Devotion
You Took My Place
One day, a man went to visit a church. He arrived early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near him, and the driver told him, “I always park there. You took my place!” The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat and sat down. A young lady from […]
Count Your Blessings
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS It’s impossible for any of us to ensure against an occasional attack of depression. Sometimes there is good reason for it, sometimes none at all. Like a thick fog it just sets in and we cannot break through. Like most people, no doubt you get this depression now and again. I know […]
The Perfect Mistake
My Mother’s father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to orphanages in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what […]
The Minority
THE MINORITY Professor Einstein once said that if two percent of the population of the world refused any longer to sanction war, it could never happen again. I don’t know if that would be right, but it’s cold comfort in these times of conflict and unrest. And if it is right, then where are the […]
Please Pass The Salt
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-012 (Practical Christian Living) PLEASE PASS THE SALT by Ron Clarke Are you superstitious? There are some people who, whenever they spill salt at the table, are careful to throw some over their shoulder to keep off bad luck. For the same reason others do not walk under ladders (although this may […]
A Miracle For A Missionary
“Mother’s father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to some orphanage in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what […]
7 Ups
. The 7 UP’s in Life 1. Wake Up – Decide to have a good day. “Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice & be glad in it” Psalms 118:24 2. Dress Up – The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive […]
On Loving God…
(by Rowland Croucher). Scriptures: 1 John 4: 16b; 2 Corinthians 5: 14-15; John 14: 15; Psalm 31: 23; Psalm 73: 25; Psalm 42: 1-2a; 1 Peter 1: 8; 2 Thessalonians 3: 5. Evangelical Christianity invites people to ‘accept Christ’ (a term, incidentally, not found in the Bible) but needs more urgently to encourage them to […]
Solitude And Community
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-243 SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together… but encouraging one another. Hebrews 10:24,25. God meets us, personally, alone, in solitary places: Jacob at […]
Weekend Encounter
==================================== WEEKEND ENCOUNTER October 28, 2000 ==================================== To Subscribe to Weekend Encounter click ON: http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm Editor: Dick Innes ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries http://www.ncfliving.org PLEASE NOTE: I will be out of the office until Nov. 13. Will try to answer emails after then. Sending from Australia. See online edition AT: http://www.actsweb.org/encwknd4400.htm Thought for […]
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