Tag: Up

A MORNING WAKE UP CALL!

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My Chosen One in whom My soul delights.I have put My Spirit upon Him; He bring forth justice to the nations. He will not call out or shout aloud, nor make His voice heard in the street. A broken reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish ; He will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not be disheartened or crushed ; He...

UP MOMENTS

ByDr. Mark June 18, 2024 0 Comments
“Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John the brother of James and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And His appearance changed dramatically in their presence; and His face shone like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus. Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, “Lord, it...

WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP…

ByDr. Mark April 5, 2024 0 Comments
“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.” (Matthew 9:35 KJV) As you can ascertain from the opening verse, when Jesus shows up, good things happened! When Jesus shows up, being God’s only begotten Son, the best showed up. When Jesus showed up in the...

WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD TWICE!

ByDr. Mark July 30, 2023 0 Comments
“Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!” (Matthew 11:15 NLT) Have you ever had one person tell you something, and then shortly afterwards somebody else told you the same thing?  Have you ever heard a sermon preached, but you weren’t convinced until another preacher said the same thing?  In an everyday situation, did someone ever give you constructive criticism about an...

CHEER UP!

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2023 0 Comments
“A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” (Luke 24:1-9 NASB) As you read this Monday Short meditation, even though we are face the residue of the pandemic, the really disheartening increase of violence in the local community, the repulsive fighting on the political scene, as well, as a variety of other realities and real challenges that try to...

BE YE LIFTED UP!

ByDr. Mark February 4, 2023 0 Comments
“…my cup brims with blessing.” (Psalm 23:5b The Message Bible) There is a song that the outstanding choir occasionally sings at our church, but it is one of those songs that you could listen to often and feel the exact same way as you did the first time you heard it, overwhelmed with joy, and lifted up.  The song is entitled, “I Wanna Say Thank You.”  While the composer of the...

THE COVER UP VS. THE FIX UP

ByDr. Mark April 12, 2022 0 Comments
“Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, “I’m pregnant.”  Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.”  So, Joab sent him to David.  When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.  Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.”  David even sent a gift...

SPEAK UP!

ByDr. Mark November 24, 2020 0 Comments
“Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?  If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit here, we will also die.  Now then come, and let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans.  If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, then we...