Contributed by Clay Hallmark on Nov 20, 2006
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In his book, Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren says this: "We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 28, 2006
ILL. The late Erma Bombeck in her book, "If Life is a bowl of Cherries, Why Am I Always in the Pits?", recalled the legend of a church where the chimes rang miraculously whenever someone gave a generous gift.
But the chimes hadn’t rung for a long time, even though kings & potentates had come
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
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I remember an experience early in my life when God began teaching me to learn to listen for His voice and to turn to Him for help. I was outside playing on a sunny day. We had a maid, Beulah, who watched over us during the weekdays. Mother of course had 5 children in 6 years and 9 days, so we
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Rick Warren in his book The Purpose Driven Life says, “Life is all about love!”
“Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love. It is in loving that we are most like him, so love is the foundation of every command he has given us;
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2003
Dr. Paul Tourier once compared life to a man hanging from a trapeze. The trapeze bar was the man’s security, his pattern of existence, his lifestyle. Then God swung another trapeze into the man’s view, and he faced a perplexing dilemma. Should he relinquish his past? Should he reach for the new
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Feb 6, 2004
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J. Wilbur Chapman once said, "My life is governed by this rule: Anything that dims my vision of Christ or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life or makes Christian work
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 2, 2004
Have you ever noticed in life that a good start isn’t always enough. Now there is nothing wrong with a good start mind you, but it is often not enough to get us to the finish line or the winners circle.
And if you don’t believe me, ask the Atlanta Braves who won the first 2 games of this years
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b. Brian J. Waldrop relates this slice of life: "Flipping through the channels of my TV the other morning, I stopped to watch a painter skillfully painting a desert landscape. As the man proceeded to color the canvas in deep browns, reds, and yellows, the picture really started to look good. I felt
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2004
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A young man learns what’s most important in life from the guy next door.
It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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How many of you know that life brings many challenges? One person said, “Life is hard, and then you die.” In daily life we need a constant source of supply. Otherwise, we live in a fearful state with anxiety.
Are you familiar with “Frank and Ernest”? One cartoon strip shows Frank sound asleep.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction:
At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Jack was a man whose whole life fell apart in the span of about a year. His wife left him because he was a workaholic. His 15 year old daughter left home, his college age son dropped out of school, and the business he had built up collapsed around him. His business partner turned against him. And
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