There are two categories of people who never will amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.
Why do those in these two categories fail to succeed? The first group is made up of those who are rebellious. They will not obey orders. The second group a…
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There is a very old saying: “God helps those who help themselves”. My father called this type of advice “chimney corner scripture” because it sounds like it might be in the Bible but is not. While not a Scriptural saying, it does have an element of truth in it. It agrees with a quote of Andr…
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There is a story about a man who became so frustrated that he blurted out, “I fool so feelish”. What he said does not make much sense, but most folks can figure out what he meant to say.
We also can be guilty of saying one thing and meaning something else. We might be like the man in this cas…
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Recently we visited Bro Bill Robinson in the Brantford, Ontario hospital. He had suffered a massive stroke and is partially paralysed. He has difficulty speaking but we were able to visit, discussing happier times and the glorious hope we share. He came out with a profound statement which is worth r…
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“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul tells us that we cannot give what we do not have. He puts it this way: “For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does…
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One would think the smell is everything based on the millions of dollars the perfume industry spends on advertising its various scents. They would have us believe that happiness, success and popularity can all be achieved by using their particular perfume or cologne.
In a sense they are right. Th…
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It has been said “never argue with a fool, he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience”. Comparable advice can be found in the book of Proverbs, “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself ”. It means that when tempted to argue a point with so…
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It has been said that if we feed our faith then our fears will starve to death. Unfortunately, sometimes our fears are better fed than our faith is. Which are we feeding?
Faith is important. Mary McLeod Bethune said, “Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible”. The wr…
When we share our faith with our friends and acquaintances, our hope is that they will listen with open minds and accept the call of the gospel. If we could read the minds of our listeners, we might be surprised to discover what they are thinking, “I don’t care how much you know until I know how…
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“Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” It was Elihu who observed, “Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment”. There are some who have had twenty years’ experience, and there are others who have had one year�…
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