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Faith is to believe what God says, to take it to be true, real, a matter of fact. Now when I believe what a man tells me, I do not say to myself, “Well, that is a piece of my creed now,” and then put it on the shelf and have done with it. A man tells me, for instance, in the middle of the night that…

As the workman when his six days’ work is over goes up to his master’s pay table and waits for his wage, we believe that the meritorious work by which heaven is procured for us is all done. Therefore, we are waiting in the name of Jesus to take the reward that as a matter of justice is due to Him, and…

Faith is like a metalworker who is about to prepare some work of fine art, such as smiths used to produce in the days of wrought iron. Faith, like a strong and vigorous smith, has love as its arm. Faith does not lift a finger without love. Faith believes and resolves, and then it proceeds to action,…

In the olden time when the gospel was preached in Persia, Hamedatha, a courtier of the king, having embraced the faith, was stripped of all his offices, driven from the palace, and compelled to feed camels. This he did with great content. The king passing by one day saw his former favorite at his ignoble…

12-year-old Boy Scout David King and his mother were on their way home from a 15-mile hike near his home, when they met a couple lost on the trail and trying to help their dog, Smokey. King asked if they needed anything, and the couple explained they were out of water, their phones were dead, and Smokey’s…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine quotes Bezos as saying, “If you want to get to the truth about what makes us different, it’s this: We are genuinely customer-centric, we are genuinely long-term oriented,…

Rachel Nichols of Richmond, Missouri tells of her fourth grader who was on crutches on his birthday. He was unable to carry cupcakes into the school without some help. She asked Noah, her sixth grader if he could help his brother carry the cupcakes. “I could,” he said, “but I’d prefer not to.” Rachel’s…

In this unusual atmosphere of Covid19 shutdowns, there have been some strange orders instituted by State governors. In Nevada, the decision to close churches while allowing casinos to operate was challenged in court. It has made it all the way to the supreme court where the court allowed the state to…

When Nate Roman and his son returned to their home in Marlborough, Massachusetts, they discovered the back door was open and that someone had broken in and deep cleaned the whole house. Roman said he could smell the cleaning chemicals and every room except the kitchen had been thoroughly cleaned. Roman…

A study conducted by the American Automobile Association established that Americans spend an average of 20 more minutes driving each week than they did in 2014. The study found, over the course of a year, American spend a total of 70 billion hours behind the wheel, which is an eight percent increase…

After the 2018 midterm election, officials initially thought there was one precinct that did not have anyone turn out to cast a ballot. After looking at the final results, they realized that the small precinct actually did have one vote cast. Precinct 2807 only has 14 registered voters, and the one person…

The Los Angeles Lakers have a proud and decorated history. After being at the bottom for years, the Lakers brought in one of the best to ever play the game: Lebron James. Talk swirled of going deep into the playoffs and even being able to contend with the defending champions. It was time for the Lakers…

If you’ve ever thrown a party you know that few guests stick around to clean up afterward. That’s what makes the Senegal and Japan fans at the 2018 World Cup so unusual. Both teams were underdogs, and both won their matches. As you can imagine, their fans were in no hurry to leave so they could celebrate.…

Caroline Gowan from Bonaire, Georgia began Loads of Love for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Today Gowan and volunteers from Bonaire United Methodist Church offer to wash loads of laundry for anyone in need of clean clothes. They do the ministry at a local Laundromat one evening each month and plenty…

In 2015, Amanda Knox was granted a not guilty verdict by the Italian Supreme Court. A tearful Knox said she is glad to have her life back after an eight-year legal drama that gripped many around the world. She was prosecuted after the body of her friend Meredith Kercher, 21, was found in 2007 in the…

When 15-year-old Yasir Moore went into a Target store to buy a clip on tie for a job interview, he was surprised by the response of the store staff. When he asked one of the employees, they told him they didn’t carry clip-ons. Rather than let the young man leave, Dennis Roberts helped him find a tie…

Eric Talmadge is a veteran journalist working for the Associated Press’s Pyongyang bureau in North Korea. Since 2013 he has spent about ten days a month inside the country, always accompanied by an agent of the state. “I just assume that everything I say, to anyone, is on the record,” says Talmadge.…

Sixteen-year-old Noah Cornuet had planned a very ambitious project to complete the work for his Eagle Scout Badge. He had just gotten started on the project to make improvements to sites at his church and in his community, when he died suddenly due to a rare noncancerous heart tumor. Though part of the…

When Misty Moser was preparing dinner for her family, she made a gruesome discovery in a bag of frozen green beans—a snake head. Thankfully, she made the discovery before she sat the vegetables on the table.—Jim L. Wilson http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/233057191.html (accessed 11-27-13) Galatians 5:9…

In the movie The Mission, Robert DeNiro's character, Mendoza, a kidnapper and slave trader of the indigenous people of South America, repents from his ways and turns to God. Mendoza repeatedly carries a load of armor tied to his body while climbing up a cliff as a form of penance for killing his brother…

While visiting China for a residency and 40th anniversary tour, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra were delayed on the tarmac waiting for a flight to Macao. Instead of getting irritated, the Orchestra members decided to offer an impromptu concert. Two violin players, a viola player, and a cello player…

A teenaged Indian boy worked for years to earn enough money to free his mother on bail. Kanhaiya Kumari was born in an Indian prison because his mother was five months pregnant when she was arrested for murder in 1993. Both mother and son remained in prison together for six years, and then Kanhaiya was…

# Philippians 1:9-11 ## Opening — Paul’s Prayer This morning we conclude our look at the opening section of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In verses 1–2, we have the opening salutation which identifies the author, Paul, and with him Timothy—The young man he has mentored. It also identifies the recipients—all…

After moving into their new home, Jonathan and Melissa Hart stepped out on their porch to discuss their dreams of one day adopting a child. Jonathan bent over to pick up a pair of pants left on the steps. They were not his pants nor did they belong to Melissa. The next evening they watched from their…