Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
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We often lose our joy
Well I brought some joy with me this morning
Joy detergent, Almond Joy, Joystick
What happens when you run out of Joy?
You have an empty bottle, all you have left is Almond, and you video game doesn’t work.
Life just isn’t as good when you run out of joy
Maybe you are here
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
No House Without Sorrow
Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. He said to her, “I will give you back your son if you will
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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SHAPING TO FIT "UP THERE"
A Christian man who in a time of business recession lost his job. He then also lost a sizable fortune, and his beautiful home. To add to his sorrow, his wife died, and having no children and very few relatives, he found himself very much alone. The man was a Christian and
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 4, 2008
There is an old saying among evangelists: “The hardest work is not getting folks saved, but getting them lost.” John Piper adds: “The hardest thing is not to satisfy thirst, but to make people
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Contributed by Peter Lobmiller on Apr 28, 2008
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• We believe the Bible in its entirety to be the inspired Word of God and the infallible rule of faith and conduct.
• We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the eternal happiness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost.
• We
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 16, 2008
A ship that is moored to a dock by a chain is only as secure as the weakest link in that chain. If a severe storm comes and causes even one link to break, the entire ship breaks away. So it is for those who try to
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
When I was an insurance salesman!
I lost customers because I was honest – wouldn’t miss rate policies.
Just as I had a conviction to be honest and trust God, so must you have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Illustration: A missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reports that recently an African pastor passed through on his way home to Chad, where civil war was raging. "What would you like to take to complete your forty-four pounds of baggage allowance?" asked the missionary. "Sugar? Powdered milk?
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"On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place in Ohio State University’s department of research surgery. A stony sheath was removed from around the heart of Harry Besharra, a man thirty years of age. When only a boy he had been shot accidentally by a
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