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Feeling Inadequate?
The next time you feel like God does not want you, just remember . . . NOAH was a drunk ABRAHAM was too old ISAAC was a daydreamer JACOB was a liar LEAH was ugly JOSEPH was abused MOSES had a stuttering problem. GIDEON was afraid SAMSON had long hair, and was a womaniser! RAHAB […]
Smiles
Believe in Miracles Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. Never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on. Believe in miracles, but don’t depend on them. Don’t forget that we are ultimately judged by what we give, not by what we get. When you hear a kind word spoken […]
Comfortable Goals
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-180 (Practical Christian Living) COMFORTABLE GOALS by Jill Carattini A television commercial portrays a man in a restroom conducting an important business meeting on his cell phone. Cradling the phone between his head and his shoulder, the man reaches for the faucet, only to find his balancing skills falling short and his […]
Christians Have A Biblical Mandate: Be Political
Originally published in The Age (Melbourne), Opinion, September 4, 2003 by Rowan Forster and Rowland Croucher The comments by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer about clergy ‘rushing for cheap headlines’ by getting involved in political statements, and the subsequent debate got us thinking… Barney Zwartz, in his article on meddlesome priests (The Age, Opinion, 2/9), […]
Playing A Violin With Three Strings
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, […]
Sand And Stone
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the […]
Prescription For Happiness
Attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson this prescription for happiness bears remembering and repeating. * Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. * Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with the gladness of life. The trick is to […]
Positive Alternatives
Instead of getting angry, become curious. In place of envy, feel admiration. In place of worry, take action. In place of doubt, have faith. Negative energy is just positive energy that’s flowing in the opposite direction. There’s no need to fight or run away from that negative energy. All you need to do is change […]
Remember
-Remember that yourpresence is a present to the world. – Remember that you are a unique and unrepeatable creation. – Remember that your life can be what you want it to be. – Remember to take the days just one at a time. – Remember to count your blessings, not your troubles. – Remember that […]
Promises To Myself
I will control my attitude, and not let my attitude control me. I will remember that true happiness is not always to achieve my goals, but to learn to appreciate what I have achieved. I will remember that people who are truly rich are not those who have the most, but those who need the […]
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