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                    GOD'S HMO'S
In Christian Counseling Today Magazine I discovered another article talking about "Spirituality Theology and Health." It highlighted the center for the study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University. After twenty years of study and 25 research studies they discovered the
                    
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                    Prayer in Health
When you come to my office with a problem, often I'll offer to pray with you for God's healing and discernment.  If you have a sprained hand and haven't grown in your spiritual life, you might think, "What a waste of time."  
A few years ago there was even an experiment in which
                    
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                    ii.	C Peter Wagner in his book ,"Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow." States on page 23, "Who needs to know about spiritual gifts? (He states) - You need to know about spiritual gifts if: 
1.	You are a Christian.
2.	You believe that Jesus is your Lord and you want to love Him and follow
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 2, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Jack Hayford:  "Mercy is God's constant compassion for the helpless and undeserving--to show compassion for someone in serious need, i.e. 'showers of mercy.' Mercy is not merely a passive
                    
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                    "Regarding not the day, let us give God thanks for the gift of His dear Son. ... If it be possible to honor Christ in the giving of gifts, I cannot see how while the gift, giver, and recipient are all in
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Apr 17, 2008
                
                
                
                    When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high achievements, that is an
                    
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                    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Jenna Day tells of a Christmas 20 years ago that she remembers well.
	At her small school in central Maine, there were two classes for each grade: the children who got good grades, wore nice clothes and whose parents were in the PTA, and the kids who were in the slow class, and got poor grades. She
                    
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                    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 21, 2008
                
                
                
                    A.	One day, a grandfather went fishing on a small lake.  Pushing his boat away from the dock, he jumped in and managed to get a way out before dropping anchor.  His grandson and son came down to the dock and noticed that grandpa was just sitting in the boat with his head propped on both hands, not
                    
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                    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jan 14, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The father says, "You better get ready.  The bus will be here in a minute to pick you up and take you to Sunday School."  The Boy asked,"Did you go to Sunday School when you were a boy?"  The father replied, "Yes I did."
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Michael Costin, 40-year-old single father of four, was beaten to death on July 5, 2000 in front of his own children at a hockey rink in Reading, Massachusetts. The man who attacked him was reportedly angry because Costin had refused
                    
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                    One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room.  The door was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer.  Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside her door and
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 18, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A father related how one of his son’s favorite games was "hide and seek" - his son always hid.  The game always went the same: Dad always counted to 100 by 5’s and then would shout out, "Here comes Daddy to find you Tommy."  And Tommy would always hide in the same room and the same spot - but of
                    
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                    My father grew up during the “Great Depression,” and he remembered a peddler lady who would visit their home from time to time.  She carried a large backpack containing household goods, small clothing items, and other merchandise.  She would spread her wares on the livingroom floor, and my grandma
                    
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