CHILD'S MEALTIME BLESSING Thank you Lord, for the food we eat. Thank you Lord, for the clothes we wear. Thank you Lord for everything, And all Thy loving care.AmenFrom Ralph Holt, a prayer he prayed…
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OUR PRAYER Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one more thing--a grateful heart; Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if thy blessings had spare days;/But such a heart, whose pulse may…
SOURCE OF INSTITUTIONS I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded by either an intensely religious man, or by the son of a praying father or a…
JONAH & JAMES BARTLEY On April 4, 1896, the literary digest recorded the actual account of a Mediterranean whale that demolished a harpoon boat, and two men were lost. After the whale was captured one-and-a-…
CLERGY NEED REAL-LIFE SPIRITUALITY For the local congregation to enable life-changing lay ministry, emerging congregational leaders must personally experience faith that transforms human life. The answer does not lie in sharing common liturgy, tradition, dogma…
THREE TREES Once there were three trees on a hill in a wood. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could…
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GOD SENT A PROFESSIONAL A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get…
FLEXIBLE PRAYER STYLES Brad Kent writing about prayer, "What I've discovered is I can be with God in many different ways. I don't have to come to God's presence with head bowed and hands folded.…
PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love Where there is injury . . . pardon Where there is doubt…
ARAMAIC LORD'S PRAYER This is said to be a direct translation of the original Aramaic Lord's Prayer. I question that since I've never heard of any original Aramaic sources for the New Testament; even the…
DELIVER US SOME E- MAIL A four-year-old girl was learning to say the Lord's Prayer. She was reciting it all by herself without help from her mother. She said, "And lead us not into temptation,…
ALTERED LIVES We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another. -- William Law
HYPOCRISY PROVERBS A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint. -- Francis Bacon A man who hides behind the hypocrite is smaller than the hypocrite. -- William Edward Biederwolf A Pharisee…
WHEN GOD OVER-ANSWERS An Italian woman consulted her priest about her inability to conceive. Her priest assured her to rest in the comfort that he was going to Rome for ten years and would light…
KERYGMA STUDY GUIDE LESSONS Speaking of Prayer: Christians understand prayer as that approach to God in which both God and humans retain their essential natures--God as Creator and humans as creatures. God is holy, different…
GOD'S ANSWERING MACHINE What if God had an answering machine? Imagine praying and hearing this: Thank you for calling My Father's House. Please select one of the following four options: For requests, press 1. For…
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE 1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 2. Memorize your favorite poem. 3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 4.…
PRAY FOR A STRONGER BACK Do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. -- Phillip Brooks
WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE START PRAYING Whenever God is ready to begin something new with His people, he always sets them to praying. -- Dr. J. Edwin Orr
CHRISTIAN QUOTES Worldly Christians stop praying, but praying Christians stop worldliness. Faith is going, not knowing. Trials are an indication that you have not been conquered. Everything that Jesus taught boils down to two things:…
