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The Final Picture Of God's Love For Us Through ... PRO
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jul 22, 2002 (message contributor)
The final picture of God’s love for us through Jesus Christ comes for a story told by the late Pastor Louis Valbracht as he relates an event in his life.
He says:
I remember when I returned from over seas at the end of W.W. II, I was met by a nearly-three-year-old daughter whom I hadn’t seen since she was 3 months old. She knew nothing of her father, except by a picture on her mother’s dresser and the things that mother told her about her father.
But, Daddy wasn’t a person. Daddy was just a picture and some stories. How was my daughter to know that I loved her? She was not old enough, to understand that I could love her even though I had been away from her for 2 1/2 years. She didn’t know the relationship between a father and a daughter .
As men went, the only person she knew was her grandfather, and he died while I was gone. I had to find a way to develop the relationship between us.
I would...
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A Recent E-Mail Asked Readers To Reflect On The ... PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
A recent e-mail asked readers to reflect on the following questions: 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the ...read more
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Richard Dehaan Tells Of A Soldier Who Was Doing ... PRO
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2003
Richard Dehaan tells of a soldier who was doing sentry duty on the front line in WWI. After being relieved of duty, as a Christian, he wanted to pray, to thank God for protecting him and to ask specifically for his continued protection. But the enemy lines were very close and he couldn’t go far, so ...read more
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1 Corinthians 13 — Church Version PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
1 Corinthians 13 - church version “If our church could hold services in five languages or our members could speak three, but we didn’t love others, we would be all talk and no action. If our church really expressed it’s spiritual gifts with wholehearted service and we became spiritual giants, but ...read more
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Church Membership Vows PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
Church Membership Vows Will you ___________, take your church to be your church; to live together in the holy covenant of membership? Will you love, comfort, honor, and keep your church and be faithful to your church as long as you live? Do you ___________, take your church to be your church, ...read more
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The Price Of A Miracle PRO
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
THE PRICE OF A MIRACLE Let me tell you about Tess. Tess was a precocious eight-year-old little girl. One day she heard her mom and dad talking in a serious and somber tone about her little brother, Andrew. Tess didn’t understand everything that they were saying, but she got the gist: Her little ...read more
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