Many years ago as each night I neared the end of my run, I would always let out a long blast with the whistle just as I’d come around the last curve. Then I’d look up at the familiar little cottage on top of the hill. My mother and father would be standing in the doorway waving to me. After I had
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 9, 2015
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Acts 17:27 says, "He is not far from each of us." A little boy and his sister were playing outside. The boy said something ugly to his sister. She said, "God hears what you say." The boy said, "No, God didn’t hear me He is to far away." That’s how many people think of God. So, we rely upon our own
                    
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                    It is the fear of the Lord that  keeps us from sin while sin keeps us from intimacy with God   The primary manifestation of the fear of the Lord is unwavering obedience to the desires and will of God..  There are some who are saved, but lack intimacy with God, still living in the “outer court”;
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE TALLEST TREE DRAWS THE FIRE
1991 U.S. Open – Hazeltine National Golf Course, just outside Minneapolis, MN.  A peaceful, calm day.
Gray clouds rush swiftly overhead within minutes.  Lightning is spotted; a golfer’s worst nightmare.  Storm sirens soon blast as a fierce thunderstorm blows in,
                    
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                    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is an organization near Chicago with approximately 12,000 members
It requires each one of its members to give up one day’s earnings every week which averages out to about $110 per person equaling about $1.3 mil a week to further their cause.
When a person joins this organization they must
                    
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                    Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 14, 2007
                
                
                
                    QUOTE –GOD CAME NEAR:
“They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby. Yet, were someone to chance upon the sheep stable on the
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Spiritual Near-Sightedness
One of my favorite riddles is this one
Q: What did the near-sighted porcupine say when it backed into a cactus?
A: Pardon me, honey!
 If you are near-sighted, you see objects that are near, but distant objects are blurry or unclear. To put is simply, you are equipped to
                    
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                    VITICULTURE IN THE NEAR EAST
 
The vine has been cultivated in Pal. from the earliest times.  The climate of Pal. is peculiarly adapted to viticulture with the country's bright sunshine and the heavy dew of the late summer nights (Tenney Pg. 882)
Its Cultivation
The cultivation of the vine
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
                
                
                
                    Christmas Must Be Near
When soft snowflakes fill childish dreams,
And Missy hangs the mistletoe.
Then gift shoppers show up in streams,
And Mike the mailman is bending low.
When the generosities astound,
Then through the air, we hear the sound
Of joy-bells ring…
“Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling!”
Then
                    
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                    Contributed by Aurora Alonso on Sep 14, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Have you hugged your child today? How can you hug someone if he or she is not close to you?  You need to be close up in order to give them a hug, right? Well , God wants to give us a BIG BIG Hug, but i ask you Has God Hugged You today? If not Why? Is it because you have not gotten close enough to
                    
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                    Contributed by Tommy Hames on Jan 29, 2004
                
                
                
                    Think about the three-dimensional drawings of the human body that can be found in encyclopedias and school books. The bottom picture is simply a picture of a skeleton. The next page is drawn on clear plastic and might have a picture of the intestines. As you turn the page it fits into place so that
                    
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                    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 22, 2004
                
                
                
                    As World War II was drawing to a close, the Allied armies gathered up many hungry orphans. They were placed in camps where they were well-fed. Despite excellent care, they slept poorly. They seemed nervous and afraid. Finally, a psychologist came up with the solution. Each child was given a piece
                    
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