Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 30, 2009
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Since my three year old son Sebastian was an infant we have prayed at meal times. If we ever appear as though we are about to eat without praying first, Sebastian will tell, “Uh Oh, daddy, you almost forgot to pray.” Our one year old son, Ephram, is getting in on the pray now too, although when
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
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Sam wasn’t emotionally mature and was considered pretty insensitive. He just did not want to or could not pick up on what people were expressing. Sure he went to church every Sunday morning and evening. He was an usher every week. But he was stunted spiritually. He often understood what the
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Contributed by Roger Miller on Apr 27, 2010
Skuvbalon took on the nuance of a vulgar expression with emotive connotations (thus, roughly
equivalent to the English “crap, s**t”) is probable. . .” http://bible.org/article/brief-word-study-
skuvbalon. If you study the use of this word outside the Bible especially in the first Century it is
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Contributed by Ed Sasnett on May 27, 2010
Someone has said that the cross has become so ordinary that we hardly see it anymore. Isn’t that a deeply sad statement? Can you imagine a time when you could hardly be moved by the death sentence being passed on someone very near to you? Yet church members can act as if they no longer see the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 14, 2010
TROJAN HORSE! It appears innocent enough, but it is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. It tricks people into loading the wrong things into their systems. It gives a hacker access to cause damage. Unless you have a good ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMME, you will get infected and your whole
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
THE LADY WHO GREW BACKWARD
The lady who grew backward was a woman who lived in Virginia some years ago. In the Virginia Medical Monthly her doctor told the story:
She had grown normally, married, and had three children. Life was normal until the husband and father died when the children were
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A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN
An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite Italian sprinkle cookies wafting up the stairs.
Gathering his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against
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ORTBERG ON GOD'S PRESENCE
John Ortberg’s quote about God’s Presence:
"Now let us bring God into the picture. The reality with God is that we are never speaking or acting in his absence. The psalmist said, 'Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go to the
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Contributed by David Owens on Mar 14, 2011
ENGAGING GOD'S POWER
Spiritual growth and success is a partnership with God.
Paul captured this idea in Philippians 2:12-13, where he wrote: "continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." We work
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REPENTANCE AND BAPTISM
Steve Atkerson states: "John the Baptist explicitly stated the purpose of his baptism when he said, 'I baptize you with water for repentance' (Mt 3:11). Did John baptize them so that they could repent or because they already had repented? That is, was John's baptism a means
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Visit of some of our Church members to a Departmental store to buy gifts for orphans/widows during Christmas season...
Last Christmas, the womenfolk of our Church went to a reasonably distant Departmental store to buy gifts for the widows/orphans/Sunday school children of our Church. When, they
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Of a Sister in faith losing her valuable purse and then miraculously recovering it.
Two years ago, the ladies of our Church went to buy some gifts in a busy market for Church widows and orphans during Christmas time. Mission accomplished, when they returned to the Church, one Sister in faith found
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THE RHYTHM OF OUR BRAIN
Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. Our brain uses different rhythms in order to do complex operations like memorizing or remembering
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