Category: Mark’s Messages

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

In 1877, James A. Harding (for whom Harding University is named) went to Clarke County, Kentucky, where he held a gospel meeting. When asked how the meeting went, one of the elders at the congregation responded, “It was not much of a meeting. Oh, Brother Harding did his usual powerful preaching, the attendance was fair,… Continue reading Can You Count the Apples in a Seed?

Tom Jones and Sam Brown went to church service on a Sunday morning. They entered the auditorium side by side. They sat in the same pew. After the last song, they left as they had come. Torn said to Sam, “The service was a soul feast! The songs were inspiring, the prayers comforting and the… Continue reading It’s All in the Attitude

In a small eastern Kentucky town, the local police chief was also on the Volunteer Fire Department. His job was to answer the phone in event of a fire, and ring the fire bell to summon volunteer firemen. One morning the phone rang and the chief answered, “Fire department”. Out of the ear piece came… Continue reading Where’s the Fire?

In Science we learn about light. We not only learn about the sources of light, but we also learn about properties of light as well. Something that produces light is said to be luminous. Examples of this are the sun. stars, and light bulbs. These however are not the only sources of light there are.… Continue reading Better Influence: Am I Source of Light?

The author of Hebrews must have been tired. After all, it doesn’t take him very long at all to start talking about rest. Beginning in chapter three and into chapter four, he uses the word rest about a dozen times. Are you tired? I am! I’m tired…Of not being with ALL of my Church family… Continue reading Find Peace In Him