Comments for Mark Harris Online http://markharrisonline.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Fearless by Danthekarateman2 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/fearless/#comment-112 Danthekarateman2 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/fearless/#comment-112 Being a songwriter, musician, novelist, screenwriter, director, and producer myself I can much to what you are saying. However, isn't it still true that one song (especially one like When We're Together) can have as much of an effect of people when it is attached to a non-Christian movie? You can still promote God if you don't make Christian music or movies. You can still have a positive impact on someone's life even if you don't walk around with a Jesus banner above your head. Sometimes the best way to reach the lost is not to bash against their gates in the name of the Lord (which more often than not, causes them to turn away and reject) but to simply be a traveler that finds himself inside the city walls. Being a songwriter, musician, novelist, screenwriter, director, and producer myself I can much to what you are saying. However, isn’t it still true that one song (especially one like When We’re Together) can have as much of an effect of people when it is attached to a non-Christian movie? You can still promote God if you don’t make Christian music or movies. You can still have a positive impact on someone’s life even if you don’t walk around with a Jesus banner above your head. Sometimes the best way to reach the lost is not to bash against their gates in the name of the Lord (which more often than not, causes them to turn away and reject) but to simply be a traveler that finds himself inside the city walls.

]]> Comment on Fearless by IfindnofaultinHIM99 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/fearless/#comment-111 IfindnofaultinHIM99 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/fearless/#comment-111 I think that it was a wonderful idea to attach a song like that to a movie with a Christian movie. To me, I think that the idea that people are moved by the song is more important than how much money you get. I think that it was a wonderful idea to attach a song like that to a movie with a Christian movie. To me, I think that the idea that people are moved by the song is more important than how much money you get.

]]> Comment on Stronger in the Broken Places(Whats Your Story?) by Meredith http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/whats-your-storythe-word-of-our-testimony/#comment-110 Meredith Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:04:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/whats-your-storythe-word-of-our-testimony/#comment-110 Mark, you have managed to reach into the depths of souls that have been molded and re-molded by The Creator, Himself. 2 years ago we were pregnant with our third child. At age 41, it was a bit of a shock since their other children were 14 and 11 at the time. During a routine ultrasound, doctors discovered the baby had had a stroke in utero causing damage to his left cerebellum. We were given the option to terminate the pregnancy, but The Lord found a way for me to hear what I needed to: what if Mary had said "no" to what He'd asked her to do? We were told the baby may not breathe on his own, or sit up or swallow or walk...etc. I have never prayed so fervently as I did for The Lord to spare this child. Samuel Noah will turn 2 in April. He runs circles around the rest of us! Miracles are God's specialties. Then last February my husband of 21 years was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer. Never a smoker or a drinker - but a perfectly healthy military pilot. He went through major neck dissection as the cancer had spread from his tonsil to the lymph nodes in his neck. He underwent 40 radiation treatments to his throat (we kept him alive through a feeding tube as he had 3rd degree burns to his throat) and had concurrent chemo which brought him to the brink of death. But God had a plan and He used cancer to make my husband and our entire family stronger in that broken place. I used to close my eyes and listen to Jesus tell me that I had no need to fear the storms, because I was with Him. I put complete faith and trust in God, knowing that He had a plan for our little family and that no matter what it was, He would give me the strength to face it. And therein lies miracle #2....a husband in remission, in the best physical shape of his adult life, ready to take on an incredible new command in our country's military. We are certainly stronger BECAUSE OF the broken places. I thank you for putting so beautifully into lyrics and music what so many of us need to hear. Don't fear the trials- embrace them and know that you are going to feel closer to God with each one. He shows His most powerful mercy when we are at our weakest and submit to His will. Like you said, " when you are empty, fall into the arms of God allowing Him to pick you up, mend you and make younstronger Mark, you have managed to reach into the depths of souls that have been molded and re-molded by The Creator, Himself. 2 years ago we were pregnant with our third child. At age 41, it was a bit of a shock since their other children were 14 and 11 at the time. During a routine ultrasound, doctors discovered the baby had had a stroke in utero causing damage to his left cerebellum. We were given the option to terminate the pregnancy, but The Lord found a way for me to hear what I needed to: what if Mary had said “no” to what He’d asked her to do? We were told the baby may not breathe on his own, or sit up or swallow or walk…etc. I have never prayed so fervently as I did for The Lord to spare this child. Samuel Noah will turn 2 in April. He runs circles around the rest of us! Miracles are God’s specialties. Then last February my husband of 21 years was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer. Never a smoker or a drinker – but a perfectly healthy military pilot. He went through major neck dissection as the cancer had spread from his tonsil to the lymph nodes in his neck. He underwent 40 radiation treatments to his throat (we kept him alive through a feeding tube as he had 3rd degree burns to his throat) and had concurrent chemo which brought him to the brink of death. But God had a plan and He used cancer to make my husband and our entire family stronger in that broken place. I used to close my eyes and listen to Jesus tell me that I had no need to fear the storms, because I was with Him. I put complete faith and trust in God, knowing that He had a plan for our little family and that no matter what it was, He would give me the strength to face it. And therein lies miracle #2….a husband in remission, in the best physical shape of his adult life, ready to take on an incredible new command in our country’s military. We are certainly stronger BECAUSE OF the broken places. I thank you for putting so beautifully into lyrics and music what so many of us need to hear. Don’t fear the trials- embrace them and know that you are going to feel closer to God with each one. He shows His most powerful mercy when we are at our weakest and submit to His will. Like you said, ” when you are empty, fall into the arms of God allowing Him to pick you up, mend you and make younstronger

