A BOY was riding his bike around the block. Round and round he went, crying as he pedaled. A policeman saw the boy riding and crying and said, “Son, where are you going?” The boy replied, “I’m running away from home!” The policeman brought to the boy’s attention that he hadn’t even gone to the … Continue reading “PARENTS,
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A LADY was in the store and her daughter was acting up terribly. She said, “Suzanne, you stop it and I mean you stop it right now. You control yourself. Suzanne, you get yourself together. Calm down. Settle down and I mean, Suzanne, you do it right now.” The store manager heard her and was … Continue reading “PARENTING,
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PARENTING, DIFFICULTY IN
A MAN used to lecture on child rearing. He had been a professor for a long time and had lectured through his single years and his parenting years. His lectures evolved over the years. When he was single, he started off calling his lectures the “Ten Commandments for Parenting.” After his first child, he had … Continue reading “PARENTING,
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OVERCOMING, POWER OF
WHEN I was a little boy, my father bought me a punching bag. It was basically a painted balloon. I would hit the punching bag every which way, but nothing I did kept that punching bag from popping right back up. I could slam it to the ground and BOOM! it came right back up. … Continue reading “OVERCOMING,
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OVERCOMERS, VICTORY OF
GOVERNOR George Wallace on June 11, 1963, defied the federal court by standing in front of the doors of the University of Alabama to keep two black students from entering in. He said, “You’ll enter in over my dead body.” He was maintaining a system of segregation in the University of Alabama. The only problem … Continue reading “OVERCOMERS,
VICTORY OF”
OVERCOME
IF IT is raining outside, you may want it to stop, but you can’t control the rain. However, you can open an umbrella. An umbrella does not change the circumstances, but it changes you in the middle of the circumstances. The wetness is no longer controlling you. God’s grace opens up an umbrella during the … Continue reading “OVERCOME”
OFFENSE
AWHILE back, there was a big deal about people burning the U.S. flag. Now, one could say, “Well, why are people getting all upset about a piece of burning cloth?” The reason has to do with what the cloth represents. People were upset because that cloth, Old Glory, represents our country. In fact, it became … Continue reading “OFFENSE”
NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
WHEN you take a shower, you don’t put on the same clothes that you had on before. If you did, you’d be canceling out the benefit of the shower. When you clean the inside, you want the outside to match it. Having a clean inside and a dirty outside cancels the point in being cleansed. … Continue reading “NEW
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NATURAL MAN
A MAN went to his friend’s house to hang out and watch television. His friend had a small 13“ color TV, but they both sat down and relaxed in front of what turned out to be a great movie. The young man jumped up during a commercial and proclaimed that he intended to run back … Continue reading “NATURAL
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MOTHER NATURE
MOTHER Nature only follows the dictates of Father God.644 [Father God; Nature] Ps. 19:1; Neh. 9:6 N