Tag: Versus

ALONE BUT NOT LONELY

ByDr. Mark May 2, 2026 3 Comments
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me! Guard my life and rescue me;  do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.May integrity and uprightness protect me,...

REALITY VERSUS DUALITY

ByDr. Mark October 26, 2025 0 Comments
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” (Matthew 6:24a Amplified Bible) Digest this thought my friend. Duality is not a reality for you. Other things can master you, such as a desire for popularity, worldly trends, money and more money, a special person, hobbies, the sport season that gets...

MOTIVE OR MOTIF?

ByDr. Mark October 9, 2025 2 Comments
Listen, my friends! When you are teaching, singing, preaching, praying, counseling, or even performing behind the scenes critical and necessary duties in the church, make sure your motive is right! Definitely use your gifts, abilities, and capabilities that the Lord blessed you with, but make sure your motive is to point others to heaven and not to yourself. Make sure you are not operating under...

POSSIBLE VERSUS IMPOSSIBLE

ByDr. Mark June 24, 2025 4 Comments
 “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NASB) While sitting in a metal chair, waiting for a takeout order at a restaurant that I had never stopped at before, I  looked at all the décor on the wall. There were pictures of customers, product promotional posters, and a plethora of philosophical signs. One of the many signs said, “The difference between...

PREACHER VERSUS THE PESSIMIST I

ByDr. Mark April 25, 2024 0 Comments
“So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. And all the believers were together...