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PROVIDENTIAL COINCIDENCE

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                              On the front porch of his little country store in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and Berry, his partner, stood. Business was all gone, and Berry asked, “How much longer can we keep this going?” Lincoln answered, “It looks as if our business has just about winked out.” Then he continued, “You know, I wouldn’t mind so much if I could just do what I want to do. I want to study law. I wouldn’t mind so much if we could sell everything we’ve got and pay all our bills and have just enough left over to buy one book— Blackstone’s Commentary on English Law , but I guess I can’t.” A strange-looking wagon was coming up the road. The driver angled it up close to the store porch, then looked at Lincoln and said, “I’m trying to move my family out west, and I’m out of money. I’ve got a good barrel here that I could sell for fifty c...
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A sweet Smelling Sacrifice

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  A man was called by the chairman of the community charity. "Sir," said the chairman, "our records show that despite your wealth, you've never once given to our drive." "Do your records show that I have an elderly mother who was left penniless when my father died?” fumed the man. "Do your records show that I have a disabled brother who is unable to work?   Do your records show I have a widowed sister with small children who can barely make ends meet?" "No, sir," replied the embarrassed chairman. "Our records do not show those things." "Well, I don't give to any of them, so why should I give anything to you?" (Readers Digest, 1996). The tenth chapter of Acts is one of the most important chapters in the Bible. It is so important because it tells how a gospel that was originally thought of in exclusively Jewish terms came to be a gospel for the whole world. This chapter describes God's flinging open the door...
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Those Who Will Never Be Forgotten

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  In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a monk and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. “Your Majesty,” said the leader, “do you understand that the pledge here is one of obedience? That will be hard because you have been a king.”   “I understand,” said Henry. “The rest of my life I will be obedient to you, as Christ leads you.” “Then I will tell you what to do,” said the leader. “Go back to your throne and serve faithfully in the place where God has put you.” The King went back and bloomed where he was planted. When he died, a statement was written: “The King learned to rule by being obedient.” Acts 9:36-38 says, “   In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in...
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