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AT THE END OF THE DAY’S GAME…

ByDr. Mark October 7, 2023 0 Comments
“Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.  Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart.  Earn a reputation for living well in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people.” (Proverbs 3:3-4 The Message Bible) At some time in the past, I have shared stories about the two years I served as the Trainer for the basketball and football teams at a local high school, over fifty...

PRAYING FOR THE CITY

ByDr. Mark October 5, 2023 0 Comments
“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city… Pray to the Lord for it…” (Jeremiah 29:7 NIV) There is no original story to share this morning, no overlooked flashback memories from gone by years, no overflowing message filled with a new flavor of spiritual inspiration, and no testimony about the omnipresence, omnipotence, or omniscience of God.  However, I still want to make you...

THE UNCHANGING FOUNDATION

ByDr. Mark October 3, 2023 0 Comments
“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24-25 The Amplified Bible) I drove by the major university located just northwest of downtown...

HOW TO GET THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

ByDr. Mark September 29, 2023 0 Comments
“God spoke all these words: I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.  No other gods, only me.  No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim.  Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins...

THE ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

ByDr. Mark September 25, 2023 0 Comments
“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.  The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:15-17) This is the answer I promised you yesterday.  It is...

THE SIMPLE LIFE

ByDr. Mark September 24, 2023 0 Comments
(This Sunday morning meditation is an excerpt from, Specific Messages for Specific Times, by yours truly, copyrighted in 2006.  It is still relevant today.) Life seems complicated, confusing, and complex, and full of treacherous twist, trying times, and testing turns.  What happened to the simple life?  There is not enough time, too much to do, too much to deal with, and too many...

IN THE WAITING ROOM

ByDr. Mark September 12, 2023 0 Comments
“Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.” (Isaiah 40:31 NASB) Once upon a time, decades ago, there stood a little white building on the corner of a one-way street.  This edifice was a block west of the famous Indiana Avenue, and a block northeast of a building...

THE OPEN RULE

ByDr. Mark September 6, 2023 0 Comments
“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray.  Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.  Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down.  It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.” (Philippians 4:6-7 The Message Bible)...

INSPIRATION FROM HIGHLIGHTS OF A YEAR GONE BY

ByDr. Mark August 28, 2023 0 Comments
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (John 3:16 English Standard) As many of you know from Saturday’s meditation, I attended my aunt’s birthday in Louisville last Wednesday.   Outside of the banquet hall where a great number of people gathered to honor her achievements, there was a table on which there was a mounted,...

CHANGING THE FABRIC OF OUR CULTURE

ByDr. Mark August 26, 2023 0 Comments
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.” (Matthew 5:13 NASB) I traveled out of town Wednesday night to honor an aunt who celebrated here 92nd birthday.  She deserved to be honored for she has been and continues to be a pacesetter for...