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Problem Solving 101

by Dana Dorough

“Stop, look, and listen before you cross the street. Use your eyes, use your ears, then quickly use your feet!” I learned this poem in the second grade, and remembered it my whole life, later using it to teach my own children how to cross the street safely. But today, as I was spending time with God this poem came to mind with a new spiritual meaning. We are supposed to go to God with all of our problems (Philippians 4:6). This means we have to STOP trying to fix our own problems because we will never be able to do that. LOOK to God for the answers we need. LISTEN to what he tells us to do (Psalm 46:10). Then QUICKLY USE OUR FEET to obey His direction for our lives (John 10:27). We have to learn to lay all of our problems at the foot of the cross and then be still and listen for God to tell us what to do. We can’t hear Him if we don’t stop and take the time to listen, because that is just not spiritually safe.

Biblical Questions & Answers! How Many Can You Get Right?

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A. Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.

Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible?
A. Pharaoh's daughter. She went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out a little prophet.

Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he got married?
A. Ruth-less.

Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden in a Fury.

Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. David's Triumph was heard throughout the land.

Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. Honda...because the apostles were all in one Accord.

Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. 2 Cor. 48 describes going out in service in a Volkswagen Beetle: "We are pressed in every way, but not cramped beyond movement."

Q. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?
A. Samson. He brought the house down.

Q. Where is the first baseball game in the Bible?
A. In the big inning, Eve stole first, Adam stole second. Cain struck out Abel, and the Prodigal Son came home. The Giants and the Angels were rained out.

Q. How did Adam and Eve feel when expelled from the Garden of Eden?
A. They were really put out.

Q. What is one of the first things that Adam and Eve did after they were kicked out?
A. They really raised Cain.

Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to why he no longer lived in Eden?
A. Your mother ate us out of house and home.

Q. Who is the greatest babysitter mentioned in the Bible?
A. David. He rocked Goliath to sleep.

Q. Why was Goliath so surprised when David hit him with a slingshot?
A. The thought had never entered his head before.

Q. What do they call pastors in Germany?
A. German Shepherds.

Q. What is the best way to get to Paradise?
A. Turn right and go straight.

Q. Which servant of Jehovah was the most flagrant lawbreaker in the Bible?
A. Moses. Because he broke all 10 commandments; at once.

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"Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17

1. "You can do more than pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed." A.J. Gordon

2. "God does nothing except in response to believing prayer." John Wesley (Famous evangelist who spent 2 hours daily in prayer)

3. "Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces." S.D. Gordon

4. "One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer."

5. "The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray." S.D. Gordon

6. "If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer." Martin Luther

7. "The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray." Chuck Smith

8. "Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God." Chuck Smith

9. "Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers." Sidlow Baxter

10. "God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil.” E.M. Bounds

11. "Prayer is where the action is." John Wesley

12. "Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying." Paul E. Billheimer

13. "0h brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper - and sleep too - than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber." Andrew A. Bonar

14. "Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees." Corrie ten Boom

15. "Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds

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