Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 23, 2002
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John Wesley was asked what he would do if he knew his Lord would return at that time the next day. He said in effect, "I would go to bed and go to
sleep; wake up in the morning, and go on with my work, for I
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 30, 2001
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C.S. Lewis observed, "You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left
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Baptist
Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
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LETTERS TO GOD FROM CHILDREN
Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe too look like that or was it an accident? - Norma
Dear God, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones you have now? - Jane
Dear God, Who draws the lines around the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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"Prayer is surrender-surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boat hook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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TALK ABOUT THE GRACE OF GOD
When a person works an 8-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
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GOD ONLY LIVES IN THE BEST
The Old Testament Temple was only 30’ wide by 90’ long-- a mere 2700 square feet. It was smaller than many homes today. It has been estimated that to rebuild the Temple by the directions in the Bible would cost today about four billion dollars! It would take incredible
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2002
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Whether your faith is that there is a God or that there is not a God, if you don’t have any doubts you are either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants in the pants
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
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Title: God Moves in a Mysterious Way
The hymn God Moves in a Mysterious Way has been a source of great comfort and blessing to many of God’s people since William Cowper wrote it in the 18th century. Yet few people know of the unusual circumstances that led to its composition.
William
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002
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I SERVE, GOD DOES
Humility in leadership can be achieved if one learns to view his role as a simple service to others. Indeed, this is the very essence of leadership: giving energy, not receiving it. And perhaps the surest way to ensure such an outward flow of energy is to think of oneself
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD
I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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Clenched Fist Toward God
A story I heard personally from Malcolm Muggeridge (that stirred me then and still does even yet) was his account of a conversation he had with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin. She spent some time with Muggeridge in his home in England while they were working
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