THANKSGIVING QUOTA Here is a story about the famed Alben Barkley and an ungrateful constituent. The story concerns Farmer Jones, a man Barkley began doing favors for when he started out in 1905 as prosecuting…
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PRINCE OF PEACE WORSHIP What actions and attitudes characterize a worshiper? How does one worship? Worship is sensing Christ's presence, lifting Him up, exalting Him, responding to Him, with hearts filled with praise and thanksgiving,…
NOT SO BAD HEALTH A few years back, a member of my church, found a sense of gratitude rising within her on a trip to the office of her oral surgeon. She indicated that she…
HUG THERAPY The library at Los Angeles Valley College is a popular place, thanks to the head librarian, Barbara Toohey. It all started last year when she expanded the library services by posting a sign…
IN ANY LANGUAGE The high school freshman came home from school and proudly said to his father, "Dad, guess what? I can say 'thank you' in Spanish!" The father looked at him and said, "Why…
A THANKFUL HEART by Anne Steele Give me a calm, a thankful heart From ev'ry murmur free; The blessing of Thy grace impart, And make me live to Thee. Let the sweet hope that Thou…
THOUGHT SHE SAID THANK YOU A young woman boarded a crowded city bus. A tired little man got up and gave her his seat. There was moment of silence. "I beg your pardon?" asked the…
LIVE COMPLAINERS One evening a man stopped by the animal hospital to pick up his cat. An elderly handyman working there asked, "How are you today?" "Terrible," the man said. "Had to stand up on…
NOT THANKFUL FOR A little girl kneeling by the side of her bed looked up to heaven and prayed, "And now I'd like to tell you about some of the things I'm not thankful for."
THANK GOD FOR THE CROSS I serve a little congregation called the "Church of the Cross." In honor of our name, we erected a thirty foot high cross made out of heavy timber. It gets…
SO MUCH LEFT It was autumn in Minnesota--time for the State Fair in St. Paul. At one of many lunch counters on the fair grounds a man in a wheelchair and his family were taking…
RECEIVING HANDS A closed hand cannot receive.
GREAT DAY FOR NOTHING What a splendid day! No one in all the village doing anything! -- Shirki
TO KNOW THEE MORE CLEARLY Thanks be to Thee my Lord Jesus Christ For all the benefits which Thou hast given me; For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me. O most…
FINDING RESOURCES The question is not "Can we afford it?" or "Where will the money come from?" The question is what ought to be done. Finding the resources is part of the solution, not the…
IN THE LORD'S CELLAR When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wine. -- Samuel Rutherford
NATION'S LOSS OF WORSHIP What greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION In the spirit of official proclamation of what the people of the United States assume, the 1996 Thanksgiving Day proclamation by President William Clinton went as follows: America's oldest tradition, Thanksgiving is…
FOCUS OF GRACIOUS SOULS Things that gracious souls discover are: 1. To "hope to be better" is to fail to see yourself in Christ only. 2. To be disappointed with yourself, is to have believed…
NATION NEEDS REBIRTH Herbert C. Hoover, former President of the U. S., once said: "This country needs a rebirth of a great spiritual force, which has been impaired by cynicism and weakened by foreign infections."
