What difference can a few choice words make to a life? Open the pages of this delightful book, and you will take an adventure into the amazing lives of people who were inspired to new dreams and new heights by a few influential words. This dramatic and moving book is sure to bring renewal and inspiration as you read story after captivating story of well-known, highly accomplished people who were inspired to greatness by a few, wisely spoken words. You'll read the fascinating, true stories of the words that inspired the dreams of people such as George Washington, Charles Spurgeon, Jesse Owens, Noah Webster, Charles Wesley, and many others. New visions of what your words can mean to others will bring you back to this book and its heroes and heroines again and again. This is a book you'll want to read yourself and give to anyone who aspires to inspiring dreams.
Contents
foreword
Thank-You notes
Introduction: May I Have A Word With You?
Chapter 1: choice words of Challenge
The 358-Million-Dollar Question -- Bob Pierce
A Mere Suggestion Made the Difference -- Charles Colson
The Hero and the Schoolboy -- Jesse Owens
The Challenge of a One-Minute Question -- Ken Blanchard
A Party to God's Purposes -- Kay Arthur
A Challenging Word from God
Chapter 2: choice words of Calling
Caught by the Substitute Preacher -- Charles Spurgeon
The Picture Worth More Than a Thousand Souls
-- Count Zinzendorf
Minister of Imagination -- Fred Rogers
A Call in the Wild -- Bill Hybels
An Unsuspecting Prophet Hits It on the Numbers
-- Steve Largent
A Calling from God's Word
Chapter 3: choice words of Counsel
A Father's Fundamentals -- John Wooden
More Power to Him -- Robert Schuller
Shaped by the Words of a Slave -- George Washington Carver
"Do Good in the World and Be Useful " -- Noah Webster
A Thousand Tongues of Praise -- Charles Wesley
Go for the Best -- Florence Littauer
God's Word of Counsel
Chapter 4: choice words of Courage
The Ride of Her Life -- Rosa Parks
The Lone-Star Saint -- Max Lucado
The White Flag of Courage -- Philip P. Bliss
Evangelism Implosion -- D. James Kennedy
The Courageous Word of God
Chapter 5: choice words of Correction
The Coach Who Tackled the Church Boy -- Reggie White
The Long Arm of God's Love -- Dawson Trotman
Revenge of the High-School Math Teacher -- Kevin Leman
A Failure to Communicate -- Wilfred Grenfell
The Wife Who Had More Than Enough -- Millard Fuller
Heeding God's Word of Correction
Chapter 6: choice words of Conversion
A Mysterious Moment of Truth -- Augustine
Handing the Sword to a Samurai -- Mitsuo Fuchida
The General and the Agnostic -- Lew Wallace
A Volatile Visitation -- Larry Burkett
Conversion and the Word of God
Chapter 7: choice words of Clarity
For the Love of the Game -- Pat Williams
"Don't Send Any More Checks" -- Star Parker
Taylor-Made Devotions -- Ken Taylor
She Wouldn't Take No for an Answer -- Emilie Barnes
How Morse Cracked the Code -- Samuel Morse
God's Word of Clarity
Chapter 8: choice words of Concern
Don't Pick Me, God -- Michelle Akers
Message on a Bottle -- W. O. Lattimore
Charlotte's Song -- Charlotte Elliott
God's Word Concerning Us
Chapter 9: choice words of Commerce
How to Triple Your Income and Double Your Time Off
-- Mark Hansen and Jack Canfield
A Penney Saved -- J. C. Penney
How Ed Made a Mint -- Ed Noble
God's Word of Commerce
Chapter 10: choice words of Compassion
The Testament -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Stranger on the Sidewalk -- Lorraine Hale
The Wild Man of Borneo -- George Fisk
How a Dying Buddhist Found Life -- David Yonggi Cho
God's Word of Compassion
Chapter 11: choice words of Confidence
The Greatest Library Find -- Og Mandino
Two Jacks Serve an Ace -- Stan Smith
A Glorious Enterprise -- William Wilberforce
I See Something in You -- James Robison
God's Word of Confidence to You
after words
notes