Tag: When

CANCELING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COGNITIVE ONLY

ByDr. Mark September 22, 2024 0 Comments
(Alternate Title: Stop Seeing Just The Staff!) “Moses objected, “They won’t trust me. They won’t listen to a word I say. They’re going to say, ‘God? Appear to him? Hardly!’” So God said, “What’s that in your hand?” “A staff.” “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it. It became a snake; Moses jumped back—fast!God said to Moses, “Reach out and grab it by the...

WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP…

ByDr. Mark September 2, 2024 0 Comments
“I will praise you to all my brothers; I will stand up before the congregation and testify of the wonderful things you have done. “Praise the Lord, each one of you who fears him,” I will say. “Each of you must fear and reverence his name...” (Psalm 22:22-23 The Living Bible) If you have an old bible that you brought at a garage sale, picked up at a Goodwill Store, or you have a...

WHEN GOD IS IN IT

ByDr. Mark August 3, 2024 0 Comments
“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” (Mark 10:27 English Standard Version) I don’t need to embark on a research project, and I don’t feel a need to justify what I am about to say with a plethora of persuasive statistical proof. Biblical evidence is good enough for me to encourage you, regardless of the...

NOW I SEE! THE WORST WAS ACTUALLY THE BEST!

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2024 0 Comments
“… but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. (Genesis 50:b) NASB 1995 Version) It’s been 13 years since I headed up the Human Resources Department at a major corporation’s mid-west distribution center. Reluctantly, I had to retire because of an inner ear condition. For years I was haunted by that decision and thought that...

WHEN YOU RISE THIS MORNING…

ByDr. Mark May 8, 2024 0 Comments
“I lay down and slept ; I awakened, for the Lord sustains me. I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands who have set themselves against me all around.” (Psalm 3:5-6 The Amplified Bible) I love watching videos of the Mississippi Mass Choir Singing, “When I Rose This Morning.” Do you remember some of the lyrics? Well, just in case you don’t, let me share some of them...

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 MUCH IS AGAINST YOU…

ByDr. Mark March 24, 2024 0 Comments
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A...

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...

WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE YOURSELF

ByDr. Mark October 25, 2023 0 Comments
“They arrived on the other side of the sea in the country of the Gerasenes.  As Jesus got out of the boat, a madman from the cemetery came up to him.  He lived there among the tombs and graves.  No one could restrain him—he couldn’t be chained, couldn’t be tied down.  He had been tied up many times with chains and ropes, but he broke the chains, snapped the ropes.  No one was strong...

COMING OUT OF YOUR CAVE

ByDr. Mark August 9, 2023 0 Comments
“So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.  There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.  But the Lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (I Kings 19:8-9 NLT) As you can tell from our opening verses, which is about Elijah, shortly after his victory of the prophets of...