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Jolt
AMY CARMICHAEL HAS a note in her little book If... "A cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted." If it is full of sweet water and is jolted, what will... (continue reading Jolt)
Compliment
THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL and straightforward way of winning with people is to give them a compliment -- a sincere and meaningful word of affirmation... If you want to make others feel like a million bucks, you've got to master... (continue reading Compliment)
Change
MOST PEOPLE FIGHT against change, especially when it affects them personally... As novelist Leo Tolstoy said, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." The ironic thing is that change is inevitable. Everybody has... (continue reading Change)
Translator
IN A SERIES of very difficult technical reviews conducted in a foreign country, the company representatives with whom I was meeting became extremely upset about the products from my company... I had a translator for the meeting, hired from... (continue reading Translator)
Contagious
THE ITALIAN WORD for influence is influenza... The word influenza was introduced into English in the mid-1700s, apparently coming from the Italian phrase which attributed the origin of this malady to an influenza di freddo (influence of the cold).... (continue reading Contagious)
Elijah
WHEN WE THINK of Elijah, we never think of him as one who would doubt because he was strong and bold when he encountered the false prophets at Mount Carmel... He proved that God was the true God of... (continue reading Elijah)
Rejoice
WHENEVER I FIND myself wading through the pity pool, whining about how hard I have it, how unfair life can be, I am reminded of a phone call that took place several years ago... My cousin, my best friend... (continue reading Rejoice)
Misery
WHAT IF SOMEONE knocked on your door today and asked, "Could I sell you some misery today...? What have all kinds for sale." Would you buy it? Of course not, but many of us, including me, have "bought" it... (continue reading Misery)
New
THERE IS A certain convict that I have been corresponding with for several years down in Texas that recently got a "new" typewriter... He had completely worn out the old one. It was not very easy to correct his... (continue reading New)
Divorce
SINCE GOD INSTITUTED marriage as an exclusive and permanent union, a union which he makes and man must not break, Jesus draws the inevitable deduction that to divorce one's partner and marry another, or to marry a divorced person,... (continue reading Divorce)
Hands
SOME HANDS ARE used to play piano, some to mold clay, others to sign for those who cannot hear... Some hands are used to cook for others. Look at your hands. What do you see? I see veins popping... (continue reading Hands)
Leadership
GOD'S LEADERS MUST lead... "And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, 'Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.' So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people"... (continue reading Leadership)
Box
I KNEW A woman one time whose husband had left his wife and children to marry her years ago... After learning that such is adultery (Matthew 19:9), she said in all seriousness, "I don't know what to do. I guess... (continue reading Box)
Peace
ON MARCH 10, 1974, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, who had been a Japanese lieutenant in the Philippines during World War II, became the last Japanese soldier to surrender... The war ended in 1945, but Onoda hid in the jungles of the... (continue reading Peace)
Blessings
IT WAS JANUARY 13 and Frank and Cindy had gone outside to look around after the ice storm was over... The night was clear and very cold. Returning to the cozy confines of their den and sipping on hot... (continue reading Blessings)
Beware
THE VERB "BEWARE" is used in the New Testament 31 times... That in itself shows that there is constant danger in living the Christian life. The prophet Ezekiel warns of the same danger mentioned here. God's people were in danger... (continue reading Beware)
Snare
I AM NOT a hunter... In fact, no one could be more removed from that world than I. However, a couple of years ago a friend took me to his hunting club to check on the "food plots." Of course,... (continue reading Snare)
How
A SENIOR HAD backed a meek little freshman into a corner and was bombarding him with an impressive string of scientific facts... He said, "Did you know that...? Are you aware of...? Does it interest you...?" Finally, the beleaguered freshman... (continue reading How)
Lie
A STORE MANAGER heard his clerk tell a customer, "No, ma'am, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon..." Horrified, the manager came running over to the customer and said,... (continue reading Lie)
Remember
GORDON BELL IS trying to devise a system in which he can recall almost anything in his life... For the past decade, Bell, a Microsoft researcher, has been "moving" the data from his brain onto computers. The process is much... (continue reading Remember)