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Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse [ Deut. 11:26 ]. Israel was commanded to obey. Obedience was the very nub of the matter. A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day [ Deut. 11:27 ]. Obedience is something which has been dropped into…

How to Abide and How to hear God’s will

A Gallup poll reports that most Americans assessed their overall mental health as worse during the coronavirus pandemic. Only 34 percent of respondents reported their emotional health as “excellent,” which indicated a nine percent drop from the survey in 2019. While the overall numbers were not encouraging,…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Decades ago, scientists in Britain set out to study this link between an employee’s place on the corporate ladder and stress, presumably to help executives deal with the toll stress was taking on their health and their lives. Known collectively as the Whitehall…

Frenchman Jean-Jacques Savin, who spent four months in a barrel with six square meters of living space, offered some unique advice to those who were confined to their homes by coronavirus. The former French paratrooper shared who he avoided cabin fever on his trans-Atlantic voyage. Savin suggested working…

In the book, The God Who Knows Your Name Max Lucado writes, “Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith and your fears will.” — Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name by Max Lucado, pg. 108. John 14:27 (CSB) “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world…

An Ohio minister and former football coach is planning to sue the NFL over its racy Super Bowl halftime show. Dave Daubenmire claims Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s “soft-porn performance” may prevent him from “getting into the Kingdom of Heaven.” The Week, February 21, 2020 p.6 https://www.complex.com/music/2020/02/ohio-minister-dragged-for-threatening-to-sue-nfl-over-shakira-jennifer-lopez-halftime-show…

Leonard Durkin was suffering from heart failure. The Englishman was a huge Burger King fan and told his kin he wanted them to bury him with his usual order. He got his dying wish. On leaving the funeral the hearse carrying his corpse stopped at a Burger King drive-through, and a double bacon cheeseburger…

An Arizona woman, Tina Hines went into cardiac arrest and appeared close to death. Her heart had to be restarted with a defibrillator five times. When she finally regained consciousness she asked for a pen and a piece of paper and wrote, “It’s real.” As she wrote she began pointing upward with tears…

The music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra has put together a playlist to help animals at a local shelter. Yannick Nezet-Seguin said he was inspired watching the reactions of his cats, and wanted to use music to create a soothing atmosphere for the animals at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention…

Ben Bender is 93-years-old and has been playing golf for 65 years. At one point he got pretty good, as low as a 3-handicap. While playing his last round, he was on the third hole, when did something he had never done before. He made a hole-in-one. It was a crowning achievement. He played a few more holes…

In his book, The Great House of God, Max Lucado writes, “God wants to be your dwelling place. He has no interest in being a weekend getaway or a Sunday bungalow or a summer cottage. Don’t consider using God as a vacation cabin or an eventual retirement home. He wants you under his roof now and always.…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “. . . only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.” —Jim L. Wilson Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 63. John 14:23 (HCSB) Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We…

In his book, Jesus Outside the Lines, Scott Sauls writes that he recently told a gay man, “to affirm his union with the love of his life would mean I’d have to deny the love of mine.” Our relationship with Jesus Christ is so important to us we cannot give in to the temptation to compromise the word of…

Researchers say a 14-year-old boy in Mexico is possibly the first reported child in the word to be diagnosed with an extreme fear of aging known as gerascophoia. The boy’s fear was reportedly so intense that he cut his food intake and learning that nutrients in food promote growth. As a result he lost…

Bill Gates is considered the richest man in the world, with an estimated wealth of 76$ billion. In 2000, he founded a foundation ranked as one of the most generous in the world, and he has since stepped down from his position as chairman of Microsoft to focus on philanthropy. When Gates was asked about…

On July 14, 2011, Yauheni Shchytou took a plane from Minsk, Belarus, Russia to Milan, Italy, then to JFK in New York and expected to reach Seattle, Washington. The trip went well and the plane reached New York on time. After a brief layover, he found the gate to board the next plane. Shchytou, though…

A postcard sent to two sisters in Elmira, New York arrived at the right address, but ended up in the hands of another family because it arrived nearly 70 years after it was sent. The card was sent in July, 1943 from Illinois. It was sent to Pauline and Theresa Leisenring by their parents who were visiting…

Eban Alexander was just another neurosurgeon until bacterial meningitis put him in a coma. While in the hospital, Alexander was whisked to an otherworld of pink clouds, transparent angel-like beings, and lots of butterflies. Alexander is certain he encountered the divine and has written a book , Proof…

There is no doubt that identity theft is on the rise, and the collecting and selling of personal information, and fake ID’s is now big business. There seems to be a huge market for fake ID’s especially, and not always for illegal immigrants wishing to commit immigration fraud. Seems it might also be…

Three Zen Buddhist monks stopped on their journey to rest. One of the monks saw a flag and said, "Oh, What a strong wind blowing!” The second monk argued that it was not the wind blowing but the flag flying. The third monk contended that neither the wind was blowing nor the flag flying, but their minds…

In India, more than 1,000 travelers boarded a train headed for Varanasi. After they had traveled the necessary 600 miles, they realized they were in Warangal instead. They had traveled 600 miles in the wrong direction and were so far from their original destination they were even in the wrong region.…

MISTAKES Three Englishmen decided to sail across the English Channel on their 7-foot dinghy. After an 11-hour struggle they were “rescued” from their adventure. They thought they had reached France. Actually, they were only two miles from where they had started. --The Week, May 13, 2011 p. 6 Illustration…

A new study from Europe has confirmed the stereotype that men hate asking for directions. Research conducted the Swinton Company found that 83 percent of male drivers ignored the advice from their satellite navigation systems on a regular basis. Less than 75 percent of women reported that they choose…