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God Has A Very Specific Purpose, Calling, Mantle ... PRO
Contributed by Emilia Florio on Feb 15, 2008 (message contributor)
God has a very specific purpose, calling, mantle for you. Maybe you’re finding yourself right now in a place, spiritually or physically, where you don’t quite belong. Where you are struggling and gasping for breath, like a fish floundering around on the shore. Take that fish and put it in the water, and its genius emerges! It does what it was called to do- it swims away gracefully and purposefully.
You weren’t made to flounder around. You have a specific purpose in the church and in God’s Kingdom. You might think that if you don’t step into that calling, someone else will do it. You might think that the church has others much more gifted than I. Certainly, my pathetic talents won’t make any difference.
Oh, Beloved, you’re wrong. A Rolls Royce is a beautiful car. A very expensive and luxurious car. But just as a Rolls Royce with 3 wheels is limited, so, too, is the church, and the Kingdom, without you.
Each of us has a very specific and unique calling which is important to the whole. I used to think that if I didn’t...
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I Once Talked To A Man About Becoming A Christian ... PRO
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 13, 2002
I once talked to a man about becoming a Christian who tried to convince me that he “wasn’t really a bad person." He didn’t think he had really sinned all that much. Sensing that he was trying to avoid accepting his sinfulness I gave him this illustration: I told him to imagine I had invited ...read more
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William Bathurst: O For A Faith!
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 24, 2003
William Bathurst once said, “O for a faith that will not shrink, Tho pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God; A faith that shines ...read more
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Adrian Dieleman Tells The Story Of One Man's ...
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 28, 2007
Adrian Dieleman tells the story of one man’s transformation: “Oscar Cervantes is a dramatic example of the Spirit’s power to transform lives. As a child, Oscar began to get into trouble. Then as he got older, he was jailed 17 times for brutal crimes. Prison psychiatrists said he was beyond ...read more
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Victor Hugo's Novel "Les Miserables" Tells A ...
Contributed by Rev Paul Kerans on Mar 1, 2007
Victor Hugo’s Novel “Les Miserables” tells a story of a man named Jean Valjean, who served nineteen years of hard labour for the crime of stealing bread. When he was finally released, Valjean was a hardened, tough ex-convict. But one day his life was transformed by forgiveness. A kind bishop ...read more
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One Of My Friends Who Pastored In The Phoenix ...
Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 27, 2007
One of my friends who pastored in the Phoenix area left to go do new work in another state. God had laid on his heart the desire to start new churches. The plans were laid for him to begin with the cooperation of two established churches. Funds and families were in place to further the kingdom. ...read more
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