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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
If the Blind Put Their Hand in God’s Helen Keller, shortly before her sixtieth birthday, expressed pity for the real unseeing, for those who have eyes yet do not see. Her long years of physical blindness have given her a spiritual insight which enables her to enjoy life in all its fullness. She ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:22-26, Mark 8:27-29
Tags: Faith
Denomination: Christian Church
CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING A man named Fred inherited a huge land grant, but the will provided that he could choose land in either Chile or Brazil. He chose Brazil. Unhappily, if he had chosen Chile, he would have received his inheritance in land on which they had recently discovered uranium, gold and ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:27-29, Mark 8:27-33
Tags: Hardship Of Life
WILLIAM CAREY FIGHTS DISCOURAGEMENT William Carey, the father of the modern missionary movement, arrived in India in 1793 with a burden to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who had never heard the name. For seven years he proclaimed the gospel message faithfully week after week, month ...read more
Scripture: Mark 4:1-20, Mark 4:35-41
Tags: Disappointment
WASH YOUR HANDS In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of "childbed fever." A doctor's daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the ...read more
Scripture: Mark 5:25-34, Mark 5:21-43
Tags: Unbelief
UNSUNG HEROINES In Tom Brokaw’s book "The Greatest Generation Speaks," Veronica Mackey Hulick tells of her service during World War II. Veronica was 20 when she joined the Navy WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She and about 1500 other bright young women worked for hours at ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:35, Mark 9:33-35
Tags: Servanthood
AFGHAN SPIRITUAL HARVEST In his book What Good Is God?, Philip Yancey writes: "This is a true story from Afghanistan that took place in the early 1970s, before the Russian occupation or the Taliban regime. At the time, the government allowed a small Christian church to service internationals who ...read more
Scripture: Mark 13:9-11, Mark 19:1-20
Tags: Evangelism Fear Of
"The cross has become the most widely recognized symbol in the world. It marks more graves, graces more jewelry, and sits atop more churches than any other design. The making of the sign of the cross is known from basilicas to baseball diamonds. Finding a logo has become big business, but no ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:32-42, Mark 15:21-41
Tags: Sacrifice, The Cross, Symbols
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
In the first century, a 12-year-old would have been well along in their life since: -a third of those born would have died by age 6; -60% by their mid-teens; -by their mid-twenties 75%; -90% by their mid-forties; and -maybe 3% reached their 60s. Bruce J. Malina and Richard L. ...read more
Scripture: Mark 5:42
Tags: Jesus Life, Children, Death Nearness
Denomination: Baptist
There was a man who was on his death bed and he called the three men that he trusted the most to come and see him. He called his minister, his doctor and his lawyer to him and said, “When I die, I my savings account of $90,000 divided three ways and when you walk by my casket, I want each of you ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:34-38
Tags: Death, Funerals Non-Christian
Denomination: Vineyard
Title: Charlemagne’s Tomb It is said that about 200 years ago, the tomb of the great conqueror Charlemagne was opened. The sight the workmen saw was startling. There was his body in a sitting position, clothed in the most elaborate of kingly garments, with a scepter in his bony hand. On ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:36
Tags: Money, Finding Fulfillment, Death
Denomination: *other
Byron Deel, grew up with an alcoholic and abusive father. Byron had two brothers and three sisters, a large family, but his dad spent the family income on alcohol, and he drank and ranted and raved and hit them. When Byron was twelve, his father walked away from the family, and did absolutely ...read more
Scripture: Mark 7:6
Tags: God The Father, Forgiveness For Others
Denomination: Grace Brethren
When God wants to do something wonderful, He begins with a difficulty, When God wants to do something ...read more
Scripture: Mark 6:45-52
Tags: Miracles General, Miracles Of Jesus
Denomination: Independent/Bible
U.S. Divorce Statistics (1997 except where noted) Total divorces granted: 1,163,000 Rate per 1,000 population (1999): (excluding CA, CO, IN and LA) 4.1 State with the lowest divorce rate: Massachusetts. Rate per 1,000 population: 2.4 State with the higest divorce rate: Nevada. Rate per ...read more
Scripture: Mark 10:1-10
Tags: Marriage Singleness, Divorce
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built ...read more
Tags: Endurance, Discipleship, Workplace
"No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the ...read more
Scripture: Mark 4:35-41
Tags: Endurance, Doubt
LIKE FILTHY RAGS Jeff Bridges says, "Christians can never in themselves merit salvation through their personal holiness." Our Righteousness is like a filthy rag before a holy God. One of the early church fathers ...read more
Scripture: Mark 2:1-12
Tags: Humanity Of Christ, Holiness, God's Holiness, Filthy Rags
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:3-9
Tags: Descriptions Of God, God The Father
A HEALING FOOL The Gospels depict Jesus as having spent a surprising amount of time healing people… It is significant also that the Greek verb "sozo" was used in Jesus’ day to mean both to save and to heal, and "soter" could signify either savior or physician. Ever since the time of Jesus, ...read more
Scripture: Mark 1:29-39
Tags: Miracles Of Jesus, Prayer Answered, Gifts Healing
It is good to learn early enough that suffering and God are not a contradiction but rather a unity, for the idea that God himself is suffering is one that has always been one of the most convincing teachings of Christianity. I think God is nearer to suffering than to happiness, and to find God in ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:27-33
Tags: Promises Of God, Descriptions Of God, Compassion
Denomination: Foursquare
WHY THEY SERVE COFFEE Some of the most humorous and enlightening moments in our lives center around eating and drinking. Take for instance the interaction between a pastor and young boy in a certain congregation. It seems this particular congregation loved good fellowship and always served ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:37
Tags: Preaching, Church, Church Practices
Denomination: Church Of God
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