Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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From his very first paycheck, John Rockefeller gave ten percent of his earnings to his church. As his wealth grew, so did his giving, to educational and public health causes, and for basic science and the arts. Oddly enough, Rockefeller was probably best known in his later life for the practice of
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Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 29, 2011
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FERVENT PRAYER
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, future US Presidents, were among the delegates meeting at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775, considering a resolution sending Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. The Virginia House of Burgesses was unconvinced.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2001
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In June l955, Winston Churchill, who was then near the end of his life, was asked to give a commencement address at a British University. At this time he was physically infirm; he had to be helped to the podium. Then he held on to the podium for what seemed an interminable amount of time. He
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Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 23, 2006
Illustration: I love my little boy, I want to give him the very best that I can give him, but sometimes because he is so small and I am so big in order to get my attention, to let me know he wants or needs something, he will pull on my pant leg and I will look down and grab him, lift him up to my
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Contributed by Robert Drake on Apr 14, 2008
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Momma and the toast
A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they knew the difference between kindness and loving kindness. One little girl said she knew the difference. She told the teacher that kindness is like when you ask your mother for some toast and she gives it to you, but loving kindness
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Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
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A natural example of this point can be found by looking at the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing many different kinds of fish and plant life. The water from the Sea of Galilee is carried by way of the Jordan
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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Suppose I gave you an automobile valued at $50,000. I say to you, "I’ll give it to you if you just give me $1." You say, "I thought you were going to give it to me." That’s not a gift. It might be cheap, but it’s not a gift. It is the result of your payment.
If I am saved by the grace of God
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Persistent Kids The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
Persistent Kids The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they
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Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jan 22, 2013
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YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE
Lays® Potato Chips uses the slogan "You can't eat just one." They know a secret: most of us will lose self-control and give in to temptation if they can get us to just eat one. One gives in to two; two in to five; and before you know it, you've eaten an entire bag of chips!
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2002
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A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up. He is able measure everything he does according to whether or not it contributes to the dream, concentrating his attention on the things that bring him closer to it and
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2007
Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will not be judged by how much I have done but by how much of me there is in it. No man gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything acceptable to God until
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Mar 5, 2008
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Nancy and Terry seven year old granddaughter Natilee asked her mother “When am I going to be crucified?’ (She meant baptized). But a child’s insight goes deeper than we can ever see! What would it mean to give
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United Methodist
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Illustration from Illustrations Unlimited - PEACE, PEACE: A true story: A retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the place to be least likely affected
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