Devotion
Would Roses Cost A Lot?
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-164 (General) by Morris Thurman Henry Penn, the Boston florist who originated the slogan, “Say It With Flowers,” told how one morning two boys and a girl came into his floral shop and said: “We’re the committee and we would like some nice yellow flowers, sir. Do you have any yellow flowers? […]
Perspectives
There are two days in every week that we should not worry about. Two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring […]
No Easy Jobs, But Work Cannot Satisfy
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-167 (Practical Christian Living) NO EASY JOBS “If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.” – Ecclesiastes 10:18 Henry Ward Beecher was born June 24, 1813 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was educated at Amherst College and Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati where his father, […]
A Desert May Be Good For You (2)
From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness… Mark 1:4. God may not call you to live in a desert, or to ‘sell all you have and give to the poor’. Jesus’ universal call was not to […]
The Road Of Life
At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a President. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn’t know Him. But […]
Becoming What We Are
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-030 Rowland Croucher ——————– ——————– Peter… to [those] who have been sanctified. 1 Peter 1:1,2. Holiness is primarily a gift of God. We were – initially – ‘sanctified, made holy by God’s Spirit’. It’s not something we’ve done for ourselves, in the first instance. Indeed, if we read Peter correctly, the over-all […]
Temptation
DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Tuesday, September 05/00 by Dick Innes ~ ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries: http://www.ncfliving.org Like Daily Encounter? Will you please forward it to a friend! 13,101 subscribers from around the world. Subscribe at: http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm [1] EXPERIENCING EARTHQUAKES “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own […]
The Drought
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks & streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt seven farmers before it was through. Every […]
Problems
DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Wednesday, Sept. 06/00 by Dick Innes ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries: http://www.ncfliving.org Like Daily Encounter? Please forward it to a friend! 13,116 subscribers from around the world. http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm A Family Moment Online Bookstore … many discounted books, gifts, etc. Purchases help support Daily Encounter. http://www.actsweb.org/bookstore.htm [1] DAILY CHALLENGE “So, if […]
A Story About Prayer
A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, she found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I […]
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