Forbearance

Forgiveness Includes Fellowship A pastor once rebuked a Christian lady who had an unforgiving spirit toward someone who had offended her. After a moment's thought she replied, "Well, I guess I'll pardon her as you suggest, but I don't want anything more to do with her!" "Is that how you want God to

God’s Will

"Lord, if it will be to Your glory, heal suddenly. If it will glorify You more, heal gradually; if it will glorify You even more, may your servant remain sick awhile; and if it will glorify Your name still more, take him to Yourself in heaven." (Ole Hallesby, Norwegian theologian)  

Communication Quotes

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." (Peter F. Drucker) "You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." (Dale Carnegie) "Tact is the ability t

Light – Darkness

A poor little boy once heard his Sunday School teacher say Jesus was the Light of the world. He took her remark quite literally. After class, the boy said to his teacher, "If Jesus really is the Light of the world, I wish He'd come hang out in my alley. It's awful dark where I live."  

Good Works

Love Wrought It On one of the arches in a magnificent cathedral in Europe is sculptured a face of wondrous beauty. It can be seen only once a year when the sun is in a certain position. For then its rays streaming through a small window illuminates the exquisite carving. According to legend, when t

Stewardship

Sigmund Freud's favorite story was about the sailor shipwrecked on one of the South Sea islands. He was seized by the natives, hoisted to their shoulders, carried to the village, and set on a rude throne. Little by little, he learned that it was their custom once each year to make some man a king, k

Criticism

An article from a church bulletin taught such a good lesson about criticizing that I thought I should pass it along. It begins with this poem: A little seed lay in the ground, and soon began to sprout; Now, which of all the flowers around, shall I, it mused, come out? The seed then could be hea

Family Worship

In the book Give Praise to God, J. Ligon Duncan III and Terry L. Johnson write, "If your children are in your home for eighteen years, you have 5,630 occasions (figuring a six-day week) for family worship. If you learn a new psalm or hymn each month, they will be exposed to 216 in those eighteen y

Life Tested

A minister was making a wooden trellis to support a climbing vine. As he was pounding away, he noticed that a little boy was watching him. The youngster didn't say a word, so the preacher kept on working, thinking the lad would leave. But he didn't. Pleased at the thought that his work was being adm

Heavenly Home

Safely Home Eric Barker, a missionary from Great Britain spent over 50 years in Portugal preaching the Gospel, often under adverse conditions. During World War II, the situation became so critical that he was advised to send his wife and eight children to England for safety. His sister and her thre