DON'T HOARD WATER OR GIVING
Years back I heard someone talk about the faucet principle … and I’ve discovered that it really works. If I turn on a faucet at my house, I have the entire contents of the Edwards Aquifer at my disposal. I don’t need to worry that if I run the water I’ll end up with a
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 19, 2011
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TREE TOPPERS
I visited a blog that was selling some of these tree toppers and the variety astounded me:
Some were wintery decorations. Things like:
* Snowmen
* Ginger bread men
* Spires that looked like the steeples of a Russian church buildings.
Then, there were some peculiar decorations
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 6, 2002
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What Prayer Is…
Prayer is coming into the presence of God…
Prayer is entering the throne room of the KING of kings and LORD of lords…
Prayer is taking our concerns to the one who cares for me
Prayer is to stand on holy ground…
Prayer is communicating with the creator of the world…(the one spoke
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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Americans Are Most Likely to Base Truth On Feelings
Pontius Pilate asked the classic question, “What is truth?” Do you know what Americans think about truth? Find out in this week’s report.
· By a 3-to-1 margin (64% vs. 22%) adults said truth is always
relative to a person’s situation. The
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 19, 2003
Ernest B. Beevers tell us a story how a friend of his named Herbert Jackson
was a new missionary. He was assigned a car that would not start without a
push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school
near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and
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Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
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Have you ever been looking for someone in a crowd? Perhaps you’ve been to pick someone up at the airport, or been met yourself when you’ve gone to visit someone you haven’t seen for a long time. Think of the moment when you finally make eye contact with the person you are looking for. Suddenly, out
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Independent/Bible
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. The New York Times reported, “one sagging electrical line near Cleveland, Ohio, connected with a tree branch at 3:32 p.m. on August 14, 2003, beginning a chain of events which led to the largest blackout in American history.” And there were those who though it might be terrorism.
The paper
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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State Of The Church: “The fact that there has not been any measurable increase in church involvement or personal spiritual depth in the past decade challenges the widespread notion that the U.S. is as spiritually healthy and focused as ever. This has been an intriguing year regarding the spiritual
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Who Needs Church? Even though the Bible is clear about the importance of experiencing God through a shared faith journey, only 17% of adults believe the local church is central to one’s faith development. Only 33% of evangelicals, 20% of non-evangelical born again adults, and 25% of adults with a
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 12, 2007
ILLUSTRATION
Healing - Doctors Have Faith in Faith
A survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians shows that ninety-nine percent of doctors believe a relationship exists between faith and physical healing. Recently, more than one thousand health-care professionals met at Harvard
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Charismatic
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
There is a story of an 8 year old boy who was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinate in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days
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Baptist
Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
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My family is different than many of yours. My parents hate my work and hate my relationship with Christ. As long as I never say anything, they will tolerate it but I can’t keep quiet about Christ. Since I became a Christian back around 2000, I have had to live with the fact that I was no longer
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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CROWDED LONELINESS
At a recent small groups conference at Saddleback Church Randy Frazee spoke on the "call to community." He reported the average American family manages 35 separate relationships on a day-to-day basis--children, extended family, neighbors, government, school, friends, work,
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2008
Thus when Paul talks about Christ washing the church there is a definite connotation baptism through the pouring out of water and then another connection through the spirit of God that is poured out. Therefore men we are to be the source for the women in our lives. We are to be the source of life.
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Church Of God
David Barton in his book “What Happened In Education” writes “As a result of Supreme Court decisions in Engel v. Vitale, Murray v. Curlett, and Abington v. Schempp, religious principles were separated from public education. School prayer, Bible reading, and any instruction which purported to have
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Contributed by John Perry on Jul 28, 2010
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THE IMPORTANT-LOOKING LAWYER
A young lawyer was setting himself up in his first private practice. As he sat in his office, which was basically bare except for his desk with a telephone on it and a book case filled with important-looking legal books, he wondered how long it would be before he got
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 13, 2012
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A man once came to Peter Marshall, former chaplain of the Unites States Senate, with a concern about tithing. “I have a problem,” he said. “I have been tithing for some time. It wasn’t too bad when I was making $20,000 a year; I could afford to give up $2,000. But now that I am making $500,000,
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