The Story Of Bill The Janitor

Did you hear the story of Bill? Bill was out of work and applied for a janitorial position at the local downtown First Baptist Church. He was asked to complete an application. Bill had to confess that he couldn’t write or read.

They turned him down saying that some of the janitor’s duties involved reading work orders. Discouraged but not down, Bill bought a basket of apples, set up shop on the side of the road. Business was good. Bill knew where to get the best apples. He sold out his inventory, bought some more and did the same.

Several years later, he had amassed over one million dollars. He went to a bank and asked for a loan to expand and construct a building for his fruit company. The bank officer said, “Here, fill out this form.” “Sorry, but I can’t write,” Bill said.

The banker shot back, “You can’t write? Just think where you would be if you could read and write!!” Bill muttered, “I know exactly where I would be, I’d be a janitor at First Baptist Church.”

Bill was motivated. He used what he had. How about you?

-adapted from Dave Stone, Louisville, KY

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Start Your Day Off Right Series 3/3

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

 

3/3–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

3/3–Do you have a mind full of peace,  simply fill it with peace it’s as simple as that!

Story:

3/3–One day a little boy complained that his new shoes were hurting his feet. I looked down at his feet. No wonder they hurt. His shoes were on the wrong feet! When I changed them he felt better and was soon the liveliest little fellow in the group. Sometimes our lives seem all sour and stale. We find fault with everyone around us. We need to stop and take a good look at our feet. If we were wearing the same shoes the other fellow wears, would we be happy? 

Scripture:

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Humor:

Billy Graham And The Chauffeur 

The Great Strength Behind Virtue

The world often mistakes virtue for weakness. But it takes strength to:

Hold your tongue. Walk away from drama. Stand firm in your beliefs. Forgive when you’ve been hurt.

That’s not weakness — that’s character.

And character is built one decision at a time.

Just like a muscle grows under resistance, virtue grows under pressure.

Virtue Builds a Legacy

Money fades.

Fame fades.

Positions fade.

But virtue leaves a lasting imprint.

When your children, your friends, or your community think of you one day, what will they remember?

Will they say:

“He was honest.” “She was kind.” “They lived what they believed.” “They stood for something.”

Virtue may not trend on social media, but it trends in eternity.

A Simple Challenge for Today

Today, make one intentional virtuous choice.

Just one.

Maybe it’s:

Offering grace instead of criticism. Giving encouragement instead of sarcasm. Being generous instead of selfish. Doing the right thing when it costs you something.

Virtue is not built in grand gestures — it’s built in small, daily decisions.

And those small decisions shape who you become.

Closing Thought

Virtue is not about being perfect.

It’s about being consistent.

It’s about aligning your heart with what is right — again and again — even when it’s difficult.

March 3 is a good day to recommit to living with integrity.

Because in the end, virtue is worth far more than rubies.

Faith Moves Before It Sees

Faith is not always loud.

Sometimes it’s quiet.

Sometimes it’s trembling.

Sometimes it’s simply taking one more step when you don’t feel strong.

But faith always moves.

Hebrews 11:1 tells us:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Faith believes before it sees.

Faith trusts before it understands.

Faith walks before the path is fully clear.

🌫 When You Can’t See the Whole Road

We like clarity.

We like guarantees.

We like to know how everything will turn out.

But faith doesn’t work that way.

God rarely shows us the entire staircase —

He just lights the next step.

And that’s enough.

You may not see how the situation will improve.

You may not understand why things unfolded the way they did.

You may not feel strong today.

But faith says, “Even here, God is working.”

🌱 Faith Grows in the Waiting

Faith isn’t proven when everything is easy.

Faith is strengthened in:

The waiting room The doctor’s report The unanswered prayer The uncertain season

Anyone can believe when the sun is shining.

But it takes faith to trust when the sky is cloudy.

And every time you choose to trust instead of fear, your faith grows stronger.

🔥 Faith Is Action

Faith isn’t just a feeling — it’s a decision.

It’s choosing to pray when you’re tired.

It’s choosing to forgive when you’re hurt.

It’s choosing to move forward when you’d rather quit.

Faith says:

“I don’t have all the answers, but I know the One who does.”

❤️ March 2 Challenge

Today, take one step of faith.

Make that phone call.

Start that project.

Pray that prayer again.

Encourage someone else.

Don’t wait until you feel fearless.

Move while you trust.

Because faith doesn’t wait for perfect conditions.

It simply believes — and steps forward.

🌄 Final Encouragement

You may not see what’s ahead.

But God does.

You may not understand the timing.

But God’s timing is perfect.

Keep walking.

Keep trusting.

Keep believing.

Faith may feel small today — but even small faith can move mountains.

Learn The Fast That God Approves Of

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Don talk about others!

Is 58:1-12. Cry aloud, spare not,
lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily,
and delight to know my ways,
as a nation that did righteousness,
and forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labours.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate,
and to smite with the fist of wickedness:
ye shall not fast as ye do this day,
to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen?
a day for a man to afflict his soul?
is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast,
and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily:
and thy righteousness shall go before thee;
the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer;
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul;
then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as the noonday:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought,
and make fat thy bones:
and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;
and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach,
The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Start Your Day Off Right Series 3/2

https://youtube.com/shorts/nDZ_rr4ST7M?si=0JCA2nrT3myb1dW4

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

3/2—Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

3/2–The sign of a beautiful person is they always see the beauty in others

Story:

3/2–A little girl had been told many times by a childless old couple that if she would come and live with them, they would get her everything she wanted-a pony and cart, a piano, and the like. 

One day when the couple had been particularly urgent, her father said, “Don’t you think you had better go with them?” 

The little girl looked at him in alarm and cried, “Why, Daddy, don’t you want me?” “Yes,” he replied, “but I can’t give you very much, and they will give you everything nice.” “But I wouldn’t have you!” she said as she snuggled up to him.

Scripture:

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Humor:

3/2–The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene hampered him and he asked his home office to hire a plane. 

Arrangements were made and he was told to go at once to a nearby airport, where the plane would be waiting. 

When he arrived at the airport, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, “Let’s go! Let’s go!” The pilot swung the plane into the wind and they soon were in the air. “Fly over the north side of the fire,” yelled the photographer, “and make three or four low level passes.” “Why?” asked the pilot. “Because I’m going to take pictures,” cried the photographer. “I’m a photographer and photographers take pictures!” 

After a pause the pilot said, “You mean you’re not the instructor?”