Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication.
Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand
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Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 8, 2010
A pastor told of a woman in his church that had the spiritual gift of service and mercy. Over and over she was used in situations that brought great honor to the Lord. There was a woman in the community with eight children. The terrible news came to this mother that her husband had been killed
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I was told by a wonderful woman who had married a negro man after falling in love with him during the 1940s. She met him in Pittsburg, PA, and later moved to Chicago, IL for the safety of their family. Her father was filled with bitterness and anger and defaced her from the will. He disowned her
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The Gift of Us
Marjorie Tallcott was married and had one child during the Great Depression. The family managed to scrape their way through, but as Christmas approached one year Marjorie and her husband were disappointed that they would not be able to buy any presents. A week before Christmas they
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2007
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[The Point: Living for God is more than a one-time, verbal declaration, it is an on-going, intentional lifestyle.]
Once upon a time, in a country far, far away where Christianity was not allowed, there lived a very wise old man.
One day, a woman in terrible distress came to him to ask
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I sincerely respected, admired, and appreciated CBS 2 Chicago’s morning anchor Randy Salerno, who was tragically killed in a snowmobile accident on Thursday, January 24, 2008, in the Eagle River Area of Wisconsin, only 20 days after his forty-fifth birthday. That morning I had watched him on the
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
ACCEPTING OR COMPLAINING
In 2002, Lisa Beamer was interviewed by a writer for Today’s Christian Woman. She was asked "What happened to you on 9-11?" Lisa gave some details of the early part of that day and then says, "As soon as I heard that (it had been her husband’s flight), I cried out 'No!'
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2001
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In October of 1996, Linda Pugach bailed her husband, Burton, 69, out of jail after his arrest for threatening to kill his mistress of five years. Linda and Burton go way back. In 1959, she was blinded in both eyes by a lye attack arranged by Burton after she spurned his marriage proposal. He was
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Contributed by Rick Davis on Jun 11, 2003
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MARRIAGE JOKES
1. Marriage made in Heaven — So is thunder in lightening!!
2. Love is a dream — Marriage is an alarm clock
3. A honeymoon is a Short Pause - between - I Do and You Better
4. Lady went to get a divorce—
Lawyer: “Do you have ground?”
Lady: “About 2 acres”
Lawyer: “Do
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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THE WHOLE EAST COAST
While our friends from India traveled around California on business, they left their 11 year-old daughter with us. Curious about my going to church one Sunday morning, she decided to come along. When we returned home, my husband asked her what she thought of the service.
"I
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Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
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Some Things To Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving.
1. Be thankful for automatic dishwashers. They make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family come in for their after-dinner snacks.
2. Be thankful for husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house. They usually make them big
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 6, 2009
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"TAKE ONE OF US HOME"
I heard about the couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. When the festivities were over, the woman turned to her husband and said, "We’ve been miserable for 50 years. We’ve fought every day. We’ve disagreed on nearly everything, and I am convinced that we can’t
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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"HAVE FAITH"
My husband, Ron, once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught them to ‘have faith’ that is to believe
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Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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One morning there was a terrible snowstorm and so here was this mother of three small children outside shoveling snow out of the driveway. A neighbor also shoveling snow at the same time yells out to her, “Why isn’t your husband outside helping you with this chore?” Well, she said, “Someone
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Surprised to see an empty seat at the Super Bowl stadium, a diehard fan remarked about it to a woman sitting nearby.
"It was my husband's," the woman explained, "But he died." "I'm very sorry," said the man. Then he continued.
"Yet, I'm really
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