Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 23, 2026
[273]. A POEM MESSAGE – THE INFANT CHRIST HAS COME (Christmas) (Version 2)
Most Christians think of the Nativity at Christmas time but it ought not be like that. In one way the birth of Christ; His ministry; His death, burial and resurrection; and His ascension, are all equal in importance
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First is the love of power. Ronald Levy, a first grader in Philadelphia, was told to come directly home from school, but he arrived late almost every day. He often took almost 20 minutes longer to come home than to walk to school. His mother asked him, “You get out of school the same time every
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Contributed by Scott Hippler on Dec 3, 2001
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I can remember one late winter’s day when I was about 7, my grandmother had taken a cousin and me to the grocery store. When the shopping was done and the brown paper sacks were in the car, we headed home. On the way, grandma had to stop off at another
store for a few minutes, so my cousin and I
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 15, 2007
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A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back into the fold. He put an advert in the local paper:
“Lost, stolen or strayed; a large flock of Methodist sheep. They
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The Bible says that “Today is the day of salvation.” Author Anne Lamott tells about a 7 year old girl who got lost in a big city. The girl frantically ran up and down several streets, looking for a familiar landmark. A policeman saw the girl, realized something was wrong, and offered to help. She
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
A little girl looked up at her daddy while sitting on his lap and asked, "Daddy, I need to ask you something. Is God dead?"
The father said, "Honey, why in the world are you asking me such a ridiculous question! What would make you ask me such a question?"
His daughter
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
I wish every one of us had inscribed on the walls of our home the words of Dorothy Law Nolte’s work, “Children Learn What They Live,” and then kept this constantly before us in our daily activities:
If a child lives with criticism,
He learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility,
He learns
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 11, 2002
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GIVING BLOOD
Priscilla Larson writes, “My brother-in-law, who is a minister, responded to a Red Cross appeal for blood donations. When he didn’t come home by the time his young son expected him, the boy asked his mother, ‘Is Dad going around visiting all the sick people?’ His mother replied, ‘He’s
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 11, 2025
[161]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME IN YOUR KINGDOM
This poem is about the repentant thief on the cross who turned to the Lord for salvation. One criminal did and one did not. Here is the gospel account – {{Luke 23:40-43 but the other answered, and rebuking him
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
A WINNING FATHER
One of the most powerful stories in the history of the Olympic Games involved a canoeing specialist named Bill Havens. He was a shoe-in, I'm told, to win a gold medal in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. But a few months before the Games were held, he learned that his wife
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 2, 2006
Close with story of old man in poor house years ago with Baptist young preacher fresh out of Bible College. It was his first encounter with an old dying person. The man was lost, he confessed he was a great sinner and what could he do? The young preacher said his mind when blank, then the Lord
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Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Dec 29, 2005
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This poem was written by a workaholic dad:
I have a son who’s five years old, a boy so very fine.
When I look at him it seems to me that all the world is mine.
But seldom do I ever see my son awake and bright.
I only see him when he sleeps. I’m only home at night.
When I come home so weary
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