Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 11, 2011
                
                
                
                    GIFT GIVING SHOULD BE PERSONAL AND RELATIONAL
Have you ever seen the episode of "Friends" where Joey and Chandler wait too long to buy Christmas gifts? They end up having to buy gifts from a gas station.
They give Rachael wiper blades and an air freshener. When Rachel
                    
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                    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
                
                
                
                    The gift of the Spirit is much too important not to share, but sometimes we don't share it.  A few weeks ago when I attended the preaching conference in Woodbridge, VA, I heard James Emery White speak.  He is the president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.  In his book, Long Night's Journey
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 16, 2016
                
                
                
                    *God wants us to be givers, because HE is a giver. He wants us to generously give our time, our talents, our tithes and our offerings. In short, God wants us to give our lives and our love to other people, every way we can. They will be blessed, and so will we. 
*Sometimes even a small gift can
                    
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                    A number of years ago, my husband and I went to Applebees on our Anniversary for a quiet dinner together. It was, indeed, very quiet, because my husband had just been ordered to undergo an MRI, and we knew that the results might change our future forever. Still, we did what old married couples
                    
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