Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 18, 2025
[168]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LEAVE THE FUTURE WITH YOUR GOD
I think it is true to say that we all run around making plans and trying to resolve problems in the ordering of our lives. We are creatures of this earth, though we are citizens of heaven. (Philippians 3:20).
Things in this life
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on May 29, 2001
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In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were born to a family named Taylor. The older one set out to make a name for himself by entering Parliament and gaining public prestige. But the younger son chose to give his life to Christ. He later recalled, “Well do I remember, as in
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FINANCIAL WOW MIRACLE
Lake City Church - Madison -- God does a financial wow miracle.
They were four days away from having to make their quarterly payment of $140,000 for their mortgage.
Pastor John Ruck meets with all the finance wizards - bankers, Cpa's, business men. They asked him "How are you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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H. YOU SEE DEAR FRIENDS, WE LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD IN THE VALLEY THAN WE DO ON A MOUNTAIN TOP, BECAUSE OUR HEARING IS MORE ACUTE
1. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUFFERING DOES, IS REMIND US HOW FRAIL AND DEPENDANT ON GOD WE ARE.
I. THAT’S WHY C. S. LEWIS CALLED SUFFERING AND PAIN, "GOD’S MEGAPHONE" AND
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
Satan's Best Strategy
Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and
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Fanny Crosby
The great blind hymn-writer Fanny Crosby wrote over 8000 hymns. The doctor made a mistake while she was just 6 weeks old, and resulted in her blindness. But she came to put her trust in Christ and wrote the hymns we still sing: I Am Thine, O Lord; Jesus Is Tenderly Calling; To God
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration- Two Brothers
You may have heard about the two brothers who were wicked, ungodly, lewd men. The were perverts, adulterers, drunkards, thieves, brawlers, blasphemous- you name it
One of the brothers died, and the other brother came to a preacher sand said, “I will give you a thousand
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Contributed by John Harvey on Apr 28, 2004
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In August of 1983, I started my sophomore year in high school. At that time I made the conscious decision not to be the good little girl anymore. I had a crush on someone I had known for the past 3 years and I was going to date him. Well, not only did he become my boyfriend, before long he had
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Contributed by Mark Busch on Apr 20, 2006
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Bono, lead singer of U2
You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth . . . And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that “as you reap, so you will sow” stuff. Grace defies reason
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Contributed by Howard Harden on Jan 18, 2001
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Some time ago I read a fascinating story in National Geographic magazine. An explorer had made a tremendous accomplishment. He managed, for the first time in history, to record on videotape the birth of a panda cub in the wild. This was amazing, in part, because of how violent the mother panda bear
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 9, 2001
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Have you ever been in a service where the music and the message were so powerful, so uplifting that you sensed the glory of His presence? A.H. Ackley wrote about it once:
In my failure, sin, and sorrow, brokenhearted,
crushed and torn,
I have felt His presence near me, He has all
my burdens
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Jun 13, 2001
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In most any movie everyone has his or her favorite part. Pearl Harbor was no exception. To me it was rather obvious that the writers wanted our favorite part to be towards the end when the two heroes of the movie, played by Ben Afleck and Josh Harnett, are involved in the American retaliation
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 10, 2001
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One day C. H. Spurgeon was walking through the English countryside with a friend. As they strolled along, the evangelist noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: GOD IS LOVE.
Spurgeon remarked to his companion that he thought this was a rather
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