BURDENED WITH PIE Tad is sitting and watching television when his mother calls from the other room, "Tad, would you...?" Tad interrupts in an explosion of irritation. "ME? Why do I have to do everything?…
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You Are Like the Noonday Sun in the Night O Lord, Creator. Ruler of the world, Father. Thank, thank, thank you That you have brought me through. How strong the pain was - but you…
WHAT CHRIST MEANS TO A BELIEVER The Presence of Christ is the joy of my life. The service of Christ is the business of my life. The will of Christ is the law of my…
MOST VALUABLE WORD IS "THANKS" In his hay-day, it is said that every word that Rudyard Kipling wrote was worth twenty- five shillings. Hearing this, a group of college students got together and wrote him…
THE POWER OF PRAISE Many of us are constantly defeated by the circumstances around us because we aren't ready to accept that the battle is God's, not ours. Even when we realize our own powerlessness…
POSITIVE COMMUNICATION Check out your communication patterns. How much of your communication with God includes genuine praise and thanksgiving, adoration and gratitude? Are you light on these factors and heavy on the problems and needs…
DEFINING THANKSGIVING ...along with praise, comes thanksgiving. sometimes in the Scriptures, thanksgiving is used interchangeably with praise. When it is used distinctively, praise usually focuses on expressing homage, admiration, and approval of God's character and…
PRAISE OR PITY Why tears of self-pity? Why tears of regret? How do they prosper? What do you get? The best they do Is get you all wet! By Paul Noxon, Fellowship Baptist, Castleton, NY
REASONS FOR THANKS This Thanksgiving I'm thankful... That there aren't twice as many Congressman and half as many doctors. That grass doesn't grow through snow, necessitating winter mowing as well as shoveling. That there are…
MOTHER MARY HELD HOSTAGE Once there was a little boy who was really mean. No matter what his parents tried, he continued to be self-centered, selfish and - well - mean. Christmas was coming soon,…
END OF THE LINE You know you're in trouble when you realize the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train...
CHRISTMAS WISDOM The wisdom of the world is: "Don't just stand there. Do something!" But the wisdom of Christmas is: "Don't just do something. Stand there!" Stand in quiet stillness and praise God for the…
CHRISTMAS PARKING PARABLE Some years ago, I took my three children into the city the Saturday before Christmas. We enjoyed Big Macs, big cones, and a big afternoon at the movies, just a little too…
TIME TO SAY "GOODBYE"Some people can stay longer in an hour that others can in a week. From The Springdale Lion's Roar, February, 1991
FOR SUCH TIMES AS THESE Ann, along with her two small sons, went to live with her parents in Texas for the duration of World War II, while her Air Force husband was busy in…
SAVED BY THE BELL Here is another version of the convicted sentry who was saved by the testimony of Roger Boulter, a rich landowner (earlier version appeared in The Pastor's Story File, July, 1991)..."Saved by…
THE LOVE OF CHRISTMAS Drink in the sweetness Of the love of Christmas; For in every heart, The deep capacity for love Is unveiled, for He is present. He doesn't vacate all the hearts When…
THREE OUT OF FOUR AIN'T BAD A husband came home from work after a very long and terrible day. Everything had gone wrong. He said to his wife, "I've had nothing but bad news at…
IS THERE ROOM IN YOUR HEART? It was a winter day during depression years. A timid rap on the door of the small house brought the pastor's wife away from the combination of "fixings" that…
PASTORAL WAKE-UP CALL Our friend Sue Kennedy of Clear Lake, Iowa sent a little cartoon recently. The pastor is holding the phone and the clock reads "2:00 a.m." The voice from the phone says, "I…
