A farmer got saved and on the side of his barn he had a big sign which read "chew mail pouch." He realized it had to go. So he painted it white and then big letters which read "JESUS SAVES!" But in a few months the rain began to wash the cheap paint off and the "chew
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Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 11, 2004
A lad was told by his mother not to play near a certain pond. One day the temptation was so much that the lad fell into the pond. He knew what he had done was wrong, so he grabbed his writing slate and wrote Dear mother i am sorry i have been bad. if you forgive me please rub it out. Back came the
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Sir Edmund Hillary and his Nepalese guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to make the historic climb of Mount Everest in 1953. Coming down from the mountain peak, Sir Edmund suddenly lost his footing. Tenzing held the line taut and kept them both from falling by digging his ax into the
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In his book Dare to Believe, Dan Baumann illustrates the unique experience of knowing that something is ours, yet longing to enjoy it more fully. He explained that at Christmas time he would always do a lot of snooping, trying to find the gift --wrapped presents and figure out what was in them.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2005
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Billy Graham tells … the … story about his grandmother. When she died, “the room seemed to fill with a heavenly light. She sat up in bed and almost laughingly said, ‘I see Jesus. He has His arms outstretched toward me. I see Ben [her husband who had died some years earlier] and I see angels.’”
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Contributed by Jamey Reynolds on Jan 18, 2005
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A college professor once asked his class to imagine making a decision in regards to an unborn child. He described the child that he would be born blind, deaf, and possessing other physical infirmities. Asked what they would do, and the entire class responded--to abort the baby. The professor
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
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Derek Prince writes about his experience as a medic in World War II:
A British soldier had come into our reception station with a shrapnel wound caused by a bomb exploding near him. He took off his shirt, exposing a small puncture wound in one shoulder. The edge of the wound was slightly black.
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Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
William Gurnall in his book "The Christian In Complete Armour" writes:
"Ask faith to look through the keyhole of the promise and tell you what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; ask it to listen and tell you whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints receiving the reward
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 2, 2005
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Joseph White, in his book The Troubled Adolescent says that 1 in 8 teens between 12 and 18 will run away at least once. The majority, he notes, are white girls, either 15 or 16, who have never had trouble with the
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Feb 6, 2005
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In his book “Winning With People” author John Maxwell tells this story, “Three sons left home to make their fortunes and did very well. One day, the three competitive brothers got back together to discuss the gifts that they were giving their elderly mother.
The first said, “I built a big house
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“The Evil one is willing to sacrifice all his false prophets in the city of Babylon if he can destroy four of God’s faithful servants.” - Wiersbe, Warren, Be Resolute
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Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
WHAT HE HEARD HIS WIFE SAY, "You’re way too stupid to be trusted driving alone in bad weather at your age."
WHAT SHE ACTUALLY SAID, "Drive carefully, dear."
WHAT HE HEARD HIS WIFE SAY, "Honey, why don’t you put your head in a vice and I’ll turn the handle until your skull explodes."
WHAT SHE
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 20, 2009
In his book, Integrity, Ted Engstrom told this story: For Coach Cleveland Stroud and the Bulldogs of Rockdale County High School (Conyers, Georgia), it was their championship season. They had 21 wins and 5 losses on the way to the Georgia boys’ basketball tournament in March, then a dramatic
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Christian guitarist Phil Keaggy, in his song "A Time and a Place," said, "Said the robin to the sparrow,
I would really like to know Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so. Said the sparrow to the robin,
Friend, I think
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