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How will you be defined?
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH When you come to the end of your life, will your life have been clearly defined? I mean by that. Have you made clear to all of your family, friends and acquaintances what you stood for during your life? Some people‘s lives have been defined by their vocation.…
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Finding satisfaction
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Someone has called this the “amusement” age. This preoccupation with self and amusement has overtaken us so that in the United States alone, the amusement business has been growing at an average rate of $6 billion a year since 1965. Thrills and chills are available on demand.…
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Potatoes, Eggs and Coffee
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she would make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed that just as one problem was solved, another soon followed. Her father,…
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Crippled and Blind But Walking in the Lord
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Paul Davis had been the chief procurement officer for the State of Washington in the 1930s-40s–a task that involved the expenditure of millions of dollars and tremendous authority. Tragically, an arthritic condition developed, gradually stealing his mobility, eventually claiming his eyesight and rendering him nearly deaf. His wife,…
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Pushing the Rock
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH I have been pondering a story of a weak, sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford to go to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, and his condition seemed to grow worse.…
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Grace and Boots
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH It seems that one day a kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his cowboy boots. He asked for help, and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second…
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Effective Leadership
BY JACK WARD, PASTORTOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Once there was an ecumenical crusade that was being held in a large city. Every imaginable denomination was in attendance for this unprecedented event. One afternoon the gathering was in session when all of a sudden, a secretary rushed in shouting, “The building’s on fire! The building’s on…
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The Greatest Words Jesus Ever Said
BY JACK WARD Some people have a way with words. They just have such a grasp of language and an eloquence of speech that they are always saying things that are deeply profound. Jesus was a person like that. All through the years of His recorded ministry, one thing about Him kept the people spellbound:…
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This is Good
BY JACK WARD The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!” One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting…
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The Wrong Horse
BY JACK WARD Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses led the race at the last…
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