A lifestyle of praise
A man invited a friend to go hear a preacher, saying, “I want you to hear the most thankful preacher I have ever heard.” The two men weathered a storm to hear him preach. On the way they thought nobody would be there; that even the preacher would not come. But when they got to the little country church, there was the preacher seated on the platform. The stranger said to his friend, “He has nobody to preach to. There’s a storm outside. It looks like we will have a flood. He won’t have anything to be thankful for tonight.”“Yes, he will. He will thank God for something.” When the preacher stood up, he bowed his head and prayed, “Dear Lord, it is stormy outside. It looks as if the roads will wash away before we can get out of the ...