Jay McCarl
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I confess have a favorite movie—Babette’s Feast*. Babette, a spectacular chef who fled the French Revolution, made a feast for a village of Christian people who hated each other. The table was set with more than food—it was rich with joy, mercy and reconciliation. Just like Jesus when He ate with sinners. I hope you’ll
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“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.” —Coach Vince Lombardi And that was just football. We each have a calling from God—it’s rarely easy and
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“Followers of Jesus are not fearful people. Followers of Jesus are not angry people. Followers of Jesus are the least offendable people in the world because they are not of the world. When did so many followers of Jesus forget this, I wonder, and why?” —JRM
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“All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes—all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard—into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of
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I sometimes think about the cross And shut my eyes and try to see The cruel nails, the crown of thorns And Jesus crucified for me; But even could I see Him die, I would but see a little part Of that great love, which like a fire, Was always burning in His heart. —Bernard
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“He never went off subject.” —Journalist Tom Brokaw, of Billy Graham No one had to ask what his subject was—when you heard the name Billy Graham you knew it was, without apology, Jesus. Let me meddle a minute… When others say your name, what do they think of? What do you aspire to be known for?
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Lord help me live from day to day In such a self-forgetful way That even when I kneel to pray, My prayer shall be for others. Help me in all the things I do, To ever be sincerely true, And know that all I do for you Must needs be done for others. Others, Lord,
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“He made us the lamps of His light, not the salesmen and customers of His fire. He fits no category, exceeds every attribution, defies all literary description. He is immeasurably more than the object of our study—He’s the subject of the universe itself. He is “the superlative of everything good you choose to call Him”,
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“The leaders God chooses are often more broken than strong…more damaged than whole…more troubled than secure. God’s greatest leaders do not rise up from a bed of roses; they rise from beds of nails.” —Scott Sauls Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Deborah, Gideon, Ehud, Joshua, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul, you. There. Your excuses just evaporated. Go give ’em
Jay McCarl 