WILLARD ON PRAYER Dallas Willard writes: "Prayer is conversing, communicating with God. When we pray we talk to God, aloud or within our thoughts. In the nature of the case, prayer almost always involves other…
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FOSTER ON PRAYER Richard Foster, in his well- known book Celebration of Discipline starts out his chapter on the discipline of prayer this way: "Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life. Of…
ANSWERS TO PRAYER OUT OF STEWARDSHIP A farmer whose barns were full of corn used to pray that the poor be supplied, but when anyone in need asked for corn he said he had none…
TITHING Dr. Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University in Philadelphia, once asked for testimonies in prayer meeting of those who had tithed for several years. Six gave glowing witness to blessings received. The seventh to…
STEWARDSHIP PLAN When our church kicked off a stewardship campaign to pay off the debt on the buildings, the pastor suggested that husbands and wives pray separately about the amount of money they might contribute.…
MAKING STEWARDSHIP PERSONAL When I arrived at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, on a cold night in January 1968, I was ready for a beginning and an ending. Anxious to begin my theological…
STEWARDSHIP OF SERVICE TO THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN Sunday was always a consecrated day of rest in the ten Boom household. However, for Corrie, Sunday afternoon became a time when she had "church"…
DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP "Like attracts like . . . Dedication perpetuates itself . . . If the majority of members of an organization are half-hearted and largely inactive, then it is not surprising if others…
THE LIVING ISN'T EASY, BUT THE JOY EXCEEDS THE PAIN "Our disciplines at the Church of the Saviour are that we will worship each Sunday. We will have an hour of devotion each morning. We…
GRAZING ON THE OTHER SIDE Basil the Great: "The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry person, the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it, the shoes rotting…
TIME SPENT During the average life of a person, he will spend: 7 years in the bathroom -- 6 years eating -- 5 years waiting in line -- 4 years cleaning house -- 3 years…
PLANTED SEEDS In 1949, J. Melvin Ray moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico, to become pastor of the First Baptist Church there. One evening J. Melvin and George Browder, chairman of deacons sat in the old…
MONEY AND PRIORITIES Professor Agassiz, the naturalist, had declined to deliver a lecture before some lyceum or public society, on account of the inroads which previous lectures given by him had made upon his studies…
MAKING GIVING POSSIBLE Spend less than you get.
FRUGALITY is good if liberality be joined by it.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING It's not that I spend more than I earn, it's just that I spend it quicker than I earn it. Apples of Gold, compiled by Jo Petty (C. R. Gibson Co., Norwalk,…
WONDER AFTER WONDER Geography students, having traveled around the earth by book, were asked at semester's end to list what each considered the Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following…
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN David Roderick, Chairman of U. S. Steel was being introduced with very kind words as he was about to speak at a luncheon. After hearing the accolades he got up and said: "I'm…
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A man was bothered with his neighbor's chickens getting in his yard, sidewalk, drive and porch. They left quite a mess. So one night he planted a dozen eggs in and around…
PRAYER OPPORTUNITY A busy mother was washing clothes and folding them. As she took them from the dryer and folded them, one by one, she prayed for each member of the family.
