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                    Illustration: At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like the president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I didn’t really know Him.   But later on when I
                    
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                    Charles Sykes is the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS. The following is a list he created for high school and college graduates of things he did not learn in school. In his book, he talks about how the "system" may have created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and set them up for
                    
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                    * SOUL SURFER: FULFILL GOD'S DESTINY
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ.
Bethany
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 24, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The world wide web  is amazing  all that information being passed down phone lines  coming down onto our screens from all over the world  right into our homes, I don’t really know how it works,  its mind boggling, But I know it does work and I enjoy it.  
Over the last few months  in our house the
                    
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                    GOD'S GREAT FAITHFULNESS
You can find hope in your darkest hour through the faithfulness of God. Harry Teuchert knows this is true. For years Harry had been a successful publisher of materials for churches. Everything in his life seemed to be perfect: A lovely home, a family, a solid future; but
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    IT JUST CAN'T WAIT
Following the news of ex-Beatle George Harrison’s death, "Today" how anchor Anne Curry interviewed Anthony DeCurtis, a writer for Rolling Stone* magazine. DeCurtis talked at length about Harrison’s search for a meaningful spiritual life. Curry said, "Apparently Harrison was the
                    
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                    Someone anonymous once poignantly said something very profound about  Jesus:  "I am far within the mark when I say that all armies that ever marched, and all the navies that were ever built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected
                    
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                    “If you’re speeding down the freeway, the police might pull you over.  But no one ever makes you take pit stops.  You have to choose them.  It’s the same with life.  Emergencies force us to stop, but pit stops of joy are events we plan for and savor.  It’s good to let go and bring a little relief
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Nov 18, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “Every time you are making a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life you are slowly turning this central thing either into a
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Nelson on Nov 26, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Example: tennis ball vs. play dough
We are all affected by the storms and struggles of life.  The question to consider is how are you going to respond?  Like a tennis ball or play dough?  You see, when you put pressure on play dough, it leaves a lasting imprint.  Everybody can tell that is has been
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures
                    
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                    Contributed by Asiri Perera on Sep 6, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    True Riches
A tax officer asked an old man to declare his wealth. 
The Old man declared his riches like this:
o	A mansion in heaven
o	Everlasting life
o	Peace that passes all understanding
o	Joy unspeakable
o	Devine love that never fails
o	A crown of life
o	A faithful wife
o	Healthy, Happy &
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 24, 2010
                
                
                
                    He GAVE the Blood!
Ed Freeman, quoting Herb Cain, told in the San Francisco Chronicle about a poster for a blood bank. The poster read, “Be a volunteer Blood Donor.” Someone had wisely printed on the poster these words: “That’s the best kind.”
If someone is taking your blood, and you are not a
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 12, 2007
                
                
                
                    In the 1970’s Christian Barnard a South African heart surgeon performed the first ever heart transplant and was able to give someone a new heart this in some respects gave the person a new life. And that is exactly what each and every person in the world needs today a new spiritual heart   and the
                    
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