Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
LOVE THEM LIKE JESUS
Dr Tom Hermiz in his book on Holiness tells of being in a motel room in Columbus Ohio before preaching three times on Sunday at a missionary conference. The people in the next room had a loud party, and at 1 am he called the front desk, and they called the room. But it was
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
ASK JESUS TO COME TO YOUR MARRIAGE
Some years ago on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an 8 year old boy from West Virginia and who was rescued from a coal mine was a guest. Through their conversation it became obvious he went to church a lot, so Johnny asked him if he attended Sunday school
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
Then there are the thorns which Jesus says are the wealth and cares of the world. Providing for your family, working, spending, the economy, getting more stuff, getting the stuff paid for and so on are all part of the tension of living in this world while being a proper steward of our blessings.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009
GRAFTED TO JESUS AND ONE ANOTHER
Grafting is done for several purposes, but most commonly in the olive oil industry it is to get the hardy roots of one variety with the fecundity of another variety. The whole point of grafting is that each part of the grafted tree keeps its original character. The
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010
Rick Warren about his dad- My father was a minister for over 50 years, serving in small churches. His favorite activity was taking teams of volunteers overseas to build church buildings for small congregations. In his lifetime, Dad built over 150 churches around the world. In 1999, my father
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010
HAVE YOU FOUND JESUS?
One Sunday afternoon there was a drunken man who was staggering down a country path. He came upon a baptismal service at a pond. There were many to be baptized that day and the drunk, not knowing what was going on, got in the line to be baptized. Finally it was the drunk's
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 8, 2010
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Jesus’ love is not a pampering love; it is a perfecting love. It is not a love motivated by man’s will, but by the Father’s plan.
Why did Jesus delay going to Bethany? Why does He ever seem to delay in answering any prayer? Why does He seem to delay His coming on the clouds of
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Orthodox
Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 14, 2011
THE LION KING: JESUS' CHURCH
Disney's movie "The Lion King" features a young lion named Simba who is destined to rule the jungle but finds himself "on the outs." As the story opens, his father takes him to "Pride Rock" (the equivalent of a throne) and shows him his inheritance ... he would rule as
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Nazarene
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
JESUS KNOWS US BY NAME
Names convey a sense of who we are and how others relate to us. "The Lord has called Me from the womb; ...He has made mention of My name" (Isa. 49:1).
At the Korean Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, the people seldom refer to one another by their first name. They speak
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
JESUS SAVES ME NOW
The old version used to tell us that He was able to keep us from falling. The new version, giving a closer rendering of the Greek, tells us that He is able to guard us from stumbling. So He can. So He will. But we must trust Him. Moment by moment we must look into His face, and
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WHY JESUS USED PARABLES
The following thoughts reveal why Jesus used the parabolic method (They are adapted from - All the Parables of The Bible by Herbert Lockyer).
• Parables attract attention and when fully understood are sure to be remembered. They are a great help for our short-term
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2020
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One woman writes: Our fourth grader celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. I asked our sixth-grader, Noah, to help his brother carry them in. I could,” he said, but
I’d prefer not to. ”Spotting a teaching moment, my husband asked Noah, What
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And Jesus Loved Them All------
I saw a sea of faces in a dream I had one day
and millions stood before a throne
whose sins were washed away
from every tribe and every land
they all had heard the call
the rich, the poor, the black, the white
and Jesus loved them all.
He loved them with their many
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Assembly Of God