Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 12, 2009
We make a lot of promises to others and many promises are made to us. Sadly, too many promises are broken on both ends of the equation. God, however, never breaks a promise.
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Don’t let the broken promises of this world keep you from believing the promises of God. God will
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
Learn from others. Learn from their mistakes. Learn from their advice. Ray was too self-centered to do that. He wasn’t seeking advice as much as wanting people to tell him that what he was thinking was right. He didn’t really want his father’s advisors to help him as much as he wanted them to agree
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2009
If you really want to earn the respect of others, you begin by respecting yourself. This means doing what is right in God’s eyes. Not cutting corners. Not engaging in lifestyles and activities that you know would be wrong in God’s eyes. Lying, cheating, stealing, being selfish, outbursts of rage
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We were at the Loveall's house the other day (having Louisiana style gumbo!) and I noticed this saying on a plaque on their wall. "Live in such as way that those who don’t know God will come to know God because they have come to know you." If
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Others have developed dysfunctional ways to view life in hope it would bring contentment, fulfillment and eternal life!
a. Optimism: By looking through rose-colored glasses, we can convince ourselves that we live on Fantasy Island, existing under cloudless skies and surrounded by oceans of love,
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
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There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish
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Methodist
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In his Alpha Talk “What About the Church,” Nicky Gumbel tells this story about John Wimber, the founding pastor of the Anaheim Vineyard Christian Fellowship and the Worldwide Vineyard Movement: “John Wimber was once approached by a member of his congregation who had met somebody in great need.
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There was a merchant who had identical twin sons. The boys worked for their father in the department store he owned and, when he died, they took over the store. Everything went well until the day a dollar bill disappeared. One of the brothers had left the bill on the cash register and walked
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