment as...

THE FIND

ByDr. Mark March 16, 2024 0 Comments
“The next day He decided to go to Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.”Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from...

CHATTER OR WHAT REALLY MATTERS?

ByDr. Mark March 12, 2024 0 Comments
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.”...