Bibilical illustrations to help you.

Running for dinner or for life?

Your success in life depends on your motive there is an old tale about a dog that boasted of his ability as a runner, one day he chased a rabbit and failed to catch it. The other dogs mocked him on account of his previous boasting he replied you must remember that the rabbit was running for life and I was running for dinner the motive is all important.

Worry

No known worry among birds so far is known, no bird ever tried to build more nests than it's neighbour, no fox ever fretted because he has only one hole in the ground in which to live and hide, no squirrel has ever died in anxiety lest he should not lay enough nuts for two winters instead of one. And no dog ever lost sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones buried in the ground for his declining years, so many people put the emphasis on the wrong things.

Worldiness

Which disturbs you most?

A soul in hell or your business?

Your missing worship service or your missing a day's work?

A sermon 10 minutes too long or lunch half hour late?

A church not growing or your garden not growing?

Your bible unopened or your news paper unread?

The church work neglected or house work neglected?

Missing a good bible study or Television programme?

Your children late for Sunday school or for school?

The Word of God

The King's Son

This prince visited another country and never wanted to be recognised as a prince from another kingdom so he put on scrubby cloths rugs, and started moving around the new kingdom so that nobody actually came to know he was a prince except one man who had come from the same kingdom who was working there, this man just went straight and told the king of the land about the prince, the king came and blamed the young prince for that, they made a big party to welcome him into their kingdom, and after the party the prince wanted to go to his kingdom, so he promised to bless them when they come to his father's kingdom and he signed a small letter which said "if you come to my father's kingdom the bearer of this note is to ask anything and it will be done to him". And he signed the letter.

So they gave him a lot of gifts and he left. The king was too tired to remember the letter it was there on the floor the following day the cleaner came they never spared it, they swept it away. It was taken and thrown in the dustbin. In the dustbin there lived three ugly old beggars, there one of these old ladies had gone to school in her young years so she read the words on the on the small letter and she said "I know this kingdom and the chit says whoever" they said together in one voice lets go!

After five days they arrived in the kingdom of the prince, and at the gate they asked them from afar because they were smelly what do you smelly ladies want? They said we have an appointment with the king! And they showed the letter they were let inside. The king summoned his wise men to ask them they asked the ladies what they wanted because the document they had showed that the prince had signed it and the bearer was to ask anything.

So they asked the 1st lady and she said "I want a flat in your palace, and it was done according to her request. And the 2nd was asked what she wanted, she breathed and said I want to stay with the queen and always to eat with her. They washed her cleaned her and sent her to the queen's house. And the last ugliest smelly one was asked what she wanted and she smiled with that gap in her mouth missing two teeth. And sighed and she said I want to be married to the prince who signed this paper !! everybody was perplexed, they asked her to request something different, but she insisted marriage pliz!!!!pliiiizzzzzzzz

The prince came and said I will give you three tests if you pass I will marry you, the 1st was come at the main gate at 5:00am in the morning, and that day at the exact time, it seemed as if she had slept there, she got that one.

The prince ordered the men to throw her in the pool which had crocodiles inside, it was done she fought and fought and she came out young and all the teeth refilled and the skin restored, then the prince came with his white horse and said if you chase me and catch me I will marry you as the last test, they started to run they run and run and at last when she was almost getting the tail of the horse she slipped on a stone and fell and died!!

But the prince dropped off the horse and came lifted the body in his hands and said I am the resurrection and life you have chosen the best of all your friends and she received life again. And the prince was Jesus, the letter is the word of God, the pool was the world it makes us better other people ask for different things but others choose the prince of peace who gives life.

The Perfect Pastor

After hundreds of years a model preacher has been found to suit everyone. He preaches exactly 20 minutes and then sits down. He condemns sin, but never hurts anyone's feelings. He works from 8:am to 10:pm in every type of work from preaching to custodial service. He gives the most in the church every week, he also stands ready to contribute to every good work that comes along.

He is 26 years old and has been preaching for 30 years, he is tall and short, thin heavyset, and handsome, he has one brown eye and one blue hair parted down the middle, left side dark and straight the right brown and wavy. He has a burning desire to work with teenagers and spends all his time with old folks, he smiles all the time with a straight face because he has a sense of humour that keeps him seriously dedicated to his work. He makes 15 calls a day on church he spends all his time evangelising the unchurched, and is never out of his office.

-Christian Beacon.