Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
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Whereas “belief” suggests bare opinion, “faith,” whether in a car, a …medicine, a protégé, a doctor, a marriage partner, or what have you, is a matter of treating the person or thing as trustworthy and committing yourself accordingly. The same is true of faith in God, and in a far-reaching way.
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Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
CRISIS OF FAITH: DECIDE WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Dr. Henry Blackaby, co-author of the book Experiencing God, describes David’s crisis this way: "David was a faithful servant of the Lord’s. David refused to rely on human wisdom for guidance. He asked for God’s direction. Was this a crisis of belief
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 24, 2003
I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear, doubt and anxiety. In anxiety and worry, my being is gasping for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2001
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An old boatman painted the word "faith" on one oar of his boat and "works" on the other. He was asked his reason for this. In answer, he slipped the oar with "faith" into the water and rowed. The boat, of course, made a very tight circle. Returning to the dock, the boatman then said, "Now, let’s
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Contributed by Tom Osterkamp on Mar 26, 2007
One of the modern day heroes of faith is George Mueller. George Mueller started many orphanages without raising the funds to do so. He simply trusted God to do the work and keep it going. On more than one occasion God provided for those orphans in a miraculous way. On one occasion they had no
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 6, 2004
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Faith says the post-modern person, comes in a variety of different wrappings but inside each is the same gift. So everyone should be free to enjoy his or her own expression of the same cosmic truth. God is a god of variety not uniformity so faith need not require that there be a single way to God.
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though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong
today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on
there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining
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Assembly Of God
Of a Sister in faith losing her valuable purse and then miraculously recovering it.
Two years ago, the ladies of our Church went to buy some gifts in a busy market for Church widows and orphans during Christmas time. Mission accomplished, when they returned to the Church, one Sister in faith found
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 26, 2001
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Skip Gray in his book, The Way of The Cross says,
Tradition tells us that around the time when Jesus was a teenager, there was a rebellion near where he lived. The Roman army crushed the rebellion but they didn’t want it to happen again, so they crucified an Israelite every 10 meters along the
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 30, 2001
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We all have a way of completing this sentence: “If God is God, then....”
There will be no financial collapse in my family.
My children will never be buried before me.
People will treat me fairly.
This church will never divide.
My prayers will be answered. (Max Lucado, In the Eye of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 12, 2001
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Pioneers were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long line of smoke in the west, stretching for miles
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Contributed by Chris Genders on Apr 8, 2002
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How many different ways are there to eat an Oreo? Some of us simply start eating it, nibbling at it as if we had all the time in the world. Some of us will twist it apart and lick the filling out first. Some of us will get a glass of milk and hold the Oreo in there until it almost ready to fall
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 23, 2002
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One good way to think of baptism is to consider it a “signing of a contract” between you and God. If you were to buy a house, you would be required to sit down with the sellers of the home and approve a contract. To show your approval, you would be required to sign your name at the bottom of the
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Contributed by Greg Tonkinson on Jan 17, 2003
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Someone once said, There are three ways to get something done: 1. Do it yourself. 2. Hire someone else to do it. 3. Forbid your kids to do it. Citation:
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Contributed by Rick Davis on Jun 11, 2003
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TWENTY WAYS TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO USE DRUGS AND BECOME HOODLUMS,TRAMPS AND REBELS.
1. Never eat together as a family.
2. Never have weekly, monthly, or annual family outings that they can look forward to as a family unit.
3. Talk to your children, not
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