Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 23, 2013
MAX LUCADO: GRACE IS GOD AS A HEART SURGEON
Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart – poisoned as it is with pride and pain – and replacing it with his own. Rather than telling you to change, he creates the change. Do you clean up so he can accept you? No, he
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 27, 2020
“When I was a kid, my dad and I were driving somewhere on a nice, sunny afternoon…. My window was rolled down. The town we live in isn’t known to be a destination for celebs of any kind. We pull up to a light; we’re the second car from the front. A polished limo pulls up next to us, and the window
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 10, 2022
Thomas A. Edison was working on a crazy contraption called a "light bulb" and it took a whole team of men 24 straight hours to put just one together. The story goes that when Edison was finished with one light bulb, he gave it to a young boy helper, who nervously carried it up the stairs.
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 12, 2023
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Richard Armstrong, in Make Your Life Worthwhile, reports the story about a man in Wales who sought to win the affection of a certain lady for 42 years before she finally said, "Yes." The couple, both 74, recently became "Mr. and Mrs."
For more than 40 years, the persistent,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 21, 2023
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John Parker was seated outside the president’s box, in the passageway beside the door. From where he sat, Parker couldn’t see the stage, so after Lincoln and his guests settled in, he moved to the first gallery to enjoy the play. Later, Parker committed an even greater folly: At intermission, he
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
I was sitting on my deck at home one day this week having a brief devotional with the Lord. I looked up into a tree and saw a very small bird, a tiny yellow finch. I looked at him, and he looked at me. He was perched there without a care in the world, feeling safe and sound on his God-given turf.
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
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ILLUSTRATION: THE CUSSING DEACON
A Preacher was made aware that he had a Deacon in his church who was from time to time known to cuss.
In his attempt to help the Deacon overcome this terrible habit, the Preacher decided he should spend some personal time with the Deacon so they could have a long
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Contributed by Mark Tonkery on May 20, 2008
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Take, for example, the foot. It has 26 bones, 19 muscles, and 107 ligaments. Walking up stairs requires the cooperation of 300 different muscles. The sense-receptors in your foot let your brain know exactly what kind of surface you’re walking on: rocks, ice, soft sand, and your foot immediately
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
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THE MISER AND HIS GOLD
Once upon a time there was a Miser who used to hide his gold at the foot of a tree in his garden. but every week he used to go and dig it up and gloat over his gains.
A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and ran away with it. When the Miser next came to
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CHECKING ON HIMSELF
I’m reminded of a story of a grocery store owner who overheard a young boy using the pay phone at the entrance of his store. You know how telephone conversations are; you usually hear only one side of the conversation.
The young boy was talking and the store manager was
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 24, 2008
While still a young man, a certain Christian formed the habit of praying beside his bed before he went to sleep. Later, when he joined the army, he kept up this practice, though he became an object of mockery and ridicule in the barracks. One night, as he knelt to pray after a long, weary march,
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 15, 2009
The first time I had to speak in public was when I was in fourth grade. The elementary school I attended was part of the college down the street from my house. I think I was a shepherd in the college's presentation of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."
I was pretty nervous--scared, really--about
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