GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN…
GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE…
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected.
Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider…
There is a tree that grows in
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2020
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Do you weep for your family, friends, church, nation and world?
1) Jesus did- Jesus wept over the sins of others, over their bitter consequences in judgment and death, and over Jerusalem which would not receive him. Jesus was a Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53). Why? Because he took our sins upon
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 3, 2020
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AT WHAT AGE SHOULD A PASTOR RETIRE? TEN DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONS
There are a lot of Baby Boomer pastors and Christian leaders around. And it’s cliché, but they aren’t getting any younger. It’s a quiet question that many are asking, but they are asking it nonetheless: What age should I
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 30, 2022
A married couple was reflecting on their 50th wedding anniversary and all of the great times they had been blessed to share together through the years. The husband was sitting in his recliner and the wife was sitting in her recliner.
“You know something,” she said, “things have really changed
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If you were to die tonight and you were getting entry into heaven, what would you say? If you answer that, and if I answer it in the first person, we've immediately gone wrong. “Because I believed”, “Because I have faith”, “Because I am his”. Loved ones the only proper answer is in the third
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Let’s go back to Wednesday April 13th – I left after the scope with Dr. H. – I was in shock – I walked out to my truck into a severe storm – drove home in the storm! When I got home, I went and sat down in my chair in front of our bay window. I was looking at the raging storm as I sat there looking
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 27, 2024
A Leaky Roof Lesson
Acting Quickly on Friendly Advice
Some of the best counsel we ever receive is not complicated—it’s simply practical, timely, and humble enough to follow.
This little story reminds me that wisdom often begins with a small adjustment made quickly, before a problem becomes
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 6, 2025
[044] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRISTIAN PATTERNS
This is a “constructed poem” meaning it follows a pattern. It is a series of injunctions or commands with specific structure that I will explain.
Let us take the opening line – “Take God’s truth and make it yours, and your vain ways forsake.” I
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2025
[053]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN
There used to be a chorus when I was young that went this way –
Dare to be a Daniel;
Dare to stand alone;
Dare to have a purpose firm,
And dare to make it known.
The poem here this time is a very simple one just retelling the story of
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 27, 2025
[145]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT
We are citizens of this world but we are not bound to that, for as Christians, we have a higher citizenship which is in heaven – {{Philippians 3:20 “OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN from which also we eagerly wait for a Saviour, the Lord
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 28, 2025
[214]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - PAUL’S PRISON
This is my oldest surviving poem. I had parts of others but they are gone. The poem came about when thinking of Paul in prison in Rome. Everything seemed against him there, but he was never forsaken by God of course.
When Paul was in prison he
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