The Candle
We light this candle the Easter vigil service each year as a reminder that the light of Jesus has defeated the darkness of sin.  Now if you notice, this candle isn't as tall as it was. What has happened to all that wax?
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As the candle gives
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LIVING BY FAITH
Faith is part of everyday living.
e.g. When you are ill, 
you go to a doctor whose name you can’t pronounce. 
He gives you a prescription you cannot read. 
You take it to a pharmacist you have never seen. 
He gives you
                    
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 27, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    On "Prairie Home Companion," with Garrison Keillor, they frequently advertise a product called Powdermilk Biscuits. "Powdermilk Biscuits, heavens they’re tasty! You can find them in your grocers, in the big blue box with the stains that indicate freshness. Powdermilk Biscuits: they give shy people
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a spiritual reason for this. For three days, Jonathan Edwards had not eaten a morsel of food, nor closed his eyes in sleep. Over and over again, he cried out “Oh, God, give me New England Give me New England” Because of his total devotion to Jesus Christ, Edwards was able to preside
                    
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                    The command to love God and love our neighbor is not new to Jesus.  It comes right from Torah.  The Pharisees had finessed that fundamental law right out of everyday life, but Jesus not only showed us that we can’t live without it, he took it to the limit when he loved us all the way
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 16, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOME
A tired stay-at-home mom opened the front door of her home to find the preacher from the church, who said, "I’m collecting donations for the new children’s home we’re building. Just asking you to give what you
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
                
                
                
                    THE DEFINITION OF GRACE
George Stansberry to a group of Bible college students:  "If you leave this service today and see a needy person on the street and give him a dollar, that is unmerited favor.  He did nothing to deserve it.  But if you leave here and go to your car and find a man breaking
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 18, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	Fred Craddock, who taught at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, once said: “To give my life for Christ appears glorious.  To pour myself out for others ...  to pay the ultimate price of martyrdom — I’ll do it.  I’m ready, Lord, to go out in a blaze of glory.  We think giving our all to
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?”  “The half of my wealth,” was his reply.  “And if I release your children?”  “Everything I
                    
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                    "The parents of a young soldier killed in action gave their church a gift of money as a memorial for their son. During the presentation service, the mother of another soldier overseas whispered to her husband, "Let’s give the same amount for our son." "What’s the matter with you?" he asked.  "Our
                    
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                    •	  In one of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman’s meetings a man arose to give the following testimony:  "I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a tramp, and for one year I begged on the streets for a living. One day I touched a man on the shoulder and said, "Mister, please give me a dime."  As soon as I saw
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jun 11, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” 
     “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. 
     “And if I release your children?” 
    
                    
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                    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    An evangelist accompanied a missionary on a missionary trip overseas.  While there, one of the natives that had given his life to the Lord asked the evangelist, "Preacher, if the Lord gave you two houses, would you give one of them to the Lord?"  "Certainly," the evangelist replied.  The native
                    
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                    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
                
                
                
                    A few days ago i was driving my kids to school and as a treat we went through the drive through donut shop and got donut holes for them. Healthy i know... i figured a sugar rush for the teachers would be fun... i gave the kids their bag of holes, each having 12 very important sugary holes in
                    
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                    Contributed by David Moore on May 26, 2010
                
                
                
                    GOD-FANATICS
Did you know that an online survey of 20 000 football fans revealed that 51% said they would starve themselves for a week if that would bring victory in the upcoming World Cup to their national squad. More than 40% offered to give up dating for a year, 7% said they would gladly give
                    
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