CALMING THE STORM Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms his child.
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GOD WANTS FAITHFULNESS God has not asked us to be successful; he has asked us to be faithful. He does not hold us responsible for success. He holds us responsible for obedience. He does not…
LIGHT IN THE LANTERN In 1891 a train company was being sued because a person had been killed at a train crossing. The plaintiff's lawyer interrogated the night watchman at the crossing. When asked if…
TROUBLES WILL MOVE A man stopped his car along a rural road that was blocked by a flock of sheep. Time passed, and finally the shepherd appeared. The man in the car yelled, "I could…
THERE IS NO SECOND In the days of Queen Victoria of England, an international yacht race was held in the English Channel. The queen stationed men along the shore of the channel to inform her…
GROWING FOR THE FUTURE In the late fourteenth century the chapel and great hall were constructed at New College, Oxford. Almost five hundred years later Sir Gilbert Hall was hired to restore the roof of…
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow, call John 14. When people fail you, call Psalm 27. If you want to be fruitful, call John 15. When you have sinned, call Psalm 51. When you worry,…
DIRTY WINDOWS Bud Wood is the founder and developer of what has become one of the finest homes in America for mentally impaired children and adults. Shepherds Home, in Union Grove, Wisconsin, ministers to many…
MISPLACED GUIDE A guide was hired to take some hunters into the back woods of Maine. After some days, they became hopelessly lost and began to doubt the competence of the guide. "You said you…
BIRDS WITHOUT HOPE A man was on the side of the road with a large birdcage. A boy noticed that the cage was full of birds of many kinds. "Where did you get those birds?"…
YEAR 2000 Assuming the human race makes it through the next several months, all of us will make our own plans to celebrate New Year's Eve 1999. Is anything of spiritual significance going to occur…
NO MORE MARBLES An officer in a crack British regiment owned a number of fine horses. He engaged in racing and kept hunters as a well-to-do gentleman. He was converted and gave up hunting. Some…
STILL IN PRISON Last week we had a little excitement in Beech Island. We came from Prayer Meeting to discover road blocks, helicopters, and deputies everywhere, Travis Mace, an escaped inmate from Aiken County Detention…
LINCOLN ON FAILURE I 'm not concerned you have fallen, but that you rise. -- Abraham Lincoln
TEN REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN FUNERALS 1. The funeral is quickly becoming the modern answer to the family reunion. It is generally the only time all of the members of an extended family can and will…
SKIP THE HOLIDAY DIET Mrs. Watson was terribly overweight, so her doctor put her on a diet. "I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for…
MEANING OF LORD'S PRAYER Two more: "The 'Our Father,' the perfect prayer, nowhere says 'Thank you.' Why not? Perhaps saying 'Thank you' is merely good manners like not eating your peas with a knife. Maybe…
HOW TO LOVE EVERYBODY Mike Burger, a newspaper columnist, wrote about a little boy who had a piece of chalk and who drew a valentine heart on the wall of the New York City library.…
HOW MUCH ZIP An older woman filled out an application for residency in a retirement village, and was very carefully answering all the questions. After "zip," she printed firmly. "Excellent for my age"
THANKFUL NOT A TURKEY When told to write a paper with the title: "What I Am Grateful for on Thanksgiving Day," a little boy wrote, "I am thankful I am not the turkey."
