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                    "The beauty of human life consists in the fact that, as we review our last New Years resolutions, we find we have fulfilled one-third of them, left unfilled
                    
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                    Life that has failed is tragic…. but even worse is a life that has succeeded, only to find in the end that what was achieved is not GAIN at all, but ASHES. A journey without God breeds a sense of non-fulfillment and disappointment, no
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
                
                
                
                    And these ungodly men did not stop there. In the true response of a mob.. Vs:67- they “..hit him with their fists. And some  slapped Him, saying, `Prophecy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?’” He must have been blindfolded at that time. But here is judge, jury, bailiffs, all abusing the
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 28, 2010
                
                
                
                    As of 2010, there are more than 20 major civil and international conflicts involving, among others, the nations of:
India
Afghanistan
Somalia
Iraq
Pakistan
Mexico
Myanmar
Iran
Israel
Nigeria
Colombia
Peru
Indonesia
the Philippines
Turkey
Iraqi
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 25, 2024
                
                
                
                    We the Church need to be aware of the danger there is from those who prophecy falsely, there is a great push within Christian circles to accept people's immorality in the name of God’s love, and grace. Sin remains sin, those of us who have repented of our sins know the release and joy that
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    -The caterpillar lives the first part of its life crawling on the ground.
	-After fulfilling its course, the caterpillar curls up and seemingly dies. Then out of that body a beautiful butterfly comes to life. No longer forced to craw
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
                
                
                
                    In his book, Maximizing Your Effectiveness, Aubrey Malphurs says, ‘most people have a profound inner desire to accomplish something of importance with their lives during their brief stay on planet earth. They want more than anything to
                    
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                    Imagine writing an intricate story and mapping out a complete timeline of everything major that will happen in the plotline .  God is the ultimate playwright.  We see in verse 3 of this chapter, as well, that God fulfilled His plan in His
                    
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                    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 26, 2008
                
                
                
                    When I was 14 months old he had a medical ailment, which could have been fatal in the 1960s. The surgeons thought I had no hope and my parents gave him up for dead. They promised God that if I lived, I would minister unto the Lord all the days of his life. The churches all over Delhi prayed for my
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 27, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are rightly
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Aug 6, 2004
                
                
                
                    Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 26, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Every generation is strategic.  We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one; but we do have our generation.  God will hold us responsible as to how well we fulfill our
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 12, 2011
                
                
                
                    WISE MEN SEARCHING
In Biblical times wise men searched for the savior. They searched by looking for his star. When they found the star, they knew that God's promise had been fulfilled. 
Today, wise men are still searching. They are searching, not necessarily for a
                    
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                    Swindoll states, “Those who write and photograph pornography don’t tell us beforehand that it is empty, it is futile, it is dissatisfying, it is lacking in fulfillment. We’re left to discover that on our own. But Solomon tells us to begin with that in mind
                    
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                    At age 83 on August 4, 1786, John Wesley wrote his pamphlet entitled “Thoughts on Methodism.”  This contains one of my favorite quotations from Wesley but one that continues to haunt me as I reflect on the sad state of our United Methodist denomination in America and the spiritual condition of our
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
                
                
                
                    UNLIKELY PREDICTIONS
Toronto Maple Leafs – rough start to their Season. First eight games were loses. Then hope was born... we got Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins! Haven’t won the cup since 1967 – yes, I was only 5 years old. People laugh. Leaf jokes are now hotter than Newfie jokes!
Things are
                    
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