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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 15 views • unknown
Devotional from David Jeremiah
Church Fast 2021
Mat • Kircubbin Community Church • Illustration • • 55 views • 1:49
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
In his book, Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World, Max Lucado writes, “One would think Christians would be exempt from worry. But we are not. We have been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don;t have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Kara Tippett took a question posed by Martin Luther, “What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?” and intended to write a blog with topics like the daily grind of laundry, screaming kids, and getting dinner on the table. She would write of living by faith through the everyday weariness and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Andrew Lloyd-Webber was suffering intense pain in his leg. Fourteen surgical interventions left him in such agony he wanted to die. In his own words he said, “I went through a moment of deep depression—that awful moment when you think you must find a way out.” From there he descended to contemplating…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Yusuf Alchagirov is an 80-year-old Russia shepherd. While picking raspberries in a field near the Russian border with Georgia he was confronted by a large bear. Yusuf and the bear had a tussle with the shepherd continually head butting the bear. Finally the bear tossed Alchagirov off a cliff. The shepherd…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 16 views
And yet I know that these words about testing are landing on some hearts that refuse to receive them this morning. We live in a society that values comfort above all else, but we do that to our great harm, in many cases. Consider this guy (show pic). Know who he is? It’s William Perry. Still don’t know…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
A few weeks ago I was in Cape Town, South Africa, for a gathering of world Christian leaders from 200 countries. One of the speakers was the Anglican archbishop of Jos, Nigeria. His name is Benjamin Kwashi, and he shared a story that was horrific and inspiring at the same time. Jos, this city in Nigeria,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 29 views
In 1958 John Stott was leading a university outreach in Sydney, Australia. The day before the final meeting, Stott received word that his father had passed away. In addition to his grief, Stott was also starting to lose his voice. It was late afternoon and within a few hours the final meeting would take…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
I am a “night-binger.” It hurts to say it and I hope you don’t lose all respect for me as a pastor, but there is something about sweets that makes them appealing after 8 pm. Wave a doughnut in front of me at 10 am, and I have little trouble saying “no.” Ice Cream at 12 pm hardly makes me turn my head.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 71 views
Want a picture of how this works? Consider Darlene Dieblier Rose. In her autobiography, Evidence Not Seen, she tells of her career as a missionary in the Asian Pacific during WW II. She was imprisoned along with her husband by the Japanese. He died and she suffered horribly. She was infected by the food…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 7 views
Contentment is when we become convinced that our resources in Christ Jesus are more than adequate for every situation in life that we face. SOURCE: unknown
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 1,549 views
Grace allows you to love God and do as you please. For when you love God, you will do as He pleases.—Augustine When Billy Graham was driving through a small southern town, he was stopped by a policeman and charged with speeding. Graham admitted his guilt, but was told by the officer that he would have…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 13 views
I remember an old story about a little boy who was out helping dad with the yard work. Dad asked him to pick up the rocks in a certain area of the yard. Dad looked over and saw him struggling to pull up a huge rock buried in the dirt. The little boy struggled and struggled while Dad watched. Finally,…
Brent Lewis • Illustration • • 8 views
A dear friend of mine who was quite a lover of the chase, told me the following story: “Rising early one morning,” he said, “I heard the baying of a score of deerhounds in pursuit of their quarry. Looking away to a broad, open field in front of me, giving signs, moreover, that its race was well-nigh…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 16,062 views
Four observations David Jeremiah After years of watching Christians miss opportunities God has set before them, though, I can offer four observations about why we don’t walk through God’s open doors. First, opportunities are often disguised as problems. It was the brilliant cartoon philosopher Pogo who…
Illustration • • 7 views
If necessity is the mother of invention, pain is the mother of necessity.
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 12 views
Tri Robinson tells of his own recognition of this in his own marriage. When I got home from [a] mountaintop weekend [that had changed my life, drawing me closer to Christ], I was excited to share with Nancy what had happened. This was the very thing that for many years she had desperately wanted and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
400 years after its first publication, the King James Bible influences more parts of America than we first think. Here are some of the ways it affects our daily language. “At their wit’s end,” Psalm 107:27 An escape “by the skin of my teeth,” Job 19:20 “Salt of the earth,” Matthew 5:13 “Riotous living,”…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 12 views
Excuses? "It's impossible." All things are possible (Luke 18:27). "I'm too tired." I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28-30). "Nobody really loves me." I love you (John 3:16; 13:34). "I can't go on." My grace is sufficient" (2 Cor. 12:9; Ps. 91:15). "I can't figure things out." I will direct your steps (Prow…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
GOD'S WILL Want to be in the center of God's will? Then turn to the center of God's word, the verse that is exactly in the middle of the Bible, Psalms 118:8 and follow the advise there: "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." (NKJV) Illustration by Jim L. Wilson GOD’S WILL…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 84 views
AUTHENTICITY After McGwire hit 70 home runs in a single season in 1998, collectors scrambled to purchase his 1985 Topps rookie card. Con men were also scrambling. Not to buy cards, but to produce forgeries to sell to the collectors. At $200.00 a card, con men were raking it in. The best of the fakes…
Illustration • • 650 views
A Aaron, ' = "light bringer" Aharown {a-har-one'} 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest Aaron Aaron {ah-ar-ohn'}= "light-bringer" 1) the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel and head of the whole priestly order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
Alan Bester • Illustration • • 11,857 views
A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…