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A man who had been the superintendent of a city rescue mission for forty years was asked why he had spent his life working with dirty, unkempt, profane, drunken derelicts. He said, “All I’m doing is giving back to others a little of the love God has shown to me.” As a young man, he … Continue reading “LOVE, POWER OF”

I cannot say “our” if I live only for myself. I cannot say “Father” if I do not endeavor each day to act like his child. I cannot say “who art in heaven” if I am laying up no treasure there. I cannot say “hallowed be thy name” if I am not striving for holiness. … Continue reading “LORD’S PRAYER”

A father went into a toy store to buy his son a Christmas present. The salesman showed him a new educational toy. It came unassembled, but no matter how the child put the pieces together, they wouldn’t fit. You see, the toy was designed to teach the child how to deal with life. Such is … Continue reading “LIFE’S PURPOSE (FOR UNBELIEVER)”

A young couple desiring to go into missionary work had invited a missionary couple to their home. The host couple kept mentioning that life was so “uncertain” for them because the husband had multiple sclerosis. He could either be eventually immobilized in a hospital bed, or live normally until death, or die unexpectedly. After hearing … Continue reading “LIFE’S UNCERTAINTY”

Yard by yard, life is hard. Inch by inch, it’s a cinch.777

In a “Peanuts” comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can see where they … Continue reading “LIFE, PERSPECTIVE OF”

Someone has aptly said, “Living without God’s plan for our life is like sewing with a needle without thread, or writing one’s biography with a pen empty of ink.”779 Some time ago, psychologist William Moulton Marston asked three thousand persons, “What have you to live for?” He was shocked to find that 94 percent were … Continue reading “LIFE’S PURPOSE”

Fire, depending on how it is used, can be either beneficial or destructive. When used correctly, it can warm a house, cook food, and create a romantic evening with your spouse. However, when fire is used incorrectly, it can lay waste to woodlands, destroy houses, or even devastate an entire city. Christian liberty is the … Continue reading “LIBERTY, CHRISTIAN”

“A little lie is like a little pregnancy—it doesn’t take long before everyone knows” (C. S. Lewis).774 “A lie can travel half way around the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots” (Attributed to Mark Twain).775

Charlie Brown, pondering his plight in life, thought, “Yesterday, for one brief moment I was happy. But just when I thought I was winning in the game of life, there was a flag thrown on the play and life dealt me a blow.”776