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God warns us against thinking we can help ourselves without him. In Jeremiah 17:5, the prophet tells us,
“This is what the Lord says: ‘Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the Lord.’”
And in Proverbs 28:26 (NIV), we read,
“He who trusts in
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Many have asked me, “Preacher, where is hell, is it down?” Back in 2003 we visited the Kilauea Volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii. To me it was fascinating to stand there and see these red-hot, smoking chasms. There were barricades all around them and the guides kept cautioning people. We
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
BILLY GRAHAM'S CONTINUING HOPE
Billy Graham has been through the grinder in recent years. He lost his beloved wife, and he is suffering from the effects of Parkinson’s disease, making him unable to continue his crusade work.
In his latest letter to the public, he has this to say about the hope
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WOMEN AND PROVERBS
From Chronological Life Application Bible:
"Proverbs has a lot to say about women. How fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character, great wisdom, many skills, and great compassion. Some people have the mistaken idea that the ideal woman in the
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It’s interesting to look at the people Paul publicly affirmed in his letters. When referring to them, the thing he commended was NOT their oratorical skills, or their personality, or their effectiveness, or their wealth, or any of the other things we often value so much in people and leadership. So
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 9, 2005
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I know one or two children who are really very good indeed at talking! They can talk about almost anything under the sun, but when it comes to listening they struggle. As soon as someone else starts to talk, they begin again and an hour later they are still talking, and it is not possible to say
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 6, 2004
In a church I know well one lady slapped another ladies child in the nursery. When the lady found out about it she was furious, but she didn’t want to say anything. Her pastor encouraged her to talk to the other lady about what had happened. When she confronted her in love, the other lady
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 6, 2001
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There’s a story about W.C. Fields, a famously irreligious man, who near the end of his life was visited by the actor Thomas Mitchell, who found him sitting up in bed reading the Bible. When his amazed friend asked what he was doing, he replied, "looking for loopholes".
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Lincoln stated in another instance these words about God ‘s will, “That the almighty does make use of human agencies and directly intervenes in human affairs is one of the plainest statements in the Bible. I have had so many evidences of his direction, so many instances when I have been controlled
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Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 24, 2007
QUOTE: “To what does the Kingdom refer? It refers to God’s sovereign rule in the universe – He is the King of the Heavens. But more specifically, here it refers to the entry of God’s long anticipated Anointed One – the prophesied Messiah, who would not only be the Saviour and King of Israel, but
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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I Remember Forgetting
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident.
“Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked.
“No,” came Barton’s reply, “I
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 28, 2005
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, "Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!" It’s the same
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, ‘Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!’ It’s the same
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