Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
CALLING OTHERS TO GOD
A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
CALLING OTHERS TO GOD
A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They
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Pentecostal
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Philip Yancey writes in his book, Prayer, that
“… Keeping company with God also includes expressing the times of trial and frustration. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye keeps up a running dialogue with God, giving credit for the good things but also lamenting all that goes wrong.
In one scene he
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
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Be rich toward God.
Grandparents are often accused of spoiling the grandchildren
Why?
The children see grandpa sitting on the floor
playing with his toddler grandchildren.
The son or daughter is shocked and jealous:
"Dad, I’m surprised.
You never got down on the floor and played with
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Lutheran
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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From George Foremans book -God is my corner
“Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.”
After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 5, 2008
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QUOTE: Charles Spurgeon, A View of God’s Glory.
“Now, what attribute is God about to show to Moses? His petition is, “Show me thy glory.” Will God show him his justice? His holiness? His wrath? His power? No. Hear the still small voice – “I will make all my goodness pass before you.” Ah!
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
It is true God is Love.
But God is also jealous
I found 18 different occurrences where God is called Jealous, or the scripture refers to His Jealousy.
Exodus 34:14 even says His name is Jealous;
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
God is
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Baptist
GOD LIGHTS THE WAY
My brother-in-law has a friend named Pedro. The first time Pedro ever read the Bible, was when he was in prison. But once he "saw the light," he couldn't get enough of it. He read the entire Bible through in a matter of weeks. He would hold the Bible kind-of under the table
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 23, 2008
GOD HAS A PLAN
A eleven-year-old boy passed tracts out with his pastor father on Sunday afternoons, but it was pouring down rain so he told his son he wasn't going. The boy asked, "Aren't people still going to hell when it's raining?" So the boy went alone.
The next Sunday, an elderly lady
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
The Word of God is a treasure Map
Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”.
It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found.
We have a
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
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GOD'S GREAT LOVE
One time a father wanted to teach his son the lesson of God's great goodness. He took him to the top of a high hill and pointed northward over Scotland, southward over England, eastward over the ocean, westward over hill and valley, and then sweeping his arm around the whole
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Christian Church
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 26, 2008
GOD'S STRATEGY OR OURS
Several years ago, I was visiting with two young men from Nagaland, a northeastern region of India. God had moved in a mighty way in the region sending revival to the area. Almost the entire population of the region had come to faith in Christ. The Holy Spirit blew through
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 27, 2008
God Will Catch You
When my girls were little munchkins, they often caught me off guard as they climbed up on the table or on the slide and after jumping off would shout, "Daddy, catch me!" I could have been ten feet away and would lunge toward them to catch them before they hit the ground. They
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 30, 2008
LET'S BE LIKE GOD
There’s a fable of a couple living in poor circumstances who were given the opportunity to make four wishes, guaranteed to come true. They could ask for whatever they wanted and they would have them! It seemed too good to be true. They were rather modest at first and asked for
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Baptist
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
Finding God in Hardship
A dear friend of mine has been out of regular work for a couple of years. She has found enough temporary work to stay a float, but it has sometimes been a week-to-week challenge to pay the bills.
As we were talking the other day, she said to me, "I am walking through my
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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