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    Needled In A Haystack

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 27, 2025
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    God works in unexpected ways, as in the case of the Haystack Prayer Meeting.

    Needled from the Haystack Adoniram Judson was a 19th-century American Christian missionary who worked in Burma (now Myanmar). He is best known for translating the Bible into Burmese and for his enduring contributions to the Southeast Asian missionary efforts. Later, after a period away from his ...read more

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    Our Forefathers' Legacy Of Abundance

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 16, 2025
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    Abundance is not always material.

    1. Some years ago, a radio station invited people to call in and tell them the first thing they had said in the morning, and the third caller would win a cash prize. One guy said, "Do I smell coffee burning?" Another one said, "Oh no, I'm late for work." The winner that ...read more

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    Search Me

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 2, 2025
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    God knows us and our loyalty level.

    1. Psalm 139:1-3 (NKJV) O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 2. We want to love and be loved, to be known and remembered. In 1926, ...read more

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    Respecting Presidents

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 1, 2025
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    Our Presidents are more than legislators. They are examples.

    Respecting Presidents Imagine for a moment the opportunity to spend a day with a president. Whom would you choose? What point in his administration would you like to observe? While we cannot time travel or receive an invitation from our current president to allow us to shadow him, we can look back ...read more

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    Valentine's Day Through The Ages

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 28, 2025
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    Valentine's Day is more than candy and flowers.

    Valentine’s Day Through the Ages We celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th each year. We exchange candy, flowers, cards, and gifts between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. As is often the case, we participate but don’t know why. Let’s consider this ancient Christian and the ...read more

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    Open Doors

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 29, 2024
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    God opens and closes doors daily and annually. With the New Year come open doors of opportunity.

    Open Doors 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 1. Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” We must look for it. We don’t always recognize it. [Far Side Push-Pull 2. As we end ...read more

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    Calm In The Storm

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 5, 2024
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    Funeral sermon for an elderly faithful Christian man.

    Kenneth was intelligent, a family man who took his responsibilities seriously. He inherited a love for the outdoors. His grandfather homesteaded in OK before statehood, living in a dugout on the prairie for a time. Kenneth grew up at that farm. He enjoyed being outside farming, ranching, hunting, ...read more

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    Criminals And Crosses`

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 10, 2024
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    Our only hope is "The Man on the Middle Cross."

    Criminals and Crosses Luke 23:39-43 1. Alistair Begg – “Man on Middle Cross” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQxVRC7wHvU) If God asked why He should let us into heaven, the reason does not begin with “Because I ___.” It begins with “Because HE ____.” Anything else leads to: a. Lethargic ...read more

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    Days Of Dedication

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 5, 2024
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    As the New Year unfolds, we dedicate ourselves to Christ.

    1. Anthony Campolo wrote: “One year, my best friend and I devised what we thought was a brilliant and creative plan for mischief. We decided to break into the basement of the local five-and-dime store. We did not plan to rob the place (Sunday school boys would never do that sort of thing); ...read more

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    Celebrate Life

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 1, 2024
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    Celebrate Life Day reminds us to protect the unborn and thank God for our lives.

    Celebrate Life Thomas Jefferson stated the following in the Declaration of Independence (emphasis added): We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the ...read more

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    Choosing Our Master

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 16, 2023
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    We are slaves or servants of whom we obey. We must choose carefully.

    Choosing Our Master Carefully There is a story of Abraham Lincoln visiting a Southern slave market. Supposedly, Lincoln walked up to a young African girl on the auction block and looked her in the eye. She looked back in anger at her presumed purchaser. The future president did pay her price, and ...read more

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    Our New Year Wake-Up Call

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 15, 2023
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    When we wake up to God's will, we act!

    A New Year Wake-Up Call As we enter the New Year, we can progress in our relationship with God and our actions for Him. We are at a critical juncture in our history. You may know the current tyranny and think this is old news. On the other hand, you may not be aware and are wondering what I am ...read more

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    What Are The Odds?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 13, 2023
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    God went against the odds to save us.

    What Are the Odds? Christmas is behind us, and the New Year is rapidly approaching. This is a good time for some personal reflection. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. Julius Caesar changed the Roman calendar, and January 1, 45 AD, became the year’s beginning in the ...read more

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    Approaching The Birth Of Jesus: The Shepherds

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 2, 2023
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    We respond to the coming of Jesus in the same manner as the shepherds.

    A few years ago, there was a significant effort in the media and among some government leaders to erase any mention of “Christmas” from this season of the year and replace it with “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays.” Of course, many did not go along with that and still firmly proclaim that ...read more

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    God's Lamb And Mary's

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 27, 2023
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    During the Christmas season's excitement, let's not forget the "reason for the season." God sent His Son as the sacrifice for our sins.

    God’s Lamb and Mary’s Years ago, a preacher friend presented a lesson entitled, “Mary Had a Little Lamb, His Name was Jesus.” You might say he had a rhyme and a reason for the title. At this time of year, we focus on and get excited about the birth of baby Jesus. We think of the innocence of that ...read more

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