Category: Mark’s Messages

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—“that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth” (Eph 6:2-3). In a little town in Taylor County, West Virginia, Ann Jarvis in 1907 began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. The special day… Continue reading Honoring Mom

I want to commend our Bible class teachers for the great job you are doing. You put a lot of time and effort in doing this and it shows. I especially want to thank those teaching children. We have a tremendous responsibility in teaching our children and young people. If we don’t teach our children… Continue reading Bible Class Teachers Are A Blessing

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. We love because He first… Continue reading Becoming Better at Loving Others

Every week we celebrate the event that split history, the event that has impacted more lives than any other event in time. The historical, cross-societal, and most significantly eternity impacting event that ever happened! There is not a moment in time that has not been affected since this event. There is not a soul that… Continue reading The Resurrection

I look around me and I see renewal everywhere! Trees are buddy, flowers are blooming, birds are singing. RENEWAL! There is something about life that just seems to drain energy from us. There are conflicts, stumbles, drama, schedules, responsibilities, and the fast-paced change of culture – enough to grind the heartiest of souls down. I… Continue reading Renewal

Volunteers usually serve with less commitment than servants. They often need to fit their volunteer hours around other priorities in their lives. Volunteers generally view their work as a “gift” to the organization. Rarely do they not feel that appreciation is due them, after all, they have given all their time instead of being compensated.… Continue reading Servant or Volunteer…Which are You?

The word “Encourage” from the Greek is translated in various versions as exhort, admonish, teach, beg, beseech, console, comfort. Condensed, they mean to help build up one another. Let’s look at a few of the characteristics of an encourager to give us a better idea of how we all should be: A healthy church is… Continue reading Becoming An Encourager

WE NEED TO GET EXCITED ABOUT OUR FAITH! Why not? We get excited about sports. We are stirred by political campaigns every two or four years. We are fired up concerning international crisis, by the threat of war and by crime. We need to get fired up about the only cure for all this world’s… Continue reading Tanner, Let’s Get Excited About Our Faith!

Do you remember when you were little and you were afraid there were monsters under your bed or in your closet? What did our parents tell us? They assured us that there were no monsters, or they may have left some kind of light on for us. Well, my parents gave me a night light,… Continue reading Trust In The Lord

Babe Ruth struck out 1,333 times, but we remember him for his 714 home runs. Cy Young, one of the great pitchers, won 511 games. However, few know that he lost 316 games, which is more than any pitcher. Abraham Lincoln was badly beaten when he ran for the legislature. He then failed in business… Continue reading Overcoming Trials & Temptation: Let God Be Your Strength