Contributed by Danny Janes on Dec 18, 2012
                
                
                
                    “The Gift of a Child,” by Mary Ann Matthews.
“Christmas comes at different times for me every year.  I never know precisely when it will arrive or what will produce its spirit, but I can always be sure that it will happen.
Last year Christmas happened while I was visiting my parents.  The day was
                    
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                    The ministry of Spiritual Gifts originates in the New Testament, commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ. After He established His church on the earth and ascended to Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to equip His church with power and spiritual gifts (Greek -- charismata) so that His disciples
                    
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                    Contributed by Bryan Fink on Dec 25, 2008
                
                
                
                    To put the gift of eternity into perspective let’s take this roll of Christmas ribbon and unroll it all the way down the hall.(Invite some of the kids to help with this).  The ribbon symbolizes eternity.  Now, take a pencil such as this and make a mark anywhere on that ribbon.  Any idea what that
                    
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                    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 6, 2009
                
                
                
                    My three year old Sebastian is often a little mimic.  Christina and I have to be careful what we say to or in front of him because he will quickly adopt it as his own.  Of late I have been trying, with marginal success, to teach Sebastian a little bit of Marine Corps Discipline.  I have been
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Gifting Occasions: About 53% of the gifters’ $2,062 annual budget is spent to buy gifts for holidays. After Christmas, which accounts for $843, Mothers Day is the next. The remaining 47% of the annual gifting budget is spent for gift occasions. Birthdays top the list with the typical gifter buying
                    
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                    People Buy Gifts to enhance their emotional connection with another, says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing. Since the focus of gift giving is emotional, gifts that connect embody a feeling, rather than being something practical, the very best gifts are life’s little luxuries and
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
                
                
                
                    THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.  When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area.  His father had been a Baptist
                    
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