Nate Archibald Serves Kids

During his 14 years as a professional basketball player, point guard Nate "Tiny" Archibald routinely lit up the boards with both his scoring ...

Teach Us to Serve

Teach us, Lord, to serve you as you deserve,

to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest,

to ...

Only God's Instrument

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God--but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

Rejoice if you feel that ...

Acid Test of Servanthood

You can tell whether you are becoming a servant by how you act when people treat you like one.

A Trip to the Bathroom

While serving with Operation Mobilization in India in 1967, tuberculosis forced me into a sanitarium for several months. I did not yet speak the language, ...

Christ Wants You

It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him. Many a man preaches Christ but gets in front of him by the multiplicity ...

To Die Is Gain

If we look at our life as some precious treasure we must hoard, the demands made by others of our life are like losses. And death is a final loss, a final ...

Do What You Can

We can get so hooked on the idea of excelling that when we realize we can't be number one, we quit in despair. If I can't be Billy Graham, I won't ...

The Paradox of Love

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, but only more love.

The Harder Choice

It doesn't take much to say "I quit." It takes a lot more to say "I'll try."