From: Stinginess and the Generosity of God, (10-21-26), by Randy Alcorn at: http://www.desiringgod.org ************************************* On a trip to Ukraine in 1991, my pastor friend and I spent the evening with a large family, feasting, singing hymns, laughing, and praising Jesus together. We felt guilty when we learned our hosts had served an entire month’s […]
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(…continued) I treasure the memory of those ‘coincidental’ meetings. And I look forward to many more meetings like that in heaven, when we will have a whole eternity to meet people from all over the world, and all across time. Just imagine the possible conversations: “Oh, you packed food for Feed My Starving Children?
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I Timothy 6:7 — For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain, we can carry nothing out. —————– Two old friends were visiting. Tony said to Stan, “Why don’t you retire, Stan? You know your wife wants to do some traveling, you never have time for your grandchildren’s ballgames, and I
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This profound little story made the rounds on Facebook a while back: One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the sole purpose of showing his son how it was to be poor. They spent a few days and nights on the farm of what
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From the Standing Strong Through the Storm daily devotion at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ——————————— Satan subtly promotes the attitude that says money, property, possessions, physical comforts, as well as worldly fame and honor are the most important things in life. While God created all things and is the source of all we have, He does
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A story is told about an American tourist’s visit to an old rabbi who lived somewhere in Europe. The tourist had heard about the old man’s great wisdom, and he hoped to gain some wisdom about how to best live his life. The rabbi invited the tourist into his apartment.
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Above: The Talents, 1908 by artist Eugène Burnand (1850-1921). ————————————- Matthew 25:14-30: (Jesus said), “It will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold (‘talents’ in older translations), to another two bags, and to another
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The story of Stanley Tam (1916-2023), compiled from articles by Randy Alcorn at http://www.epm.org (6-16-21) and Todd Harper at http://www.ncfgiving.com (5-16-23). ————————— In 1934, as a young door-to-door salesman, Stanley Tam met a farmer’s wife who told him about Jesus. Six weeks later, while in a church, he placed his faith in Christ.
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I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say they didn’t like giving money to overseas missions, because, “How do we know the money gets there?” Here’s how I know. When I was a child in Sunday School, our mission offerings went to the African nation of
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Several of the last few meditations have been about prayer. Prayer is central in the life of a Christian. Prayer is commanded in the Bible, it is described in the Bible, there are many examples in the Bible of God’s people at prayer, and Jesus himself was often seen praying. Sometimes, we are
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