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                    Pastor Doug Forsberg, an associate at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene recently spoke of an experience he had while pastoring a small church in Florida.  It involved a member of his church, an older gentleman by the name of Benny.  Now Benny was about ninety-nine to one hundred years old and he
                    
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                    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 22, 2009
                
                
                
                    Little Bethany was as cute as a bug's ear. The only child and the only grandchild, she was the center of attention. Discipline was not the strong suit of these new parents. They would feed her in the middle of the night, even though she was old enough to sleep through the night, because they
                    
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                    LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWS
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better
                    
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                    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Mar 3, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has a scene that illustrates what is probably the attitude of many Americans who pray.. Old Aunt Bethany "prays," but in reality, she is reciting the pledge of
                    
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                    * SOUL SURFER: FULFILL GOD'S DESTINY
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ.
Bethany
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jul 7, 2010
                
                
                
                    The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at the ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.
Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries, published by
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 8, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Jesus’ love is not a pampering love; it is a perfecting love.  It is not a love motivated by man’s will, but by the Father’s plan.
    Why did Jesus delay going to Bethany?  Why does He ever seem to delay in answering any prayer?  Why does He seem to delay His coming on the clouds of
                    
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                    Contributed by David Parks on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An older minister recently told me he spent the first fifteen years of his ministry answering the question “Did God create the heavens and the earth?” only to realize the people were really asking, “Why did God create me?” 
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 Fenton, G. 1999. Your ministry’s next chapter. The pastor’s soul
                    
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                    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 10, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THIS TOO SHALL PASS
"Walking on Water" Sermonspice video about Bethany Hamilton (Soul Surfer), also quote from Pastor TL Lewis Bethel Baptist Missionary Church, Pratt City Alabama who quoted the following after his church was destroyed from Tornado: 
"I can't tell you that I don't hurt over this,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The triumphal entry has about it an aura of ambivalence, and as I read all the accounts together, what stands out to me now is the slapstick nature of the affair.  I imagine a Roman officer galloping up to check on the disturbance.  He has attended processions in Rome, where they do it right.  The
                    
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                    GEORGE MUELLER’S ORPHANAGE
 Things looked bleak for the children in George Mueller’s orphanage at Ashley Downs in England.  It was time for breakfast and there was no food. A small girl whose father was a close friend of Mueller was visiting in the home.  Mueller took her hand and said, "Come and
                    
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                    Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 5, 2009
                
                
                
                    FLEEING UNTO JESUS, NOT AWAY FROM HIM
(JESUS IS ANOINTED BY MARY AT BETHANY)
"I heard (this story) from a friend who works with the down-and-out in Chicago:
"A prostitute came to me in wretched straits, homeless, sick, unable to buy food for her two-year-old daughter.  Through sobs and tears, she
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 2, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE
In the recent movie, "About Schmidt" 66-year-old Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has retired from his job as an insurance actuary. He is miserable, and after his wife (June Squibb) suddenly dies, he is also lost. He travels the country in his RV hoping to stop his
                    
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