INFLUENCE A generous giver was asked how it happened that he gave so much to missions. He said, "It did not just happen. I had a missionary mother." By Haggard
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THE BEST Every night when the mother tucked her daughter in bed, the little girl said, "Mommy, your hair is beautiful. I love your hair. Mommy, your eyes are beautiful. I love your hair. Mommy,…
NOTES TO MOTHER Dear Mother: I am going to make dinner for you for Mother's Day. It's going to be a surprise. Your daughter, Angie H., 8, Seattle. P. S. I hope you like pizza…
THE SOUNDS OF MOTHER'S DAY On Mother's Day all over the country, grateful moms are pushed back into their pillows, the flower on their bird-of-paradise plant (which blooms every other year for 15 minutes) is…
NOT TOO FAR FROM WRONG It was a Rally Day program at the church and a little girl was to recite the Scripture which she had memorized for the occasion. When she got in front…
POWERFUL EVIDENCE UNREFUTED When Robert Ingersoll, the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As they walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other,…
MOTHER KNOWS A small boy sat with his mother in church, listening to a sermon titled, "What is a Christian?" The minister punctuated his talk at several key intervals by asking, "What is a Christian?"…
THE QUESTIONS MOTHERS DEAL WITH Our little girl was fascinated by the pictures of dinosaurs in the encyclopedia. Her little mind just couldn't comprehend how the scientists were able to put all of those bones…
THE DOMINATION OF LOVE It was early morning before breakfast when a youngster walks onto a newly cleaned floor with muddy feet, hands behind his back. Just as mother, who stayed up last night to…
LEGACY When the will of Henry J. Heinz, wealthy distributor of the famous "57 Varieties" line, was read, it was found to contain the following confession: Looking forward to the time when my earthly career…
THANKS FOR THE HELP Friends of a young mother, who had just given birth to her third child, were surprised when they received the following 'Thank you' note: "Many thanks for the play pen. It…
UNASHAMED LOVE We have some friends who have a little boy who was born with a severe handicap that would cause him to go into very violent seizures without any warning. The father would usually…
AND HE DID Born on a Kansas farm and educated in a one-room school, he lived a tough and difficult existence as a boy. Glenn and his brother kept the school's fire going, and one…
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 out in the country. They…
PRAYER It is no use to ask God with factitious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with B. We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought…
PRAYER Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance; it is laying hold of his highest willingness. Archbishop Trench
PRAYER I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere elso to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.
PRAYER More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That…
PRAYER I know not by what methods rare, But this I know: God answers prayer I know not if the blessing sought Will come in just the guise I thought. I leave my prayer to…
It's tremendous to be learning that no matter how big you see things or how simple you keep them you'll never reach the ultimate. No man has ever seen things as big as they could…
