Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 5, 2012
THE POWER OF DELAYED GRATIFICATION
Years ago, psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment on a group of four-year olds. Each child was offered a marshmallow, and was told that they could have it now, or if they could wait several minutes, they could have two. Some children grabbed the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 16, 2018
Khris Davis is an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics in the majors.
In 2015, he batted .247 for the year.
In 2016, he batted .247 for the year.
In 2017, he batted .247 for the year.
And during the last season, in 2018, he batted . . . , you guessed it, .247 for the year.
He went 0-for-2 in
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Baptist
Thomas A. Edison was working on a crazy contraption called a "light bulb" and it took a whole team of men 24 straight hours to put just one together. The story goes that when Edison was finished with one light bulb, he gave it to a young boy helper, who nervously carried it up the stairs.
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Contributed by Kevin Earls on Oct 25, 2006
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Illustration: It’s a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there he
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 3, 2007
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart and HE will acknowledge and HE will light your way.
This prayer has been sent to you for good luck. The original copy is from the Netherlands. It has been around the world
nine times. The luck has now been brought to you. You will receive good luck within
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 21, 2009
NO SUBSTITUTIONS
We had been living in New Jersey for about three weeks and were wanting to try out different things to get the "East Coast" experience. We both grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and honestly, New Jersey was a complete mystery to us. Some friends recommended that we eat at a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2000
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George Hunter contends that the first characteristic of a secular person in the modern world is that he or she is ignorant of basic Christianity. It has been said of the Baby Busters, those born between 1963 and 1977 and the first generation to grow up in a postmodern context, that they lack even
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
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KING FOR A DAY
Once upon a time, before television, there was radio. You know what radio is--television without pictures. Well, before television, one of the most popular daytime radio programs was called "Queen for a Day."
If I remember it correctly (and it was a long time ago!), each day four
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Contributed by Michael Fordham on Oct 29, 2002
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In a recent NCAA cross-country championship held in Riverside, California, 123 of the 128 runners missed a turn. One competitor, Mike Delcavo, stayed on the 10,000 meter course and began waving for fellow runners to follow him. Delcavo was able to convince only four other runners to go with him.
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Methodist
Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 3, 2003
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Louis Evans tells a story that I’m sure many can relate to. At one of the homes in which he lived, he had a problem with a persistent weed that “grew rapidly and pushed it ugly stalk and leaves right in front of [his] bedroom window.” He tried chopping it down several times hoping to discourage
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 21, 2003
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A pastor received a call from a church that offered him a salary four times what he was then receiving. Being a devout man, he spent much time in prayer trying to discern what God wanted him to do. One day a friend met the pastor’s young son on the street. “Do you know what your dad is going to
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
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NOTHING ELSE
In his book, I Shall Not Want, Robert Ketchum tells about a Sunday school teacher who asked her group of children if any of them could quote the entire twenty-third psalm. A little four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 7, 2004
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[Illustration]
D. E. Host, who followed Hudson Taylor, wrote a book called Behind the Ranges.
He was trying to analyze a problem he had seen while working in two different villages in China: the people with whom he lived and worked were not doing very well, but the people in the other village
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
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Suicidal Rates in America
Persons under 25 accounted for 15% of all suicides in 2000. (From the 1950’s to the late 70’s the suicide rate increased by 200%, and has remained steady since.)
Psychological autopsy studies show that more than 90% of completed suicides had one or more mental
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
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The closest I ever came to feeling like Abraham’s servant: our return from Alaska. After serving with a mission congregation for five years, we concluded it was time to return to the "Lower 48." I made arrangements to visit four seperate congregations in the midwest; each paid one fourth of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
GOD GIVE ME FINISHED WOOD? I NEED FINISHED WOOD NOW!
Several years ago I had a dream. In my dream I felt the need to build for God. The need was so real, I had to build.
I began my job my praying. I started asking God for two by fours.
God I need lumber to accomplish Your plan, finished
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Assembly Of God