]]> Comment on Being not Doing by JesusIsBetter http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-109 JesusIsBetter Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-109 I would really enjoy knowing if the song; "When We're Together" references someone and the Lord, or between two people. Perhaps it could be both? Probably is, as much really good art (such as Mark's music) can be "interpreted" in various ways, but as an aircraft mechanic it is a challenge sometimes to wrap my heart & mind around something having more than one true, solid, black & white "meaning." But, that's what some good art is, interpretable in many ways, just as God speaks and loves in a multitude of different, personal, wonderful ways. But, still, if anyone knows about the song, help me out, please, as I may want to use it as a worship song to Jesus, but wouldn't want to mis-interpret the song, thus using it "wrongly." I hope I get to see Mark live someday, as it would mean so much to me (a 44 yr-old man!) to be out in the isle dancing to "When We're Together!" (With or without my precious 10 yr. old daughter, who's getting a bit shy as time goes by). I would really enjoy knowing if the song; “When We’re Together” references someone and the Lord, or between two people. Perhaps it could be both? Probably is, as much really good art (such as Mark’s music) can be “interpreted” in various ways, but as an aircraft mechanic it is a challenge sometimes to wrap my heart & mind around something having more than one true, solid, black & white “meaning.” But, that’s what some good art is, interpretable in many ways, just as God speaks and loves in a multitude of different, personal, wonderful ways.
But, still, if anyone knows about the song, help me out, please, as I may want to use it as a worship song to Jesus, but wouldn’t want to mis-interpret the song, thus using it “wrongly.”

I hope I get to see Mark live someday, as it would mean so much to me (a 44 yr-old man!) to be out in the isle dancing to “When We’re Together!” (With or without my precious 10 yr. old daughter, who’s getting a bit shy as time goes by).

