Contributed by David Browne on Dec 8, 2000
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On the Australian coat of arms is a picture of a emu and a kangaroo. These animals were chosen because they share a characteristic that appealed to our forefathers. Both the emu and kangaroo can move only forward, not back. The emu’s three-toed foot causes it to fall if it tries to go backwards,
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Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 26, 2001
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“August 22, 1741, was a sweltering day in the city of London. An elderly stooped-shouldered man wandered through the streets. His nightly aimless wandering through the streets of the city had become a familiar ritual. His angry mind raced back to the memories of great adulation and then looked at a
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Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 14, 2004
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“Graffiti With Meaning!” Matthew 14: 22-24 Key verse(s): 23: “After he had dismissed the, he went up on a mountainside by himself to prayer. When evening came, he was there alone . . .”
“Isolation is not all that bad . . . it just depends on who you spend it with.” At first glance this
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Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 17, 2006
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It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old man, and he would feed them
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I had a friend go to the doctor, after the examination the doctor came into the room and say: SIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE SPELL DIET? My friend started: D-I-E… THEN THE DOCTOR TOLD MY FRIEND STOP RIGHT THERE … YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON’T START WATCHING WHAT YOU EAT AND CHANGE YOUR EXERCISE
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 18, 2019
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DESPERATION
While walking down the road of life we often reach a place of desperation, a place where all hope is gone and
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Pentecostal
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Children, as Jesus said, Don't be afraid. Your family is probably founded on some kind of faith. Listen to your parents and other adults whom you trust, and know that nearly everyone is working hard to get us through this trouble.
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In fifty years you will remember this crisis as one of the
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MANY PEOPLE WANT TO WALK ON THE WATER, WITHOUT THE INVITATION ON GOD’S SON: COME…
Matthew 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Pastor Chou of Korea wrote a book on prayer. He tells in his book “THE FOURTH DIMENSION” about 4
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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DON'T TRUST FEELINGS
I read of a helicopter pilot who flew from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific told this story. He said, "I was flying the helicopter back to the ship when a blinding fog rolled in. Flying at a low altitude, I knew that a single mistake would plunge my crew and me into the
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Matthew 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to
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Seek Spiritual Advice from Spiritually mature Christians.
Albert Einstein ... had difficulty speaking until he was four years old ... and did not read ... until he was seven.
Beethovens music teacher said: .... As a composer, ... he is hopeless.
When Thomas Edison was a young boy, ... his
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Anglican
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The Navy branch ... of the service ... called the Seabees ... had a unique slogan ... during World War II, (Pause)
If its difficult, ... it will take a day or two.
If its impossible, ... it will take a little longer. (Pause)
It seems to me ... there are a number of
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