Devotion
I Cannot Hide From God
“Where can I go from your [God’s] Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, […]
Pastries For Refugees
Oswald Golter was a missionary in northern China during the 1940’s. After ten years service he was returning home. His ship stopped in India, and while waiting for a boat home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. Unwanted by anyone else the refugees were stranded there. Golter went […]
Interview With God
I dreamed I had an interview with God. “So you would like to interview me?” God asked “If you have the time” I said. God smiled “My time is eternity” “What questions do you have in mind for me?” “What surprises you most about humankind?…” God answered… “That they get bored with childhood. They rush […]
A Son To A Dying Man
A nurse escorted a tired, anxious young man to the bed side of an elderly man. “Your son is here,” she whispered to the patient. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack and he dimly saw the […]
It Is The Lord You Are Serving
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-045 (Devotional) IT IS THE LORD YOU ARE SERVING “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” – Colossians […]
In The Silence Hearing The World Cry
Chaim Potok’s book Chosen tells the story of Danny Saunders, the son of a strict Hasidic Jew. For many years Danny’s father, though very human, never speaks to Danny, except when teaching him out of the Talmud. One day the mystery is revealed. Rabbi Saunders explains that God has blessed him with a brilliant son, […]
I Stopped To Help Her Cry
A little girl who was late coming home for supper. Her mother made the expected irate parent’s demand to know where she had been. The little girl replied that she had stopped to help Janie, whose bicycle was broken in a fall. “But you don’t know anything about fixing bicycles,” her mother responded. “I know […]
The Blind Cod
I wonder how much compassion you’d have for a fish? In March 2000 a Norwegian fisherman, Harold Hauso discovered an old, blind cod in his nets. He felt a bit sorry for the fish, and it was too thin to eat, so he freed it from the net and let it go. The next week […]
The True Story Of Santa Claus
Every year children across the world eagerly await the arrival of that jolly fat, red man Santa Claus. But is he real? Well, in a way, yes he is. The Santa Claus story begins in history, around 200 CE, with a sailing ship caught in the grip a terrible storm outside the Turkish port of […]
The Proper Use Of Words
from Freedom in Christ Ministries Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear (Effusions 4:29). How do we express our perceptions of people? Primarily by what we say to […]
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