Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
A Blessed Moment
I want to share a personal story with you that meant the world to me. I have seldom felt so loved and appreciated by my father as on our last trip visit our parents in Paraguay just a few months ago. I share this story because I want families. And, you might say that it is even a
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Mennonite
Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Oct 18, 2000
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Listen to St. Augustine’s declaration about God,
You are ever active, yet always at rest. You gather all things to yourself, though you suffer no need. . . . You grieve for wrong, but suffer no pain. You can be angry and yet serene. Your works are varied, but your purpose is one and the same. .
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mike Shreve on Dec 23, 2003
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When I was 10 yrs. old my school class had a gift exchange. We each came with a gift to give that cost no more than five dollars. I brought a good size gift to exchange and thought someone would be happy to receive my gift.
When I entered the classroom my eyes were fixed on this huge candy cane and
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Baptist
Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
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Isn’t it strange that princes and kings
And clowns that caper in sawdust rings
And common people like you and me
Are builders for eternity?
Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass, a book of rules;
And each must make ‘ere life is flown,
A
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
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A few years ago, the World Press Review carried a quotation from the National Concord of Lagos, Nigeria. That paper reported that twenty-six lakes have been found beneath the Sahara desert. The American space shuttle “Columbia” determined by echoes it received that there are miles and miles of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mike Richardson on May 16, 2001
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A Church called a new pastor at 60 years of age. His first sermon was 15 minutes long. Kinda short but fine for the folks. The next week he preached for 20 minutes. That was Ok, too. But the following week he preached for an hour and 45 minutes. Boy the deacons pulled him off to the side
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Seeing the value?
An artist took a paint brush and painted a picture in two colors.
He called the picture ’BLUE AND GRAY."
The artist listened to a critic that couldn’t even paint and threw the picture in a corner and it gathered dust many years.
One day someone saw the picture and offered to buy
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ronald Keller on Apr 6, 2003
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I remember hearing of a man who was deeply in debt. The bill collectors called constantly. One in particular was extremely harassing. The man finally told the bill collector: “When I cash my pay check, I put the name of all my creditors in my hat. I shake the hat. Then I reach in and randomly
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Nazarene
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 28, 2003
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Old country preacher was met one day by a member of his congregation who asked, “Preacher if salvation is free, how come you’re always asking for money?” Good question, maybe one you’ve asked yourself. The preacher responded by saying “Salvation is free, as free as the water
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Wesleyan
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 23, 2003
When a speck of dust blow into an eye, instinctively the eye is rubbed with a finger.
There is no debate with the finger about whether to help the eye.
Later, after pulling down the lid, causing the eye to water, the speck is washed out.
In a short time the eye is back to normal.
But
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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