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                    GOD'S TIME
   There is a new pastor in Atlanta named Mason Betha.  He recently celebrated his one year anniversary pasturing a church of about 100.  But Reverend Mason hasn’t always been a pastor.  
   He was formerly known as the rapper Ma$e, “the flashiest and most pleasure driven performer on…
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew  Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD
The New Bible Dictionary says:
“In his essential life, God is a fellowship.  This is perhaps the supreme revelation of God given in the Scriptures: it is that God’s life is eternally within himself a fellowship of three equal and distinct persons, Father, Son and Spirit, and
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE MUSH GOD 
The Mush God has been known to appear to millionaires on golf courses.  He appears to politicians at ribbon-cutting ceremonies and to clergymen speaking the invocation on national TV at either Democratic or Republican conventions.
The Mush God has no theology to speak of, being a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SENT BY GOD 
Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, in a recent interview told of his most memorable occasion to share the gospel.  "I remember as a young believer I felt impressed to call on a man who was a CEO of one of the great fortune 500 companies. As presumptuous as it
                    
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                    Contributed by Victor Yap on May 1, 2002
                
                
                
                    COMPLETENESS IN GOD
Ray Stedman said: God is absolutely necessary for the completeness of life. Without God you cannot understand the world around you. You can’t understand yourself or your neighbor or God himself. You will never have any answers without God, but if you have fallen away or
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GOD IS NIGH 
   I served as an airborne Ranger platoon leader (paratrooper) in the First Air Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.  
   Our company was hacked up pretty badly by the enemy during one mission.  When our platoon’s survivors returned to base camp, we all trudged down the muddy path
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    IN SUPPORT OF GOD
   On Sunday, June 30, 2002, CNN reported that a weekend poll said nearly nine in 10 Americans believe the phrase "under God" should remain in the Pledge of Allegiance.  Most also believe that it is acceptable for the government to promote religious expression, as long as no
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jun 2, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GOD SPEED
A very wealthy, religious little old lady was a soft touch for any panhandler she happened to meet on the street. 
One day she met a very shabbily dressed man and impulsively pressed a five dollar bill into his hand, smiled warmly and whispered, “God speed.” 
The next day the shabbily
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 10, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Poem: He was just a little lad, 
        and on the week’s first day,
      Was wandering home from Sunday School, 
        and dawdling on the way.
      He scuffed his shoes into the grass; 
        he found a caterpillar
      He found a fluffy milkweed pod,
         and blew out all the
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark  Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    IS GOD SPEAKING?
James Hamilton writes: 
   	Before refrigerators, people used ice houses to preserve their food. Ice houses had thick walls, no windows, and a tightly fitted door. In winter, when streams and lakes were frozen, large blocks of ice were cut, hauled to the ice houses, and covered
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 17, 2005
                
                
                
                    ILLUSTRATION... Two Gods?  (personal story)
	"One a recent trip, I called home to talk to the kids and let them know that I would be home soon.  I called at a time when our two boys were asleep and only our four-year old daughter was awake.  We chatted for awhile.  She began to ask me questions
                    
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                    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 15, 2005
                
                
                
                    (Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Life, p21)
Andrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under an atheist communist regime.  But God got his attention one dreary day.  He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to
                    
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                    Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Frederick Buechner in "The Magnificent Defeat": 
ß “The love for equals is a human thing—of friend for friend, brother for brother.  It is to love what is loving and lovely.  The world smiles.
ß The love for the less fortunate is a beautiful thing—the love for those who suffer, for those who are
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 3, 2006
                
                
                
                    Story:		“God Will Provide”
Back in the depression days of the early 1930’s, my husband pastored a small country church.  We then had three little children.  Many times our weekly income was less than $10.00.  One day, we found ourselves out of bread and with only some rancid bacon grease for
                    
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