Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragementIt is easy to laugh at mens ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Teens Under God: According to an American Bible Society study, 82.4% of teens think the words “under God” belong in the Pledge of Allegiance. 63% say they think about the words while they are reciting the pledge. 71.8% think students should be allowed to pray in
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Contributed by Eric Ledermann on Jul 23, 2002
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Poem by Will Carleton
“Boys flying kites haul in
their white-winged birds;
You can’t do that way when
you’re flying words:
‘Careful with fire,’ is good advice
we know,
‘Careful with words,’ is ten times
doubly so.
Thoughts expressed
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Contributed by David Dewitt on May 12, 2008
Our society has adopted the use of an ancient Greek word as a type of prefix. The Greek word is mega which means great. Think about it. We use mega a great deal.
• Mega-mall
• Megabytes
• Mega-size drinks
• Megachurches
I argue that we need to be people
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Church Of God
Contributed by Michael Walther on Aug 29, 2011
KABASH
Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
I love the Hebrew word for "subdue." You may have actually heard it before. It is the word "kabash." Looking ahead to Jesus,
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Lutheran
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 30, 2007
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Most of our adult lives are spent working. If a person works outside the home for eight hours a day and five days a week, then you work 2,080 hours a year. There are only 8,760 hours in a year, and if you spend the same amount of time sleeping as you do working, you only have 4,600 hours remaining.
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on May 29, 2001
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Erle Stanley Gardner tells about his early days as a writer of Western stories:
“When a writer is writing at three cents a word, he is painfully conscious of the number of words. In fact, when I was typing my own stories. I had an adding machine device connected to the space bar of my typewriter,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
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Here are some questions you can ask to zero in on your core values.
• If I knew that tomorrow would be the last full day of my life, how would I spend the day?
• At the end of my life, what do I want to look back and say I’ve accomplished?
• If a list of adjectives were compiled to describe my
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’Twas the month before Christmas when all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying nor taking a stand.
Why the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
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Baptist
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 2, 2006
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In 1975 when I assumed my duties as the Pastor of a church in Indiana, I was delighted to see brand new Bibles placed in each pew. When I opened one to see what version it was, I was dumbfounded by what I saw. In large, red letters these words were stamped inside the front cover,
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Contributed by Philip Kruis on Dec 17, 2001
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Here’s an interesting fact that a study revealed several years ago but I imagine still holds true today: 7% of the impact of a speaker’s message comes through his words, 38% springs from the speaker’s tone of voice, and 55% from non-verbals. If this is true, that only 7% of what we say
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Contributed by James Buchanan on Mar 27, 2003
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Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and
now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had
much ambition.
The successful one said, "How has everything been going with you?"
"Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition. The successful one said, “How has everything been going for you?”
“Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my finger
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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