NOT THANKFUL FOR A little girl kneeling by the side of her bed looked up to heaven and prayed, "And now I'd like to tell you about some of the things I'm not thankful for."
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TO KNOW THEE MORE CLEARLY Thanks be to Thee my Lord Jesus Christ For all the benefits which Thou hast given me; For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me. O most…
GOD STILL ANSWERED Once there was a young boy who was desperately hoping to receive a new bicycle for Christmas. Deep down, he knew his parents just could not afford it, but he kept on…
TINSEL ON THE TRACK This poem expresses well the need to look first to ourselves when we discover our prayers are ineffective. It's called "Tinsel on the Track." Once I bought my son an engine…
GETTING GOD'S ATTENTION A businessman had a big deal coming up and needed millions of dollars to make it happen. He went to church to beseech God for the money. He happened to kneel by…
WORMS & LIONS When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, some villages asked the local medical doctor what they should do. "Before the invading army we must be as lions," he replied, "before God as worms."…
CLOWN'S PRAYER: Lord, as I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent that I…
WORK & PRAYER Pray as though no work could help, and work as though no prayer could help. A German Proverb
ACCOMPLISH THROUGH PRAYER Man seeks power in many ways. His quest reaches out into God's universe as he travels to the moon and dreams of planetary exploration. Real power, however, is found only in prayer.…
LET GOD ACCOMPLISH "Don't limit God where he has not limited himself." By Leonard Ravenhill
MEANING OF LORD'S PRAYER Two more: "The 'Our Father,' the perfect prayer, nowhere says 'Thank you.' Why not? Perhaps saying 'Thank you' is merely good manners like not eating your peas with a knife. Maybe…
GOD IS FUN! My two year old granddaughter was learning how to pray before dinner at the table with her family. One night she was asked to say her prayer and she humbly bowed her…
THREE TEMPTATION RESPONSIBILITIES In the face of any and all temptation, the believer has three general responsibilities: First he is to rejoice in the midst of testing . . . This is not the attitude…
FINDING GOD WITH A LISTENING HEART In commenting on Psalm 46:10: "Be still and know that I am God." Max Lucado tells of an interview by Dan Rather with Mother Teresa. Rather asked her what…
BOTH PRAYERS ANSWERED A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not…
PRAYER CHANGES WINGS In his book Exodus to Hidden Valley, Eugene Morse, as part of a family of missionaries, tells the story of how their family was expelled from the mission station they had started…
THANK YOU PRAYER If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "thank you" that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart
A PRAYER FOR CHRISTLIKENESS Lord help me. . . To love, not lust To labor, not loaf To praise, not pout To depend, not doubt To pardon, not punish To serve, not be selfish To…
GOD BEYOND TIME Almost certainly God is not in Time. His life does not consist of moments following one another. If a million people are praying to Him at ten-thirty tonight, He need not listen…
THE ANT & THE CONTACT LENS A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death, she went with…
