God knows our needs and we can simply TRUST Him to take care of all our needs, day by day.
I thought of an example that happened a couple of weeks ago after a Bible Study Group that met at our house. George and Jeni, one of our young couples, were ready to go and Jeni realized she didn¡¦t
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 30, 2007
In my youth, I was a swimmer. I was a sprinter. I detested the long races and loved the quick spurts of energy that made up the majority of most of my races. My displeasure with long races, however, did not keep one of my coaches from signing me up for the mile race. Like an obedient lamb led to
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Lutheran
Max Lucado explains grace this way in his book In The Grip of Grace pages xii-xiii:
Surely God is impressed with my garments, I often thought. Occasionally I strutted into his presence so he could compliment the self-tailored wear. He never spoke. His silence must mean admiration, I convinced
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 22, 2024
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Before he became D.L Moody’s famous song leader, Ira Sankey was assigned to night duty in the American Civil War.
While on duty one night, he lifted his eyes toward heaven and began to sing, praising the Lord while he was alone. At least, he thought he was alone.
Years later, after the war had
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Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Church in Chicago which as over 20,000 people in attendance each week, tells the story of an encounter he had with a young woman: “I recall one time being in a restaurant studying for a message, and a gal looked over from her table and saw me reading my
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Methodist
Text: 2 Chronicles 25:7, KJV: But there came a man of God (ID unknown) to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
2 Chron. 25:9: And Amaziah said to the man of God (identity unknown), But what shall we
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One of our pastors (Larry Booker) tells of going to General Conference a number of years ago where a special session for ministers was held. A certain pastor had been asked to speak to the ministers about his personal experiences concerning the importance of upholding holiness in the local
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Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
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This past Christmas, Jade did something that re-awakened a part of my heart that should never have been allowed to doze off.
It was late in the evening; my parents had dropped by for a short visit. Jade was overly tired and out of sorts. Looking for some trouble, she wadded up a piece of
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Michael Brown on Mar 11, 2008
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One Word
I sat down one day and began to think about what word I would choose if I could only choose one word to describe myself; one word which would describe me better than any other word.
Many words immediately began to pour into my mind. I could think of so many aspects of my life that I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE LIKE AN ORCHESTRA
When I was in the 5th grade, our entire 5th grade class at Anderson Elementary School was required to take band. At a certain hour of each day we would gather in the band room and attempt to play our instruments. We didn’t really have a choice which
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In the city of Chicago a blizzard was setting in. A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner. The people were in and out of the cold. The little boy was so cold that he wasn’t trying to sell many papers. He walked up to the policeman and said, "Mister, you wouldn’t happen to know where a
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