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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. — Proverbs 28:13 Someone sent this note to the IRS: “Enclosed is a cashier’s check. I cheated on my income tax return. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since. P.S.: If I still can’t sleep at night, …
I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. — 2 Corinthians 11:3 Two men were sitting together in an airplane. The one asked, “What do you do for a living?” The other answered, “I’m a preacher.” …
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. —2 Corinthians 12:10 The victorious Christian knows how to turn stumbling-blocks into stepping-stones. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim’s Progress in the Bedford jail, Fanny Crosby in a prison of blindness, …
“Ask, and it shall be given you…” —Matthew 7:7 A pastor’s kitten was caught up a spindly tree in his front yard. He tried to coax it down, but it wouldn’t budge. The tree was too flimsy to climb to get the kitten, but too tall to reach it. The pastor decided he would tie …
“I will make…crooked things straight.” —Isaiah 42:5 Do you want to know how to get frustrated? Just try to straighten out the world and the people around you. You will not only wear yourself out trying, you’ll probably alienate those you try to straighten out. There is no question we live “in the midst of …
“…fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth…” —Joshua 24:14 The English word “sincere” comes from two Latin words which mean “without wax.” It was used to refer to honest pottery dealers who sold first class pottery that did not have cracks patched with wax. When patched pottery was held up to …