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We think that God wants us to try something on our own first, and then come to him in prayer for help only after we’ve worked at it and can’t figure it out. We hear the saying, “God helps those who help themselves” and think it’s true. Many people even believe it’s in the Bible. It’s not. It
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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BACK TO BASICS
There is a story circulated about the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi. As many of you know Vince Lombardi strove for excellence on and off of the field. He demanded it of himself and of his players.
Well, as the story goes during his last season as head
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
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A man working in the produce department was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, "Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that’s how we sell them!"
"You mean," she persisted, "that after all the years I’ve shopped here, you won’t sell me
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
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JAMES DOBSON ON HALLOWEEN
Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?"
"Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to
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Contributed by John Knight on Jan 31, 2003
Several years ago, in Long Beach, California, a fellow went into a fried chicken place and bought a couple of chicken dinners for himself and his date late one afternoon. The young woman at the counter inadvertently gave him the proceeds from the day-a whole bag of money (much of it cash) instead
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Holiness
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as “the dark hour of his soul.”
Eliot’s mother gave him this
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
I remember when I first left school at 16 with no qualifications, yet I got a job and earnt a living what could I do with all the extra income I had? My mother told me to take driving lessons. I had 26 lessons in all, it was money well spent it was intense but I devoted myself to passing the test.
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Baptist
Contributed by Gary Landsberg on Dec 16, 2006
It is like the wise Native American, who was sitting by the camp fire at night, with his grandson, when his grandson asked; “grandfather, as I grow older, I find a battle raging within me. It is like the bear and the wolf are fighting. The bear wants to do good, but the wolf who is bad
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Steve Smith on Feb 26, 2007
S.D. Gordon tells of a spring storm that broke a large limb on his cherry tree. Although it hung by a very small strand, to his surprise the blossoms came anyway. Later some fruit began to grow as it did on the other branches.
He noticed, however, that only those in full contact with the tree
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2007
On our third floor, you will find a Carpet Ball Table… The original surfaced for Camp Emmanuel in the early 1990’s. We thought about building one since then…one man measured, another man measured, even I measured and intended to build it. But it was never built.
Finally, in 2006 -- over a dozen
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 28, 2008
CHARLOTTE'S WEB: TEMPLETON THE RAT
How many of you have seen or read Charlottes Web? Remember the rat? He was a very resourceful fellow, but do you remember what he always wanted to know whenever he was asked to contribute to saving the pig? "What’s in it for me?” He didn’t care about others
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002
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One morning the Pope and Jessie Jackson were having a summit on a lake in a boat about two miles off shore. Reporters were watching these leaders from the shore line and were taking notes to be used in a news article the next day. All of a sudden the wind began to grow fierce and blew off the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS EVERYTHING
Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value:
Mend a quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, “I love you.”
Give something away—anonymously.
Forgive someone who has treated you wrong.
Turn away wrath with a soft answer.
Visit someone
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