Devotion
Some Thoughts To Ponder
“Life is more meaningful when you are always looking to grow and working toward a goal.” — Les Brown, Motivational Speaker The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity.” — Helen Rowland (1875-1950), Journalist “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for […]
Not My Fault
You are responsible for your present circumstances. But it’s not my fault. Someone cheated me. I got laid off. A storm hit my house. My husband spent all the money. I have a disability. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t do anything to deserve this. Life is so unfair. That is all very true. […]
Seeing The Smile Of God
Religion in Daily Life © By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org In a column, Erma Bombeck wrote about an experience she had in church. A small child turned around and smiled at everyone. The child’s mother slapped him and said, “Stop that grinning! You’re in church!” Erma wrote, “I wanted to grab this child […]
Measure Of Wealth
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-074 (Devotional) THE MEASURE OF WEALTH “and said: ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.'” – Job 1:21 Stanley Kresge was born on June 11, 1900 in Detroit, Michigan. He […]
We Are All Family
Peter Arnett was a CNN television commentator and reporter. He tells of a time he was in Israel, in a small town on the West Bank, when a bomb exploded. Bloodied people were everywhere. A man came running up to Peter holding a little girl in his arms. He pleaded with Peter to take her […]
Philadelphia Brainiacs
Proverbs 14:9 “Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.” Living in the Philadelphia area, I feel I have a right, from time to time, to take some shots at some of the wiser folks that live in my area. Phil Horner is one such Philadelphian who wondered what it might […]
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes “It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This […]
Sin You Didn’t Commit, The
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-190 (Practical Christian Living) THE SIN YOU DIDN’T COMMIT by Michael There is a sin of which each of us is guilty. Oddly enough, we “did it” without “doing” a thing. It’s called a sin of omission … the sin we do by doing nothing. You see, each of us will find […]
Christ Is Risen!
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:4 ___ The Day That Changed the World In Russia, before the days of Communism, Christians greeted one another at Easter time with the words, “Christ is risen,” and the person being addressed would respond, “Christ […]
Joy Hard Won (By Joni Eareckson Tada)
Honesty is always the best policy, but especially when you’re surrounded by a crowd of women in a restroom during a break at a Christian women’s conference. One woman, putting on lipstick, said, “Oh, Joni, you always look so together, so happy in your wheelchair. I wish that I had your joy!” Several women around […]
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