Tag: Time

THE BLACK SQUARE OBJECT

ByDr. Mark February 25, 2026 2 Comments
“These are evil times, so make every minute count.” (Ephesians 5:16 CEV) The black square object in your house comes in many sizes, ranging from small to very large. The age of the black square object, or in some cases the age of the “objects,” ranges from several years to nearly brand new.  The older ones have signs of wear because of how often it has been used.  The newer...

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME

ByDr. Mark December 20, 2025 2 Comments
“Make the most of your time or time will make the most of you.” Two students, one young adult female and one young adult male, recently came home from school during their college break. The mother met them when they arrived with what seemed like a semester full of saved up dirty clothes. Initially she was wondered, silently, “Why in the world would they bring home all these dirty clothes?...

TIME FOR A RIDDLE

ByDr. Mark October 15, 2025 2 Comments
“These are evil times, so make every minute count.” (Ephesians 5:16 Contemporary English Version) The Riddle: It’s not that we don’t have “it”. What is “it?” The Answer: Time. The Explanation: It’s not that we don’t have it. We just don’t use it. The Execution: Use your time wisely today, every moment. Have a good day!  Short one, right! Be blessed! “What may be done...

HOW TO HAVE A BETTER DAY!

ByDr. Mark July 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” (William Penn 1644 -1718) I looked at various sources to see how we use the time that we are blessed with daily. If a person works, the average time spent is 8 hours. A person spends nearly 4 hours a day watching TV. The average time spent on social media is approximately 2.5 hours. Time spent eating, not including cooking and clean-up...

TIME MANAGEMENT IN THE WEEK AHEAD!

ByDr. Mark July 13, 2025 0 Comments
“Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices of time, fill them up with holy service.”  (Charles Spurgeon) I just know that you are managing your time well this Sunday morning. Look at you! You deserve a Exceeds Expectation rating for being up and ready to leave early and to show up before the start of service....

HELP TO GET THROUGH THE DUALITIES OF LIFE

ByDr. Mark July 10, 2025 2 Comments
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” (Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities) Life in our times or in fact any era is characterized the presence of dualities: light and darkness, ups and downs, plentifulness and emptiness, sadness and happiness, grief and great elation, youthful days and elderly days, painful times and pleasurable times, times where tension in our societies is...

IT’S TIME TO TAKE A KNEE…AGAIN!

ByDr. Mark June 21, 2025 3 Comments
“The vice-regents and governors conspired together and then went to the king and said, “King Darius, live forever! We’ve convened your vice-regents, governors, and all your leading officials, and have agreed that the king should issue the following decree: For the next thirty days no one is to pray to any god or mortal except you, O king. Anyone who disobeys will be thrown into the...

YOU’S ONE OF HIS PEOPLE AREN’T YOU?

ByDr. Mark February 27, 2025 0 Comments
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray…”  Forgive the English in my title, but don’t’ form a resistant attitude to what I have to ask of you. Criticize me from a textual versus contextual perspective if you so desire, but don’t circumvent the critical question, that is if you are one of God’s people.  In a time where the exodus of men from...

THERE IS STILL TIME…!

ByDr. Mark November 29, 2024 0 Comments
Have you ever thought, in regard to doing something great, that it’s too late? Well, if you have, the answer is “No! It’s not too late!” That answer was revealed to me from two sources. First, while I was considering what I would do in the upcoming years, I picked up a little white book to place on a display stand in one of the downstairs rooms, a little book around four inches by five...

WISE COUNSEL FOR THIS WEEKEND!

ByDr. Mark November 8, 2024 0 Comments
It’s Friday, the beginning of the weekend. So, below you will find some wise counsel, straight from the Apostle Paul to the saints at Galatia and to you and me as well. If I had to describe the translation that I have chosen to pass Paul’s wise counsel to you, I would say that it is pretty straightforward or self-explanatory. Therefore, I don’t need to explain it, expound on it, or engage...