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                    In the movie,  The Secret Garden, the young boy Colin thinks he’s an invalid.  He can’t bear the strong light of day, the clean open air.   He believes those things will infect his lungs and snatch his life.  he believes he’s destined to be everlastingly bedridden or, in the few struggling moments
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A young couple rented a vacation cottage for a week. One afternoon the husband looked out a window at the swimming pool and exclaimed, "Let’s change our clothes and go get some exercise!" His wife, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen and looking out the window watching some people play
                    
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                    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 14, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table.  His father had left for Europe when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                
                    CHOOSING A NEW SETTING
The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few
                    
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                    Contributed by Philip Gill on Jan 13, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a preacher in 19th century Scandinavia who, in the vestry one Sunday morning, heard that the King would be present at worship.  Understandably rattled he ditched his well prepared sermon and spoke  on and on about the Christian virtues of their King.  Even though the King said nothing
                    
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                    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HE CHOSE THE NAILS 
Max Lucado writes:  
	...God’s list contains the name of every person who ever lived.  For this is the scope of his love.  And this is the reason for the cross.  He loves the world.
	"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (John 3:16 NLT)
	As boldly as the center
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A reporter once asked Tom Landry, successful coach of the Dallas Cowboys, “What makes a champion?”  His answer was power-packed.  He said, “A champion is simply someone who didn’t give up when he wanted to.”  He went on to explain: “Success is not accidental.  We learn how to achieve.”
Tom Landry
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Mar 5, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Once there was a father with a son who was lazy. He tried to convince his son that he should join him in the work on his farm. The son was not convinced. The father was actually worried, how his son would earn his living after his death. Therefore, before his death, the father called his son and
                    
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                    Story:
The eagles is an interesting bird. It makes its nest from briars and thorns and then inlays the nest with animal skin, to stop the thorns and briars hurting the newly hatched eaglets. For the eaglets, this is the life. Mum brings the food and the eaglets hangs around the nest getting fat.
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a pastor from a small rural congregation who visited an old farmer from time to time in an attempt to share the gospel with him.  Each time the farmer would tell the pastor, "I believe in God.  It is impossible not to when you look around at the beauty of this earth and the way in which
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 1, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire, left $1 million for one of his relatives, who in return cursed Carnegie thoroughly because he had left $365 million to public charities and had cut him off with just one measly million.
Samuel Leibowitz, criminal lawyer and judge, saved 78 men from the
                    
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                    Contributed by Jason  Powers on May 3, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Lordship is like "leader" or "director." I think of it like a personal piano teacher. Your teacher knows your skills and knows how to get you to the next level because they’ve been there before. They may have you do drills or exercises that will help you get stronger or more dexterity in your
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As a kid growing up in Johnstown, PA I was fascinated by the electric trolley cars that hauled people around the city.  As big as they were, the trolley car was powerless until the conductor hooked it up to the cable.  Moreover, the trolley could run only along the route determined by the trolley
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 19, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Turning Point (from Our Daily Bread)
The surrender of one’s will to Jesus is essential to a life of joy and victory. Oswald Chambers called this “giving up my right to myself.” We hold nothing back—no earthly life, no material gain, no pride-filled position—but simply say, “Jesus, do with my life
                    
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                    A sea captain once related a thrilling incident from his own experience.
  A few years ago he was sailing by the island of Cuba when the cry ran through the ship, ’Man overboard!’  It was impossible to steer the ship in time, so he seized a rope and threw it over the ship’s stern, crying out to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HOW REAL IS YOUR FOOD?
James Boice puts it this way: 
“Is he as real to you spiritually as something you can taste or handle? Is he as much a part of you as that which you can eat? Do not think me blasphemous when I say that he must be real and as useful to you as a hamburger and French fries. I
                    
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                    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Aug 20, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A little boy was asked, "What is a saint?" He replied, "A saint is a person who lets the light shine through." Evidently he got this idea by watching the sun shine through the prophets and other great people of God in the stained-glass windows of his church. But he was certainly not far off base. A
                    
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