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I remember a Youth Minister saying years ago "My problem is not motivating people; My problem is people DE-motivating me!" From years in ministry I have learned the hard way that People will disappoint you. People will oppose you. People will see themselves in competition with you. Sometimes in
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 22, 2009
William Carey [1761 – 1834] ~ God asked him to go to India. He went even though he had 3 small children but his dad was annoyed with this decision of his.
How was Carey obedient to the words of Jesus?
He preferred Jesus above his own dad. Sometimes a profession of faith in Christ leads to being
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Dr. H. Norman Wright shares of a friend who once told about these experiences in a yearly family newsletter: That year, her father died. Two friends died of cancer and she knew of seven others who received a cancer diagnosis. She and her husband were in a head-on-car crash. Her husband had
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MAKE THE FIRST MOVE
Many years ago I was preaching in a little mountain church in a close community. There was a division between two men in the church over a cow. Their families had been at odds, and they had brought the argument into the church. One of the men bought a cow and the other man
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Bible Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Movieguide 2006 reports in ’05 films marketed to families drew 4 times more box office receipts than
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
When Elizabeth Smart was found, I’m sure her family threw a party for her. Why don’t we throw parties when one
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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By age 25, 1 of 2 sexually active young people will acquire an STD, according to the American Medical News and the World Congress of Families.
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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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Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 26, 2002
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THE SIGNIFICANT THING
“Parents, the most significant thing you have in your home is you!”
SOURCE: Charles R. Swindoll. The Strong Family. Zondervan
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