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Years ago, when I was a student pastor, one of my members really caught me off guard. One night after Bible study, she stopped me on the front steps of the church and said, “I want to give you some flowers”. I was puzzled because I did not see any flowers. Of course, she was not talking about
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United Methodist
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 2, 2003
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British author C.S. Lewis had a conversion on a roadway. He’d started out as an atheist, with a strong dislike of church; yet the more he considered the Scriptures, the more he realized that the Gospels were truth, not myths. “Nothing else in all literature was just like this,” he admitted.
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Congregational
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004
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Your brain makes up only about 2% of your body weight, but it uses about 25% of the oxygen within your blood. Why does your brain require one fourth of your body’s need for oxygen? Because it is always active. In addition to controlling the function of your body, the brain cells and nerve fibers
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Assembly Of God
At the end of the nineteenth century, a boxer named “Gentlemen Jim” Corbett, held the heavyweight championship title for the world for five consecutive years. When someone asked him what the key to it was, he answered with these words: “Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 12, 2005
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Temptation and evil are parts of life. We pray in this petition that God will guard us from its disastrous effects and help us stand against it. Unfortunately many of us follow the example of the majority of people and follow the path of least resistance. We yield. In the lake of life, we are Brown
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Lutheran
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3. Columbus success actually destroyed his integrity and Christian character and according to Marshall and Manuel: 3 self-centered evil motives invaded his life and the result was God’s way was driven out of his life for a long time and his own self-centered and ego driven way took control.
a. The
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
A 12 year old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnaped from her family . Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her 7 day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder Who knows what kind of situation she would have ended up in if that
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 8, 2011
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Do you know anyone famous? Maybe relatives or ancestors who did something incredible?
Once I worked part time at a luxury condo in Minneapolis as a security guard letting residents in and out of the complex. One late night a man entered whom I didn't recognize. As he began walking
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tim White on Feb 15, 2013
FALLEN WORLD
Crime rate, growth in atrocities of crime, world tension, wars (and as the Bible predicted, rumors of wars), growth and mutation of illnesses, viruses and diseases. Our great grandparents had not concept of Aids. Our nation’s founders never heart of Ebola, the flesh eating disease.
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of a British colonel, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where that troop of British
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Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 9, 2008
THE GIRL AND THE LIONS
A 12-year-old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnapped from her family. Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her seven-day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder; who knows what kind of situation she would
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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the pumpkin
"What it’s like to be a Christian ? "
A lady had recently been baptized. One of her
coworkers asked her what it was like to be a
Christian. She was caught off guard and didn’t
know how to answer. But, when she looked up,
she saw a jack-o’-lantern on the desk and
answered, "It’s
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 15, 2024
DADS -
Dads are
trustworthy and strong,
accepting their lead,
giving words of truth,
sharing wisdom seed.
Dads are
courageous and brave,
chasing fears away;
they are living examples,
walking right each day.
Dads are
devoted and true,
showing us the way,
mindful of their deeds,
guarding words
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Baptist
Contributed by Ray Ellis on Mar 22, 2002
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A story in the Denver Post came out in 1958 that illustrates self-less love.
June 7, 1958 the Air National Guard’s jet precision team was performing outside of Dayton, Ohio. Five precision flyers made up the Minute Men team. Colonel Walt Williams was the leader of the Denver-based F-86 Sabre-jet
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Ken Schlenker on Aug 7, 2002
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Humility was a Hebrew word meaning the lowering of the Nile River. Now I know a lot of Egyptians friends that use to come through Galilee and we would talk and they would tell me that the Nile River meant everything to them. They were totally dependent upon it. When the Nile River went down so
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