Mary Slessor and her family ——————– (…continued) Life was very difficult up country— especially during the first months, as entries in her diary indicate: “In the forenoon I was left alone with the mud and the rain and the general wretchedness, with a gap round the window frame and more round the doorway. […]
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“In measuring the woman’s power, you have evidently forgotten to take into account the power of the woman’s God. I shall go on.” –Mary Slessor (1848-1915) ————— The exploration and missionary work of David Livingstone and Henry Stanley inspired scores of others to embark on Africa— women as well as men. Most of
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————————— In 1773, English poet and hymn-writer William Cowper experienced a nervous breakdown. He struggled with mental illness and despondency all his life, and now his mind was telling him that he was condemned to hell for all of eternity. In his mental sickness he thought God was telling him to take his
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(…continued) Now, back to Steve Jobs. Jobs gave Buddhism credit for helping him focus his life and simplify his approach to technology, two of the things that led to his incredible success. He was an intensely focused problem solver and innovator, and, his goal was to make his very complex products simple to
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Steve Jobs (1955-2011) ————— Steve Jobs was truly one of the greatest geniuses the world has ever known. He has been called the Henry Ford of our time. Not only was he a brilliant inventor and innovator, he was also an incredible businessman, marketer, and leader. Along with a couple friends, he started
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————————————- (…continued) Europe today has total religious freedom, but very little religious conviction anymore. Muslim nations have strong religious convictions, but very little sense of religious freedom. The First Amendment has helped the United States maintain this delicate balance, but there are dangers now as there always has been. First of
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(…continued) As the government of this new nation was being formed, there was much talk about the three legs of a golden triangle, like three legs of a stool. All three legs are needed, and each depends on the other. The first leg of the stool, the first principle, is
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In Galatians 5:1 the Apostle Paul says, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Paul got this idea from Jesus, who said, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you
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——————————————– It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry? From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet, when you, God, rose up to judge. –Psalm 76:7-9a ———— (…continued) The Psalmist was terrified at the thought of such an accounting before God
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The 1998 movie Saving Private Ryan begins with an old man walking through a military cemetery. It is the American cemetery at Normandy in France where the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in the D-Day invasion are buried. The old man, full of emotion, stops and kneels at one of the
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