WE HAVE a sprinkler system in our lawn, and there was a time a few years ago that I couldn’t get it to come on. I called a serviceman over and asked him to take a look at it. He looked at my water sprinkler for about an hour or so. Then he came back … Continue reading “INTIMACY,
IMPORTANCE OF”
INTIMACY, BASIS OF
THERE was a fire in a building and the building was burning profusely. A little boy was too high up and would soon be engulfed. However, there was an external pipe that one of the firemen used to climb up in an attempt to rescue the boy. The pipe was blistering hot. Even though he … Continue reading “INTIMACY,
BASIS OF”
INTEGRITY, TESTING OF
A PREACHER got on a bus one day, and he gave the bus driver the fare. The bus driver gave him too much change. The preacher went and sat down, counted the money, and noted that the bus driver gave him too much change, and so he went back to the bus driver and said, … Continue reading “INTEGRITY,
TESTING OF”
INDEPENDENCE, CONSEQUENCES OF
A TRUE event happened a number of years ago. An airplane took off by itself. Somehow it had been left in gear, and it just taxied down the runway and took off. It’s a true story. It went ninety miles, and then crashed. It took off on its own, flew for ninety miles, and then … Continue reading “INDEPENDENCE,
CONSEQUENCES OF”
IMPACT, POTENTIAL OF
THEY tell me that one kernel of wheat in the ground produces a stalk bearing three heads of wheat. In each head, there are fifteen to thirty-five kernels, altogether producing somewhat close to a hundred kernels from the stalk. When planted, these kernels will produce ten thousand kernels. When those ten thousand are replanted, they … Continue reading “IMPACT,
POTENTIAL OF”
IMMORALITY, EFFECTS OF
A GIRL had her boyfriend’s name tattooed on her arm, but unexpectedly they broke up. Now that she was available to date someone else, she contemplated what to do about the tattoo. She didn’t want to walk around with the mark of a former lover. So, she got the tattoo removed, at great pain, and … Continue reading “IMMORALITY,
EFFECTS OF”
HUMILITY, NEED FOR
A BOY Scout was on a plane with a pilot, a minister, and a computer whiz. There was trouble on the plane. The plane was beginning to dive. They realized that they had to put on parachutes and jump. The only problem was there were only three parachutes and there were four people. The pilot … Continue reading “HUMILITY,
NEED FOR”
HOLY SPIRIT, SENSITIVITY OF
TRAFALGAR Square in England is known for the collection of pigeons that come there. Thousands of pigeons show up to feed on the bread crumbs that people bring. Doves are not seen at Trafalgar Square. A dove is one of the most sensitive birds ever created. If a dove sniffs anything that could irritate it, … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT, SENSITIVITY OF”
HOLY SPIRIT, ROLE OF
THE HOLY Spirit helps us to discern. He’s like a burglar alarm at home. When it goes off, you know somebody has come in your house uninvited. When the smoke detector goes off, you know something is awry. When a metal detector at an airport goes off, it makes a beeping sound that gives an … Continue reading “HOLY
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HOLY SPIRIT, IMPORTANCE OF
DEEP sea divers enter the water with tanks on their backs. These tanks contain oxygen. The purpose of these tanks strapped to their backs is so that they can make it in a foreign world. Water is not their natural habitat; it’s not the normal place for them to live, so in order for them … Continue reading “HOLY
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