Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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NOT ALLOWED TO DIE
Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004
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Dr. S. I. McMillan in his book, None of These Diseases
"the verbal expression of animosity toward others calls forth certain hormones from the pituatary, adrenal, thyroid, and other glands an excess of which can cause disease in any part of the body. Examples are: ulcers, high blood pressure,
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Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
John Eldridge’s book The Ransomed Heart says that we have the wrong idea when we hammer at sin. He says that we are clean, that we are forgiven, and that we are no longer sinners. Well, we are clean, we are forgiven, but we remain sinners under the wrath of God with natures that are not yet fully
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
A bored student at the University of Washington used an Internet auction site to sell his soul to the highest bidder. As it turned out, the top offer was only $400.
Since the soul is immaterial, it can’t be extracted from a body like a physical organ such as a heart. The student had to admit, “I
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Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
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WHAT IS "DAILY BREAD"?
Martin Luther wrote in 1529:
"What does daily bread mean? Everything that nourishes our body and meets its needs, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, yard, fields, cattle, money, possessions, a devout spouse, devout children, devout employees, devout and faithful
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SIN IS LIKE A VACUUM CLEANER
SIN we said, is stretching our will and our actions past the limits of God’s laws. The result is not unlike pulling a vacuum cleaner beyond the length of its cord, you still have the machine (your body) but now it is disconnected from the power that makes it behave
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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C.S Lewis: tells the story of a wasp enjoying himself sucking the goodness on the the jam whilst the rest of its body has been decapitated – The wasp continues sucking unknowing to its condition. He says it’s a picture of human nature today we enjoy the sweet pleasures of life yet we fail
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 20, 2000
Actually, it’s a good thing that Jesus is not with us now in a human body and therefore limited to one geographic location. If He was, you would have as much chance of being with Him in your lifetime as you would a holiday with the Queen! You might get a five minute slot in His diary in 2030, but
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
Spurgeon said it like this, “With out the shedding of blood there is no remission. Every drop of blood which flowed out of Jesus’ body is still in existence, and it is just as it was over 2,000 years ago wiping away the sins of mankind. The blood has been shed – the incorruptible, eternal, divine,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2001
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FOREVER FAITHFUL
Some of us can remember the Sunday morning terrorist bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, in which hundreds of Americans were killed or wounded as they slept.
Many of us can still recall the terrible scenes as the dazed survivors worked to dig out their trapped brothers from
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WELLNESS NEEDS THE WHOLE PICTURE
Christian Counseling Today Magazine Vol. 12 states this about the current crisis in health care: "Modern medicine is stretching beyond its limited vision as a disease treatment--even disease prevention-- profession in the 21st Century. Increasingly it is concerned
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Contributed by Linda Hewett on May 14, 2001
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LIFE IS A GIFT, NOT A RIGHT
Lord, help me remember that it is only by your power
and will that I am even alive;
and I can do nothing without you.
You breathed your breath of life in me and allowed
this speck of ’dust in the wind’ to exist.
You are the moving of
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 22, 2005
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A common phrase used in the world of healing is, “time heals all wounds.” I have found this to be more false than true. As a pastor, I talk regularly with people who are still carrying hurts from 30 or 40 years ago. The real truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 20, 2008
Years ago there was a Mercedes Benz television commercial that showed their car colliding with a cement wall during a safety test. Someone then asked the company spokesman why they didn’t enforce their patent on the Mercedes Benz energy-absorbing car body, a design that was evidently copied by
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2008
Wikipedia adds this insight:
"Humility, or being humble, is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person, someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others. The opposite of humility is pride.
The term "humility" is derived from the Latin word
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