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  • How Do I Forgive Somebody Who Has Hurt Me So ...

    Contributed by John Petty on Jan 18, 2008
     | 1,262 views

    How do I forgive somebody who has hurt me so bad? First of all remember that that you've been forgiven of all your iniquities. Ask yourself ...read more

  • Forgiveness: No Ugly Pictures

    Contributed by John Petty on Jan 18, 2008
     | 2,136 views

    FORGIVENESS: NO UGLY PICTURES I was approached by the station manager of a local television station in Pensacola, Fl to contribute a 50-second devotional for his program transition period. I was reluctant to agree, since I struggled to limit my sermons to even 30 minutes. But feeling impressed by ...read more

  • The Queen's Christmas Tree

    Contributed by John Moyer on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,653 views

    THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS TREE Among the cards we've received over the years, some were those Guidepost Christmas cards with stories in them. This is one of those stories. It was the first Saturday of the Advent season in Europe. The Queen’s royal woodsmen were searching the royal forest for the ...read more

  • Five Finger ...

    Contributed by John Browning on Jan 31, 2009
     | 3,375 views

    Five Finger Prayer This is so neat. I had never heard this before. This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives. 1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our ...read more

  • Why Fruit?  PRO

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,827 views

    WHY FRUIT? Why are these character traits called fruit of the spirit? Why not other food groups: like meat of the spirit or bread of the spirit or dairy of the spirit? There are four reasons why it’s called fruit of the spirit: because fruit is healthy, sweet, living and whole. Fruit is healthy ...read more

  • Deny Yourself

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,874 views

    DENY YOURSELF But for the players on the Super Bowl, they had to sacrifice much last week. The players had to give up being with their family for that week as they prepared for the big game. Some teams actually put all the players in a hotel separate from their families, so there are no ...read more

  • Let The Dead Bury Their Dead

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,547 views

    LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD To one person who wanted to bury his father before following Jesus, Jesus said, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." (Lk. 9:60) Doesn’t that sound harsh? Someone’s father just died, and the man can’t even go back to bury his ...read more

  • Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
     | 6,637 views

    TAKE UP YOUR CROSS Christiana Tsai was a Christian woman who developed an eye disease that made it impossible for her to see light directly and was virtually blind. She had to wear very dark glasses. Yet, she did not withdraw into her own room and say how tough she has it. No, she used her ...read more

  • And Just Like A Bird Needs To Have Both Wings ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Apr 25, 2007
     | 1,161 views

    And just like a bird needs to have both wings working together and be equally well for it to fly strongly, so a church needs to have both wings – the internal and external ministries – be working and be equally well for a church to soar strongly and far. Recently in the news in Stafford County ...read more

  • Surely This Is What Jesus Meant When He Said, ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Apr 25, 2007
     | 999 views

    Surely this is what Jesus meant when he said, when he said in Jn. 14:12 (slide) “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” Jesus didn’t go to China, but our church has sent missions ...read more

  • Mother Teresa Once Said "True Holiness Consists ...

    Contributed by John Price on May 9, 2007
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     | 1,459 views

    Mother Teresa once said “True holiness consists in doing ...read more

  • In Ancient History, Tanning Was Considered A ...

    Contributed by John Tung on May 10, 2007
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    “In ancient history, tanning was considered a “smelly” trade and relegated to the outskirts of town, amongst the poor. Tanning by ancient methods is so foul smelling that tanneries are still isolated from those towns today where the old methods are used. The ancients used leather for waterskins, ...read more

  • Dealing With People Is So Very Difficult, This ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on May 29, 2007
     | 1,921 views

    Dealing with people is so very difficult, this week on Thursday as I was working on my sermon for today, my computer system went down. I was no longer able to connect to the internet, I was studying for the sermon and I was no longer able to do so. I called the folks at Wild Blue and told them what ...read more

  • As A Young Father, One Of The Great Delights I ...

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 9, 2007
     | 1,421 views

    As a young father, one of the great delights I had was putting the presents for my children under the Christmas tree each year. The bigger ones that required assembly would always make the night a little longer than it should have been, because I always prided myself in my ability to figure out ...read more

  • When I Think Of The Promises Of God, I'm Reminded ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,848 views

    When I think of the promises of God, I’m reminded of the story of the young man who had a dream to go to America. He scrimped and saved, and did everything in his power to save enough money to buy a ticket on a boat bound for America. The day came when he had precisely the amount of money ...read more

  • If You Are A Marathon Runner You Are Encouraged ...

    Contributed by John Foster on Jun 10, 2007
     | 2,590 views

    If you are a marathon runner you are encouraged to eat pasta the night before the race because pasta has lots of energy in and the speed of release of energy from Pasta is slow so that you get it during the race just when you need it. It’s actually a bit more complicated than that though. ...read more

  • I Know There Are Times That We Don't Feel That ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 21, 2007
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     | 1,604 views

    I know there are times that we don’t feel that this applies to us PERSONALLY .... Think about it... It’s the great commission The "GREAT" Commission. We don’t think of ourselves as being able to accomplish great things....we’re just ordinary folk. This doesn’t apply to us, it only applies to ...read more

  • A Missionary On Furlough Told This True Story ...

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 21, 2007
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    A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan... "While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at ...read more

  • I Recently Finished The Book, D-Day, By Stephen ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 26, 2007
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     | 1,648 views

    I recently finished the book, D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose. D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944 when allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy by ship and plane to defeat Hitler’s evil Nazi Germany. There are literally thousands of stories of bravery and heroism to tell from that day, but I want to ...read more

  • Collin Was 5. As A Disciplinary Measure, His ...

    Contributed by John Wright on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,181 views

    Collin was 5. As a disciplinary measure, his folks sent him to his room. “Stay there until you are ready to act right”, they said. After 20 minutes, Collin reappeared. “I have 2 things to say,” he announced, “Number one – on one ever comes into my ...read more