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Illustration: Loneliness

David Jeremiah wrote: “When missionary Amy Carmichael went to India, she suffered from acute, prolonged loneliness and homesickness. The other missionaries tried to be kind to her, but they were busy ...

Marriage

In his Turning Point Daily Devotional for May 22, David Jeremiah writes, "Randy and Victoria got engaged in February of 1994. A short time later, Randy's doctor informed him that the diabetes he had s...

Illustration: God’s Love

In a recent Turning Point devotional, David Jeremiah writes: “A 1970 film, by the same name as the novel on which it was based, Love Story, became famous for its tag line: 'Love means never having to ...

Illustration: Sin

David Jeremiah writes: "Reuters recently reported about a hunter in Belarus who shot a fox from a distance, but as he approached the wounded animal it sprang on him. As the two scuffled, the fox got i...

Illustration: Second Coming

Given the recent interest in Harold Camping’s mistaken predictions of a May 21, 2011, rapture, here are some thoughts from David Jeremiah in his Jan. 2, 2011, Turning Point Daily Devotional: ...

Illustration: Struggle, Suffering

In his Turning Point Daily Devotional for March 9, David Jeremiah says: “Clayton Christensen is a professor at Harvard Business School and is well-known for articulating his theory of disruptive techn...

Sin

David Jeremiah has observed, "Almost weekly we hear about a new computer "virus" that is spreading around the world - deleting files, crashing hard drives, and souring attitudes. Software viruses act ...

Value Of Struggles

David Jeremiah points out that, "The cocoon of the Emperor moth is flask-like in shape. To develop into a perfect insect, it must force its way through the neck of its cocoon by hours of intense strug...

Emptiness

David Jeremiah points out that, "In a Sports Illustrated interview, baseball hero Mickey Mantle once described his long battle with alcohol and his heartbreaking problems with his family. The intervie...

Accountability and Peer Pressure

David Jeremiah notes that, "On February 26, 1995, Barings Bank, England's oldest, declared bankruptcy after losing nearly a billion dollars..."...

Illustration: Second Coming

David Jeremiah writes: “The Diamond Wedding Gown, offered exclusively by a chic bridal salon in Beverly Hills, can be yours for only $12 million. It's the most expensive wedding dress in the world, an...

Service

David Jeremiah points out that, "The Dead Sea is so salty it contains no fish or plant life. Why? There are absolutely no outlets! A great volume of water pours into it, but nothing flows out. Many in...

Treasure

David Jeremiah notes that, "One of the better known treasure hunts in modern times has been the quest to find the rumored wealth known as the "Beale treasure." The hunt began when an eccentric man, wh...

Excellence, Commitment, Work

David Jeremiah tells about the group of men gathered one Saturday morning to help paint a friend's large, two-story home. Toward the end of the day when the job was almost complete, a small bi...

Example - Witness

David Jeremiah tells the story of a small boy who was terrified of thunderstorms at night. Whenever the lightning and thunder would begin, he would invariably end up at his parents bedside and saying,...

Forgiveness

David Jeremiah points out that in November 2002, "Detroit Schools Chief Executive Kenneth Burnley showed up at Southeastern High School with an announcement. Showing the students $100, he read a lette...

Giving, Priorities

In his Turning Point daily devotional on January 24, 2003, David Jeremiah observes, "New York's Joel Sherman is the world's new Scrabble Champion. Using words like vug and helicoid, he beat out Nigel ...

Illustration: Stress, Worship

In his Turning Point Daily Devotional for Feb. 18, 2010, David Jeremiah shares this: "A Netherlands-based electronics firm is creating a bracelet that will change color and flicker from yellow to red ...

Illustration: Lust, Self-Control

In his Turning Point Daily Devotional for July 16, 2004, David Jeremiah shares the Paul Harvey story about how Eskimos sometimes killed wolves: “A knife with a razor-sharp blade was soaked in blood, t...

Illustration: Holy Spirit, Security

David Jeremiah wrote: "It would be nice to be told, when we leave on a long car trip, something like this: 'I want you to know that you are going to reach your destination safely and on schedule. Rega...