]]> Comment on Being not Doing by JesusIsBetter http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-108 JesusIsBetter Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-108 Wow! "Being, not doing," parallels what God has been speaking to me for the past year or so, namely, to believe that which God has said is true instead of putting forth monumental effort to try and change myself, be good, or do all these things I think I'm supposed to be doing. A man of God and precious friend I meet with weekly in a men's fellowship meeting states often; "HOW PRECIOUS IS THE DOING, THAT COMES FROM BEING." This man also says; "I BE, BECAUSE HE AM." Oh, God, transform your Bride by an infusion of love, power and belief! Revive your children in this country, oh, Lord, and seperate us from our idols, our selfishness, fear, and our unbelief. Just like the father of the demon-possessed boy, who questioned if Jesus could touch his son, suffering from unbelief he cried out "I DO BELIEVE! HELP MY UNBELIEF! I ask, Father, that you would help our unbelief. Grant us the grace, power, and ability to believe that which you have said is the truth. You are the God who gives life to dead things, and calls into being that which is not...as though it were. It is impossible for you to lie and you said we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. You said that if we ask for anything in your name (according to your will) it would be done for us by our Father in heaven, so I thank you that you are moving powerfully in the community of your church, awakening our hearts to love, power, and belief. You are infusing your Bride with a renewed focus on the greatest command, and the great commission. As this country and world continues in a downhill slide with increasing speed and intensity, you are beautifying your people as you call us to come out & be seperate, to hate the world and everything in it, to let go of the love of money and things, to love others no matter what or who they are, as we present the love and reality of your Son to this lost & broken planet. Thank you that through Mark's blog you have called forth some into "being, not doing." To believe what you have said is true instead of what WE want to believe. To BE your dearly-loved Bride instead of striving to attain some out-of-reach goal, work, or identity that you have not called us to. Reveal your beauty and love to us afresh, oh God, that we would stand in awe, wonder and amazement of who you truly are, what you really think about us & who we are, and your people would know the height, depth, length, and breadth of your love in a way that transforms us and awakens the lost, lonely, hurting, and broken to the abundant life that is available only in a love relationship between the Bride...and the Bridegroom." Wow! “Being, not doing,” parallels what God has been speaking to me for the past year or so, namely, to believe that which God has said is true instead of putting forth monumental effort to try and change myself, be good, or do all these things I think I’m supposed to be doing. A man of God and precious friend I meet with weekly in a men’s fellowship meeting states often; “HOW PRECIOUS IS THE DOING, THAT COMES FROM BEING.” This man also says; “I BE, BECAUSE HE AM.” Oh, God, transform your Bride by an infusion of love, power and belief! Revive your children in this country, oh, Lord, and seperate us from our idols, our selfishness, fear, and our unbelief. Just like the father of the demon-possessed boy, who questioned if Jesus could touch his son, suffering from unbelief he cried out “I DO BELIEVE! HELP MY UNBELIEF! I ask, Father, that you would help our unbelief. Grant us the grace, power, and ability to believe that which you have said is the truth. You are the God who gives life to dead things, and calls into being that which is not…as though it were. It is impossible for you to lie and you said we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. You said that if we ask for anything in your name (according to your will) it would be done for us by our Father in heaven, so I thank you that you are moving powerfully in the community of your church, awakening our hearts to love, power, and belief. You are infusing your Bride with a renewed focus on the greatest command, and the great commission. As this country and world continues in a downhill slide with increasing speed and intensity, you are beautifying your people as you call us to come out & be seperate, to hate the world and everything in it, to let go of the love of money and things, to love others no matter what or who they are, as we present the love and reality of your Son to this lost & broken planet. Thank you that through Mark’s blog you have called forth some into “being, not doing.” To believe what you have said is true instead of what WE want to believe. To BE your dearly-loved Bride instead of striving to attain some out-of-reach goal, work, or identity that you have not called us to. Reveal your beauty and love to us afresh, oh God, that we would stand in awe, wonder and amazement of who you truly are, what you really think about us & who we are, and your people would know the height, depth, length, and breadth of your love in a way that transforms us and awakens the lost, lonely, hurting, and broken to the abundant life that is available only in a love relationship between the Bride…and the Bridegroom.”

]]> Comment on Being not Doing by Paul hilleband http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-107 Paul hilleband Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-107 Hi Mark..I tried getting a hold of you through your agent but no luck...I'm looking for a recording of carolers song..can you contact me...thanks paulhillebrandmusic@yahoo.com Hi Mark..I tried getting a hold of you through your agent but no luck…I’m looking for a recording of carolers song..can you contact me…thanks paulhillebrandmusic@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on Being not Doing by cornelia http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-106 cornelia Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:13:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-106 You had me at your headline. . . cornelia seigneur You had me at your headline. . .

