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THEREFORE, IF THE LORD FOUND IT NECESSARY…

ByDr. Mark March 8, 2024 0 Comments
 “Just as You commissioned and sent Me into the world, I also have commissioned and sent them (believers) into the world.” (John 17:18 The Amplified Bible) A couple of years ago, I went to the hospital for a surgical procedure.  I was unsure of when I would get out, so I started writing in advance and advised readers to check the Mark Writes blog site for the next few days. While I...

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...

SIGNS ON RIGHTEOUS ROAD

ByDr. Mark March 3, 2024 0 Comments
“Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!” (Psalm 118:24 NIV) On your way to worship today, make sure you obey the signs on the road: “Stop,” “No Turn on Red,” “No U-Turn,” “Road Closed,” “Speed Limit,” and “Merge.” If you see one of the electronic signs that lets you...

THE TRACTOR IN THE BARN

ByDr. Mark February 29, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV) On a large farm, located in central Indiana, there lived a man who had farmed the same acreage for over 20 years. His main piece of equipment was a very old tractor, one that lacked the power of the newer models that are available today. When...

DOMINO EFFECT OF A BAD SERVE

ByDr. Mark February 25, 2024 0 Comments
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” (Colossians 3:23-24 NASB) Years ago, I looked at a book by Charles Swindoll entitled, “How Is Your Serve?” He was talking about our Christian service, not the game involving a...

THE BOOK

ByDr. Mark February 21, 2024 0 Comments
The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord God—the Sovereign-Strong—and the Lamb are the Temple. The City doesn’t need sun or moon for light. God’s Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp! The nations will walk in its light and earth’s kings bring in their splendor. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there...

FIGHTING THE FIVE

ByDr. Mark February 17, 2024 0 Comments
“When he (the devil) speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44b KJV) This Saturday morning, stop what you are doing, just for a second or two, and really tune into what you are about to read.  It is about fighting the five senses that we have as human beings: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. You may be asking, “Why do we have to...

‘IS TOO!” “IS NOT!”

ByDr. Mark February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Two pre-adolescent boys are debating whose dad has “the best” of a variety of things: jobs, cars, careers, watches and wardrobes. There was a who lot of “Is too!” and “Is not” verbal exchanges interwoven in the debate. The verbal bout eventually focused on which dad was the best when it came to giving gifts. After sparing over this subject for a while, one of the boys changed the...

THE STRAIGHT TRUTH

ByDr. Mark February 5, 2024 0 Comments
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV) Good morning!  Here is your Monday Short meditation, hopefully. Each year at my elementary school, students were selected to cutout designs to go on the classroom windows by our art teacher. Although pupils could volunteer for this project, the...

“THE ONE”

ByDr. Mark February 4, 2024 0 Comments
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." But Jesus replied, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every...