Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Dec 23, 2004
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Recently I received an e-mail which dealt beautifully with the true meaning of Christmas. The theme of the message focused on children and was entitled, “Teach the Children.” Let me share it with you this morning. This is what it said:
“I just finished the household chores for the night and was
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Contributed by Allen Calkins on Nov 24, 2009
Over three decades ago, Dr. Gary Chapman authored a marriage enrichment book that has become a classic in the field. It has helped millions of married couples draw closer to one another by giving them the tools they need to express their love for one another in the “love language” their spouse
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2001
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The average person has more than two hundred negative thoughts a day-worries, jealousies, insecurities, cravings for forbidden things, etc. Depressed people have as many as six hundred. You can’t eliminate all the troublesome things that go through your mind, but you can
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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WHO AM I HURTING?
When we hate our enemies we give them power over us - power over our sleep, our appetites, our happiness. They would dance with joy if they knew how much they were worrying us. Our hate is not hurting them at
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Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Feb 11, 2002
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George Muller was asked, "What is the secret of your service for God?" Muller’s responce: "There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will... died to the world, its approval or censure... died to the approval or blame even
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
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Statistics on Suicide in America
More than 30,000 reported annually (83 per day, 1 every 17 minutes)*(Experts believe the actual count is twice that high.) (And there are 8-20 attempts for each completed suicide)
Suicide is the 8th leading
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2004
The cradle of the church was the marketplace. From the preaching and public ministry of Jesus to the daily acts of the apostles, the central scene was the marketplace. Perhaps the greatest need for our day is the need to market Jesus Christ. The church must become expert in marketing: Not in
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Contributed by Robert Rose on Oct 18, 2005
Today as I walked to work, I saw by a penny on the ground. At first I thought to just pass it by, because, pennies are worthless and can’t buy much. Now days the term penny candy does not mean what it meant years ago. As I passed by the
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Contributed by David Butcher on Nov 12, 2006
When we were kids, Christmas was a wonderful time of the family together and new toys. Perhaps it comes from one incident that to this day I hate clothes as presents. One year there was a lovely present on the tree, wrapped like a Christmas Cracker. - When
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2010
There is a legend from the early years of the church when a serious follower of Christ joined a community of monks to flee temptation. Safe within the walls of the monastery he would avoid temptations of sexuality, covetousness, greed, anger, etc.
Yet one day he was told that his brother
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