Tag: Tough

THE APOSTLE PAUL & Y’ALL!

ByDr. Mark March 21, 2026 3 Comments
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 The Living Bible) This short meditation is about “The Apostle Paul and Y’all. “The...

BUT ME…

ByDr. Mark March 1, 2026 0 Comments
“But me, I’m not giving up. I’m sticking around to see what God will do. I’m waiting for God to make things right. I’m counting on God to listen to me.” (Micah 7:7 The Message Bible) Two little boys, one almost 5-years old, and one almost 2-years-old moved their wooden dining room chairs as close as they could the big picture window in the dining room. The vertical blinds...

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH…

ByDr. Mark December 28, 2023 0 Comments
At times, the going gets tough in this life. Perhaps you are even going through a tough time right now. My counsel, which comes from the Lord, is really quite brief this morning, just a few verses for you to reflect on, retain for future use, and thus result in you being equipped with reliable resources to fall back on when the going gets tough. Read on for all the remaining content of this...

THE WITTICISM AND THE WITNESS

ByDr. Mark January 19, 2023 0 Comments
“Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.  Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?  How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?” (Matthew 26:52-54 NASB) Joseph P. Kennedy may get...

THOSE “ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER” DAYS!

ByDr. Mark August 27, 2022 0 Comments
“One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them.  They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”  While he was still speaking, another messenger came...