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]]> Comment on Being not Doing by Tess Geib http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-105 Tess Geib Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-105 Mark Harris! It's so good to meet up with you here! We were made to be courageous, we were made to find our wings, we are made stronger by Him in the broken places!! Nearly six years ago I lost my husband Terry to leukemia. He was my best friend, my dearest and dearly beloved husband, he was Christ to me in every aspect of the word! Our testimony and the testimony of God's faithfulness, His grace, His mercy answering the cry of our hearts in the dark, painful places, God doing His deeper work in us in the broken places, amazing! Today as I listen to your new song, I know that the Lord has made me, my children Stronger in the Broken Places, I hear God once again singing over me His hope, His heart, His love! A month or more after my husband went home to be with the Lord, my sister made plans for us to go shopping, her favorite thing to do when feeling blue, I reluctantly agreed. As I emotionlessly followed her through the store, my heart finding no peace, no rest just pain as one couple after another passed us by, I said to my sister as we were leaving... this is so painful, I see all of these couples young and old holding hands, being together and having each other. I don't understand why God would take Terry home, "I just wish Terry were here." Sorrow and self-pity they are no ones friends, but God, my dear brother Mark Harris is! As my daughter Katie and I entered our car, after leaving the shopping mall, we sat there for awhile discussing some of our thoughts about how nice it would be to learn that the boys hunting day may have resulted in a better outcome. Still feeling the sting of sorrow and self-pity we both agreed never to go shopping again! With some joy returning we thanked God for Aunt Chris's attempt to bring us out of our sorrow. Turned on the radio and the very first words we heard: "I wish you were here!" We turned up the volume, and listened intently to you singing God's song over us! He lit off my supernatural ears to hear what He would say, as I had just said to my sister, to my daughter, leaving the shopping mall, "I wish Terry were here..." This was no coincidence, this was God meeting us on the road! Your song "I Wish You Were Here," revolutionized my whole outlook on life and living, it gave me God's perpective on where my husband was, it allowed God to speak to me in that pit of despair, from heaven to earth, in a loud voice I heard God and Terry say, "My dearest Tess, I wish you were here!" The song, God's heart, a message sent to us to help us, to give us courage to press on in Jesus' name! We would not be where we are had you not written this song! There is more so much more... My son Jon received also as he was praying for direction and healing after his father's death, heard God speaking to him, in the song Find your Wings! I know this today, better than yesterday, God can't wait for all of us to come home, He is helping us find our wings, making us courageous and stronger in the broken places! I can hear Him saying, along with my husband and all the saints that have gone before us, "I Wish You Were Here!" Blessings, with much love Tess Mark Harris! It’s so good to meet up with you here! We were made to be courageous, we were made to find our wings, we are made stronger by Him in the broken places!! Nearly six years ago I lost my husband Terry to leukemia. He was my best friend, my dearest and dearly beloved husband, he was Christ to me in every aspect of the word!

Our testimony and the testimony of God’s faithfulness, His grace, His mercy answering the cry of our hearts in the dark, painful places, God doing His deeper work in us in the broken places, amazing! Today as I listen to your new song, I know that the Lord has made me, my children Stronger in the Broken Places, I hear God once again singing over me His hope, His heart, His love!

A month or more after my husband went home to be with the Lord, my sister made plans for us to go shopping, her favorite thing to do when feeling blue, I reluctantly agreed. As I emotionlessly followed her through the store, my heart finding no peace, no rest just pain as one couple after another passed us by, I said to my sister as we were leaving… this is so painful, I see all of these couples young and old holding hands, being together and having each other. I don’t understand why God would take Terry home, “I just wish Terry were here.” Sorrow and self-pity they are no ones friends, but God, my dear brother Mark Harris is!

As my daughter Katie and I entered our car, after leaving the shopping mall, we sat there for awhile discussing some of our thoughts about how nice it would be to learn that the boys hunting day may have resulted in a better outcome. Still feeling the sting of sorrow and self-pity we both agreed never to go shopping again! With some joy returning we thanked God for Aunt Chris’s attempt to bring us out of our sorrow. Turned on the radio and the very first words we heard: “I wish you were here!” We turned up the volume, and listened intently to you singing God’s song over us! He lit off my supernatural ears to hear what He would say, as I had just said to my sister, to my daughter, leaving the shopping mall, “I wish Terry were here…” This was no coincidence, this was God meeting us on the road!

