MISSED OPPORTUNITIES The other day I ran across the story of a man who had a great opportunity that he missed. His friend took him for a ride one day-way […]
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HOW TO BE A SUCCESS J. Paul Getty’s Formula For Success: “Rise early, work late and strike oil!”
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ECONOMY — BUDGETS Husband to wife as they plan a budget in the current inflationary times: “Let’s start with the basic necessities — food, clothing and shelter. We have a
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REAL POWER Billy Graham recently spoke in the San Jose area, and on the closing day told this story which you may remember. It’s a favorite. It seems there was
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THE CHURCH — A TEAM, NOT COMPETITORS Some missionaries in the Philippines set up a croquet game in their front yard. Several of their Agta Negrito neighbors became interested and
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THE SELF-GIVING MOTHER A few years ago I read an account of the extreme sacrifice of a mother’s love in a newspaper in Southern California. About 6:00 a.m. on a
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WITHOUT MOTHER THE PLACE IS REALLY EMPTY Some time back I saw a cartoon in the SatEvePost that showed a young boy about five or six years old talking on
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YULETIDE HASH If an alien from another planet were to drop in on America around December 22, he would find himself in another world. Not only would it be different
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TAXES Congress is simplifying the return this year – – there are only four lines: 1) What was your income last year? 2) What were your expenses? 3) How much
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SAD COMMENTARY Keith Kendell, Pastor of Winchester Friends Church of Winchester Indiana sent in the following item which he got from Charles M. Davis in Daily Guideposts. 47394 I used
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EMPTY OR FULL I gave them to Him, All the things I’d valued so. Until I stood there empty-handed./Every glittering toy did go. And I walked earth’s lonely highways In
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PROFIT AND LOSS I counted all my dollars while God counted crosses; I counted gains while He counted losses; I counted my worth by the things gained in store, But
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THE SPIRIT OF GIVING Two weeks before Christmas a nine-year old girl was walking with her friend down the street, sliding on the ice puddles and the two of them
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ONE GOOD WORD FOR SANTA Lest we give old Saint Nick too hefty a shot in the chops for the commercialization of Christmas, I would have us remember the story
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IN IGNORANCE OF RICHES In west Texas there is a famous oil field known as the Yates Pool. During the Depression this field was a sheep ranch, owned by a
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A GOOD HARVES This story was
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A NAIL FOR REMEMBERING At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend of Albert
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SENDING IT ON AHEAD Sigmund Freud’s favorite story was about the sailor shipwrecked on one of the South Sea Islands. He was seized by the natives, hoisted to their shoulders,
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A DIFFERENT VIEW It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas-shopping. While the men were
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FLEXIBILITY Cornelius Vanderbilt, who controlled the New York Central, regarded Jay Gould, who headed the lesser Erie Railroad, as an upstart. At one time, he made an attempt to force
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