Dedication

Doing What Is Important

The Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the heart of the Gaza Strip was a point of much conflict with militant Palestinians for several years. The conflict was so great that the settlement was evacuated in 2005.

Those who lived in Netzarim...

Dedication, Quote, Service, Soulwinning

Your “John Hancock”

Often when we ask for a person’s signature, we will call it their “John Hancock.” This is because of the fifty-six signatures on the Declaration of Independence, one stands out above the rest. That signature belongs to John Hancock. He was the...

Courage, Dedication

A Purpose for Living

The famous and very successful football coach Bear Bryant often told reporters, "I’d croak in a month if I quit coaching." After twenty-five years as the head coach at his alma mater, Bryant announced he would be stepping down at the end of the...

Death, Dedication, Faithfulness

Sustaining Commitments

“Commitments are sustained through strong inward motives.”—Unknown

Dedication, Quote

This Is My Church

This is my church. It is composed of people just like me. It will be friendly if I am. It will do a great work if I work. It will make generous gifts to many causes if I am generous. It will bring others into its fellowship if I bring them....

Church, Dedication

Giving it Your All

Former college and pro basketball star Ed Macauley use to conduct summer basketball camps. At these camps he would stress the importance of giving your all by telling the campers: “Just remember that if you’re not working at your game to the...

Dedication

The Cost of Obedience

Pierre Barlot was a gunner in the fort of Mont Valerin during the Prussian siege of Paris. One day he was standing by his gun when General Noel, the commander, came up and leveled his glass at the Sevres bridge. “Gunner,” he said, “do you see the...

Dedication, Obedience

God Can Use One

D. L. Moody wrote the following words next to Isaiah 6:8 in his Bible: “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do, and what I ought to do, by the grace of God I will do.”

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Accountability, Dedication, Service

Success Requires Sacrifice

Kreisler, the famous violinist, said, “Narrow is the road that leads to the life of a violinist. Hour after hour, day after day, and week after week, for years, I lived with my violin. There were so many things that I wanted to do that I had to...

Dedication, Quote, Work

Know Your Calling

Timothy Stackpole was a New York Firefighter, who was severely burned in a 1998 fire. After he recovered, he returned to the force despite the advice of some friends and family and the fact that he could retire comfortably.

He was a great...

Dedication, Faithfulness, Service, Soulwinning

Dedication

Doing What Is Important

Your “John Hancock”

A Purpose for Living

Sustaining Commitments

This Is My Church

Giving it Your All

The Cost of Obedience

God Can Use One

Success Requires Sacrifice

Know Your Calling

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