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                    Humility was a Hebrew word meaning the lowering of the Nile River.  Now I know a lot of Egyptians friends that use to come through Galilee and we would talk and they would tell me that the Nile River meant everything to them. They were totally dependent upon it.  When the Nile River went down so
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and
                    
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                    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
                
                
                
                    Latimer, who lit the evangelical candle in England, said 400 years ago to the bishops of England,
“I would ask you a strong question. Who is the most diligent prelate in all England, that passeth all the rest in doing his office?”
And he added, “I will tell you. It is the Devil. He ordereth his
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Friendship has the skill and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                
                    "Success is reached by being active, awake, ahead of the crowd, by aiming high, pushing ahead, honestly, diligently, patiently; by climbing, digging, saving; by forgetting the past, using the present, trusting in the future; by honoring
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some of mankind’s greatest contributions have come from people who decided that no sacrifice was too large and no effort too great to accomplish what they set out to do. Edward Gibbon spent twenty-six years writing his great work on history. 
Noah Webster worked diligently for thirty-six years to
                    
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                    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jan 1, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    George Muller, who was known for his strong faith, confided, "The first 3 years after conversion, I neglected the Word of God. Since I began to search it diligently, the blessing has been wonderful. I have read
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Philip
Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of "disciple." He labored diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged, thrown into prison, and afterwards crucified, A.D. 54. 
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Foxe, John. "Book
                    
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                    Illustration of the need to be deliberate and diligent:  The weeds overcome
When we lived in KCMO, we rented a duplex on Walrond Avenue.  We had our own fenced in back yard and along the entire fence line, we had a lot of shrubs and weeds.  I did not like that and wanted to get those things out of
                    
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