Fix Jesus In Your Heart First !!

A pastor was struggling to prepare his sermon and didn't want to be disturbed by his five year old daughter, so he removed a map of the world from his study room, tore it into pieces and gave it to her daughter to assemble with the promise that he would answer all her questions and play with her when she was done.

He knew she would never be able to fix it. To his amazement, in less than five minutes, she returned to him in his study room with the map in perfect shape, every continent and every country in its place.

The surprised father asked, ''Honey, you don't know anything about geography, so how did you fix the world so easily and quickly ?

The five year old girl smiled sweetly and replied, ''The picture of JESUS was at the back of the map and I knew that if I have JESUS in the right place, the whole world would be in perfect shape.''

That was just the right inspiration he needed for his sermon. He thanked his daughter and prepared a powerful sermon on the subject Fix your world by placing JESUS at the right place. Just place JESUS in his rightful place and your life will be in order.

I hope you understand this just like I do. Spread it to the world, let them know that THEIR WORLD CANNOT BE COMPLETELY FIXED WITHOUT JESUS. We are nothing without Jesus.

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A Little Boy's Temper !

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said "you have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one."

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there.

Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say something you will regret later.

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The cockroach theory for self development

 by Sundar Pichai-an IIT-MIT Alumnus

   

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere & sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face & trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but it landed on another lady in the group.

Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm composed himself & observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers & threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee & watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts & started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbance caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me. More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.

Lessons learnt from the story:

I understood, I should not react in life. I should always respond. The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded. Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.

A beautiful way to understand LIFE. Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life. He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right.!

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Change Your Ways not Creator !

Buffalo's kill 7 people every year.

Lions kill 500 people every year.

Hippos kill 800 people every year.

Spiders kill 5000  people every year.

Scorpions kill 7000 people every year.

Snakes kill 10000 people every year.

Now guess what? Mosquitoes kill 2.7 million people every year. The smallest are the deadliest.

Small 'sins', hardly noticed by many, are the most deadly to your spiritual life.Avoid excuses for not praying ans allotting few moments of your day to your creator. Sins of omission are just as deadly as sins of commission.

White lies, gossiping, small lies, rumours, hate, jealously, etc.are committed more frequently and are deadly. Mind those little compromises that you do daily. They are the ones that will bring your downfall. Successful people have only two things on their lips, "Smile and Silence".

Smile can solve problems, while Silence can avoid problems. Sugar and Salt may be mixed together but ants reject the salt and carry away only the sugar.

Select the right people in your life and make your life better and sweeter. If you fail to achieve your dreams then change your ways and not Creator.

Remember, trees change their leaves, not their roots.

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Timely Help, Timely Reward !

A man was asked to paint a boat. He brought with him paint & brushes & began to paint the boat a bright red, as the owner asked him.

While painting, he realized there was a hole in the hull & decided to repair it.

When finished painting, he received his money & left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter & presented him with a nice cheque, much higher than the payment for painting.

The painter was surprised: You have already paid me for painting the boat, he said. But this is not for the painting job.

It is for having repaired the hole in the boat. Ah! but it was such a small service, certainly it is not worth paying me such a high amount for something so insignificant!

My dear friend, you do not understand. Let me tell you what happened.

When I asked you to paint the boat, I forgot to mention about the hole.

When the boat dried, my kids took the boat & went on a fishing trip.

They did not know that there was a hole.I was not at home at that time.

When I returned & noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate because I remembered that the boat had a hole.

Imagine my relief & joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

Then, I examined the boat & found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved the life of my children! I do not have enough money to pay your "small" good deed.

So, no matter who, when or how, just continue to help, sustain, wipe tears, listen attentively & carefully repair all the "leaks" you find, because you never know when one is in need of us or when God holds a pleasant surprise for us to be helpful & important to someone.

You may have repaired numerous "boat holes" along the way, of several people without realizing how many lives you have saved.

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