"No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today, that the weight is more than a man can bear." -George MacDonald, Better Than Gold, p.45

An associate of Wesley, Samuel Bradburn, was highly respected by his friends and used by God as an effective preacher. On one occasion he was in rather desperate financial need. When Wesley learned of his circumstances, he sent him a five-pound note (then worth about $10) with the following lett

She pleaded on the phone, "My son is dying of AIDS. Will you please come and pray with him?""Yes," said the senior pastor of a large metropolitan church."Oh, thank you, thank you," the woman sobbed. "You're the fifth church I've called.""What happened to the others?""Two hung up on me. One outright

John Bunyan said of Christians, "When all their garments are white the world will count them His," and the skeptical German poet Heinrich Heine said to Christians, "You show me your redeemed life and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer." The authentic life that speaks the gospel with

Chuck Swindoll writes, "You and I are afraid that if we open the door of contentment, two uninvited guests will rush in: loss of prestige and laziness. We really believe that 'getting to the top' is worth any sacrifice. To proud Americans, contentment is something to be enjoyed between birth and kin

Walt Disney was once asked how it felt to be a celebrity. "It feels fine when it helps to get a good seat for a football game," he answered. "But it never helped me to make a good film or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter. It doesn't even seem to keep fleas off our

Recent surveys suggest that most people who favor abortion have already been born!-Mark Russell  

After John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, suffered a stroke in 1846, a friend asked him about his health. Adams replied, "I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in upon by the storms, and from all I can learn, the landlord does not inten

One day C.H. Spurgeon was walking through the English countryside with a friend. As they strolled along, the evangelist noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: GOD IS LOVE. Spurgeon remarked to his companion that he thought this was rather inappro

A minister was preaching a sermon on "living water." At one point he said, "God's living water is like the water flowing in the Mississippi River. It's free." After the sermon a skeptic came up to him and observed, "If the water in the Mississippi river is free, why do you pass the plate to take up