Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
                
                
                
                    ALREADY APPROVED
I remember trying to get approved for our first mortgage. There were a number of difficulties and it was very frustrating both for me, and I'm sure for our agent. But after all the sweat and tears we got approval and consequently the offer on the house we wanted was accepted. Some
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
                
                
                
                    APPROVAL OF THE MASTER
A young man once studied violin under a world-renowned master. Eventually the time came for the student’s first recital. Following each selection, despite the cheers of the crowd, the performer seemed dissatisfied. 
Even after the last number, with the shouts louder than
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    Doing your job for the approval of Jesus, you’ll always do more than the bare minimum.
Insert: In the time of Jesus, the Jews were under the domination of the Roman Empire. A Roman soldier had the legal authority to demand that any Jew carry his equipment for exactly one mile. Jews hated to do
                    
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                    Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Feb 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    George Muller was asked, "What is the secret of your service for God?"  Muller’s responce: "There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will... died to the world, its approval or censure... died to the approval or blame even
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    George Muller was asked, “What is the secret of your service to God?” Muller’s response was this: “There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will…died to the world, its approval and censure…died to the approval or blame
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
                
                
                
                    Psychologist David Burns notes that it is not another person’s compliment or approval that makes us feel good; rather, it is our belief that there is validity to the compliment. …We are not passive victims of other’s opinions.  Their opinions are powerless until we validate them.  No one’s approval
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sometimes its better to compromiselike giving a gunman your wallet without
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Parents Support Abstinence based sex education  according to a new Zogby International poll. It found that 75% of parents disapproved of the condom-based sex education curriculum promoted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 61% also disapproved of the “comprehensive” sex
                    
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