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One of my favourite stories about intercessory prayer comes from Tony Campolo. A prayer meeting was held for him just before he spoke at a Pentecostal college chapel service. Eight more ...
Source: Cited in The Life You’ve Always Wanted, by John Ortberg, 2002, Michigan USA, Zondervan, p.104-105
Memorial Poem, titled: ‘I’m there inside your heart’ Right now I’m in a different place And though we seem far apart I’m closer than I ever was more ...
Nicky Gumbel, founder of Alpha, says: “The secret of guidance is having a close relationship with God. God made us to be thinking beings. He guides our minds as we more ...
Nicky Gumbel, Bible in One Year – Day 110 of 365
We were rescued for a purpose: We are saved to serve. Rick Warren puts it this way: ‘God created, saved, called and commanded you to live a life of service more ...
Rick Warren (Source: taken from a daily reading plan from YouVersion Bible app.)
Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about a father and rebellious son. The son had done wrong and in his shame he ran away from home. In the story the father more ...
Source: John Maxwell, 1999, The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, p.19-20
Take time to THINK... it is the source of power. Take time to PLAY... it is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to READ... it is the fountain of more ...
Joy is not the same thing as happiness; it is something far deeper than that. Happiness comes from happenings or circumstances. Joy is different: it goes deeper. Joy is an more ...
Source: adapted from The UCB Word For Today , 9/2/2017
Man is the Cosmic Orphan. He is the only creature in the universe who asks, “Why?” Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions more ...
Loren Eiseley
A Christian farmer supposedly taught his horse to start and to stop, using words from the Bible. When he wanted the horse to go, he would shout, ‘Praise the Lord more ...
Source: The UCB Word For Today, 29/01/2018
Rick Warren writes: Happiness depends on happenings. It comes from the root word hap, which means “luck” or “circumstances.” Joy is different: it goes deeper. Joy is an attitude, a more ...
Rick Warren, God’s Power To Change Your Life, 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, p.66-67ff