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There are many reasons why we may obey someone, including God. What are yours? Fear? Obeying because you have to? Reward? Obeying because you get something out of it? Love? Obeying because you love Christ and your fellowman?926

A little boy was riding his tricycle furiously around the block, over and over again. Finally a policeman stopped and asked him why he was going around and around. The boy said that he was running away from home. Then the policeman asked why he kept going around the block. The boy responded, “Because my … Continue reading “OBEDIENCE, RESULTS OF”

In Alice in Wonderland, at one point Alice says to the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where,” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you … Continue reading “OBJECTIVES”

“One might as well discuss nuclear physics with a wooden Indian in front of a cigar store as to discuss spiritual things with a natural man (Vance Havner).”919 Those who are old enough can remember the infamous “iron lung” machines that kept alive many children who were stricken with polio and other diseases that limited … Continue reading “NATURAL MAN”

David Brainerd said this to Jonathan Edwards: “I do not go to heaven to be advanced but to give honor to God. It is no matter where I shall be stationed in heaven, whether I have a high or low seat there, but to live and please and glorify God.… My heaven is to please … Continue reading “MOTIVATION
FOR MINISTRY”

“Morality seems to be concerned with three things. First, with fair play and harmony between individuals. Second, with what might be called tidying up or harmonizing the things inside each individual. Third, with the general purpose of human life as a whole; what man was made for; what course the whole fleet ought to be … Continue reading “MORALITY, PURPOSE OF”

A small boy invaded the lingerie section of a large department store and shyly presented his problem to a woman clerk in the lingerie department. “I want to buy a slip as a present for my mom,” he said. “But, I don’t know what size she wears.” “Is she tall or short, fat or skinny?” … Continue reading “MOTHERHOOD”

One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street, “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women, and children,” answered the … Continue reading “MONEY, DECEITFULNESS”

An old Jack Benny skit illustrates how money can become more important to us than anything else. Jack was walking along, when suddenly an armed robber approached him and ordered, “Your money or your life!” There was a long pause, and Jack did nothing. The robber impatiently queried, “Well?” Jack replied, “Don’t rush me, I’m … Continue reading “MONEY, LOVE OF”

Money is the number-one cause of domestic unhappiness. Many couples need to undergo plastic surgery. They need to have their credit cards cut off.900 Nowadays people can be divided into three classes: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-Not-Paid-for-What-They-Haves.901 “If the Word taught me anything, it taught me to have no connection with debt. I … Continue reading “MONEY, DEBTS AND”