Another simple, but powerful tool I have developed and used in my pursuit of deepening my relationship with our Great God.
In Part 1 here, I explain what they are and how I began putting them together.
In Part 2, I am going to share a specific example in my own life, when I used them to help me fight a significant battle with temptation…and win it!
And a Classic Easter Message from 2022, with my thoughts and prayers to each of you for a very happy, peaceful, and reflective Easter Week.
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Good Evening GQG Friends!
Recently, I received emails from three different folks, each expressing their thanks.
While I don’t do what I do through the GQG for earthly approbation, it is still encouraging when I occasionally receive a little!
Hi Mark,
I just wanted to share that I appreciate your emails and having been a part of your list for over 10 years is amazing.
I remember meeting you when I was just 18 maybe.. at a Taco Bell!
I am 30 now and it’s coming full circle at how you played an integral part in my journey of ascension and spiritual awakening over the years.
I am tapping into this more in this phase of my life and it’s great to get an email from you and me receiving it at the right timing so I can dig in deeper.
Thanks again!
K.C.
Good afternoon Mark,
Hope this message finds you well. I found myself recently thinking about you and your family and through a search came across your site. It has probably been close to 25 years since we had any contact. I don’t expect you to remember me, but I was a part of the Taylor organization and used to tie into your Reston and Fairfax open meetings. Wonderful times.
I am not sure of the format for your birthday event, but I would be honored to attend. I understand if this is an exclusive gathering. I regularly tell my kids one of the statements you made that has stuck with me all of these years. You used to say in your meetings that getting financially free gave you the time to think. As I have gotten older that statement has become so powerful and important. You had a huge impact Mark, and your Dad as well. My father-in-law worked with your Dad in Reston many years ago and always spoke highly of the man he was. I know you and your sisters would agree:)
The quest that you are on resonates with me and I am listening daily to the promptings of the Spirit to make this life count. As you have said in your videos, eternity awaits. I just wanted to write you a quick note to let you know the difference you made and are continuing to make. I hope to see you on the 15th.
Regards,
J.K.
Hello Mark,
I listened to your podcast and I found it very interesting, especially your explanation on the millennial reign of Christ.
Thank you for sharing and I fully concur with your assessment about life pulling our attention away from the eternal to the here and now.
Not sure at this time that I’ll be able to attend your soiree, however, sometime in the future I would like to meet up and have a cup of coffee to discuss some “dust management” issues.
Have a blessed weekend!
T.S.
Easy rider from the gym
Also, I sent the final details for my Soiree to all the attendees this past Saturday evening…so if you RSVP’d, you should’ve received them!
Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 15th!
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As all of you know, I have a major birthday approaching, and I always like to reflect on my life at significant “Mile Markers”!
Interestingly, I recently happened upon a “Life Graph” in one of my Journals.
I was surprised to realize that I had created it almost 10 years ago–right before I turned 55!
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so I thought I would share it with you.
It is vitally important to regularly reassess what we are doing with our limited portion of priceless time we are each given…particularly in light of Eternity!
“Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along…
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder
where those years have gone?”
–from I Hope You Dance,
Song by Lee Ann Womack
and Sons of the Desert
Birthday Soiree Update:
RSVP Deadline is Saturday, Feb. 15th.
FYI, I will be sharing specific Time & Location only with those that RSVP!
So if you’re planning on coming, be sure that you do!
And I appreciate those that already have!
Invite is posted below and on Events Page.
Good Evening GQG Friends!
I want to extend an invitation to you!
A little, informal 65th Birthday Celebration for Markus D! 🎉
Saturday Evening, March 15th, 2025
Specific Time & Location will be Forthcoming, but…
Probably around 6-7pm
And most likely at a casual restaurant, diner, or coffee shop in the local area.
(We had an Event planned for my 60th, but Covid put the kibosh on it!)
No Gifts. please! Your Presence will be my Present! 😁
It would be way-cool to see many of you I haven’t seen in quite a while!
And for those that would like to hang out for a bit, I may even take a few moments and talk about “The Reality of Time”.
I will keep you updated via the GQG Broadcasts, and also via the Events Page on this Site.
