These stories are used with permission from Signs Publishing Company. More of these stories can be found in these collections: Ordinary People—Extraordinary God, Ordinary People—Faithful God, and Ordinary People—Generous God
The lost jumper
Genefa was a pastor's wife and Lucy was her friend, who would not accept the importance of Sabbath. Genefa was telling Lucy how important God's day of rest was and that Sabbath is a specially blessed day.
Read DevotionalMiracle in Manila
After a refreshing night, we were on our way to the first appointment in one of Manila's famous yellow taxis. Reaching our destination, luggage was quickly unloaded and the taxi disappeared into seething traffic, leaving us to put our luggage into temporary storage.
Read DevotionalReceiving to give
Oh, we helped a little--"You girls can sew on your own buttons and make your buttonholes"--this when Mum was making our new shirts for school uniforms. How we hurried with our chores, for it was fun to watch how Mother controlled that treadle machine so it did just what she wanted it to.
Read DevotionalBefore they call
It is April 14, 2003. No records of a cyclone or bomb hitting my area on this day exist.
Read DevotionalPartnering with God
Ordinary People--Faithful God elders were not only committed to supporting an evangelistic program but were also keen to run evangelistic programs of their own. They planned to work with me during the first six months, following which they would each run a program of their own in a nearby coastal community.
Read DevotionalJulie's journey
Our pastor had started Bible studies with Julie but he was moving to a new church. I was given the privilege of continuing her Bible studies.
Read DevotionalForget not all His benefits
I finally surrendered my life to God when I was in my mid-20s. Prior to my baptism on September 1, 1951, I had been working underground for about three years.
Read DevotionalThe promise box
It has always been there--the Bible promise box--on my parents' dressing table. My mother thinks they bought it at a church camp-meeting back in the late 1940s.
Read DevotionalThe house with three carports
It had become necessary for my youngest child to change to a different school, some distance from where I worked and where we lived in a campus house. The buses that came to our school did not return to the other school, and it seemed I would have to leave work to take her to and from school.
Read DevotionalSmall shop, big God
After 15 years of successful operation, the proprietors of my premises in a prestigious shopping mall refused to renew my lease, unless I agreed to open my doors on Friday evenings and Saturdays in future. This I refused to do, because I honoured God by observing His Sabbath and returning to Him one-10th of my profits.
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