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Immanuel is with you no matter how difficult the pressures you face. He is there to help , strengthen, and uphold you. Civilla D. Martin endured hardships. It was during a time of illness that she wrote “God Will take Care of You”:
Be not dismayed whate’er betide,
God will take care of you;
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
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JUST HANG ON TIGHT
A. J. Gordon, one of the founders of Gordon Conwell Divinity School, told of being out walking and looking across a field at a house. There beside the house was what looked like a man pumping furiously at on of those hand pumps. As Gordon watched, the man continued to pump at a
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Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 16, 2009
ILLUS: When Dr. Stephen Olford was pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City he had the opportunity of leading his brother who had been an agnostic most of his life to the Lord, as he lay in the hospital desperately ill. One day Dr. Olford was called to come to the hospital quickly and
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Baptist
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Mar 18, 2018
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Gun Laws
Laws - "are sent by Him to punish those who do wrong and commend those who do right." 2 Peter 2:14 - Keeping this truth in the context of guns. Nothing wrong with making sure there are laws which make it hard for wicked or mentally ill people from getting guns. Those (mentally ill or
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Contributed by David Fox on Nov 13, 2001
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“Of thirty Roman emperors, governors of provinces and others in high office, who distinguished themselves by their zeal and bitterness in persecuting the early Christians, one became speedily deranged after some atrocious cruelty, one was slain by his own son, one became blind, the eyes of one
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2003
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What would be your moral decision on this?
Updated 6:33 AM ET May 29, 2003
- Sometimes crime can pay, even on death row, if you’re in need of a new kidney.
Thanks to the state of Oregon, a law-abiding citizen in need of a kidney transplant may have to die so that death-row prisoner Horacio
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Contributed by Harold Simpson on Jul 13, 2004
This is how vision works with God. There was a businessman who lived during the depression. In one moment he lost his business, his family, his wife, and house. The only thing he had left to hold on to was his faith. While out walking one day he observed some construction workers building a
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A man who practiced the presence of Christ:
Frank Laubach, was born in the United States. At the age of 45, while working as a missionary in the Philippines, Frank Laubach dedicated himself to the practice of abiding constantly in the presence of Christ.
During the remaining 40 years of his
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Sep 14, 2017
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In the Christian congregations at Rome, some believers still kept these things. Others did not. The “weak,” those who don’t realize or understand their full freedom in Jesus, still continued to abide by these things. These believers were cautious with these food laws, and just ate vegetables to
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
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WHICH WINDOW?
Catherine Marshall wrote:
"My friend Marge had an experience aboard a plane bound for Cleveland, waiting for takeoff. As she settled into her seat, Marge noticed a strange phenomenon. On one side of the airplane a sunset suffused the entire sky with glorious color. But out of the
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 19, 2010
Recently my family and I were traveling north on 251 to visit a local retail store. While we drove we noticed a huge plume of smoke in the air. As it turns out, we were not the only people in town who had gathered to witness the blaze at Crafter’s Village. Upon pulling into a nearby parking lot
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Christian Church
Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
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In the book, No Bad Dogs, by British dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse, she says dogs understand
love better than we do. She writes, “In a dog’s mind, a master or a mistress to love, honor, and obey is
an absolute necessity. The love is dormant in the dog until brought into full bloom by an
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Baptist
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David DePra in his article the Silence of God wrote this about the times when God is silent.
“If you have walked with God for any length of time, you will experience times when no matter how hard you pray, God is silent. He just doesn’t answer. And there is no indication that He ever will. Why
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 24, 2006
Judzia Dax was unique among the characters of Star Fleet. She was a humanoid life form from the planet Trill. Thus, our title today, Trill Theology. Trill is a scarcely populated planet with only a few million humanoid inhabitants.
The Trill Humanoids share their planet with a wormlike oceanic life
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Baptist
Contributed by Michael Walther on May 18, 2011
THE BORN-AGAIN VASE
A number of years ago I had the opportunity to tour the Villeroy and Boch porcelain factory in Torgau, Germany. Porcelain is one of the most beautiful and enduring things that human beings can make. Even today much of what we know about ancient cultures comes from what they
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 29, 2007
In the movie, “Hook,” Robin Williams plays Peter Pan, who had left Neverland and had grown up to be a corporate attorney.
He is completely focused on his job, and ends up neglecting his son over and over.
There is a line that he quotes from time to time in the beginning of the movie that sets the
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Wesleyan
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