FOOD, THOUGHT, THEN ACTION Gary Paulsen's book Hatchet is a novel for young people that tells of thirteen-year- old Brian Robeson. The story begins when the small, single- engine plane in which Brian is a…
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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…
HIS BURDEN NOT MINE Amy Carmichael tells how she wearied of fighting for the temple girls of India. The opposition to her work was so strong, and the forces that bound those girls were so…
WHERE FRASER LEARNED MOST Dr. Harry A. Ironside as a young preacher visited the aged Alexander Fraser and listened enthralled as one truth after another from God's Word was opened up by Mr. Fraser. He…
NOT MY WILL The poet penned: I ordered the Lord: Get right with me. My will be done, And instantly! And I don't know why, But prayers fell numb, Till I learned to pray, In…
TRAVELING ON MY KNEES Last night I took a journey, to a land across the seas. I did not go by boat or plane, I traveled on my knees. I saw so many people there,…
GOD IS UP ALL NIGHT Every evening I turn worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. By Mary C. Crowley, Be Somebody
KID'S-EYE VIEW OF GOD Children's Letters To God: "Dear God: In Sunday School they told us what you do. Who does it for you when you are on vacation?" "Dear God: Please put another holiday…
CAPITAL OF MISSOURI A mother was listening to her little boy say his prayers. "Thank you, Father, for Mommy, Daddy... and please make St. Louis the Capital of Missouri." His surprised mother asked, "Why did…
BAD PRINCE THEOLOGY When one finds himself, one finds God, and vice versa. I think God is inside everybody. There's a good feeling, a goodness in everybody, and it's just as easy to be good…
ATHEISTIC PRAYER "They now have Dial-A-Prayer for Atheists. When you call -- No one Answers."
PRAYER AND VITAMINS Many of us look at prayer about the way we take our vitamins. We don't feel so well so we go to the doctor. The doctor tells us we just need vitamins.…
SHOT DOWN BUT NOT KNOCKED OUT Captain Scott O'Grady is an American pilot shot down over Bosnia by a Bosnian-Serb ground-to-air missile -- After six days of hiding in enemy territory, he was rescued by…
PRAYER SIZES Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. By Corrie ten Boom, Clippings From My Notebook, published by Thomas Nelson
THE HEAVENLY FATHER'S DELIGHT The heavenly Father who delights to bless his children by giving to them what will be for their lasting profit. Jesus makes a big deal of this aspect of our heavenly…
BAD THEOLOGY When one finds himself, one finds God, and vice versa. I think God is inside everybody. There's a good feeling, a goodness in everybody, and it's just as easy to be good as…
HEAR THE VOICES John of Arc, the peasant girl from Lorraine, became the heroine of France by following what she called "voices" which came to her from God. In Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan" one…
ALWAYS SOMETHING GOOD My grandmother worked at a bakery, and she always brought something home. She put her goodies in a Tupperware container on top of the refrigerator. Whenever I came to visit, I went…
THE NEED FOR PRAYER This week, if you believe at all in opinion surveys, more of us will pray than will go to work, or exercise, or have sexual relations. Studies conducted by Andrew M.…
PRAYER FOR AMERICA "Except the Lord build the house," etc: In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection.…
