There was a time when I had severely overdone the Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan concept – Charge! Our credit cards suffered a meltdown! We were so far in debt even Jerry Falwell stopped sending requests for money. It was our fault; but we were headed for bankruptcy. We walked around like the
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United Methodist
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
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GOD'S FORGIVENESS IS INSTANT, COMPLETE, PERMANENT
One of our church members had an issue with a family member. That family member had been so unkind and hurtful for so long, that it seemed things would never change. Our member prayed to God for help. Another family member spoke to the hurtful
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 3, 2007
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1 Tim. 6:6-9- "6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
You know that verse is the absolute truth? I was at my kids birth and they brought nothing into this world. My two boys didn’t pop out wearing Reeboks. My
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Christian Church
Lastly and perhaps most importantly this 8th commandment encourages us to become generous persons. I love the story of the IRS auditor who was talking with a minister on the phone---He asked, “Now this Joe Smith that I’m talking about…does he attend your church?” “Yes, he does,” the preached
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Suppose there was a knock on your door at 11 pm, and there were two policemen standing there, and they ask, "are you so-and-so?" Do you think you might be feeling some stress in that moment? Some fear and anxiety? But what if at 10 pm you had received a phone call: “Somebody found a wallet with
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Bond on Apr 30, 2003
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One of my favorite stories is about Chippie the parakeet. Chippie was a happy little bird, content every day to sit on his perch, swinging and singing to his little heart’s content. One day Chippie’s owner took the initiative to clean out his cage. She took off the attachment from the end of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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BAD DAY
Brian Hise has had his share of bad stuff happen to him. In just a short time -- one day in July -- his apartment in Provo, Utah apartment became flooded because of an upstairs neighbor’s broken pipe. The manager instructed him to go out and rent a wet/dry vacuum. When he went out to his
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Chippee the Parakeet
One of my favorite stories is about Chippie the parakeet. Chippie was a happy little bird, content every day to sit on his perch, swinging and singing to his little heart’s content.
One day Chippie’s owner took the initiative to clean out his cage. She took off the
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Wesleyan
Swindoll highlights the fact that the world is filled with mysteries beyond our knowledge.
1. And how about the immeasurable spaces above us? Who can unravel the mysterious yet vast movement of the perfectly synchronized planets and stars displaying the most accurate timepiece in existence? Even a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 10, 2004
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"Our Dungeons"
(by Rev. Terry L. Barnhill)
A story tells of a man who was imprisoned within an ancient stone dungeon. A grey shadowy jailor shook the iron lock on his daily rounds. It was the only sound that reminded the prisoner he was not alone in all the hopeless, dim and dying world of his
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 16, 2003
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Last time I took my driver’s test, I had to take an eye exam. I tried it
first without glasses. The lady asked me to read the bottom line. It told her I
didn’t see a bottom, middle or top line. I told her all I saw was a white page.
She told me to put on my glasses. I did-- and magically 3
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 15, 2005
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The prince of Grenada, an heir to the Spanish crown, was sentenced to life in solitary confinement in Madrid’s ancient prison called "The Place of the Skull." The fearful, dirty, and dreary nature of the place earned it the name. Everyone knew that once you were in, you would never come out alive.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A story is told of a teacher who asked a class of students, ‘What would you wish for if you had one wish?”
One enthusiastic student shouted out, “Mama, I would wish for a big house for my family and myself.”
Another student proudly stood up and said, “I would wish for lots of land, to plant an
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Adventist
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One man I admire greatly is Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941)
Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith.
On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
During his time there, he would share his meagre rations of food
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Anglican
War often brings out the good in people, in a way that we could never imagine.
One such man was Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941)
Maximilian Kolbe was a Roman Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz for his faith.
In the camp, he would share his meagre rations of food
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Anglican
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