Years ago, a gentleman was traveling through South Alabama on one of those hot, sultry Alabama days. He stopped at a watermelon stand, picked out a watermelon, and asked the proprietor how much it cost. “It’s $1.10,” he replied. The traveler dug into his pocket, found only a bill and said, “All I have is…
Henry Ford, most famous for implementing and the assembly line process to automobile manufacture and starting Ford motor company, wrote the following about distraction “A weakness of all human beings, is trying to do too many things at once. That scatters effort and destroys direction. It makes for haste, and haste makes waste. So we…
There’s an old story told of a farmer who told his wife that he was going out to harvest the ripe fruit in his field. He got up early so he could warm up the truck and get a jump on the heat of the day. He needed more fuel, so he went to the…
It was undoubtedly one of the most discouraging times for the followers of Christ. What had started out as a brilliant adventure with prospects of changing the world had settled into division, hatred, betrayal, backstabbing and ultimately the death of an innocent man. In John 21 Peter takes action and heads back to a familiar…
There is in South India a story of a wealthy landowner who had some very quarrelsome sons, always jealous of one another and always at strife among themselves. On his deathbed, he called them and divided his property among them. Then he called for some sticks to be brought, nicely tied into a bundle, and…
Years ago a man was at sea sailing through a terrific storm. To put it lightly he was very sea-sick! If you’ve ever had motion sickness you know that if there is a time when a person feels that he cannot do any work for the Lord it is then. While this man was sick…
Each Morning as the sun rises over Washington DC, its first rays fall on the eastern side of the city’s tallest structure, the 555-foot Washington Monument. The first part of that monument to reflect the rising sun is the eastern side of its aluminum capstone, where the Latin phrase: Laus Deo, is written. The translation…
Just imagine that you were offered the “Deal of a lifetime”, a choice piece of property in the mountains with a luxury hotel on it. The building is worth $20 million, easily, but you can pick it up for $20,000. What do you think? Would it make a difference that it was located in the…
A recently licensed pilot was flying his private plane in a cloudy day. He was not very experienced in instrument landing. When the control tower was to bring him in, he began to get panicky. Then a stern voice came over the radio, “You just obey instructions, we’ll take care of the obstructions.” The New…
This weekend we have the opportunity to welcome Jean Paulite, a Haitian evangelist who is supported in part by Forest Park. Jean was born and raised in Haiti and is the grandson of a voodoo priest. He felt called by God to move to the Dominican Republic to preach and raise up churches in the…
