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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 10 views
HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood > and always has something positive to say: When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. > > If an employee…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 14 views • unknown
Devotional from David Jeremiah
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 19 views • unknown
Very moving story
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
Angel Cardenas, a local CBS correspondent with KMAX TV’s “Good Morning Sacramento,” found out the hard way that sin can never remain hidden for long. He was fired, recently, for climbing all over classic, privately-owned cars at the Sacramento International Auto Show, damaging one in the process. Cardenas…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
I love stories about the simple childlike faith of children. Here is a sampling of third grade children’s praying from their childlike faith. “Dear God, how come you didn’t invent any new animals lately? We still have just all the old ones. Dear God, who draws the lines around the countries? Dear God,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Rachel Nichols of Richmond, Missouri tells of her fourth grader who was on crutches on his birthday. He was unable to carry cupcakes into the school without some help. She asked Noah, her sixth grader if he could help his brother carry the cupcakes. “I could,” he said, “but I’d prefer not to.” Rachel’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Thomas McClellan was at home in Holt, Michigan with Luna, his 5-year-old daughter, while his wife of 3 months was at work. When Luna woke him from a nap to tell him she was hungry, he told her “It’s not time for dinner.” The 25-year-old man said that his daughter gave him “more attitude” he “grabbed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
An Ohio minister and former football coach is planning to sue the NFL over its racy Super Bowl halftime show. Dave Daubenmire claims Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s “soft-porn performance” may prevent him from “getting into the Kingdom of Heaven.” The Week, February 21, 2020 p.6 https://www.complex.com/music/2020/02/ohio-minister-dragged-for-threatening-to-sue-nfl-over-shakira-jennifer-lopez-halftime-show…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In Toledo, Ohio KC Ahlers’ son was born with a rare medical condition. In a desperate attempt to raise money for medical care he posted a flyer near a mall asking for donations. Someone posted a sign next to the flyer that read: “Stop asking for money. Let the baby die. It’s called Darwinism. Happy Holidays.”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
The most popular college class in America today is at Yale University. Psych 157: Psychology and the Good Life is attracting 1200 students per semester. According to the professor, today’s college students are not happy, and she thinks the unhappiness extends far beyond college students. “Students are…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A relaxing Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Equinox was interrupted when Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. The ship detoured to Grand Bahama Island and became a floating aid station. The ship’s kitchen staff prepared some 10,000 meals for storm-struck Bahamians. The 3000 passengers whose vacations…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Shannon Grimm, a Texas kindergarten teacher noticed that one of her students, Prisilla Perez, had become quiet and sad. Upon investigation, she discovered the little 5-year-old was struggling because her classmates thought her new haircut made her look like a boy. Shannon decided to help, so she had…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
One of the necessities of sewer and drain systems is that they flow freely to move the waste down system, and not back up into homes and businesses, and potentially damaging the environment. But sometimes they get blocked. It recently took Thames Water workers 3 weeks to clear a 40 ton “Fatburg,” in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Every servant knows what it is like to serve others with all that you’ve got only to be stabbed in the back. Whether it comes as an email, an open criticism, or a desertion, it is painful. Gabe Castellanos was celebrating his 38th birthday next to New York City’s East River when he spotted a dog struggling…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
If children are a blessing from the Lord, Americans are missing out. Around 3.85 million babies were born in 2017. That is the lowest number since 1987. The only two states with a fertility rate high enough to sustain the population were South Dakota and Utah. Two reasons given for the decrease is that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Al Blackman is an American Airlines Mechanic. He has been one for 75 years. He is 91 years old. He began working for AA in 1942. During a celebration in his honor he said, “When you like what you do, it’s not work.” This is a great attitude regarding work. It ought to be the attitude of the Christ follower…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Ashwag Hajihamid is a young Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS and sold into slavery in Iraq back in 2014. She escaped Iraq and fled to Germany. All was well until one day in Germany when she encountered the man that had enslaved her. “I ran away from Iraq so I would not see that ugly face and forget…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 398 views • 39:24
# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Bruce Lorenz is believed to the North Dakota’s oldest mayor, and has been reelected to another term by a unanimous vote. Lorenz is 86 years old, and estimates that he has been mayor of the small town of Ruso for about 30 years. He admitted that he forgot about Election Day until his daughter reminded…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 103 views
French researchers discovered that people imitate behaviors like laziness, impatience, and prudence from others, which suggest those attitudes have a strong social influence on people. Those traits influence the way people make decisions and often involve delay an action or effort based on taking risks.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 80 views
Rudeness is like a contagious illness. It spreads quickly and virally, almost like the common cold says author Danny Wallace. Wallace researched the prevalence of rudeness in our online society and discovered a ridiculous amount of strange acts of revenge, from rubbing fries on a person’s windshield…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Game Warden Josey Branch from Oklahoma responded to a report of an elk with its antlers entangled in a cotton bale tarp, electric fence, and barbed wire fence. Since he could not get close to the animal, Branch used his rifle to shoot off the animal’s antlers above the bases and then shoot the wire and…
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Rev. Bruce Goettsche • Union Church of La Harpe Illinois • Illustration • • 428 views
Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson knows playing football was the right choice, but baseball still has his heart. Wilson hit .229 in 93 games playing for a Class A team in the Colorado Rockies Network in 2001. He became the starting quarterback for the Seahawks in the Fall of 2012. Wilson was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Time Magazine recently devoted much of a weekly issue to the discussion of living longer. One of the key articles was about the effect of church attendance on life expectancy. Several studies have shown a definite relationship between attending religious services and living a long time. One comprehensive…