GIVING YOUR LIFE BLOOD John and Kay White, missionaries from the Philippine Islands, told this amazing story in the July, 1955, "Mission News": One of our Tagalog pastors, who is really concerned about stewardship, recently…
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FROM C. S. LEWIS The only safe rule is to give more than one can spare. In other words, if our expenditures on comforts, luxuries and amusements, etc. are up to the standard common amount…
HEART DISEASE If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope
FAST LANE RELIGIOUS LEADERS Regarding them, I suspect the Lord would say, "If you're too busy to help your neighbor in need, you're too busy." Or, John 3:17: "If anyone has material possessions and sees…
HELPING YOURSELF It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
JOY OF GIVING Carlyle tells how, when he was a boy, a beggar came to the door. His parents were out and he was alone in the house. On a boyish impulse, he broke into…
DO SOMETHING I am not everyone But I am someone. I cannot do everything But I can do something./What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do. By…
HOW DO WE GIVE? SEVEN POSSIBLE WAYS 1. The Careless Way: To give something to every cause that is presented, without inquiring into its merits. 2. The Impulsive Way: To give from impulse -- as…
HUMOR OR TRUTH? THE FATAL SHOT Here is a story of Satan's attack on Christians. First, Satan shot a poisonous dart at his heel; but the Christian was unharmed, because his feet were shod with…
MONEY AS AN INDEX OF CHARACTER Money is one of the acid tests of character and a surprising amount of space is given to it in Scripture. Whether a man is rich or poor, observe…
YOUR LOT Whatever your lot in life, build something on it.
MAKING VAST SUMS OF MONEY Jenny Lind, the great Swedish soprano, disappointed many of her friends because she turned down so many big contracts that would have made her world famous. One day a friend…
THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF MONEY John Wesley, 18th century evangelist and father of Methodism, had some very astute, insightful comments on the nature of riches: "I fear, wherever riches have increased (exceeding few…
MORE WESLEY ON STEWARDSHIP When the Possessor of heaven and earth brought you into being and placed you in this world, He placed you here not as an owner but as a steward -- as…
HONORED No man was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.
MAKING LIFE We make a living by what we get out of life but we make a life by what we give.
DIPLOMACY A young man was applying for a job as clerk in a shoe store. The store owner asked him, "Suppose that a lady customer asked you, 'Don't you think one of my feet is…
WORLD WAR I BRAVERY The trenches on one side with the Germans, and on the other side with Americans. The fire exchange intensified, separating them a very narrow no man's land. A young German soldier…
DON'T WAIT FOR IDEAL CONDITIONS If we waited until conditions were ideal before we reached out to do the mission work of the church it would probably not be done. Two quotes from Ruth Tucker's…
AND YOU THINK YOU'RE BUSY? I just finished reading F. Deauville Walker's biography of William Carey, pioneer missionary to India. Here is the record of one day in India, reconstructed from his diary in 1806.…
