Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 29, 2009
FAITH ISN'T COMFORTABLE
"You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings. God gives us the promises in a quiet hour; God seals our covenants with great and gracious words, then He steps back and waits to see how much we believe; then He lets the tempter come, and the test seems to
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Two men are on a journey one day. The first complains to the second that he never focuses on anything; he's always being distracted by something. The second disputes the claim and says he can and does focus on doing what he is doing frequently. The first man says, "I bet you a banana split that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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A VISION CHANGES EVERYTHING
Donald S. Whitney in his book, "Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life" has said: "Discipline without direction is drudgery."
He gives an example of a six-year-old boy named Kevin sitting one afternoon at guitar lessons. Outside are the other boys laughing and
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Contributed by Carl Greene on Feb 16, 2009
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CHILDREN ON SILENCE
Author Kathleen Norris used to play a game with elementary-school children in which she would make a deal with them. "First you get to make noise," she would bargain, "and then you’ll make silence."
The time of noise was always predictably chaotic -- shouting, pounding and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"No horse ever gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, stop every motor and halt all activity for one hour some day just to give people a chance to ponder for a few minutes on
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Traditionally, noise is used to ridicule, embarrass, denigrate, and curse, while silence is used for worship, respect, anticipation, and love. Do we
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait attention and
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