[font=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The Ripple Effect[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Each choice we make causes
a ripple effect in our lives.
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[/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]When things happen to us,
[font=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]it is the reaction we choose[/font]
that can create the difference
between the sorrows of our past
and the joy in our future.
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Eph 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
from John Mark Ministries
In 1855, A Sunday School teacher, a Mr. Kimball, led a Boston shoe clerk to give his life to Christ. The clerk, Dwight L. Moody, became an evangelist.
In England in 1879, Dwight L. Moody awakened evangelistic zeal in the heart of Fredrick B. Meyer, pastor of a small church.
F.B. Meyer, preaching to an American college campus, brought to Christ a student named J. Wilbur Chapman.
J. Wilbur Chapman, engaged in YMCA work, employed a former baseball player, Billy Sunday, to do evangelistic work.
Bill Sunday held a revival in Charlotte, N.C. A group of local men were so enthusiastic afterward that they planned another evangelistic campaign, bringing Mordecai Hamm to town to preach.
During Mordecai Hamm's revival, a young man named Billy Graham heard the Gospel and yielded his life to Christ.
Only Eternity will reveal the tremendous impact of that one Sunday School teacher, Mr. Kimball, who invested his life in the lives of others.
Makes you think, doesn't it? Everything we do in the name of Jesus Christ has an effect which will be viewed through Eternity.
Thank You Lord that You are sovereign, all knowing. Help each of us rest in this knowledge. Open our eyes to the plans You have for each of us, remind us that You are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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