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WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

ByDr. Mark June 21, 2024 2 Comments
“Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.” (John 12:42-43 English Standard Version) According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “The phrase, when push comes to shove means when the...

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.”...

OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO OUR PRAYING

ByDr. Mark February 27, 2024 0 Comments
“On another Sabbath he was in the synagogue teaching, and a man was present whose right hand was deformed. The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched closely to see whether he would heal the man that day, since it was the Sabbath. For they were eager to find some charge to bring against him. How well he knew their thoughts! But he said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and...

BETTER CALL…

ByDr. Mark January 24, 2024 0 Comments
“Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you...” (Psalm 50:15a NLT)” When I start on a home project or should I say when I struggle to assemble or disassemble anything, small or big, I hear the boisterous voices of various members of my family: “Better call Raphael!” “Raphael could fix it. He is good at figuring out things.” I continue on my own, self-...

LOOK HOW THEY GOT THERE

ByDr. Mark January 23, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 NASB) Over the years I have witnessed individuals working endlessly, striving to be better, laboring daily in some area or the other. Surprisingly, shockingly, and with the surpassing o time, they reached “better.” Here are a few examples. There was the overweight woman who tread miles of speed walking...

GOING TO

ByDr. Mark December 26, 2023 0 Comments
“Now is the time to relocate from burdens to “better,” from hopeless to hope, from our entrapments to the freedom that is ahead, from where we reside in our mindset now, to a place where relief, hope, joy, and victory resonate loudly.” (Mark L. King Quote) Since we did not have a Monday Short meditation yesterday, I will try to be brief today.  I may not say it all, but when all is...

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER VERSES?

ByDr. Mark December 24, 2023 0 Comments
“O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful...

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

ByDr. Mark October 4, 2023 0 Comments
“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens!  I see that in every way you are very religious.  For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god.  So, you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.  The God who made the...

THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO START OUR WEEK

ByDr. Mark October 2, 2023 0 Comments
“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.” (Proverbs 10:7 CEV) Are you ready for this Monday Short meditation?  It should take you less than 60 seconds to read, but your reaction to it should take the entire week, and the results should still be evident throughout your lifetime.  As I was doing dishes one day last week, I found myself,...

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...