In 1924, Dallas Theological Seminary almost went bankrupt.  On the day it was to foreclose at noon, Dr. Harry Ironside, the president, held a prayer meeting in his office.  That day he prayed a prayer he had often prayed: “Lord, we know the cattle on a thousand hills are thine.  Please sell some of them and give us the money.” 

As he prayed with some staff and faculty, a tall Texas oilman walked into the receptionist’s office and told the secretary: “I just sold two carloads of cattle in Fort Worth.  I’ve been trying to make a business deal go through and it won’t work, and I’ve been compelled to give this money to the seminary.  I don’t know if you need this, ...

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May God richly bless you today.

Romans 8:28 We know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are chosen to be a part of His plan.

Did you know that you are chosen by God to be His special person?  Deuteronomy 14:2 says that “the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”  John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes on Him might be saved.” 

Each one of us qualifies as a part of ‘whosoever’.  God did the hard part, our part is easy we just need to choose to believe that He loves us and...

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A man who does what is right and good may have many troubles.  But the Lord takes him out of them all.   Ps. 34:19 NLT

The last two years have had many troubles for all of us.  Sickness, death, isolation, loss of jobs and income, loss of friendships, stress from chaos in our country and world, and much more.  I can tell you from experience that the promise above is real.  I have seen days where I couldn’t imagine surviving one more stressor and then I got hit with four more!  I have learned that my best survival technique is to ask God in my quiet time with Him first thing in the morning, to help me at the beginning of the day get done the most important things and to ...