In The Year 2026 "Be Ye Kind, Tenderhearted, Forgiving One Another!

Illus: Dr. Odell Belger tells how that an elderly man attended his church drove HIS CAR for sixty years and never had a driver’s license.

• He said one time he was pulled over and the patrolman asked to see his license and he told him truthfully, HE DID NOT HAVE THEM WITH HIM! And the patrolman told him to go on.

• But after sixty years of driving he finally got caught. He confessed to the patrolman he had been driving for sixty years and never had any license.

• The high way department gave him driver’s license after sixty years of driving with no accidents.

• They said if he has been driving for sixty years with no accidents evidently he is qualified to drive.

The next day they had his picture in the local newspaper holding his driver’s license in his hand and smiling.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!!

Illus: WASHINGTON (AP) — reported after months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its leader and whisk him to the United States where his administration planned to put him on trial.

• The military leaders tell us this capture will go down into history as a flawless undertaking.

• They also tell us before they ever undertook this endeavor for months and months the military have practiced every detail over and over again.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!!

A lot of folks could do a lot of things if they would take the time to practice certain things!!!

Illus: If some practice so many hours a day they could become a great pianist.

(1) HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF DEAN MARTIN?

Of course you have! He is known for his singing. It is said that many days

He practiced singing six hours a day. No wonder he was a wonderful singer!

(2) HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CHET ADKINS?

Of course you have! He was a great guitarist! He practiced playing the

Guitar when others were watching television. No wonder he was such a

Wonderful guitarist.

(3) HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MICHAEL JORDAN?

Of course you have! He was a great basketball player! He had a basketball in his hand and was shooting hoops while the crowd was sitting on the sideline yelling. No wonder he was such a wonderful basketball player.

(4) HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF JOHN WAYNE?

Of course you have! He was a great actor! He would practice a scene over and over again until he got everything the way it was supposed to be. No wonder he was such a wonderful actor.

WE BECOME GOOD AT WHAT WE PRACTICE!

• Probably some of our greatest musicians that were ever born have never been heard of because they never practiced the music skills they were born with.

• Probably some of our greatest physicians have never been discovered because they did not practice using the medical skills they were born with.

Let’s look at some things we Christians should be practicing.

We should -

I. PRACTICE BEING A GOOD LISTENER

A lot of folks are lonely!

Illus: Dr. Odell Belger and his wife often go out for supper and they often see an elderly gentleman whose wife past away several years ago and he is so lonely. Since he no longer has his beloved wife to talk to every time he sees someone he wants to engage in a conversation.

You will be surprise each day we come into contact with people who no longer have anyone to talk to them or listen to them.

Look what happened when this woman that had a problem touched the Lord.

The Lord wanted a conversation with her.

Look at Mark 5:30-34. "And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."

Listen, the Lord is Omniscient which means He knows all things. He knew before He asked who touched Him in faith, but he wanted a conversation with this lady.

After she confessed she was the one that touched Him in faith, perhaps she told him how she went from doctor to doctor but steadily got worse. Now she was out of money! I can assure you that whatever she said to the Lord, THE LORD LISTENED TO HER!