Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
LIFE'S WAITING STAGES
Life is composed of waiting periods. The child must wait until he is old enough to have a bicycle, the young man until he is old enough to drive a car, the medical student must wait for his diploma, the husband for his promotion, the young couple for savings to buy a new
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art-a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel.
The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Drop The Weight of Sin
If that is your attitude then you misunderstand the power and the effects of sin.
•Sin will always cost you more than you really want to pay.
•always take you further than you really want to go.
•always stay longer than you want it to
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Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, has written a story, which she calls “The Mender.”
“He had built for himself a great house on one of the Caribbean islands. It is a thing to behold. Tall rusty iron columns, collected and resurrected with an ingenious homemade device. This Great
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Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 13, 2006
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In 1988 William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery. When he was interviewed recently he said, "I wish it never happened. It was totally a nightmare,"
Obtained at www.google.com "Stories of Lotto winners gone broke"
A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One evening, a little girl was saying bedtime prayers with her mother.
“Dear Harold, please bless Mother and Daddy and all my friends,” she prayed.
“Wait a minute,” interrupted her Mother. “Who’s Harold?”
“That’s God’s name,” was the answer.
“Who told you that was God’s name?” asked the
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Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 3, 2008
In 1530 the great reformer Martin Luther wrote: “I am not ashamed to confess publicly that next to theology there is no art which is the equal of music, for she alone, after theology, can do what otherwise only theology can accomplish, namely, quiet and cheer up the soul of man, which is clear
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The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of that timeless story and an enduring symbol of faith, hope, and love for Christians around the world. The
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006
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Definition of Leadership
There are lots of ideas of what leadership is.
1 : the office or position of a leader
2 : capacity to lead
3 : the act or an instance of leading
- Merriam Webster
"The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary
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One cannot escape any number of jokes and misunderstandings when it comes to the concept of prayer. Most of us have heard about the child who believed God’s name was Harold because each week they prayed, "Our Father who art in heaven, Harold be thy name". Likewise, there is the story of the
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
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Peter Marshall, before the U.S. Senate said it ever so well in a prayer many years ago. "Lord Jesus, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious
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