Today I’ve been thinking about Abraham. You know Abram in the Old Testament. The one that God called and said, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you” (Gen 12:1). Have you ever thought about how Abraham managed to move? Continue reading
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Did Abraham Use Atlas Van Lines?
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Just For Today
In Bill Keane’s comic strip, Family circus, he has Dolly sharing this bit of wisdom with her little brother P.J. “Yesterday’s the past. Tomorrow’s the future. But today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” Continue reading
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A TOUGH BOOK TO SWALLOW
A man walked into a local bookstore and asked if he could make a return.
“Sure,” said the sales clerk, “What do you have?
It’s a Bible,” he said, handing it to the clerk Continue reading
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Are You Gettin’ Better?
Baseball has begun. So it must be Spring! And how about those Tampa Bay Rays beginning the season with a 3-0 sweep of the Yankees?!
One of my favorite baseball stories involves famed St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, Dizzy Dean, a member of the so-called “gas-house gang.” In 1934 Dizzy had a 30-7 record. He led the league in strike-outs. Led the league in shutouts. And won two games in the World Series, including the deciding seventh game to beat the Detroit Tigers. He was named MVP in 1934. Continue reading
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Who Am I? Friend Or Foe?
Can you guess the answer to this riddle?
I am your constant companion am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them – quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed – you must be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of great people, and alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine though I work with the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a person.
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin – it makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I? Continue reading
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The Nail
I recently came across a neat fable by the famous author anonymous. It seems some Christians built a new church building and invited everyone to come see it. All admired its beauty. Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the new building. They praised everything but him. No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and jealous. “If I am that insignificant, nobody will miss me if I quit,” he said to himself. So the nail released its hold, slid down off the roof, and fell in the mud. Continue reading
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Draw Near to God
“Lord be with us…” is an expression we often hear in public prayers. Sometimes it’s prayed as it relates to our family. Or in a closing prayer as we leave the assembly. Or in our daily Christian walk. I’ve also heard it applied to our services. “Lord be with us as we worship today.” Continue reading
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Called Into His Wonderful Light
There is a fable about a cave which lived under ground, as caves have a habit of doing. It had spent its entire life in darkness. One day it heard a voice calling to it. “Come up into the light, and see the sunshine.”
The cave retorted, “I don’t know what you mean. There isn’t anything but darkness.” Continue reading
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Night Vision
Lynn Anderson tell the story about a shipload of travelers who landed on the northeast coast of America about 350 years ago. The first year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third year the town government planned to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness. In the fourth year the people tried to impeach their town government because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness. Who needed to go there anyway?
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Some Things I Can Know
A train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong wind gusts rocked the train from side to side. When the lightning flashed and lighted up the darkness, the passengers could see the rising water along the tracks. This created terror in the minds of the passengers. Several passengers noted that through all the noise, lightening and wind, one of the passengers, a little girl, Continue reading
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