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Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 33 views
So like people dying of thirst in the desert, we stagger exhausted and aimless through our days. Preaching, teaching, training, counseling, and administrating become intolerably burdensome because we have somehow forgotten why we are doing them. This weariness comes close to what medieval theologians…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
It was a normal January day. I had been working at the church in Elizabethton, TN. and lunch time came, so I headed down the street to my home for lunch. When I walked through the door, I could tell something was terribly wrong. There sat Marie, our baby sitter on the couch with a look of horror on her…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 64 views
This phrase originated with the WWII patriotic song Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer, 1943, by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh, which tells of a damaged warplane, barely able to limp back to base: One of our planes was missing Two hours overdue One of our planes was missing With all its gallant crew…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 16 views
A herd of buffalo was grazing on the range where the deer and the antelope play. Suddenly, a cowboy came riding up, jumped off his horse, got right up in the face of a buffalo and said, "You are the sorriest excuse for a buffalo I ever saw. Your eyes are bloodshot, your fur is dirty and matted, and you…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
Chase Wright is pitching in a Double-A Baseball game in that picture you are looking at. Yet, it wouldn’t be long until he got his big break: He was called up to a major league baseball team, and not just any major league team. He was called up to the New York Yankees. How did he do? Well, he tied a…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 16 views
DISCOURAGEMENT Discouragement can easily cause our faith to shrink, and we may even at times consider quitting our service for God. Perhaps we have all experienced these sentiments: I’ve taught a class for many years; borne many burdens, toiled through tears— But folks don’t notice me a bit, I’m so discouraged,…
Ron Barkhouse • Illustration • • 9 views
Little Place Where shall I work today, dear Lord and my love flowed warm and free. He answered and said, "See that little place? Tend that place for me". I answered and I said, "Oh no, not there, No one would ever see No matter how well my work was done, Not that little place for me!" His voice when…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 6 views
What are obstacles anyway, except those things we see when we take our eyes off the goal. Someone observed that a “go-getter” is one who, finding a worm in his apple this morning, has fish for dinner tonight. Truly, we cannot let discouragement of any kind keep us from meeting out challenges. Giving…
Jerry L Veatch • Illustration • • 12 views
Satan's Discouragement There's an old fable that says the Devil once held a sale and offered all the tools of his trade to anyone who would pay their price. They were spread out on the table and each one labeled. Hatred, malice, envy, despair, sickness, sensuality - all the weapons that everyone knows…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 1,144 views
There is an old legend about Satan one day having a yard sale. He thought he'd get rid of some of his old tools that were cluttering up the place. So there was gossip, slander, adultery, lying, greed, power-hunger, and more laid out on the tables. Interested buyers were crowding the tables, curious,…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
Louis Stanley resigned as an elder March 30, 2008. Someone asked him why. He replied, “After you but your head against a wall so many times, you get a headache.” – Rita ?, March 31, 2008, El Braceo Restaurant
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 11 views
A foreman overseeing a demolition crew was asked by an observer if he had to hire highly skilled men to tear the building down. “Not really,” the foreman replied. “I just need strong men – men who can tear down in a matter of days something that took years to build.” It never takes as long to destroy…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 124 views
Drop by drop . . . the bucket fills. "Haba na haba . . . Hujaza Kibaba" This old Swahili proverb reminds us that every drop counts, regardless of how small. A multitude of opportunities, like countless drops in a bucket, abound every day to make a difference in the lives of those around us. People need…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 6 views
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. - Robert C. Savage, Life Lessons Reader’s Digest, December 1995, page 193
Ralph Andrus • Illustration • • 9 views
Captain Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin participated in one of the greatest technological feats of the 20th century--he was one of the first two men to walk on the moon. Then something very unexpected happened. In just a few short years after his historic voyage, his life had turned from success to the brink of…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 26 views
Nightmares happen. But we shouldn’t be surprised. The bible warns us that when we actively pursue Christ’s mission, we’ll face obstacles. So our best response is to be forewarned—and not to panic when it happens. Actually, we’ve found that nightmares give your prayer life a real boost—and teach you a…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 11 views
Encourage Your Children I also believe that encouraged and encouraging parents will produce encouraged and encouraging children. Living life with a “Yes!” perspective instead of the all-too-common “No!” should be our guiding philosophy with our children; we need to look for things they’re doing right…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 21,853 views
John C. Maxwell Successful people do not have less challenging lives than those who do not succeed. In fact, they may go through even greater challenges. What causes the separation? Successful people respond to difficulties differently. It’s easy to have a great attitude when things are going our way.…