Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 19, 2004
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In my youth, I had an older friend named Phil. Phil barely made a living. He never had a high paying job. But he always had something to give to those in need. When someone with financial needs came to Phil for help, Phil would always give this advice along with the money they needed; "if you would
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Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 22, 2004
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I heard the story of a game warden that saw a fellow heading downstream with his fishing pole and tackle box. He went up to him and asked to see the man’s license. The man said, “Warden, I don’t need a license. I’m not fishing. I’m just carrying this here pole and tackle box. No law against
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 20, 2004
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Our seven-year-old daughter had just won $2 for her memory work in Sunday School.
After the morning service, the pastor’s wife congratulated her.
Our daughter proudly announced, “And I put it all in the morning’s offering!”
“My, how wonderful!” the pastor’s wife exclaimed. “I’m sure God will be
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
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Illus.: “Pulling the Plow Themselves”
Shortly after the Korean War ended, two businessmen took a trip around the world. During their tour of Korea they traveled by bus with a missionary guide. In a field nearby they noticed a young boy pulling a plow. One of the businessmen commented on how poor
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Contributed by D Todd on Apr 22, 2004
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This really illustrates the point of God’s Provision and how He works through us. I go to the grocery store and get a pie. You will have to try which one works best for you. I like to use apple or the frozen kind that leaves lots of left over crumbs and pieces in the bottom of the pan.
I take
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Baptist
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. Bobby Eklund states:
Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 3, 2004
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Yet another film I have seen recently is called Pay It Forward, and in that story some year 7 students are set a social studies project in which they are to think of a way that one of them could do something which would change the world. No easy assignments for this class! Yet one of the students
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Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004
Sometimes you read biographies or hear speakers that sound a little like ‘the above’. It is estimated that during D L Moody’s lifetime, he traveled more than one million miles, spoke to more than 100 million people, and led hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to a personal relationship with
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 15, 2004
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The Ponca Indian tribe has an interesting tradition. When a loved one dies, the family and friends meet to share with one another. They share not in the form of words, but in the form of giving. Now you may think this not too interesting until you hear who does the sharing.
You see, thousands of
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 15, 2004
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Bishop Blake of the Oklahoma Area Conference told this story at General Conference…
“In 1999, the Oklahoma Conference met soon after the tragic tornadoes that swept thought the area, the most severe ever calculated by measuring devices. Many homes and many lives were destroyed. That conference
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2004
During World War II, a fighter pilot bailed out into occupied France. His life was saved by the courageous French people who sheltered him and helped him escape. After the war was over, the pilot took all the money he could scrape together and went back to Normandy to look for the people who had
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Baptist
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There are three kinds of givers -- the flint, the sponge and the honeycomb. To get anything out of a flint you must hammer it. And then you get only chips and sparks. To get water out of a sponge you must squeeze it, and the more you use pressure, the more you will
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One Sunday morning the usher dropped the collection plate on the floor. The money flew everywhere. Coins rolled and bills floated in the air. The congregation couldn’t help but laugh so the usher explained: “I couldn’t help but drop the plate – I
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h. The day the church treasurer resigned the church asked the local grain elevator manager to take the position. He agreed under two conditions. That no treasurer’s report would be given for the first year. That no questions be asked about finances during that year. The people were surprised but
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Contributed by Andrew Huson on Nov 12, 2004
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The Butterball Turkey company set up a hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years.
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been kept below 0 degrees the entire
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