Legacy Youth Ministry Resources

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Quick Test For Pride

Quick Test For Pride: Think of the most nerdy person on your campus. Are you willing to be seen with and spend time with that person? If not, you've got a problem with pride.

What Do Millionaires Want?

A television talk show had a panel of millionaires. Each of them was asked, ?What is your goal?? Not one answered, ?To make money.? For each, the goal was the challenge of making it to the top. (Joe Griffith, Speaker's Library of Business Quotes)

Beaver Builds a Dam

It?s like the beaver told the rabbit as they stared up at the immense wall of the Hoover Dam, ?No, I didn?t actually build it myself. But it was based on an idea of mine.

Executives Define Fame

Three corporate executives were trying to define the word fame. One said, ??Fame is getting invited to the White House to see the president.? The second one said, ?Fame is being invited to the White House and while you are visiting the phone rings and he doesn?t answer it.? The third executive said, ?You?re both wrong. Fame is being invited to the White House to visit with the president when his Hot Line rings. He answers it, listens a minute, and then says, ?Here, it?s for you.?

When Cats and Dogs Observe Humans

A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me,provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... They must be Gods! A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... I must be a God!

Cats to Balance Your Life

In order to maintain a well balanced perspective, the person who has a dog to worship him should also have a cat to ignore him. - Unknown

Overvaluing What You Are Not

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -- Malcolm Forbes

God Deals with All Pride and Conceit

God Deals with All Pride and Conceit Pride Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections - things over which we never thought He would have to get us alone. -- Oswald Chambers