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        Encouragement Can Change A Life PROContributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010 (message contributor)
ENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE
Stuart Briscoe tells a story of something that happened to Howard Hendricks when he was in elementary school. Howard had come from a broken family and was a problem kid. During his first day in fifth grade the teacher said, 'Oh, Howard Hendricks. I've heard a lot about you. I understand you are the worst kid in school.' That year Howard did whatever he could to prove her right.
When the next year rolled around his sixth grade teacher said to him, 'Oh, so you are Howard Hendricks. I've heard you are the worst boy in this school.' Hendricks thought, 'Here we go again.' But then the teacher continued, 'And you know what? I don't believe a word of it.' And...
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