Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on May 30, 2002
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Lord, send revival in mighty flood-tide;
Send streams of blessing to sweep far and wide.
Send them engulfing like waves of the sea;
Sweep through our lowlands and work mightily.
Send the outpourings of God’s Holy rain
Send mighty cloud-bursts again and again
Strike holy lightning at home and
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 4, 2009
There is no more powerful example of hating someone for what we are guilty of doing ourselves than the story of David and Bathsheba. David sees Bathsheba and decides he must have her. She is a married woman, the wife of Uriah. David has many wives. To cover his sinful relationship with
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
There’s a difference between power and authority.
Let’s look at a policeman. He has both. He has a uniform and badge. That badge might cause you to behave right – if you respect authority. Those are symbols of the authority that has been entrusted to him by the local government. On the other
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MISS BETTYE AND THE POWER OF PRAYER
A 2009 article in the Chicago Tribune told the story of Bettye Tucker, a Christian cook who works the night shift at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She has been doing her job for 43 years--28 of them on the night shift. She sees a steady
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
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A Power Higher Than I
After trying everything else, Shelly was present for her first Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting. Skeptical and listening half- heartedly at first, the
words of Martha caught her attention. Martha told the group, "I just knew
that I could handle alcohol and my other problems on my
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 25, 2025
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A missionary named Herbert Jackson ... was a given car when he arrived on ... the mission field.
It had one problem... it would not start ... without a push.
After pondering his problem, ... he devised a plan.
He went to the local school near his home, ... and received permission to take a few
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
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The hope of heaven is a powerful strength for godly living that many people seem to virtually ignore in their daily lives. It was Myrtle Erickson who wrote:
Think of stepping on a shore and finding it heaven
of taking hold of a hand and finding it God’s hand
of breathing new air and finding it
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Charismatic
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Conviction – a holy conscience – is a powerful thing. It can change everything. A man said his daddy used to read the comics to him on Sundays. “One of the main characters in the comic strip was a guy named Willie. In one strip, he’s slumped in front of the television set with a coffee cup
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