Your song “I Wish You Were Here,” revolutionized my whole outlook on life and living, it gave me God’s perpective on where my husband was, it allowed God to speak to me in that pit of despair, from heaven to earth, in a loud voice I heard God and Terry say, “My dearest Tess, I wish you were here!” The song, God’s heart, a message sent to us to help us, to give us courage to press on in Jesus’ name! We would not be where we are had you not written this song! There is more so much more… My son Jon received also as he was praying for direction and healing after his father’s death, heard God speaking to him, in the song Find your Wings!

I know this today, better than yesterday, God can’t wait for all of us to come home, He is helping us find our wings, making us courageous and stronger in the broken places! I can hear Him saying, along with my husband and all the saints that have gone before us, “I Wish You Were Here!” Blessings, with much love Tess

]]> Comment on Stronger in the Broken Places(Whats Your Story?) by Melissa (James) Doll http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/whats-your-storythe-word-of-our-testimony/#comment-104 Melissa (James) Doll Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:29:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/10/whats-your-storythe-word-of-our-testimony/#comment-104 Hey, Mark! Pretty sure you were a student at Lee College when my husband and I attended in the early 80s! :) Anyway, thanks for sharing "Stronger in the Broken Places". In August, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Thankfully, it was benign, but it was in a bad place and wrecking some havoc. After a ten hour surgery on October 7, I am recovering well and living gratefully. Sadly, my family has sung in local churches & venues for many years, but my vocal chords are not yet back to full capacity and I have lost the hearing in one ear. I trust God in that if one avenue of ministry has closed (music), He will open another for a new season, making me "stronger" in my "broken place"! Also, in 2007, my then-20 year old daughter was involved in a head-on auto collision. She had a ten percent chance of living, but God beautifully restored her to full health. She is a living miracle! She has sung the Ashlee Simpson song, "Beautifully Broken", and another daughter has sung Linsdsey Haun's "Broken" to celebrate this healing. I am thrilled to add your song, "Stronger in the Broken Places", to our list of celebratory songs! Two of our daughters attend Lee University, one a junior communications major, and the other a December 2012 graduate with her Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling. A third daughter (the one mentioned above) lives in Nashville. We still call Iowa home and reside here with our sixteen-year-old son. Blessings! Melissa (James) Doll Hey, Mark! Pretty sure you were a student at Lee College when my husband and I attended in the early 80s! :)

Anyway, thanks for sharing “Stronger in the Broken Places”. In August, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Thankfully, it was benign, but it was in a bad place and wrecking some havoc. After a ten hour surgery on October 7, I am recovering well and living gratefully. Sadly, my family has sung in local churches & venues for many years, but my vocal chords are not yet back to full capacity and I have lost the hearing in one ear. I trust God in that if one avenue of ministry has closed (music), He will open another for a new season, making me “stronger” in my “broken place”!

Also, in 2007, my then-20 year old daughter was involved in a head-on auto collision. She had a ten percent chance of living, but God beautifully restored her to full health. She is a living miracle! She has sung the Ashlee Simpson song, “Beautifully Broken”, and another daughter has sung Linsdsey Haun’s “Broken” to celebrate this healing. I am thrilled to add your song, “Stronger in the Broken Places”, to our list of celebratory songs!

Two of our daughters attend Lee University, one a junior communications major, and the other a December 2012 graduate with her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling. A third daughter (the one mentioned above) lives in Nashville. We still call Iowa home and reside here with our sixteen-year-old son.

Blessings!

Melissa (James) Doll

]]> Comment on Being not Doing by Richardburton http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-103 Richardburton Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:11:00 +0000 http://markharrisonline.com/2011/12/being-not-doing/#comment-103 Just like the woman who poured out an alabaster jar of perfume on Jesus, she gave the most impotant possession she had, and it meant something to Jesus because he new it meant sometthing to her Time is what we most treasure and dont want to give up, like the perfume once we give it, we can never get it back. No doubt she could have sold it and made money, and we could use our time to make money, but are we willing to break that jar? When we do what A pleasing aroma that must be to the Lord! Just like the woman who poured out an alabaster jar of perfume on Jesus, she gave the most impotant possession she had, and it meant something to Jesus because he new it meant sometthing to her Time is what we most treasure and dont want to give up, like the perfume once we give it, we can never get it back. No doubt she could have sold it and made money, and we could use our time to make money, but are we willing to break that jar? When we do what A pleasing aroma that must be to the Lord!

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