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                    That’s why I think it is very important in understanding God’s grace to comprehend the difference between three words- used in Scripture. Justice - Mercy & Grace. Justice is deserved punishment. Mercy is exemption from punishment, Grace is favor when punishment is deserved. (Repeat) 
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                    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
You may be going through some troubles right now. But trust in the Lord, because He will surely take care of you. He has already blessed and cared for us in countless ways. 
This week I thought back to one example from my life. It was over at Emmanuel Baptist Church in the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Abraham Lincoln personified this example of patience on numerous occasions but one sticks out in particular. Their was a man who treated Lincoln with more cruelty than anyone ever had. His name was Edwin Stanton and he said of Lincoln that he was a low cunning clown and had nothing but venom to say
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 24, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [God Is Just One Squeal Away, Citation: Rod Cooper, "Worship or Worry?" Preaching Today, Tape No. 108.]
We raised pigs. 
We raised about a thousand pigs a year. 
In one field we had two or three hundred little oinkers running around. 
Every day, at four in the morning, as I’d walk into the field
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GOD ALONE BE PRAISED
"But I entreat those who believe in and fear God, whoever deigns to examine or receive this document composed by the obviously unlearned sinner Patrick in Ireland, that nobody shall ever ascribe to my ignorance any trivial thing that I achieved or may have expounded that was
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 4, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It had been years since I had seen a dentist so I meekly decided to inquire of the dentist in the building next to my apartment.  From the moment I walked in, I sensed there was something different.  As I was filling out the paperwork, I began confessing my lack of dental care.  I finally blurted
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 7, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A Philosopher named Haserot, once observed Dutch housewives wrapping their household belongings in pieces of canvas. Upon closer examination he discovered that the women were wrapping their goods in actual paintings by the Dutch artist Rembrandt. 
  These women saw a
                    
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                    Contributed by Mathews Itty on Mar 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In our native church in India, we have a system of giving testimonies on Sundays. Any believer could stand up and say what God has done for them in the past week. There was an old lady, who used to give her testimony almost every Sunday. Whenever she stood, she had one particular song to sing
                    
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                    “Grandpa walked into the family room and found his little grandson, Jeffy, standing up in his playpen, crying.
“He looked so pitiful, standing there in his little baseball T-shirt and diaper. His face was red and tear-stained from crying. When Jeffy saw his grandpa, his face lit up in a way that
                    
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                    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One Sunday after church a pastor noticed that one of the men was wearing a lapel pin that had a bulldog on it. He was wearing it because he worked for Mack Truck and the bulldog is their logo, but the pastor didn’t know that.
So when he asked, "Frank, why are you wearing a pin of a bulldog?" 
Frank
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim George on Aug 20, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Adrian Rodgers, the well-known pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, tells the story of a young man who came up to him one Sunday morning after the message. “Man,” the young man remarked, “this Christian life is really hard!” Dr. Rodgers wisely replied, “No, son. It’s not hard, it’s
                    
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