Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
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Quote. (John Maxwell)
Do It Anyway!
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. – Love them anyway!
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. – Do good anyway!
If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies. – Succeed anyway!
The good you do
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Now this topic was no more popular in that day than it is now. In fact, for a lot of people AVOIDING work is the only work they want to do. I saw a comic strip where 2 men were passing by a store with a sign in the window that read: NO HELP WANTED.
One
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Contributed by Darren Rogers on Sep 6, 2007
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A wood carver one day was carving a piece of wood, having many beautiful pieces already finished around him. What beautiful work he could do. Someone asked him how he did such wonderful work. The woodcarver
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2011
EXTRA CREDIT
Extra credit is an academic concept, particularly used in American schools. Students are offered the opportunity to undertake extra work in addition to their mandatory school work. Many times extra credit can be used as a way to allow a student to
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Blackaby states this about “Experiencing God” from his book by the same name:
1. Jesus said, “The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name. He will teach you all things” (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit of God will be your personal Teacher. He is the One who will guide you to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
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Notice, it doesn’t say, “If a man CAN not work.” No. It says, “If a man WILL not work, he shall not eat.” Those who cannot work, for whatever reason, we have an obligation to help. But those who WILL not work should go to work so they can eat.
Pastor John Beukema, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,
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I went fishing one time with my uncle out on the sound in North Carolina. He had a boat and he used to set nets in the morning and go back in the late afternoon to get his fish.
In this particular case, there had been a run of fish that he couldn’t stand, a type of shad. He wanted croakers and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Maybe I can illustrate this with something a little whimsical. God knows we need whimsical in these bleak times I am remembering my grandmother and what a wonderful cook she was. We looked forward to holidays when we would be invited to her house for a delightful meal. But every Thanksgiving, every
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
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TIME EQUALS MONEY?
In his 1970 book "The Harried Leisure Class," Staffan Linder challenged the notion that time equals money. More money, he said, means more shopping and therefore less time. More recently, Juliet Schor argued in "The Overworked American" that the American workweek has been
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
Air Conditioner.
First house we owned was quite old and a lot of things didn’t work quite right.
Our air conditioner broke every year.
It would cool down the house then, become a heater heat it up, then cool it down.
Not how an air conditioner should work.
First year called the company who had
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Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
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George Barna does a great deal of research in religious circles. In surveys taken a few years ago (1996 and 1997), he found some amazing facts. Most Americans, including many professing Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as
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Contributed by T. Scott Womble on Jul 27, 2010
There’s an old story that the Jewish rabbis tell. As the story goes, one day a rabbi asked his servant to go and buy some good food for him in the market. When the servant returned home, he presented the rabbi with a tongue.
The next day, the rabbi told the servant to go the market and buy some
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AN ATHEIST DEFENDS EVANGELISM IN AFRICA
I would like to conclude by reading you an article – that Andrew sent to me - from the Sunday Times dated 27th December 2008 written by Matthew Parris:
December 27, 2008
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As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Missionaries, not aid
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