Make Your Life Count Forever

Old Faithful Yellowstone National Park Italian Coast at Monterosso Niagara Falls Cathedral Mountain Canada Bison Yellowstone National Park While cleaning bookshelves I came across an old devotional and read this excerpt from  James Hudson Taylor.  He was a British Missionary who spent 51 years in China.  He founded The China Inland Mission and knew a little about God's power. God Himself is our source of power. . .       Further, God's power is available power.  We are a supernatural people, born again by a supernatural birth, kept by a supernatural power, sustained on supernatural food, taught by a supernatural Teacher from a supernatural Book.  We are led by a supernatural Captain on right paths to assured victories.  The risen Savior, before he ascended on high, said, "All power is given to Me.  Go therefore. . ."  Matthew 28:20 KJV We have given too much to method and machinery and to resources...

The Greatest Thing by Henry Drummond Photo © 2013 Kelly Grace Have you read this little Classic of the Faith? I first found the little red copy in a Used Bookstore in York, England.   Even then it was fragile, but after I brought it home to California and my home's central heating and AC, it came apart into three sections. But, God is gracious and knew I needed to be able to read this book over and over.   When my mother-in-law passed away I received her copy.  It's in mint condition and able to withstand frequent perusal. The title comes from the subject matter, 1 Corinthians 13, the famous passage on love.     In his discourse Drummond points out that all sin falls into two categories:  sins of the body and sins of disposition.   Ouch! Verse 4 says, Love suffers long and is kind . Of this kindness Drummond observes, It includes perhaps more strictly, the self-restraint which refuses to make capital out of...