A truly stingy painter was contracted to paint the local Church a beautiful white on the outside. The Deacons negotiated a price with the painter and he set to work. He thought to himself, "I can make a little higher profit on this job." So he thinned down his paint, so that the paint to do one side, ended up painting the whole building. As he finished and was admiring his work, it began to rain. And it rained. And rained. And Rained. And the white

paint ran down the sides of the church, and ran off into the sewer. The painter fell to his knees and cried, "Why me, God?" And suddenly, a voice was heard from heaven, "Repaint, and Thin no more!"

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The story is told by Leo Dobratz of San Jose, California, that he was able to stop the birds from stealing his fruit by taking tin cans and tying them to the limbs of the fruit trees. The reflection off the lids, swinging in the breeze, not only frightened the birds and saved his fruit, but it frightened the birds so bad that they got under conviction and brought back the fruit that they had stolen the year before.

Now that's a tall story if I ever heard one, but it does describe the change in behavior that really does take place in the heart of a sinner when he/she places their faith in the Lord Jesus! R Lee, SERMONIC LIBRARY, pp. 11-12.

Dr. James Orr once told about Billy Graham flying on an airplane and the attendant making a big fuss over him. "Do you want some more coffee Dr. Graham?" "Oh, my mother prays for you everyday." "I must write to her and tell her about seeing you."

About that time a big old Texan up front had a little too much to drink. He started cursing and making passes at the attendant and creating a big ruckus. Finally the attendant had enough and walked up to the big Texan and said, "Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to be quite. You see Dr. Billy Graham the evangelist is flying with us." The Texan responded, "Billy Graham, Billy Graham is flying with us?" The man stumbled back

to where Billy was sitting and said, "Billy Graham, I'm so glad to meet you. I just want you to know how much your sermons help me to live the Christian life!"

- Dr. James Orr 1981, South Carolina Baptist Evangelism Conference

Onetime there was two brothers. One was an outstanding citizen and the other was a convict. The convict brother killed a man, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. His brother who was well respected went to his friend the governor and pleaded for a pardon for his brother. Since the governor respected the murderer's brother he issued the pardon and gave to his friend. The brother went to the prison and visited with his sibling.

He asked him, "What would you do if you were to escape or get released?" His brother replied from his cell, "First, I would kill the judge, then I'd murder the chief witness against me."

Upon hearing this his brother ended the conversation, walked out of the prison with the pardon in his pocket and gave it back to the governor.

You see his brother hadn't repented. He hadn't had a change of heart. - S. Toussaint