Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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Finding Peace Of Mind
Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are:
· The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness.
· Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Oct 21, 2000
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About 6am on a Wed morning James Lawson of Running Springs, CA left home to apply for a new job. An hour later his 36 yr old wife, Pasty left for her 5th grade teaching job down the mountain with her 2 children, 5 yr old Susan and 2 yr old Jerry. Unfortunately they never got that far. 81/2 hours
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Baptist
Contributed by Steven Ferber on Apr 10, 2012
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THE EVIL IN OURSELVES
A few weeks ago Americans were stunned by the news that an American soldier in Afghanistan apparently killed 17 Afghan civilians. Friends and teachers of Robert Bales describe him as caring, gregarious and self-confident before he just "snapped." One childhood friend told the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
So what is a vision? George Barna defines it as, "Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants and is based upon an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances." Vision is more than simply what could be. It’s something that must
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Methodist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 21, 2002
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Here are two quotes from E. K. Simpson’s commentary on Ephesians, regarding faith-v-works:
“If we breathe, it is because life has been breathed into us; if we exercise the hearing of faith, it is because our ears have been unstopped.” E. K. Simpson
“A ‘self-made’ man is almost inevitably
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Orthodox
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In his book, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller talks about the kind of ruts a lot of us tend to get ourselves into.
He says, ‘The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is about me…. I hear addicts talk about the shakes and panic attacks and the highs and lows of resisting their
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Recently researchers at John’s Hopkins University ran across the notes a 19th century neurosurgeon named Harvey Cushing. What surprised them was his meticulous self-evaluation and self-criticism. He carefully documented every mistake he made on the operating table. Most
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Lutheran
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 17, 2008
Andrée Seu (pronounced, Ahn’-dray Soo) wrote about it in an article in World Magazine a couple of weeks ago: “I was accustomed to thinking of discouragement as something that happens to a person. But on closer examination…I have been taken aback by how volitional or ‘active’ it is. To go around
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