A PARABLE OF STEWARDSHIP One upon a time there was a man who had nothing. And God gave him ten apples. He gave him the first three apples to eat. He gave him the second…
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MATCH YOUR GIVING WITH INFLATION A man had posted himself in front of an office building with a tray of shoelaces. One executive made it a daily habit to give the unfortunate man a dime,…
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME "Remember how short your time is. . ." If you are 15, it's 8:51 a.m. If you are 20, it's 11:08 a.m. If you are 25, it's 12:25 p.m. If you are…
MONEY FLYPAPER It is one thing for you to have money. It's another thing for money to have you. In a way, it's like the flypaper and the fly. The fly lands on the flypaper…
A UNIQUE STEWARDSHIP Chicago taxi-driver Milton Bronstein may be the most unusual cabby in the world. The Chrysler Corporation and the American taxicab industry have entitled him, "Outstanding cab driver of the entire nation." Cabby…
GIFTS Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn;…
YOUR DIME Johnny was given two dimes: one for Sunday School, the other for candy. Walking down the street, he stumbled, the coins rolling away. He retrieved one; the other rolled down a drain. Looking…
PERSPECTIVE Robert Chapman of Barnstaple, a great friend of the late George Muller of Bristol, was once asked, "Would you not advise young Christians to do something for the Lord?" His reply was, "No, I…
WEALTH The unconsecrated wealth of Christians is the greatest hindrance to the church's progress.
MAKING A MAN Earning maketh an industrious man; spending, a well-furnished man; saving, a prepared man; giving, a blessed man.
THE HEART OF STEWARDSHIP A Christian steward does not dedicate his time, his talent, his treasure that they may become God's, but because they are God's.
WHAT YOU WANT If you don't have everything you want, be thankful for the things you don't have that you don't want.
OPPORTUNISTIC TRUTH Opportunities are seldom labeled.
WHY ARE WE HERE? We're put on this earth not to see through each other, but to see each other through.
GIVE not from the top of your purse but from the bottom of your heart. Mark Eichler, Fullerton, NE.
WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR A high- priced management consultant was brought in to train and motivate the corporate troops. He got up there and gave it his best shot and it soon became…
VALUE The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Thomas Paine, Success, Jul/Aug 1987, page 45.
HOPE Hope represents an active way of coping with threatening situation by focusing on the positive. No matter how dark or grim a situation may appear, certain people fill their minds with hopeful scenarios, stories…
BURDEN OR GIFT? The "Fable of the Birds" is a story about creation. All the newly-made animals were walking around discovering what it was like to be alive. All except the birds. They were doing…
HURRY, HURRY A young Marine corporal was newly transferred into the personnel office and was struggling with an impossibly high stack of forms. Every so often he would look up apprehensively, first at the slowly…
