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318 TOPIC: Fishing
Pews Harder Than Rocks?
As a woman watched her husband fishing for hours, sitting on the rocky shoreline of the lake, she commented to her friend, “Can that possibly be the same man who complains every Sunday about uncomfortable pews?”
Hodgin, M. (2010).
1002 humorous illustrations for public speaking: fresh, timely, compelling illustrations for preachers, teachers, and speakers.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
But pain insists upon being attended to.
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.[85]
[85] C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, paperback ed.
(New York: Macmillan, 1962; reprint, 1986), 93.
Swindoll, C. R. (2014).
Revelation (Vol.
15, p. 131).
Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
A student once purchased a new mechanical pencil.
After some time he found himself in the middle of an important test, and his pencil ran out of lead!
There was a great deal of frustration and anguish as he wasted precious minutes going around to other students trying to borrow another pencil.
Later the student found out that his new pencil was designed with a complete supply of extra lead inside that could be dispensed with a mere press of the button.
Christians are often like this student: although they have all of God’s sufficiency available to them, because of lack of knowledge they do not draw on it in their time of need.
Faith must be linked to knowledge to be exercised and to grow
extremely compassionate:—very pitiful.
320 TOPIC: Fishing
Teaching Worms to Swim
A man saw a young boy who was fishing without permission in his private lake.
He approached the boy.
“This lake is clearly posted with No FISHING signs.
So why are you fishing in my private lake?”
“I’m not fishing, sir,” the boy politely answered.
“I’m just teaching these worms how to swim!”
Hodgin, M. (2010).
1002 humorous illustrations for public speaking: fresh, timely, compelling illustrations for preachers, teachers, and speakers.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
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