Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
What Will You Give Up To Win?
Two paddleboats were leaving Memphis at about the same time. They were traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one boat made a comment about the slow pace of the other boat. Words were exchanged, challenges
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
Would You Give Me One?
Don't say you would give if only you had something to give. There was a farmer who asked his neighbor, "If you had a million dollars, would you give me half of it?" The second fellow was amazed at the question and replied, "Of course, I would do that in a minute."
The
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 8, 2008
You plan to have a photograph of all of the grand kids, in their most precious Christmas clothes... it will be the perfect gift for Grandma. But when you go to have the photograph made little Johnny will not sit still... Andy has pulled the bow out of his sister’s hair... the one you paid $16 to
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Contributed by Daniel Haas on Jan 5, 2009
"I give myself to you to be your husband.
I promise to love and sustain you in the covenant of marriage,
from this day forward,
in sickness and in health,
in plenty and in
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THE FOOTBALL COME?
In downtown San Antonio sits the Alamodome, a 65,000-seat facility that opened in 1993 for a cost of 186 million. Following the field of dreams philosophy, the city, eager to have a professional football franchise pushed to complete the Texas size facility,
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Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 13, 2009
Sow a thought and you reap an act;
Sow an act and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit and you reap a character;
Sow a character and
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The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose.
He kept the silver for
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The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. Oddly enough, the winner was not the runner who finished first and fastest. It was the first runner who finished the race with his torch still lit.
I am not trying to outrun others.
I just want to run all the way to the
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
Let Me Put It To You Like This
As a young boy, while in a country store on a chilly Fall morning, my dad and I stopped in for a few items. Looking straight ahead, I saw my first Potbelly stove, I was fascinated by it. Some older men were sitting around it and chatting, a couple were playing
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 19, 2005
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Because the time’s going to come when you will pass from this earth, and you will stand face to face with God.
I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen at that point, but here’s one possibility.
I’ve asked my daughter, Dani, to help me with this.
Here’s what I think might happen:
You’re
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Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Nov 10, 2008
Have you ever heard of George Mueller? One day he looked down the streets of Bristol, England, & saw 100’s of homeless children. He was so moved with concern for them that he decided that something had to be done. He had only two pence in his pocket. That’s two cents. But he decided to start an
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Strike while the iron is hot. Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron red-hot in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly
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Have you ever had the experience of needing to see someone or talk to someone, feeling fairly desperate about it, feeling a great deal of urgency, like “but I need to get in touch with them NOW!”, only to find that they are unavailable. “I can book you an appointment in one month;” “I’m sorry,
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