There is a story about two men riding together, the one a believer in the Bible and the other a traveling salesman whose product was soap. The soap salesman said, “The gospel you preach has not done much good, for there is still a lot of wickedness in the world and a lot of wicked people, too.” …
The secret of success is constancy of purpose, said Disraeli. Jesus said, “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” We must keep on keeping on.
There is a marker on the rock near the top of Mt Washington. It marks the spot where a woman climber lay down and died. She was so close to the t…
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They say that closeness only counts in horseshoes. A miss is as good as a mile in most things of life. It is heartbreaking to almost win and yet lose, yet it happens every day in sports as well as in every day life. The horse that loses by a nose ran just as far and almost as fast yet the winner goe…
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Daniel Webster, when asked what was the greatest thought that had ever entered his mind, replied: “My accountability to Almighty God”.
This thought evidently hasn’t occurred to many people, at least it wouldn’t appear to be so from the way most people are living. Their lives reflect m…
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL chapters in our Bible is Paul’s love chapter (1 Corinthians 13). Drummond in his book, “The Greatest Thing in the World”, analyses it and finds that love is made up of nine ingredients which Paul deals with one at a time. These ingredients when properly mixed together…
When we were young we had a burning desire to walk up an escalator that was going down. Of course neither the store nor our parents would give their permission so we had to wait until we were alone and the store was not crowded. Getting started was a challenge since the steps disappeared into the fl…
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Jim Rohn said, “Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done”. Anthony Robbins adds, “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives but what we do consistently”.
The difference between…
Someone once said, “When it comes to helping others, some people stop at nothing”. Do we jump in to help when needed? Doing nothing can never be right. James tells us, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin”. We need to do more than just think of others,…
A few years ago no young boy ever yearned for a shiny new red bicycle. One hundred years ago no young man ever dreamed of a shiny red sports car. Fifty years ago no one hoped to get a laptop computer to play the latest electronic games.
Why? These things did not exist. It is difficult to want som…
“He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.”
We certainly did not ask to be born but God knew about us before our parents ever met. In speaking of Jeremiah God said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before your were born I set you apart; I appointed y…