But for now, please RSVP, ASAP and let me know if you would like to attend–along with those who would be coming with you–as I’d like to get a rough head count so I can finalize the location. Thanks! (M**k@M**kDeM*tt*o.c*m)
Should be fun!
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Dear GQG Friends!
In this newest video, I share a very simple, yet highly effective system, which has illuminated and helped me understand more fully, a variety of key topics and themes throughout the Bible.
And since it is Christmastime, I thought I would include the links to another Video, sharing info on the Nativity you may not have heard before (or if you have, it is worth hearing again!)…
and a Classic Audio sharing a precious song about “What God is Like”.
A Christmas Message: Where Lambs Are Born
IC Christmas 2016 What God Is Like
Trust they will all bless you.
Sending along a Merry Christmas prayer to each of you!
–MD 🙂
P.S. Stay tuned, I may have a little invite going out to everyone, shortly!
After my previous Video–The Most Potent Instrumentality On Earth–the Lord began reminding me of a number of particular instances when He answered specific prayers that I (and some others) had prayed.
As I reflected on them, I felt like He was leading me to share them with you…as faith comes by hearing!
And here is the link to the post I refer to, with both the audio and text of the Thanksgiving Prayer I originally composed and published in 2012.
With my sincere prayer that each of you will have a Peaceful, Blessed and Thankful, Thanksgiving Season…which will continue, all year long!
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Good Afternoon GQG Friends!
With the Presidential Election in process here in the US–although it applies at all times and in every circumstance–I thought it would be prudent & beneficial to remind us of the most powerful force on Earth.
I do so through an amazing example of it being recommended and subsequently employed by the early leaders of our country, during the convention where they were attempting to draw up what became the U.S. Constitution.
It is quite illuminating!
I have also included the link to a Classic Audio I did in 2016, before that year’s Election, which I refer to in the current Video.
I actually just re-listened to it, and it is quite enlightening too!
Is America Really A Democracy? 10. 8.16
And several great quotes from a few of our Country’s Founders…
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is a force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
“Of all the habits and dispositions which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are our indispensable supports.”
–George Washington
“A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
–Benjamin Franklin
“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest danger to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our leaders load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labors and our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our money for unexplained projects, forbids its disposition of public money.”
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a Nation be secured when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
–Thomas Jefferson
With another major election on the horizon here in the US, I thought I’d share a few important guiding principles which helped me greatly simplify the process of choosing candidates.
Please note, the word I spoke @ 3:32 is “anchors” not “angers”! 😉
Also, after over 6 months, all ten of the blooms on my large orchid have quickly faded, reminding me of what God has told us about this brief, mortal life.
In this session–after a brief update on my Orchid!–I share some of the story of my first beginnings reading this unique book called the Holy Bible over 40 years ago, up through the present day…and what a profound and transformational adventure it has been!
One Additional Note: The closest I ever came to actually “updating” my primary Bible I refer to, was when one called the “Defender’s Bible” was published.
It contains the notes of Dr. Henry M. Morris, who was the Founder of the Institute For Creation Research (ICR), the materials from which–along with several other Creationist Organizations–have illuminated me extensively.
Dr. Morris has already passed into Glory, but he is generally considered to be the Father of the Modern Creationist Revival.
Just do a search, and you’ll find lots of options on where to get one…and oh, by the way…it’s a KJV! 😉
The well-known line from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…popped into my head recently, during one of my Morning Devotional Times.
So since our Nation’s 248th Birthday is fast approaching, I felt like the Lord was leading me to do this message…which is actually one I’ve thought about doing for a while now.
For though this Founding Document is indeed a declaration of independence from a certain tyrannical earthly government, it is moreover a declaration of belief in and dependence upon Nature’s God…their Creator, by the 56 Signers, and that they are appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions…with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence…
–Some truths I ‘m sure most of us wish more of our modern politicians–and citizens–would reflect on!
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription | National Archives
If My people, who are called by My Name,
will humble themselves and pray and seek My Face
and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from Heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
–2 Chronicles 7:14
Righteousness exalts a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.
–Proverbs 14:34
Happy Birthday, America! 🙂
