We must give to receive. This thought really resonated with me this morning as I read the following excerpt from Christ's Object Lessons: "Our prayers are not to be a selfish asking, merely for our own benefit. We are to ask that we may give. The principle of Christ's life must be the principle of our lives. '"For their sakes,"' He said, speaking of His disciples, '"I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified."' John 17:19. The same devotion, the same self-sacrifice, the same

Lost and Found. Have you ever lost track of a good friend from childhood? Maybe someone came to your rescue once but you never got their name? Have you given up a child for adoption and don't know where they are? Maybe you are that child and you always wanted to know more about your birth parent(s)? Or maybe you've been unable to locate an estranged family member? God's "GPS" is the most reliable method to reunite one to another.  Two short stories below illustrate as much. Absent church