Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 22, 2025
[173]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LOOK UP LOOK UP
Two lines I wrote in the poem are:-
“Your heart is where your mind is set.
Your mind is what your heart has fixed.”
This is not a circular argument and is allied with this verse – {{Colossians 3:2 “SET YOUR MIND on the things above, not on the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 26, 2025
[212]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - EVERYTHING IN ITS SEASON
This poem covers a lot of ground. Broadly it is connected with the state of things, being the season of man. God created all of us and we live our lives in this world, but all of us are accountable for our actions. Some of that is
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 26, 2025
[178 ]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LOST THREE THINGS - LOST ONE SHEEP
What are the best-known parables the Lord Jesus gave? I suppose there could be some debate about that but for me, I think The Prodigal Son, The Sower and The Good Samaritan. The Lost Sheep is near the top. Two of those I have
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on May 21, 2001
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MY ETERNAL REAL ESTATE
Years ago, radio evangelist Charles E. Fuller announced that he would speak the following Sunday on “Heaven” and that it would also be aired over the radio.
During that week he received a letter from an elderly man who was very ill. Here’s a part of his letter: “Next
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2004
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In my studies this week I came across these words from a book in my office called, The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey.
As my class in Chicago read the Gospels and watched movies about Jesus’ life, we noticed a striking pattern: the more unsavory the characters, the more at ease they seemed
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
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There’s a Native American fable about a young brave who happened upon a nest of golden eagle eggs. Deciding to have some fun, he took one of the eggs and placed it in the nest of some prairie chickens. The egg hatched and the changeling eagle grew up with the brood of prairie chickens. Believing
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DO WE KNOW THE PESSIMIST’S CREED?
THINK, IF THE PESSIMIST HAD A CREED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
ALL BUT ME AND THEE!
THE PESSIMIST CREED!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Why rejoice in sunshine?
It will just turn to dark clouds and much rain!
Besides that, the sunshine can hurt your eyes,
More than that it
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
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Ivan the Great was the tsar of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. He brought together the warring tribes into one vast empire. As a fighting man he was courageous. As a general he was brilliant. He drove out the enemies and established peace across the nation.
Ivan was so busy waging his
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Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
In the nineteenth century,
lighthouses on the U.S. coasts
were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families.
If a man who tended the light became disabled,
often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis.
In 1853 he became the keeper of the light
on
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 20, 2025
Did you know that on the 2nd of January first thing in the morning, just the other day, like in the wee small hours this occurred, and the next night this occurred? [Photos of Aurora Australis] The second one is not the sunset, that is 3am at Blockhouse Bay in Auckland, the first is Queenstown. Did
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 10, 2007
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Pastor Jim Cymbala, in his book Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, tells how God answered fervent prayer on behalf of his daughter. He writes:
“Our oldest daughter, Chrissy, had been a model child growing up. But around age sixteen she started to stray,…not only from us but also away from God. In time, she
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 10, 2025
[027] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BASED ON PSALM 91
When people are asked for their favourite Psalm, usually Psalm 23 is given, the Shepherd Psalm. There are a few who chose Psalm 91 as a Psalm they love and the reasons are not hard to find in this Psalm. This is a beautiful Psalm.
I am pasting
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There’s a popular email that’s gone around most businesses concerning time off. It says:
So you want a day off. Let’s take a look at what you are asking for.
There are 365 days per year available for work.
There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2001
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While out on a date one evening I decided to drive out to a favorite parking place to talk. I didn’t have enough money to do anything else. After we stopped the car and was just sitting there talking in the dark I leaned my head against the stering wheel a couple of times. I don’t know why I did
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