October 2008

Rom 6:11-14 (11) Joseph M. Stowell relates,\” Some time ago, I was chatting with a man who consults with some of the largest U.S. companies about their quality control. Because ministry is a form of human quality control, I thought I\’d ask him for some insights. \”He said, \”In quality control, we are not concerned […]

1 Cor 11:17-34 (26) They pushed. They shoved. They talked at the same time. The father looked down at his two little boys. It was clear to see that he was perplexed. How do you treat your son as if he were your only son when he isn\’t? When would they learn the joy of

Col 3:3-11 (10) The men in the Woods family laugh and bear it. There is no reason to deny the fact that if you have seen one of the Woods family you have seen them all. We could have a random changing of noses and no one would notice that anything had changed in our

1 Cor 12:12-14 (13) I really enjoyed working for Joe. Why? Joe, his foreman and I had established such a close relationship that it seemed as if we all thought alike. We \”clicked\” when we worked. When one needed a tool he didn\’t have to ask for it because the other had already anticipated his

Col 2:1-12 (12) If I ever saw redemptive lift it was in the life of Cleo. When I first found him he was poverty stricken, degraded, discouraged, and full of the devil. He drank, smoked, cussed, had pornography within easy reach of his chair… or his children. He had no job and didn’t care. He

Psa 51:10-13 (12) I never will forget that service at Harmony Hill Youth Camp. I had fasted all week praying that God would save my youngest son. A wall was between us. We lived together but didn\’t communicate. We were both miserable about the same thing but for different reasons. I couldn\’t understand the problem

Jn 15:1-7 (4) Wong Yoke Lin had moved with her family to Singapore just a weeks earlier in order to earn better wages. She was getting accustomed to the large, noisy machinery in the plywood factory where she was now employed. That morning in April 1975 all seemed to be going well as the plywood

Eze 44:5-9) I was in for a shock the first Sunday at my new pastorate. The rural church had been without a pastor for about two years and the effects of being without a leader were evident. I sat down in my pew to enjoy the preliminaries of the Sunday School service. A lady who

Rev. 10:1-6 (4) Eleven-year-old prince Arthur was amazed! This had to be the highest mountain in the world. The entourage stopped their horses long enough to look at the magnificent sight. Immediately Arthur wanted to know. \”Has anyone climbed it?\” No one had. It wasn\’t possible. That was all that was needed to make up

Zech. 14:1-11 (9) I was spellbound as I looked down at the carnage. There laying in my lap was my father\’s book which described in word and picture the events that took place during World War II. It showed how his division in the infantry had hopped from island to island throughout the South Pacific.