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A $20 BILLA well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started

going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me dothis."

He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, "Who still wantsit?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?"

And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with hisshoe.

He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty.

"Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, youhave all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money,you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt bythe decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel asthough we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what willhappen, you will never lose your value in God's eyes.

To Him, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless toHim.

Psalm 17:8 states that God will keep us, "as the apple of His eye."

THOUGHT: The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we are butby WHOSE WE ARE!

You are special - Don't ever forget it!

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SATAN'S SALESome time ago I heard a story about Satan's garage sale. On display stoodmany large, shiny, complicated tools. Each was labeled with a tag such as:MURDER, ADULTERY, HATE, STRIFE, etc. Yet in one corner sat a tiny, dull,

simple tool with a very high price attached. When asked why that worn outtool was so expensive, Satan replied smugly, "That one is calledDISCOURAGEMENT. I can use that one on everybody."

The Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, "We are troubled on every side,yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in dispair; persecuted, but notforsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;" In other words discouragement maycreep in occasionally but it need not be permanent nor overpowering. So longas we keep our focus on our Source Jesus Christ and continue to get up eachand every time we are knocked down.

Have you ever been discouraged? Consider this account: There was a manwho failed in business in '31. He was defeated for the legislature in '32. Hefailed again in business in '34. His sweetheart died in '35. He suffered anervous breakdown in '36. He was defeated in election in '38. He wasdefeated for Congress in '43, '46, and '48. He was defeated for the Senate in'55. He was defeated for the Vice-presidency in '56. He was defeated againfor the Senate in '58. Yet in 1860 Abraham Lincoln became President of theUnited States of America.

From Linda Fears.

Discouragement is Satan's most effective tool. Don't let it keep you frombecoming all God intends for you to be. ..

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