Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 20, 2003
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Alexander Whyte, the Scottish preacher, always began his prayers with an expression of gratitude. One cold, miserable day his people wondered what he would say. He
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Church Of God
Benjamin Franklin once said, "The sentence which has most influenced my life is, ’Some persons grumble because God placed thorns among roses. Why
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
TONY COMPOLO: Ran for Congress because wanted to have the power to make changes. I lots thank goodness but then came to realize that the power of the church is in our powerlessness: Where making the
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A dear lady in the church I serve shared with me a poem she cut out of a magazine over 60 years ago. It has the spirit of what Dr. Graham’s mother felt about being a mother:
A Mother’s Prayer
Sing me no eulogy of praise,
Give me no hallowed stool;
Just let me be my children’s friend,
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United Methodist
Contributed by Kyle Rye on Apr 29, 2009
I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and you discussed my hunger. Thank you.
I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar to pray for my release.
I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance.
I was sick and you knelt and thanked God for
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
Norman Grub said something similar to Henry Blackaby: - Pray this prayer when you get up every morning.
Good morning Christ.
I love you!
What are you up
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Baptist
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The Paradox of Our Time in History
The paradox of our time in history is that....
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less.
We buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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WHOM DOES A MOTHER SERVE?
Mother...a quiet servant of necessity...doing the work no on would notice or thank her for--no one, that is, except Him to whom it could be offered as a daily sacrifice of
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
Our Sunday School Director shared this and I am not sure of the source but it does reveal some wonderful truths:
Perhaps you are thankful for you wife who says it’s hot dogs tonight, because she is home with you and not out with someone else.
Or, for you husband who is on the sofa being
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006
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Some years ago the late Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse was traveling from Alabama to Florida. Feeling a tire going flat, he pulled to the side of the road and inwardly groaned at the thought of removing hundreds of books in the trunk, so as to reach his spare tire. Seeing a jeep coming over the hill, he
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 1, 2001
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According to a Baptist Press release, 16 year old Jennifer Cody attended a youth camp in July 1987, sponsored by the Southern Baptists. She had missed the registration deadline at The Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona, where she attended, but a boy canceled his and that made it possible for her to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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MY DILAPIDATED HOUSE
On his eightieth birthday, John Quincy Adams was walking slowly along a Boston street. A friend asked him "How is John Quincy Adams today?"
The former president replied graciously,
"Thank you, John Quincy Adams is well, sir, quite well, I thank you. But the house in which
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Fr James Keller, the founder of the Christophers Movement, narrates an incident he witnessed when he was a chaplain in the US army. He went to bury a soldier who died while trying to save a companion. After the funeral was over and everybody departed, the man who was saved by the dead soldier
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Catholic
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
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Priority Lesson
At a nursing home in Florida a resident group was discussing ailments. "My arms are so weak I can hardly life this cup of coffee," said one.
"Yes I know, my cataracts are so bad I can't even see my coffee," replied another.
"I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2009
Thou Wast a Bond-Man
John Newton, the former slave-ship captain, was so grateful for God’s gracious dealings with him that when the vicarage at Olney was refurbished he had two sentences from Isaiah 43:4 and Deuteronomy 15:15 painted over the fireplace of his study: ’Since thou wast precious in my
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