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The Need to Develop Perseverance

We need to develop the ability to persevere even when the rewards are few and the accolades none.


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Watch that Second Step

In matters of forgiveness, as in all other virtues, the first step (forgiving) is comparatively simple compared to the second (reconciling). Hell is always ...


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"I Will Make a Man Out of Myself"

Long ago an ambassador to Germany, Andrew White, who was the president of Cornell University and later taught at the University of Michigan, had a student ...


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Miraculous Healing Is a Small Thing

A miraculous healing from chicken pox is a small thing compared to the grace that keeps me loving, kind, and caring into the wee hours of the morning.


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The 1,000th Prayer

I cannot tell you why a prayer that has been prayed for ten years is answered on the 1,000th request when God has met the first 999 with silence.


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"If Any One Will Come After Me ..."

The way of Christ is not a crossless way. But if Christ is with us, and we are with him, we can survive, and we can be effective.


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The Finish Is What Counts

I taught all my kids to enjoy running. Then they taught me how not to enjoy it. While I could keep a pace ahead of them, it was great. But when they began ...


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Failure or Opportunity?

Somebody asked Winston Churchill one time, "What most prepared you to lead Great Britain through World War II?" For a period of time, Great ...


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Don't Call It "Failure"

Jonas Salk attempted 200 unsuccessful vaccines for polio before he came up with one that worked. Somebody asked him one time, "How did it feel to ...


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Faith and Hope

Faith binds man to Christ. Hope sets this faith open to the comprehensive future of Christ. Hope is therefore the "inseparable companion" of ...


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