Quote: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving” (From Illustrations Unlimited).
Quote: Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love’s touch. Goodness is love’s character. Faithfulness is love’s habit.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
But God gives us wisdom, His wisdom, much of which, I believe is hindsight that develops our foresight, though we cannot see or know the near future as it develops in front of us. William V. Pietsch gives us the picture of being on a ship in this regard as he wrote, ‘someone once compared God’s
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
based on 3 ratings
| 1,712 views
DAVID C. PACK gives us the following thoughts to ponder about Predestination.
1. “Is this true? Is this what the Bible actually teaches when it makes reference to predestination? Did God actually pre-plan every sin, every act of immorality and every crime that has ever been committed? Is God the
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
The second grade teacher had been giving a lesson on science. She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron.
Now it was question time, and she asked, “My name begins with the letter M and I pick up things. What am
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 9, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 4,292 views
To him who is thirsty I will give them without cost...... when our family go out to restaurants or a cafe or pub lunch, Danielle will often ask me to go and get some water, but she doesn’t mean bottled water she means get some tap water because its free. I always feel embarrassed asking for
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
based on 108 ratings
| 2,865 views
Charles Paul Conn writes about an actual experience one man had in the Deep South. He says, “When I lived in Atlanta several years ago, I noticed in the Yellow Pages, in the listing of restaurants, and entry for a place called the The Church of God Grill. The peculiar name aroused my curiosity
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 20, 2002
based on 40 ratings
| 2,670 views
W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. In a few years his income increased and he was tithing $500.00 per week. He called on the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
based on 36 ratings
| 1,476 views
When you go to a doctor for your annual check-up, he or she will often begin to poke, prod, and press various places, all the while asking, "Does this hurt? How about this?" If you cry out in pain, one of two things has happened. Either the doctor has pushed too hard, without the right sensitivity.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 14 ratings
| 2,385 views
A woman missionary in the South Pacific Islands was explaining to a group of children the custom and significance of giving gifts at Christmas. "Giving gifts," she said, "expresses love and reminds us of the perfect gift of love we received from God: Jesus."
Later that week, a young native
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 12, 2003
based on 10 ratings
| 2,122 views
In 1969, Lois Cheney wrote these words in her book, God is No Fool: Once, a man said, “If I had some extra money, I’d give it to God, but I have just enough to support myself and my family.” And the same man said, “If I had some extra time, I’d give it to God, but every minute is taken up with my
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 10, 2003
based on 11 ratings
| 1,317 views
Fellow pastor and friend Denn Guptill wrote these words: “How many people here have ever taken their kid’s to MacDonald’s. Ok you’ve taken the fruit of your loins to the golden arches, you’ve forked over some of your hard earned wealth, received your dinner and now you have retired to one of the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Dec 15, 2003
based on 16 ratings
| 2,621 views
Cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by Ananias and Sapphire (Acts 5:1-11). It is an acute condition that renders a patient's hands immobile when called on to move in the direction of his wallet and then toward the offering plate. This strange malady is clinically unobservable in such
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Vernon Murray on Mar 4, 2004
based on 6 ratings
| 2,367 views
The Presbytery was engaged in a major debate over the approval of the budget. Those on one side said we ought to cut the budget because the funds were not available. The other side argued that we ought to solicit more funds from the people so the budget would not have to be cut. It seemed to me
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed