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HENRY M. STANLEY THE GREAT EXPLORER AND DAVID LIVINGSTON THE GREAT MISSIONARY FROM ENGLAND DID A VAST WORK IN AFRICA.
Henry Stanley was the explorer and he was telling an African Chief about Jesus, when the African chief started crying and desired to know more.
That night Stanley was pacing the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
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I was watching a movie the other day called Blood Diamond, a film about the terrible loss and suffering caused by internal conflict in Sierra Leone. The main character turns to his friend and says “Sometimes I wonder if God will ever forgive us for what we’ve done to each other. Then I look around
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Episcopal/Anglican
Ruth Tucker in her book "God Talk" tell the story of a former student whose daughter was in an accident and in a coma… while she wrestled with the thought of losing her daughter, she says this, “Immediately I thought of the Father giving up His Son for me. I knew. I was being called to open my
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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A.W. Tozer said, "We are called to an everlasting preoccupation with God." God is worthy of our worship. One of the ways that you can be reasonably assured of your salvation is your desire to worship. Knowing the true God, and
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United Methodist
Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 9, 2007
Jesus calls us to "life abundantly not life redundantly." We need to get out of the boat and begin to accomplish
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Baptist
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 19, 2008
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One of my favorite books is called This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. It is a compilation of eighty essays based on the National Public Radio series of the same name. The essays are from the famous and the unknown. One of the essays that I found most moving is
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by David Haun on Dec 27, 2003
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Few [called by Christ] would have been considered wise in the world’s eyes. Few were powerful or influential decision makers. Few were wealthy. Among the earliest disciples, five were fishermen, one was a tax collector, and the careers of the rest are unknown. None (with the possible exception of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 30, 2002
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A lady found out that she had a skunk in her basement. Confounded as to how to get rid of it, she called the local police for help.
Their advice was to lay a trail of breadcrumbs from the cellar door entrance into the yard so as to lead the skunk out of the basement. She followed their advice.
A
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Church Of God
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 26, 2003
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“He has called me, and I am His bondslave, His servant, His prisoner, and you are to live as the prisoners of Jesus Christ. ‘Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a price’ (I Cor 6:19-20). We have no right to live as we choose and as we please. We were the prisoners of Satan; we are now the
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Orthodox
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Each and every one of Jesus’ disciples was and is "a diamond in the rough". "Every diamond does not shine alike. Some can never shine because they have never been cut. The brilliancy of the light depends largely upon the character of its facets. Three things are needed to make us shine: (1) We must
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United Methodist
Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Sep 21, 2003
I once saw a famous painting that helped me understand the feelings of Matthew on that day. The Call of Saint Matthew, by the Renaissance painter Caravaggio, shows the scene.
On the left side of the painting, Matthew sits at a table, counting coins that he has earned in his work as a tax
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Lutheran
Contributed by Dennis Rhoads on Sep 23, 2003
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In closing, I want to share with you a little story that unfortunately describes too many of us Christians. There was a man standing at a bus stop carrying a heavy suitcase. When the bus came, he just barely got himself and the suitcase on the already overcrowded bus. Several blocks later, the
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