Pray for others

- When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

Faith in Abilities

- Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

- When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems He has faith in your abilities.

Wind Shield and Rear View Mirroe

- Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.

- Do you know why a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rearview Mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. Look Ahead and Move on.

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GOD KEEPS OPEN ANOTHER DOOR

GOD KEEPS OPEN ANOTHER DOOR

 

Once there was a kind and wise King who always upheld justice. He had a minister who was a wicked fellow. He always enjoyed punishing innocent people and helping dishonest people.

 

Subbayya was a poor but honest man in a remote village. During his visits, the arrogant minister insulted the poor villagers where subbayya lived. They were afraid to report this incident to the king. But Subbayya could not tolerate it. He approached the king and presented a petition against the minister. The minister was, therefore, very angry. He was waiting for an opportunity to punish Subbayya.

 

Subayya was suffering due to frequent unemployment. Whenever there was no work, he had to starve. He approached the king and requested for granting him a piece of land for cultivation. The minister now saw an opportunity to punish Subbayya. He suggested to the king to grant a piece of a particular land to Subbayya.

 

Subbayya was very happy that the king was kind enough to grant him a piece of land. He felt glad that he become the owner of some land. When he approached the land he was surprised to see that the land was infested with poisonous snakes. He was totally disappointed and felt sorry for his fate.

 

He did not know what to do. He could not use the land. He was not brave enough to meet the king again and complain about it. He knew that the unseen hand of the minister was behind his getting the snake infested land. Not knowing what to do, he prayed to God for several days to show him a way out.

 

One day while he was praying intensely, a flash of idea struck his mind. He felt that he could take out poison from the snakes and sell it to make money.

 

He realized that if one door is closed, God keeps open another door. When he made an announcement of the availability of poison, many doctors from different places came forward to buy snake venom for use in medicines. Within three years his snake infested land earned for him a fortune "Subbayya's Snake Farm" became very famous and he became a millionaire during his life time.

 

'Believe in God and He will show you a way out of any problem.'

 

 

 

THE LONELY EMBER

THE LONELY EMBER

 

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire.

Guessing the reason for his pastor's visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a big chair near the fireplace and waited.

 

The pastor made himself comfortable but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the play of the flames around the burning logs.

 

After some minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it at one side of the hearth all alone. The he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in quiet fascination.

 

As the one lone ember's flame diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and 'dead as a doornail.'

 

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.

 

Just before the pastor was ready to leave, he picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow once more with light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

 

As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday."