Suppose someone comes up and punches you in the nose. You decide you’ll be bighearted about it and say, “Even though you punched me, I forgive you.” Suppose he says, “You don’t need to forgive me. I’ve already forgiven myself.” That would be kind of strange, wouldn’t it?
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A little boy was riding around and around the block. A man asked him, “What are you doing?” “I’m running away from home,” he said. “But you’re just going around and around the block,” said the man. The little boy responded, “That’s because my mom won’t let me cross the street!”
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After World War II, there were a lot of orphans in Germany. A group of behavioral scientists decided to study some of these little ones, so they took 100 children and put 50 in one group and 50 in another group.
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If you are godly, you are wealthy. Your personal value is revealed not by money but by godliness. So many times we look at a man's stocks, bonds, real estate, and possessions, and we say, "He is worth this or that." You cannot measure worth by money. Godliness is worth more than a bank account.
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I am grateful for schools, but there are some things that no schoolteacher can teach us. For that matter, no pastor can teach us, but only the Holy Spirit of God. That’s because when it comes to spiritual matters, on our own we can be stunningly ignorant. But we are not left alone.
Read MoreWhat would you do if you had a million dollars? You might say you would give some to help others. Would you?
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There comes a time when you have to make a leap of faith. Faith goes beyond logic. When Jesus was with those tired, hungry people following Him, He called to Phillip, “How are we going to feed these people? There are five thousand there.”
Read MoreDid you know that all atheists are not atheists because of intellectual problems? They’re atheists because of moral problems. You say, “But I know some brilliant people who are atheists.” Well, that may be so, but I know some brilliant people who are not. You say, “I know some foolish people who believe in God.” Well, I know everyone who doesn’t believe in God is foolish.
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