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Illustration: Heaven, Cats

One day, a cat died of natural causes and went to heaven, where he meets the Lord. The Lord says to the cat, "You lived a good life, and if there is any way I can make your stay in heaven more comfort...

Illustration: Thanksgiving Prayer

A prayer of thanks to be given daily....

Commitment & Lordship

In a sermon on the Lordship of Christ, Roger Willmore says, "For Jesus to become Lord of a person's life involves absolute and total surrender. I can think of no better example of total surrender than...

Promised Of God

Claim It Dr. F.B. Meyer learned the secret of appropriation when he was addressing a large group of children who became very unruly. On the verge of losing his temper, he prayed in his heart, "Thy pat...

Discipleship

As the preacher was greeting people at the door after service, he saw an infrequent attender approach. Taking the man's hand, the preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My fri...

Theological Thoughts from a Thunderstorm

Thunderstorms are threatening, but the theology surrounding them can be thrilling! The term theological refers to something that is of or pertaining to the field of theology. Theology is the study of ...

Trust

Visitors to northwest Georgia often stop to see Toccoa Falls and Toccoa Falls College. Both are beautiful, as they should be, since the word toccoa means "beautiful" in the Cherokee language. Behind t...

Church

A man was coming out of church and stopped to greet the minister. The minister grabbed the hand of the man and pulled the man aside. The preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!...

God

Walter Lee Price, a church elder, former FBI agent and lawyer, has an interesting story in his book, 100 Years at the Bar. In Carter County, TN, a church engaged an attorney to help them in a new proj...

Hypocrites

The Praying Hypocrite I knelt to pray when day was done, And prayed, "Lord, bless everyone; Lift from each heart the pain, And let the sick be well again." And then I woke again one day, And careles...

Presence Of God

It sounds like a made-up story, but it is true. Some years ago a church in Carter County, Tennessee had an attorney draw up a deed for their property. He wrote the deed naming The Lord God Almighty as...

Pastor, Before You Quit...

Joe Mckeever gives counsel to pastors in stressful, high-pressure situations who are thinking of throwing in the towel....

Illustration: Witness, Evangelism

One day, a lady criticized D.L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody's reply was, "I agree with you. I don't like the way I do it either. Tell me, how do ...

Illustration: Worship

During a Christian conference, I worked late on the worship PowerPoint slides. Please note the "D" and "F" keys are next to each other on the keyboard and spell checkers do not catch wrong words used ...

Heaven - Future Home

Future Home A man died and went to Heaven. When he got there he just couldn't believe how great it was. He said to the Lord, "this place is tremendous, the music, the beauty… It's 10 times bett...

Hope in Confidence

The First Family, George W. and Laura Bush, have always included a scripture verse on their Christmas cards. Laura Bush had to change the verse on the card in light of the Sept 11th tragedy. What vers...

Courage, Prayer, Worship

In his book Surviving Hell: A P.O.W.’s Journey, Leo Thorsness tells of the courage it took to worship in the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison in Vietnam. ...

Hymns - The Way We'd Sing Them If We Were Honest

I Surrender, Some There Shall Be Sprinkles of Blessings Fill My Spoon, Lord Oh, How I Like Jesus He's Quite a Bit to Me I Love to Talk About Telling the Story Take My Life and Let Me Be It Is...

Call To Ministry

"Those who are truly sent by God . . . are marked by the fact that they are faithful to the message of the Gospel, exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, proclaiming to men the good news of salvation through...

White Robes

In a university town a self-styled "truth student, healer, teacher and facilitator" invited the public to a special program when he would channel a Day with the Masters including "Kwan Yin, Lord Sanan...