Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
                
                
                
                    WARNING AGAINST GOSSIP, SUSPICION AND MISTRUST
Charles Spurgeon, in his lecture titled "The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear" warns of the effect that suspicion has on a person and on the church. 
"Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and to all things from
                    
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                    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD
Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane.  He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families.  
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
                
                
                
                    MOVING AND FRIENDSHIPS
We live in a society where people, especially young adults, move so often they don’t have time to develop deep friendships. My mom and step father lived in the place where I grew up for about 25 years. During that 25 years, I moved
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 29, 2009
                
                
                
                    IT'S ALL HIS ANYWAY
When I buy ice cream at the grocery store, sometimes we get possessive of a particular carton. One of my daughters will claim one flavor, and the other will claim a different flavor. So when I get ice cream, I get it from a carton that has been claimed by someone else. Now,
                    
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                    Contributed by Bradley  Kellum on Sep 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    BRAIN: PERMANENT FILES
Dr. Earl Radmacher says:
"The brain is capable of an incredible amount of work and it retains everything it takes in.  You never really forget anything; you just
                    
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                    Contributed by Bradley  Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
                
                
                
                    ENJOYABLE GIVING
A panhandler asked a woman for money, and she dug in her purse and handed him a dollar bill.  As she did, she admonished him, "I’ll give you a dollar—-not because you deserve it, but because it pleases me."
"Thank you, ma’am," he
                    
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                    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn’t understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but he eventually got back on track and found the place.
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Green on Sep 18, 2009
                
                
                
                    Spurgeon - Throughout the book of Hosea there has been thunder: sometimes a low rumbling, as of a distant tempest, sometimes peal on peal, as of a storm immediately overhead. And now the tempest has gathered all its force. Here it culminates. You expect the bolt of heaven to destroy. But instead
                    
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                    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
                
                
                
                    SELF-DESTRUCTION
The same way a lot of people have destroyed what the Lord rightly gave to them with their own hands. The case of a governor of one of the states in Nigeria is a very good example. He jumped bail in England and was removed on coming back home. There was also the case of one boy who
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Oct 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    THE DIRT IS ON THE INSIDE
A young boy asked his mother if he could help her wash the windows. She welcomed his offer and told him to begin with the one in the kitchen because it was the dirtiest. He went outside and worked diligently until he thought it was clean. Then with a dry cloth he rubbed
                    
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                    BOREDOM AT THE BILTMORE
Have you ever been to the Biltmore House?  It’s a fantastic place.  No other home like it in America.  I’ve been there many times.  Over the years we’ve taken several guests to tour.  At first we noticed new things and really enjoyed it.  Then we began to hear
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 14, 2009
                
                
                
                    CHARLES OAKLEY ON TENACITY
Charles Oakley, forward for the New York Knicks and an NBA All-Star, has a reputation for being one of basketball’s best rebounders. It’s his toughness, however, that has probably contributed the most to his outstanding sports career. 
While other professional players
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An older sister was sitting next to her younger brother in Church one Sunday morning unsuccessfully trying to keep him still and quiet. Finally she said, "I wish you would calm down."
"I can’t," he said, "it’s just
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    JOY IN CHURCH
Then there’s the story about a little boy in church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet and well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the chair, turn around, look at the people behind him and smile at them. His smile was
                    
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                    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 1, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    REMEMBER THE DUCK
A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his target. As he came back to Grandma’s back yard, he spied her pet duck. On an impulse he took aim and let fly. The stone hit, and the duck fell dead.  The
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Nov 2, 2009
                
                
                
                    Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of
                    
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