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Tapping into the Power of God, Max Lucado Part of the answer is illustrated in a story about a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century. She was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have…

God snatches victory from the jaws of defeat in each of our lives!

> 1. "To the world you might be one person, but to one person > you might be the world." > 2. "Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore > than going to MacDonald's makes you a hamburger." > 3. "Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made > a fool of yourself, don't feel you've…

Why you should remain a virgin until you are married Teens having sex. It's in the movies, on TV, and splattered on the pages of magazines. It seems that having sex makes many teens feel that they are mature, popular, normal, or loved. Teens often mistake sex for love - and fondling for affection. But…

I have seen, at a railway station, gentlemen with first-class tickets walking up and down the platform unable to find a first-class carriage; and if the train was going on they have jumped in the third class so as to get to their journey’s end. If there is any man who does not think that he ought to…

I have heard of a certain king who had a jester or “fool” to make fun for him, as kings used to have. But this “fool” was no fool; he had much sense, and he had thought wisely about eternal matters. One day, when he had greatly pleased the king, his majesty gave him a stick, and said to him, “Tom, there…

I have heard of a naturalist who thought himself exceedingly wise with regard to the natural history of birds. Yet he had learned all he knew in his study, and had never so much as seen a bird either flying through the air or sitting upon its perch. He was a fool, although he thought himself exceedingly…

I will never forget Ted Stone

When a man has been drowning, I have heard that his sensations have often been very pleasant. But when the circulation of the blood commences again, pain begins at once. And the more pain he suffers, the more surely is he being restored to life. It is just so with the spiritual blood that is circulating…

What strength holy living in his people gives to the preacher of the word of God! Imagine a man comes before you and says, “There is, somewhere about here, an invisible lake, containing the purest, coolest, and most refreshing water that you ever drank. You never saw water so pure and delicious.” We…

The stupendous falls of Niagara have been spoken of in every part of the world. But while they are marvelous to hear of, and wonderful as a spectacle, they have been very destructive to human life when by accident any have been carried down the cataract. Some years ago, two men, a bargeman and a collier,…

Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…

An intern at HBO Max mistakenly sent out a test email to a portion of their mailing list. The company followed up by apologizing for the mistake and threw the intern under the bus. The response from those receiving the message was supportive of the intern. One user wrote, “Once, when I was a junior copywriter,…

“When you succeed, speak about it softly or let others mention it for you. But when you make a mistake say it clearly and loudly, so that everyone can learn and profit from your errors. In other words, ‘Whisper wins and shout mistakes.’” —No Rules Rules, 123 1 Peter 5:6–7 (CSB) Humble yourselves, therefore,…

In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey writes, “It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to use that hurts us.” —Jim L. Wilson --7 Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 81 Proverbs 26:11–12 (CSB) As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “In 2017, a six-year-old Dallas girl was talking to Alexa about cookies and dollhouses, and a few days later four pounds of cookies and a $160 dollhouse were delivered…

StubHub made a mistake, and Jordan Benedict benefited from it. Benedict snatched two Game 2 tickets for the 2017 World Series for $9.00 apiece. Thinking it might be a mistake, Benedict called StubHub. Some would say that was a foolish call, but I view it as an act of integrity. StubHub agreed that it…

After the summit with President Trump failed to produce an agreement, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un blamed four of his top officials. It’s not good to be blamed for failure in North Korea. The North Korean leader had the officials executed. According to reports, the Dear Leader also demoted his right-hand…

Laura Linham’s driver’s license has a typo—it says she is from the “Unityed Kingdom” instead of United Kingdom. Commenting on the error, Linham said, "It also makes me wish the photo on the card was better, so I could be less embarrassed when I whip it out and show everyone the typo."—Jim L. Wilson http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/motorist-given-driving-licence-embarrassing-9115252…

FOOLISHNESS 25-year-old Param Sharma was arrested for “reckless driving” because he was in the back seat of his Tesla, without another person in the driver’s seat, as his Tesla was in either “Autopilot,” or “Full Self-Driving” mode. Apparently, the arrest has not changed Sharma’s resolve to be a backseat…

Animal rescuers rushed to a Singapore home after a woman called them because she thought she heard a cobra hissing in her bathroom. When the woman called the emergency number, she sent the team a recording of the noise she heard, which they believed could be the sound of a deadly black spitting cobra,…

Nassau County, New York District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 25-year-old man from the area is facing jail time because he tried to forge his death certificate to avoid serving another jail sentence. The prosecutor said he might have been successful if not for the typos in the document.…

One of the adaptations taken as a result of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic is the wearing of facemasks. According to some, wearing the facemask prevents droplets containing the virus from escaping through the mouth and nose to infect others. How then do you explain the Kentucky woman who approached a…

A Toronto man said he was surprised and confused when a package arrived at his home containing something that he had ordered eight years earlier. When the package was dropped off on his doorstep Elliot Berinstein said he was confused because he had not ordered anything from the company in a long time.…

When he didn’t get the sauce with his Chicken McNuggets, Robert Golwitzer allegedly called McDonalds to threaten to blow the place up. The satisfaction he might have felt was short-lived however, because the Ankeny, Iowa police arrested him for the bomb threat. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bomb-threat-mcdonalds_n_60da2b7be4b09ead19f713ce…