Titus 2:14 says Christ redeemed us to be a people eager to do good. But are we? This week, Mark asks a short, honest question that's worth sitting with — and challenges us to examine whether our blessings are actually being used the way God intended.

How do you follow Jesus? The question is simple. The answer is anything but. In this Mondays with Mark devotional, Mark explores five direct statements Jesus made about what genuine discipleship looks like — and challenges listeners to measure their spiritual lives by what Jesus actually said rather than the shortcuts we often substitute.

In basketball, every player on the floor has a role — and the team only wins when each person plays their position. In this week's Mondays with Mark, Mark uses that familiar dynamic to ask a deeper question: what's your position in God's Kingdom? From angels and apostles to small group members who track prayer requests or bring meals to grieving families, the Body of Christ functions best when everyone contributes. Drawing from Romans 12:6-8, Mark encourages believers to look beyond their spiritual gifts and consider the everyday skills and abilities God has given them — then find ways to put those to work for their brothers and sisters in Christ. If you're part of a local church or small group, this devotional is a practical nudge to stop sitting on the bench.

Here's a question worth sitting with: when you review your life as a child of God, is your focus on your Guilt — or your Gifts? In this week's Mondays with Mark, Mark tackles one of the most common traps believers fall into and offers a liberating truth straight from Scripture. Because of God's grace, every sin — past, present, and future — is covered. That's not a reason to be complacent; it's a reason to live freely and purposefully, using the spiritual gifts God has placed in you for His glory and the benefit of others. Mark also offers practical guidance for discovering your spiritual gifts, including a simple self-test: does using the gift energize you or drain you? Spiritual gifts, he reminds us, come with supernatural energy. Drawing from Ephesians 2:8, Romans 12:6-8, and 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, this is a devotional that invites you to drop the guilt and pick up your calling.

June is summer — but for ministries, it's also giving season. The appeals stack up fast, and deciding where to give is genuinely hard when every cause is worthy. In this Mondays with Mark devotional, Mark gets honest about a question he and Marty wrestled with for years: is it better to give a little to many or a larger gift to a few? He shares where they landed, and the principle that has guided them ever since — that everything given to God's work comes back around in ways only He could orchestrate.

It's one thing to call yourself a Christian — it's another for the people around you to know it without being told. In this week's Mondays with Mark, Mark asks a pointed but loving question: how does your behavior show that you follow Jesus? Drawing from Romans 10:9, John 14:15, and five powerful identity verses, he paints a picture of what a practicing Christian looks like in everyday life — not perfect, but purposeful. New in Christ. Free. Unafraid. Bold. God's masterpiece. The impact a believer can have simply by living out their faith is immeasurable, and this devotional is a timely reminder that your walk speaks louder than your talk.

There's an old saying that goes, "You can't out-give God" — and in this week's Mondays with Mark, Mark makes a compelling case that it's not just a saying, it's a lived reality. Drawing from Romans 12:3 and 6-8, he walks through the spiritual gift of giving and what it looks like to use it well: generously, without expectation, and rooted in the understanding that everything we have comes from God in the first place. The surprising reward? Joy — immediate, undeniable, and contagious. If LifeMark Ministries has been a blessing to you, Mark also invites you to consider giving to the ministry so more people can learn God's Word and boldly live God's way.

Time is the one resource no one can earn back — and how we spend it reveals what we truly value. In this week's Mondays with Mark, Mark asks a question worth sitting with: if you knew you had one year left, how would you spend your days differently?  This is a devotional that calls us to live not just wisely, but purposefully — for God's glory and the benefit of others. 

In this week's Mondays with Mark devotional, Mark opens with a question we've all wrestled with: Do you like change? The answer, of course, depends. Some change is welcome — a promotion, a new home, a growing family. Other change catches us off guard. But the hardest change to navigate, Mark suggests, is the slow kind — the kind so gradual we don't notice it until it has already reshaped our lives.