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CAN’T MOVE FORWARD?

ByDr. Mark September 20, 2023 0 Comments
“In accordance with the number of days that you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall suffer the punishment for your guilt a year, that is, forty years, and you will know My opposition.” (Numbers 14:34 NASB) Let’s explain the use of the text before we unravel the answer to the question, “Can’t move forward?”.  The children of Israel were on their way to a better...

A PRISM CHANGE: POVERTY TO PROVISION

ByDr. Mark September 14, 2023 0 Comments
“They arrived at the place to which God had directed him.  Abraham built an altar.  He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.  Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”  “Yes, I’m listening.”  “Don’t lay a hand on that boy!  Don’t touch him!  Now I know...

THE GREATER WRITER IN THE FAMILY

ByDr. Mark August 14, 2023 0 Comments
(Subtitle: Find The Courage to Pray) “So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.” (2 Samuel 7:27b) Good Monday morning!  This is your Monday Short meditation.  And while as of yesterday, I have composed over 1, 571, 375 words and submitted them under the brand, Mark Writes, I am not as great a composer as my late Aunt, Maude Rose Lee King, who went to her heavenly home...

CHANGE THE PAGE!

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2023 0 Comments
“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.  For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.  But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained...

PASSING IT ON!

ByDr. Mark June 20, 2023 0 Comments
“But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.  For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” (I Peter 3:15-16 NLT) For years now, I have limited the number of things that are posted on the refrigerator.  Back in the day, when the children were young, there was so many things on the fridge that you thought it was just an immoveable,...

PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAILS

ByDr. Mark May 19, 2023 0 Comments
“Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other.  None of this going off and doing your own thing.  And cultivate thankfulness.  Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house.  Give it plenty of room in your lives.  Instruct and direct one another using good common sense.  And sing, sing your hearts out to God!  Let every detail in...

WHEN THE DEVICE GETS IT WRONG

ByDr. Mark April 28, 2023 0 Comments
“Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.” (Psalm 5:19b NIV) If You use Alexa or Siri, I am sure “she” did not comply with your request at some time or the other.  It happens to me all the time.  When I asked her to play “Be Thankful for What You’ve Got,” she played that old song that said, “You may not drive a great bug car, diamond in the back, big white...

NOT TODAY!

ByDr. Mark March 31, 2023 0 Comments
There are many times, for different reasons, we just throw something on, referring to how we dress.  We don’t try to match, make no effort to coordinate, and minimize concerns about who we might run into.  We just throw something on!  Honestly, many of us picked up habits during the pandemic, and we adopted a nonchalant attitude relating to what we wear.  We just throw something on. Oh I...

“ESCUCHA TITO!”

ByDr. Mark March 23, 2023 0 Comments
“My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.  Tune your ears to wisdom and concentrate on understanding.  Cry out for insight and ask for understanding.  Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.  Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.” (Proverbs 2:1-5 NLT) My bilingual two-year old...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

ByDr. Mark February 3, 2023 0 Comments
“To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.” (Psalm 115:1 Good News Translation) Tuesday morning, after getting up and working, doing the Lord’s work, starting the day early, a little after 1:00 a.m., I laid back down around 3:45 a.m.  I was having trouble going back to sleep so I decided to pray for awhile and...