... bridge, a sign was posted: "YIELD." Seeing no oncoming cars, he ... his surprise, he saw another YIELD sign posted. Curious, he thought ... and looked back, sure enough, yield signs had been placed at ...
2. We All Need Dad
Eph 6:1-4
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King Duncan
... following the Big Daddies around, yielding to their authority and learning ...
3. Three Kinds of Givers
Luke 12:13-21
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... must squeeze it. It readily yields to pressure and the more ...
4. Stay Awake! Routine Can Be a Blessing
Luke 12:32-40
Illustration
Wallace H. Kirby
One of the musicians who played many years for Toscanini said that the maestro had the ability to make the orchestra feel it was playing a well-known work for the first time. Each repeated playing of the score was done as if it were the premiere performance. After once recording the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Toscanini said he had been conducting the Beethoven Ninth for over fifty years. He continued, "Now I think I finally understand it." Routine can yield its blessings if we stay awake.
5. Dial-A-Tale
Illustration
... himself, a beautiful illustration of yielding personal rights in deference to ...
6. Crops in Decline
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Staff
... ambitious farmer, unhappy about the yield of his crops, heard of ...
7. The Nine Tests of Confucius
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Editor James S. Hewett
... those who are compliant and yielding but always get their objective ...
8. Never Give Up!
Luke 13:1-9
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Brett Blair
... and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently ...
9. Heaven Will Know
Illustration
Konosuke Matsushita
... weak, and we tend to yield to temptation when we think ... is weak and prone to yield to temptation. But even if ...
10. Enter, the Conductor
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Staff
... he is in command, we yield all our instruments to him ...
11. What Is God Like?
Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 22:54-62, Luke 19:28-44
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Mark Trotter
... Jesus bowed his head and yielded up his spirit," Genghis Khan ...
12. I Am No Longer My Own
Mark 8:31-38; Rom 7:7-25
Illustration
Philip W. McLarty
... nothing; I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure ...
13. Thank God for Pain
Illustration
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
... family. As night receded, he yielded to hope and in the ...
14. Keep Up the Pace
Illustration
Grant Lovejoy
... busyness, no matter how great, yield nothing unless we allow God ...
15. Self-pity: The Devil's Comfort
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... hardship, and permit you to yield unto temptation.”
16. You've Got to Go Lower
Matthew 16:21-28
Illustration
Angela Akers
... Christ. The new vantage point yielded new beauties to behold and ...
17. What Only God Controls
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
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David E. Leininger
... was such a difference of yields. I got an insight into ... even a third stalk. The yield is therefore abundantly greater." Pastor ...
18. A Mother's Influence
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Staff
... it still It moved and yielded at my will. I came ... young child's soft and yielding heart. I came again when ...
19. The Surrendered Will
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Editor James S. Hewett
Laid on thine altar, O my Lord, Divine, Accept my gift this day, for Jesus' sake; I have no jewels to adorn thy shrine, No world-famed sacrifice to make; And here I bring within my trembling hands This will of mine, a thing that seemeth small; Yet thou alone canst understand That when I yield Thee this, I yield Thee all!
20. Song of the Vineyard
Isaiah 5:1-7
Illustration
Larry Powell
... place. He anticipated a magnificent yield. God had cleared the land ...
21. Struggling with Doubt, Standing on Faith
Matt 7:15-23; 28:16-20
Illustration
Donald M. Tuttle
... among us. It rests on yielding to the authority he possesses ...
22. Our Hope, Our Terror
Matthew 22:1-14
Illustration
Barbara Brown Taylor
... stealing away until they have yielded their blessings.
23. Devout of this World
John 20:19-23
Illustration
Elizabeth Gilbert
... what your good works will yield (or threats as to the ...
24. Today's Man
Mark 6:30-34,53-56
Illustration
Richard Exley
... our life once we've yielded it to the expectations of ...
25. Knowing Temptation
Luke 4:1-13
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C. S. Lewis
... the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the ...
26. Show Us a Sign
Matthew 24:36-44
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... : "Dead End, Stop, Wrong Way, Yield, No Crossing and Do Not ...
27. I Vow To God
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... of self-denial and will yield myself a prisoner of love ...
28. A Spirit of Unity
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Staff
... and bitterness to God and yielded to His control, the Holy ...
29. Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage
Eph 4:20
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Ann Landers
... doing most of the talking. Yield to the wishes of the ...
30. Strong Enough to Be Gentle
Illustration
... be weakness if it meant yielding to sin. But because it ...
31. Fine China
Illustration
... 1857. The unusually fine clay yielded a porcelain china that was ...
32. The Final Word
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Staff
... being dictatorial and harsh. Others yield when their authority is tested ...
33. Change Your Tune
Illustration
Grady Nutt
... either or both partners have yielded to the tyranny of the ...
... of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore ...
35. Outside of Himself
Mark 3:20-30
Illustration
Scott Hoezee
... ' emphasis on the demonic that yielded this opinion because no sooner ...
36. The Extravagance of God
Illustration
Ralph W. Seager
More sky than man can see, More seas than he can sail, More sun than he can bear to watch, More stars than he can scale. More breath than he can breathe, More yield than he can sow, More grace than he can comprehend, More love than he can know.
37. Don't Be Too Cheap with the Seed
2 Cor 9:8
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Jack Exum
... ." One bushel of seed invested yields thirty bushels of grain harvested ...
38. Personal Prayer Time
Mark 1:29-34
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... set aside this time to yield to the power of God ... we need to learn to yield to the power of God ...
39. Accepting the Storms with Calmness
John 14:15-31
Illustration
O. Garfield Beckstrand, II
... the ocean. The shell simply yielded itself to the waters. It ... it had its beginning. By yielding itself to the water, it ...
40. His Plan For Me
Illustration
Staff
... there And I would not yield my will, Shall I see ... are left to me I yield them to Thy hand. Take ...
41. For This Our Bounty
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... are fed, our fields have yielded well. Dear Lord, we could ... humble for our harvest's yield And mindful of our neighbors ...
42. PLASTERER
Lev. 14:43; Daniel 5:5
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... by burning limestone until it yielded white caustic alkaline earth. The ...
43. POTTER
Jer. 18:4; Rom. 9:21
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... . The study of pottery has yielded more knowledge of the history ...
44. The Long Haul
Matthew 25:14-30
Illustration
David Beckett
... to something that is not yielding much return? Are you tempted ...
45. You Are What You Eat
John 6:51-58
Illustration
Brian Harner
... the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall ...
46. Forgetting Your Own Fatigue
2 Tim 3:10--4:8
Illustration
C. E. Montague
... their distress, he would have yielded to exhaustion and lost his ...
47. Dial-A-Tale
Illustration
Don Baker
... tale. A beautiful illustration of yielding personal rights. He didn't ...
48. Steer Clear
Illustration
... . Each was too proud to yield first. By the time they ...
49. Jonah Proof
Jonah 1:17
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Michael P. Green
... came in contact with a yielding, slimy substance that seemed to ...
50. Thanks for Familiar Things
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
I offer thanks for just familiar things— The ruddy glory of the sunset sky, The shine of firelight as the dusk draws nigh, The cheery song my little kettle sings, The woodland music of my giant pine, The last sweet tokens that my garden yields, The mellow tints upon the autumn fields, The far-off misty mountains' purple line, The sense of rest that home so surely brings, The books that wait my pleasure, true and fine, Old friendships that I joy to feel are mine. I offer thanks for just familiar things.