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Sermon Illustrations: Spiritual Growth

A baby doesn't think when it's hungry, "I'll wait till later till I cry for food. They've got visitors."

Years ago, Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, saw a sign by the road: "End of Construction - Thank you for your patience." Smiling, she remarked that she wanted those words on her gravestone. Our Daily Bread, September 14, 2008

Inaction: On June 15, 1957, a brand-new car was buried in a concrete vault under the courthouse lawn in Tulsa. In June 2007, the car was unearthed as the city celebrated Oklahoma's 100th year of statehood. Writing in the Tulsa World, Randy Krehbiel said: "Now we know what 50 years in a hole does to a Plymouth Belvedere." Water seeping into the vault had turned the once shiny car into a rusted monument to the past. A hot-rod expert hired to start the engine pronounced it "hopeless". Our Daily Bread 29th August, 2008