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Long ago, three men were cutting stone in a French quarry.

A traveller passed by and, noticing their hard labour, stopped to ask what they were doing.

He asked the first man, “What are you doing?”
Without looking up, the man replied, “Cutting stone.”

He asked the second man, “What are you doing?”
The man answered, “Earning 30 francs a day.”

Finally, he asked the third man, “What are you doing?”

The third man stood up, smiled, and said,
“I’m helping to build the greatest cathedral in all of France.”

The Rich Man and Lazarus

In Luke 16:19–31, we read of the story of a rich man and a beggar. The beggar sat at the rich man’s gate, but that man of wealth was unwilling to reach out to help him. Eventually they both died, and the rich man ended up in agony, desperately wanting just a drop of water to cool his tongue. While this is a terrible end for the rich man, the real tragedy is that he wanted someone to go witness to his brothers so they wouldn't come to that awful place. Abraham made it clear that no one could go back to tell his brothers.

We love to read about the amazing transformation that happened in Acts, Chapter 2. The Holy Spirit came and filled the 120 people gathered in the Upper Room, and the results were nothing short of amazing. Hearing the gospel proclaimed led to the conversion of three thousand people, including many from other nations who heard it in their own language. These new believers gathered into what most people would call the first church, and everything seemed perfect: their worship, their devotion to God, the way they gave to one another sacrificially, and the way they grew. 

Chris Kennedy’s brother-in-law has ALS, a disease that stops someone from being able to use their muscles and usually leads to death. On July 15th, 2014 Chris Kennedy poured a bucket of ice water over his head and uploaded the video to Facebook to draw attention to the disease. Thus began what became known as the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” In the video, he challenged six close friends and his cousins to do the same to raise awareness for ALS.

Most of us have heard the story of the little boy walking along a beach covered with starfish. He began tossing them into the water one by one.

In Luke 15.1-7 we read the story of a shepherd with 100 sheep. When one runs away, the shepherd leaves the 99 to go find that lost sheep. When he returns with the lost one, there is great rejoicing!

In 1783, George III of England was the leader of the greatest empire at that time. But despite his power in such a great kingdom, he lost 13 colonies all at once. How could it be that those 13 tiny colonies could successfully sever ties with England and form their own nation? The answer is simple: they joined forces and worked together. None could have done it alone, but together they made it happen.

Ever wondered: “What can I achieve for God?” “Look at me how could God ever use me?”
“The problems are just TOO big!”

You have to stop asking these questions and ask questions like: “What is God capable of doing through you!”

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Recently a friend sent me a quote from Michelangelo - "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." For most of my life, I aimed for zero, and guess what, I hit it.

After all – “What can I do? The problem is just too big and I could do nothing to really impact the troubled people of this world”.

Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes. When an earthquake occurs under the sea, it sometimes produces a circular motion of water, perhaps 1 km in diameter. This impulse then spreads out from this epicentre, can travel up to 800 km per hour, and speeds through the open water virtually unnoticed. Under the right conditions, this disturbance in the water forms a very definite waveform with incredible power behind it. As it enters shallow water, it forms a large destructive wave called a "tsunami".