Category: Mark’s Messages

I’m sure at some point you have heard the song, “God on the Mountain,” written by Tracy Dartt. The chorus goes like this: The God on the mountain is still God in the valley. When things go wrong, He’ll make them right. The God in the good times is still God in the bad times.… Continue reading God is so Good!

I like my comfort zone! My comfort zone is a well defined space in which I order my life, my stuff, my relationships and my purpose. My comfort zone makes me feel in control. When things are humming along within the confines of my comfort zone, I know what to expect and feel like I… Continue reading Comfort Zones

If you had to choose one word to describe our salvation what would it be? Grace… Indeed, Scripture tells us that all our blessings both material and spiritual come from God. Peter is found saying that He is the God of all grace. Here it is, we cannot name a life blessing that did not… Continue reading Amazing Grace

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 Give the Gift of Love

The term “fellowship” has as synonyms words like partnership, sharing, communion and partaker. Fellowship implies a spirit and bond between two or more people which exists because of what they do together or believe in common. Consider our Christian fellowship: The Apostle Paul says to the church at Corinth that he will take their financial… Continue reading Christian Fellowship

The Good Samaritan in Luke 10 is a stunning allegory of Christ’s unexpected encounter with a wounded and dying soul; a soul without any hope of saving himself. That wounded and dying soul is a reflection of you and a reflection of me. THE SAMARITAN CAME TO WHERE THE WOUNDED WAS Luke 10:33The wounded man,… Continue reading A Picture of Christ

“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