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Early in the nineteenth century, the King of Prussia, Frederick William III, found his nation in great trouble. He had been attempting to bring prosperity to his land, but constant wars had drained the treasury. After prayerful consideration, he wrote an open letter to the women of Prussia asking them voluntarily to bring their silver and gold to be melted down.

He offered a small token of appreciation to anyone who contributed. In exchange for their jewelry, he gave them a simple cross made of iron. It was inscribed, "I gave gold for iron, 1813." The response was overwhelming. The women of Prussia prized the gift from the king more highly than they had prized their former possessions. Women wore the iron cross with pride. In fact, gold jewelry became unfashionable. The Order of the Iron Cross was established, and members wore no ornaments save a cross of iron for all to see.

Today, we need an order of people who are committed to the King of Kings: people who will sacrifice for God's kingdom, people who esteem God's favor more than the esteem of friends and strangers. In the third century, Bishop Cyprian said, "Their property held them in chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their souls. If they had stored up their treasure in heaven, they would not be enslaved as they are to their own property. They are not the masters of their money, but its slaves."



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Apples Baby's Hug Better
Bird Birdcage Call From God
Calling God Chalk Checking In
The Cornfield Cracked Pot Cross
Discontent but Content Donut Parable Faith and Action
Fence Man God's Boxes God's Cake
God's Email God's Letter to You God Says
God's Smell God's Song God's Wings
God With Us Hate Anyone? Heaven
Highway 109 Highway Angel iCarly
Ice Cream In God We Trust Iron Cross
Jesus Really Loves You Jimmy's Letter The Least of These
Leaving 99 The Lord's Home Run The Lord's Prayer
Lost Loved Ones McDonald's Breakfast Memo from God
Meeting God Modern School Prayer My Attorney
No Time Nutshell Only Son
Pancakes Penalty Pets and the Bible
Prayer Prayer Chair Proof
Public Prayer Pumpkin Push
The Scorpion Sin Avoidance Smile
Struggle of the Butterfly Take the Son Tall Prayer Answers
Taste of the Apple Teach the Children Terrorists in Churches
The Room The Visit They Know Not
Things God Won't Ask Things Not as They Seem Trouble Tree
Twelve Days of Christmas The U in Jesus Who God Used

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