Category: Mark’s Messages

“God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us…” (1 Peter 3:20-21). A like figure is a type, form, pattern, or stamp of an original. In Genesis, the 6th chapter,… Continue reading The Like Figure

It is always hard to believe when we swap the calendar over to a different year. The older I get the faster the calendar pages seem to turn. I was warned of this phenomenon for most of my life and now I’m seeing the truthfulness of it more and more. However, 1 continue to look… Continue reading Happy New Year!

Nick Saban, when asked about his success in an interview spent most of his time talking about the concepts and values that helped him change a lot of lives in the kids he coached. At one point he started talking about self-discipline. “It’s a quality that successful people have whether in sports, business, family, or… Continue reading Discipline for a Better Life

Doesn’t it give you a warm feeling when someone you love says, “I’ve been thinking about you”? Have you considered the fact that God thinks about you? God is thinking about peace for your life. When one lives life close to God he can know inner peace in the midst of outer storms in life.… Continue reading The Joy and Peace of Jesus

We’ve all had those times where we have tried to be careful how we walk. It might be try- ing to sneak down a hall or into a room without waking someone up. Maybe it was before day- light on a crisp winter day and you are trying not to make any sound so that… Continue reading Careful How You Walk

Well, we have made through another Thanksgiving holiday season. The turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and all the casseroles are behind us. Black Friday has come and gone. The Iron Bowl has been played. Now to work off all the junk we have eaten and shake off the laziness that comes with the long… Continue reading The Holiday has come and gone, The need to be Thankful has not

One of my favorite obscure verses in the Bible is Philippians 1:3. Paul simply states, “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.” It is a simple statement but it is one that has come to have significant meaning for me. Paul is thanking God for the people in his life, specifically his brethren.… Continue reading So Many To Be Thankful For

This is the season for giving thanks. Giving thanks for family, possessions, friendship, abilities, and certainly the blessings we find in God. If I asked you here to list all the blessings in your life, you could probably fill up the rest of this page. If I asked you to list all the people in… Continue reading Be the Reason For Thanksgiving

There’s an interesting narrative about Jehoshaphat in Second Chronicles chapter twenty. As King over Judah, he is faced with three nations allying themselves against God’s people. He was told that a vast army of Moabites, Ammonites, and the Meunites from Mt. Seir were marching toward Jerusalem where he publicly goes to God requesting His intervention… Continue reading God is in Control

So what is the scariest thing to you? What kind of movies or scenarios frighten you the most? Is it spiders? Clowns? Werewolves? Monsters? The list could go on I’m sure. Many people have their own phobias that are as varied from person to person as the costumes that were worn by our kiddos at… Continue reading The Scariest Thought of All!