by Mark J Martin | Mar 25, 2011 | Archived
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Psalm 53:2-3 For God so loved the...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 23, 2011 | Archived
I came across this song about a year ago. It is written by Ben Everson and is entitled “I’ll Pray Again.” It challenges me to keep seeking God, even in the midst of hard times. It is an encouragement each time I listen to it. Hope it is to you as...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 18, 2011 | Archived
I love being in music ministry! One reason is because there are times in planning the worship schedule when it’s obvious that God’s fingerprints are on the service. Here’s what I mean. There is a tension in music ministry that exists that every...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 16, 2011 | Archived
Over a year ago I was in the market for an mp3 player. On the day after Thanksgiving, I purchased a simple mp3 player, but it didn’t come for a couple of weeks. I called the company I bought it from, and they had oversold. I cancelled my order, and kept my...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 8, 2011 | Archived
“Willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8 I grew up with his older brother. We would invite each other to the other’s house in order to stay up all night playing video games. Sound like a waste of...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 8, 2011 | Archived
I’ve had a blog on blogger (markjmartin.blogspot.com) for several years now. I’ve heard of the benefits of a wordpress site, and it seems to me to be better than blogger, so I’ll be in the process of migrating my posts over here. In the meantime,...