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                    ’If we could shrink the Earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:
’57	Asians
21	Europeans
14	from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South
8 	Africans
52 	would be
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times better than any
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Jul 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FULFILLING MY TASK
“[Most people] act as if they were simply dropped down in creation and have to entertain [them] selves until [they] die. But we [Christians] were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Each of us has a mission in life. 
Jesus prays to his Father for his followers,
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Redwine on Jan 5, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times better than any
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE GREAT SECRET
As a third-century man was near death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It's a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times better than
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE REAL WAR ROOM
One of the most successful ministries in the world is Campus Crusade for Christ.  This ministry was begun by a layman, Bill Bright.  They have laborers sharing on thousands of campuses around the world.  They believe prayer accessed the source for these laborers.  
In the late
                    
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                    Contributed by David Haun on Dec 27, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Few [called by Christ] would have been considered wise in the world’s eyes.  Few were powerful or influential decision makers. Few were wealthy. Among the earliest disciples, five were fishermen, one was a tax collector, and the careers of the rest are unknown. None (with the possible exception of
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 16, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A huge metal structure was built in 1889 for an international exposition.  It was larger than anything that was built like it before, and it was considered by many as a ‘monstrosity that was to grotesque to see.’  But the creator, who had spent over a year building it, knew it was destined for
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of one hundred people; here’s the way the world would look:  
There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans.
50 would suffer from malnutrition and one would be near death.  Only one would have a college
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 6, 2008
                
                
                
                    IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE GOSPEL KNOWN ROM:10:14 HOW WILL YOUR LOVED ONES  NEIGHBOUS HEAR IF WE DON’T TELL THEM … WITHOUT SOMEONE SPEAKING  TO THEM IS TO MAKE THIS MESSAGE KNOWN TO GO  AND TELL  THIS IS OUR CHARGE – IF YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN THIS MORNING YOU HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED  BY JESUS
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illus.:  “Love Your Enemies”
We found ourselves on the same track with several carloads of Japanese wounded after we were freed from the Kwai prison camp. These unfortunates were on their own without medical care. No longer fit for action in Burma, they had been packed into railway cars which were
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    God is willing to look out for us & take care of us. The truth is that we can trust God, even when we don’t fully understand Him. Let me conclude this morning’s sermon with a brief story from Franklin Graham’s fine book, Rebel with a Cause. It took place when young Franklin was still far from God.
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
                
                
                
                    There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions.  He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself.
  Nighttime was about to fall and both he
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In 1853, Hosea Lewis became the “keeper of the light” on Lime Rock Island at Newport, Rhode Island, Lewis suffered a stroke four years later, at which time his teenage daughter Ida assumed responsibility for the light. Each day included cleaning the reflectors, trimming the wick, and filling the
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Ritter on Feb 2, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Pastor and author Stuart Briscoe writes: I was in Edinburgh about a year ago speaking at Charlotte Chapel, and a delightful young lady gave her testimony. She had come back from Kabul, Afghanistan, where she was a missionary nurse. She said how she was really enjoying the work she was doing there,
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 26, 2010
                
                
                
                    GOOD FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
“You better watch out, you better not cry 
Better not pout I'm telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town 
He's making a list and checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice 
Santa Claus is coming to town 
He sees you when you're sleeping - He knows when
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 29, 2011
                
                
                
                    WHO IS THIS GUY?
Chuck Colson relates this interesting story in his book How Then Should We Live?:
"In William Steig's Yellow & Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an old newspaper in the hot sun.  One figure is painted
                    
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