Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 7, 2004
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Roughly (1 billion) people in the world suffer from the effects of malnutrition.
Roughly ( 75% ) of Americans are overweight.
A full ( 33% ) of us are clinically obese.
We spend over ( $30 billion ) annually trying to lose weight. (Thomas Trask, Wayde
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 25, 2011
Lewis Sperry Chafer wrote: "The sufferings of Christ were infinite. They came from two sources...what Christ suffered from the Father, in which no other can share...[and]
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
If a football team suffers a loss, what does the coach do? Does he throw in the towel? No, he reviews the films, makes the necessary corrections for the next
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007
In 1989 the SF Bay Area suffered a great earthquake. Katie and I were living there at the time. Growing up there, I had experienced many, many earthquakes – this was the first earthquake where I was truly frightened. After the earthquake I heard many stories about different people’s experiences.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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Few men of this century have understood better the inevitability of suffering than Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He seems never to have wavered in his Christian antagonism to the Nazi regime, although it meant for him imprisonment, the threat of torture, danger to his own family and finally death. He was
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Definition of Joy: “A delight in life that runs deeper than pain or pleasure… it is not limited by nor tied solely to external circumstances. Joy is a gift from God, and like all of his other inner gifts it can be experienced even in the midst of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2003
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Joy Davidman tells the story of an old missionary ministering among a tribe of cannibals. The missionary was hard at work trying to convert the native chief. The chief listened patiently but at last said to the missionary, "I do not understand. You tell me that I must not take my neighbor’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2004
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But the joy for most of us has proven fleeting because we find that we need to be forgiven again and again and again. Christ died for us, but we remain (so we believe) deeply marred. It actually ends up producing a great deal of guilt. “After all that Christ has done for you … and now you’re
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Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 22, 2005
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Hellen Keller said, “Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm
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Contributed by Denise Raterta on Nov 30, 2005
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Joy does not become elusive to people. People choose to elude joy and God, for that matter. I remember how Jennifer Aniston’s character in the movie “The Good Girl” resented her lady friend’s consistent cheerfulness by saying: “I wonder what the h--- that woman is so d--- happy about.” It’s
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