There is no greater priority than this: to enable the people of our time once more to encounter God, the God who speaks to us and shares his love so that
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 22, 2002
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Probably no foreigner exerted greater leadership over the people of Shaohsing, China, in the early twentieth century than Dr. Claude H. Barlow. This self-effacing medical missionary was the personification of a God-influenced life.
A strange disease for which he knew no remedy was killing the
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 3, 2005
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The poor are much greater givers than the rich. Did you know that? According to U.S. News and World Report, the poorest households in America gave 5.5% of their income to charity last year. The wealthiest households gave only 2.9%. According to the magazine Confident Living,
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PRAYING TOGETHER: GREATER THAN THE SUM OF OUR PARTS
Someone wrote, "At a horse-pull in Canada, one horse pulled 9,000 pounds, another pulled 8,000 pounds. Together, we might assume that they could pull 17,000 pounds. However, when harnessed together these mighty steeds pulled 30,000 pounds, over
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Some choices carry greater consequences than others. A student nurse came into the hospital room to give her 79-year-old patient a shot. She asked him,
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United Methodist
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LOVED, TO BE LOVE
One of the neatest gifts I've ever received was this little, hand towel. I was given this during my seminary commencement, and have cherished it ever since. The towel has a little saying on it: "Blessed to be a blessing" Isaiah 61:1. Isaiah 61:1-2 says: "The Spirit of the
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