Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 19, 2006
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Like the first disciples, our greatest need is not just to see or hear about the resurrection, but to have the resurrection happen to us. Lloyd Ogilvie says, “The most powerful historical proof of the resurrection is the ‘resurrected’ disciples. Dull, defeated people became fearless, adventuresome
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I also thank God as does Joseph Bayly in PSALMS OF MY LIFE in these words:
Thank You God that
You see
armies march
a sparrow fall
hear
atom’s blast
a baby’s cry
smell volcano’s flow
a man’s sweat
feel
contour of mountains
a little lump
taste ocean’ salt
my
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Methodist
Contributed by C Reola on Nov 26, 2006
I want to end with a candle illustration. I have here with me Junior and Senior candle prepare two candles, one long and one short...the long one is the junior candle and the short one is the senior candle. Who is Senior and who is Junior?
As I said earlier, life is short. We do not know when
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"When you influence a child, you influence a life. When you influence a father, you influence a family. When you influence a pastor, you influence a church. When you influence a leader, you influence all who look to him or her for leadership. You have numerous opportunities to influence, and make a
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
I wonder to what extent God is telling his disciples that when we want greatness and recognition we need to walk the road of service because it gets our feet on the ground to what really matters about life and what really matters to Him. The road of service removes the vain desires for glory and
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
At Delphi, in ancient Greece, there stood a temple dedicated to Apollo. Carved over the entrance to this temple were two great principles of life: “Know thyself” and “Nothing in excess.” We are concerned here with the first of these wise sayings, “know thyself.” What the Greeks learned by
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FALLING DOWN: INJUSTICE
Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down, portrays a man who has lost his family and job. He goes off the deep end striking out at those whom he believes are the cause of the worlds injustices. In the end he takes his own life.
The Lord Jesus came to a world full of
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Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jul 27, 2007
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I choose not to be arrogant nor to put my hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put my hope in God, who richly provides me with everything for my enjoyment. I choose to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. I choose to lay up treasures in heaven that
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Mennonite
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
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A young Roman was condemned to death for treason. At the end of the trial an older brother stepped forward. He had lost both arms fighting for Rome. Holding out the stumps he pleaded for his brother’s life. He confessed his brother’s guilt and that he was worthy of death, but he pleaded for his
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Baptist
Contributed by Vonnie E James on Oct 13, 2008
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The famous young man who died in a car crash a week or so ago was nicknamed "Kaution". He drank of the fountain of idolatry –for it is said that he washed his car three times a day and treated it like God. Noticed both he and the thing he worshiped were destroyed.
This morning God is reminding
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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THE BEST GIFT- COMMUNION MEDITATION
In his book The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Henry Scougal, the seventeenth-century Scottish minister, said:
“God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, he at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
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When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will color how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance.
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Contributed by Tim Overton on Nov 27, 2003
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I don’t know about you but I believe one of the most important considerations in Christian life, salvation and believer’s baptism taking preeminence; is knowing what the Will of God, for our life is. As I have studied this subject, I have noticed that the phrase “Will of God” or “God’s Will”
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 27, 2006
Sam Jones went home one day and his wife said to him, “Sam, I want you to go see the old sheriff who is dying.”
Sam answered his wife, “Honey, you know he has never believed in God. He is an infidel.”
Stirred on by his wife’s persistence, Sam went to see the sheriff.
After visiting with the
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
No Atheist in Foxholes
The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the
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Pentecostal
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