CENTIPEDE FOOTBALL The story is told about a football game between the big animals and the little animals. At the start of the second half the big animals were ahead and gave Tiger the ball.…
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DEAL WITH THE SOURCE Two farmers were fascinated by a booth where little celluloid balls bobbed on top of water jets. Customers were offered substantial prizes if they succeeded in shooting any one of the…
SKILLED SAILING Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb
THE PROBLEM WITH SHORTCUTS "For every complicated problem, there is a solution that is short, simple and wrong." H.L. Mencken
NEVER A FAILURE "No matter how badly or how many times a person fails, he is never a failure PROVIDING HE GETS UP JUST ONE MORE TIME THAN HE FALLS DOWN." In the Bible: Moses…
SERVING GOD FOR NOTHING The fundamental question that Job faced and that we all face in the midst of adversity is, "Will man serve God for nothing?" By Randy Marshall
MYSTERY OF WORSHIP True worship always involves an element of mystery God reveals Himself but rarely explains Himself. Christians do not live on explanations but on promises, and on deepening relationships. God deliberately keeps some…
THE HIGH COST OF CHURCH GROWTH A few years ago, the church I pastored purchased a 36,000 square foot nightclub. My treasurer at the time said that the building looked as if it had been…
MINISTRY OF THE SCRIPTURES The living and powerful Word of God ministers to us with comfort and hope during times of suffering. Journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped by Shiite Moslem fundamentalists on March 15, 1985…
FINALLY THANKFUL When Noah sailed the waters blue, He had his troubles same as you, For forty days he drove his ark, Before he found a place to park. From Laugh, December, 1993 - January,…
UNHEALTHY SOLDIERS In the annals of ancient Greek history was a soldier who faithfully served under Antigonus. This soldier had a chronic disease that caused him great pain and threatened his life. His only relief…
WHEN TO TALK TO JESUS Jimmy talked to Bobby on the playground today. He told him about Jesus. Bobby went home and told his mother. His mother said that if Jimmy kept talking to him…
POTTER'S WHEEL OF CIRCUMSTANCE God is the potter and turns the wheel of circumstance in your life. He stamps Romans 8:28 on every turn of the wheel. He can turn hurts into hallelujahs, sighs into…
FAITHFUL FAITH Fred Lowery tells of a time he played golf with a pastor in Alabama: This man had an unusual sweet spirit and sensitivity of love. In talking with him I learned that he…
GOD HOLDS OUR FUTURES It is his love that arranges our tomorrows... and we may be certain that whatever it brings, his love sent it our way. Two biblical statements hold true: 1) "You do…
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. -- African Proverb The preceding short shots were
WHERE TRIBULATION COMES FROM The word "tribulation" comes from the Latin word "tribulum." A tribulum was a heavy wooden frame with iron spikes beneath it. This frame was drawn by oxen across the threshing floor…
CONSISTENCY IN PERSECUTION No follower of Christ should fear the frown of the world. If a blind man bumps into you, you don't resent him. Most would feel compassion for the man. There will be…
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR Just as electricity must work through the means of a conductor, so the Holy Spirit must work through the means God has provided: prayer, God's Word, and suffering. As a Christian reads the…
SPIRITUAL TIME LAPSES Someone has suggested that our reaction at times of difficulty exhibits our spiritual maturity. What is the time lapse between a personal disappointment and your praising the Lord? If only a matter…
