Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 2, 2008
There was man who wanted to paint his house, but he couldn’t afford to buy any paint.
So he came up with an plan.
He would volunteer to paint the church for free-if the church would buy the paint.
He would then secretly thin the paint with water, which would give him enough paint to cover both
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Contributed by Amy Bickel on Aug 6, 2008
A few weeks ago I went to make myself a cup of coffee and ended up with one of the strongest cups of coffee I’ve ever had. It was so strong I could only drink about half of it and that was after doctoring it up with sweetener and flavored creamer. The rest I had to dump out.
What made my coffee
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
Iceberg Anger
Do you know what you are feeling? Can you identify why you are feeling the way you are? This is so huge and complicated that it often takes years of intentional effort to figure these things out. And the more messed up we are, the longer and harder and more painful it can be.
An
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 2, 2008
Kite
Once on a time a paper kite
Was mounted to a wondrous height,
Where, giddy with its elevation,
It thus express’d self-admiration:
“See how yon crowds of gazing people
Admire my flight above the steeple;
How would they wonder if they knew
All that a kite like me can do!
Were I but free, I’d
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
Be truthful - you sometimes root for the underdog, don’t you? Whether it’s football, baseball, or basketball; whether it’s college ball or professional players, you root for the underdog, don’t you?
I do too. Except maybe if it’s the home team. These days it seems like if we’re rooting for the
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Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
Anybody who is walking with the Spirit can’t help but to talk about Jesus. What is the Holy Spirit? The witness of Jesus. And Jesus says, “You will be My witness also…” If you can go a month, 2 months, and Jesus’ name doesn’t come up in the workplace, He doesn’t come up in School teenagers, He
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:26: “I do not fight like a man beating the air (NIV).The NLT says, “I am not like a boxer who misses his punches.” A boxer can throw a lot of punches, but if none of them hit the opponent, he will lose the fight. This is one reason a boxer trains so that he punches with
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Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025
My name? Well… I don’t have one anymore.
I used to be a donkey—strong, steady, built for long walks and heavy loads.
But my part in God’s story began after my last bray.
One hot afternoon, I was resting in a field when trouble came.
The Philistines had captured a man named Samson—big, strong, and
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