Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 29, 2008
Charles Spurgeon wrote:
"Many people want to know their election before they look to Christ. But they cannot learn it thus; it is only to be discovered by 'looking unto Jesus.' Look to Jesus, believe on Him, and you shall make proof of your election directly, for as surely as you believe, you are
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 21, 2001
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"The Stranger" by Billy Joel
Well we all have a face that we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone
Some are satin, some are steel, some are silk, and some are leather
They’re the faces of the stranger, but we love to try them on
Well we all fall in love,
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The sheriff’s office in a Texas city once distributed a list of rules titled "How to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent in Your Own Family":
Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. This will insure his believing that the world owes him a living.
Pick up everything he leaves lying
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 4, 2004
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Dr.W.A.Criswell talks about the kind of faith we have by comparing it to an operation. If you’ve ever had surgery, you go in and the anesthetic is administered usually by a mask. They tell you to count to 3 and you’ll be out. They put the mask over your face and you think to yourself that the
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010
BIGGER THAN NOW
When you prepare to come out of high school, you go through processes in grade 11 and 12 where you evaluate future options. You might have had a conversation with your school counsellor, talking about programs and courses you needed to qualify for certain post-secondary studies.
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Salvation Army
Holiness & Humility:Stand by thyself...for I am holier than thee".The great test of whether the Holiness or Humility we seek or to attain is truth and life will be whether it be manifest in the increasing humility it produces.Standing by yourself doesn't
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Charismatic
LUCADO ON JOHN 3:16
Max Lucado describes John 3:16 this way in his book "3:16 The Numbers of Hope" pages 8, 9:
"A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
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But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:16-17 & 23 TLB). Is living like this really possible? Yes, but you must do four things:
1) understand that
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
HOW TO BE MISERABLE
From an unknown source comes an article titled, "How To Be Miserable." It says,
* "Think about yourself. Talk about yourself. Use 'I' as often as possible.
* Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others.
* Listen greedily to what people say about you.
* Expect to
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"You have an ego a consciousness of being an individual. But that doesn't mean that you are to worship yourself, to think
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