How To Think About Yourself
October 27, 2020
C.S. Lewis once wrote that when errors come into the world they come in pairs, as people are driven to one extreme or another. For example, think of yourself more highly than you ought to and we say you are stuck on yourself–full of pride, arrogant and haughty. On the other hand, if you constantly belittle yourself, your self‑image crumbles, you're insecure and withdraw from others.
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A young man described by Luke, the physician, as "a man full of God's grace and power" did great wonders and miracles among the residents of Jerusalem shortly after Christ's ascension to heaven. But the religious leaders of the day didn't like it. He was taken before the Sanhedrin. When the high priest asked him if these charges were true, Stephen proceeded to preach to the crowd, but his sermon didn't sit well with them, either. "When they heard this," says Luke, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him." Eventually, they "dragged him out of the city and began to stone him."
October 26, 2020
God has a plan, and chance has no part in that plan. Take, for example, planet Earth‑‑this elliptical sphere spinning on its axis at the rate of 1,000 miles per hour, hurtling through space at the rate of 27,000 miles per hour. Planet Earth, of course, is but one of eight major planets which revolve around the sun, all of which are part of our solar system, which moves through space at the speed of 720,000 kilometers per hour in an orbit so large that it takes 2 million centuries to complete.
October 23, 2020
When you don't in a world that generally does, you stand out like a sore thumb! In other words, when almost everybody cheats, and you don't, you are penalized. When almost everybody lies to get ahead, and you feel compelled to tell the truth, you are at a distinct disadvantage. When almost everybody uses company time for their own personal business or pleasure and you don't, you are thought strange or even stupid.
October 22, 2020
A man and woman wanted to sneak off for a romantic lunch together, away from the eyes of their colleagues at the office they both worked in. They picked up a pizza and headed for a nearby park. When they opened the pizza box, however, they found, not only the pizza, but an envelope full of cash, which the restaurant manager had hidden in the box the day before, for safekeeping. Fearing that they might be accused of theft, they immediately returned the money. The owner of the restaurant, so impressed at their honesty, said, "Let me call the local TV news and have them do a story. I can’t believe that you actually returned this cash! The couple, though, was horror‑stricken. "Oh, please don't do that," they pleaded, "we're married to other people!"
October 21, 2020
Ezekiel was a priest who had been carried away by King Nebuchadnezzar and forced to settle in Tel Abib on the Chebar Canal in Babylon. As this man grew older, he grew both hungry for God and lonesome for his homeland that we know as Israel today.
October 20, 2020
Long ago the psalmist prayed, "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?" (Psalm 85:6). A generation ago, folks sang the rousing words of a song written by John Husband: "Revive us again; fill each heart with thy love; May each soul be rekindled with fire from above. Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Hallelujah! Amen; Hallelujah! Thine the glory, revive us again."
October 19, 2020
How does a person restore a connection with God? That was the question posed by a friend of Guidelines. She struggled in even writing the letter, saying that four years ago she had written asking the same question but never mailed the letter. Now a little girl, three years of age, is asking questions about God, and all of this triggers feelings of remorse and regret.
October 16, 2020
Do you live in a part of the world where the trees lose their leaves in the fall? Strangely, they become their most brilliant, with leaves of red, orange, gold, and brown right before the cold freeze of winter arrives, stripping the leaves and leaving barren branches. Yet when spring follows winter, there is hope for renewal, and as the warmth of a spring sun gradually drives back the frost of winter, there is the expectation that new life is here, that there is hope.
October 15, 2020
A former Khmer Rouge prison chief who was convicted of crimes against humanity is now serving only half of his 35-year sentence. His name is Kang Kek lew, but he was known during the decimating and ruthless slaughter perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge as "Comrade Duch."
October 14, 2020
In his book Making Life Rich Without Any Money, Phil Callaway tells of an elderly couple celebrating their 50th anniversary. When the cake was cut, it seemed only fitting that the husband comment on those wonderful years together. He looked tenderly at his wife and tried to express himself.
October 13, 2020
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