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Need a great story to support your points? From this page you can search for key terms like TRUST and see all of our Illustrations dealing with the topic of trust. Check back often as we regularly add to this archive.

July 4, 2022

Worry

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Mickey Rivers, a one-time outfielder for the Texas Rangers, explained his philosophy of life: “Ain’t no sense worrying about things you got control over, because if you got control over them, ain’t no sense worrying. And there ain’t no...

Music, prizes
June 27, 2022

Music, Prizes

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Little Billy came into class wearing two medals. One of his classmates asked, “What did you get that little medal for?” Bill replied, “I got that one for singing.” “And what did you get the big medal for?” “For stopping.”...

Worship
June 27, 2022

Worship

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In his book Worship: Beholding the Beauty of the Lord (Crossway), Skip Ryan reminds us, “Worship is not a matter of talking about the Lord. It is experiencing the Lord.  . . . You can’t analyze and worship at the same time. “I lea...

Father's Day
June 13, 2022

Father’s Day

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In his book Disappointment with God, writer Philip Yancey relays a touching story from his own life. One time on a visit to his mother–who had been widowed years earlier, in the month of Philip’s first birthday–they spent the afternoon t...

Holy Spirit, Bible
June 13, 2022

Holy Spirit, Bible

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In a recent Turning Points Daily Devotional, David Jeremiah observes: “A motorist in North Carolina was charged with careless driving after she accidentally hit an elderly pedestrian because she had not adequately defrosted her windshi...

Lord's Prayer
June 6, 2022

Lord’s Prayer

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John Claypool wrote: “I’ve always loved the little story about the boy who’s trying to learn the Lord’s Prayer, and one night as he knelt by his bed, these words came out: Our Father, who are in heaven How do you know my name? Such ind...

Priorities
May 30, 2022

Priorities

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Two friends were walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sound...

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