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                    To him who is thirsty I will give them without cost...... when  our family go out to restaurants or a cafe  or  pub lunch,   Danielle will often ask me to go and get some water, but she doesn’t mean bottled water she means get some tap water  because its free.  I always feel embarrassed asking for
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “The true Christian never has to give up anything (of course I am not speaking of sins), but there are a lot of things that will give him up.  They will go one by one.  There will be no grief. It will be the way childish occupations are abandoned.  
“I never had to give up playing with tops and
                    
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                    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We will live again… because he lives.  That gives confidence and courage.
Picture it this way:
Imagine that you are an ice skater in competition.
You are in first place with one more round to go.
If you perform well, the trophy is yours.
You’re nervous, anxious, and frightened.  
Then, only
                    
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                    Some years ago a famous actor was giving an after dinner speech. 
He asked his audience if there was any famous poem that they would like him to recite. There was a silence. 
Eventually an old vicar raised his hand and said: "Psalm 23 please."
The actor agreed, on one condition: that the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2008
                
                
                
                    From the book "A Love Worth Giving" by Max Lucado chapter 5- Harold suffered from cerebral palsy.  The condition left him unable to walk, dress, feed himself, or go to the rest room.  My job was to help him with this.  And I didn’t like it.  I had moved to St. Louis for spiritual training.  Fresh
                    
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                    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 12, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When the Bible insists we give honor and glory only to the one true God (when we are warned against idolatry), something more is being referred to than simply the statues before which pagans bow. The idols my heart adores are all those things which I demand for joy and significance. Pastor Tim
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
                
                
                
                    Willing to Give More People who derive at least half of their wealth from entrepreneurial ventures would give more money away if they knew that charities spent less on administrative costs and more on helping their clients. They are also more likely than other wealthy donors to give additional sums
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
                
                
                
                    A. E.  Whitman has an imaginary preacher give the following report of a visit to the New Jerusalem:
“In my wandering, I came upon the museum in the city of our dreams. I went in, and an attendant conducted me round. There was some old armor there, much bruised with battle.
“Many things were
                    
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                    Quote: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving” (From Illustrations Unlimited).
Quote: Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love’s touch. Goodness is love’s character. Faithfulness is love’s habit.
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
                
                
                
                    But God gives us wisdom, His wisdom, much of which, I believe is hindsight that develops our foresight, though we cannot see or know the near future as it develops in front of us. William V. Pietsch gives us the picture of being on a ship in this regard as he wrote, ‘someone once compared God’s
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew  Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Charles Paul Conn writes about an actual experience one man had in the Deep South.  He says, “When I lived in Atlanta several years ago, I noticed in the Yellow Pages, in the listing of restaurants, and entry for a place called the The Church of God Grill.  The peculiar name aroused my curiosity
                    
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                    Contributed by David  Yarbrough on May 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. In a few years his income increased and he was tithing $500.00 per week. He called on the
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When you go to a doctor for your annual check-up, he or she will often begin to poke, prod, and press various places, all the while asking, "Does this hurt? How about this?" If you cry out in pain, one of two things has happened. Either the doctor has pushed too hard, without the right sensitivity.
                    
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                    A woman missionary in the South Pacific Islands was explaining to a group of children the custom and significance of giving gifts at Christmas.  "Giving gifts," she said, "expresses love and reminds us of the perfect gift of love we received from God:  Jesus."  
   Later that week, a young native
                    
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                    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 12, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In 1969, Lois Cheney wrote these words in her book, God is No Fool: Once, a man said, “If I had some extra money, I’d give it to God, but I have just enough to support myself and my family.” And the same man said, “If I had some extra time, I’d give it to God, but every minute is taken up with my
                    
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                    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 10, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Fellow pastor and friend Denn Guptill wrote these words: “How many people here have ever taken their kid’s to MacDonald’s. Ok you’ve taken the fruit of your loins to the golden arches, you’ve forked over some of your hard earned wealth, received your dinner and now you have retired to one of the
                    
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