Contributed by Charles Dupree on Dec 9, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As pastor of a small country church in the bluegrass hills of Kentucky, I often visited with people of the community by sitting on the front porch with a cup of coffee accompanied with a piece of home made pie.  
This particular occasion was no different until the gentlemen, Buster, with whom I
                    
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                    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 4, 2012
                
                
                
                    STEPPING IN HIS BIG TRACKS
I remember once when we had a two-foot snow in Smyrna, Tennessee— something rare even then. I’d gone out into the snow early that morning and it was really futile, because the snow was so deep and so soft that when I stepped down into the snow, the snow went so far up my
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    STEP BY STEP
He does not lead me year by year
Nor even day by day, 
But step by step my path unfolds;
My Lord directs my way. 
Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, 
I only know this minute;
But He will say, "This is the way, 
By faith now walk in it."
And I am glad that it is so, 
Today’s enough to
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 6, 2009
                
                
                
                    FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF CHRIST
"Believers will never suffer for others' salvation, including their own.  But they will suffer for Christ's sake, and His example is their standard for a God-honoring response.  The word translated 'example' is hupogrammon, which literally means 'writing under' and
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 22, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ON THE STEPS OF THE ALTAR
C S Lewis in his "Screwtape Letters", the imaginary account of a senior devil giving the benefit of his experience to fellow tempters, has Screwtape saying:
"Religion can still send us the truly delicious sins.  The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FORGOTTEN STEPS
A man who was not an architect decided to draw the plans for his new home.  He was very proud of what he had done.  He hired a builder with the firm understanding that he would follow the blueprints exactly.  "You may not like my plans, but they suit me.  So don't even try to
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Author Max Lucado said:
“If there are a thousand steps between us and God, he will take all but one.  He will leave
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Giant steps 
Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges. 
Katie Lynch, 26, practicing for Monday’s Boston Marathon with a special Walker.  (Globe Staff Photo / JohnTlumacki)
By John Vellante, Globe Staff, 4/14/01
WAYLAND 
Her life -- all 26-plus years of it -- has been one challenge after
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 26, 2010
                
                
                
                    ONE SMALL STEP
As a boy he was active in the Boy Scouts, and had earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was only the second person in his family to attend college. In 1950, a week after his 20th birthday, he became a Naval Aviator and then later an ASTRONAUT.
Watching television as the dramatic
                    
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                    Opening Illustration from Step Mom: 
    Scene were the dad explains to the children what happened to his and their mothers love for one another. He misrepresents what Love really is. But this scene shows that the world does not know what true love is.
    Luke explains to his children why he and
                    
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                    THINK STEPS, NOT PROGRAMS
In his book, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Andy Stanley writes: "Think Steps, Not Programs" (p. 88). The idea is this: Instead of having a strategic vision that focuses on programs, you have a strategic vision of a people-process, a pathway that takes people from
                    
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                    GIVING: A STEP TO REVIVAL
Today we are focusing our attention on the second step to revival: GIVING. We all say we want revival, but many throw away the second step - but you cannot have revival without taking the second step to revival. 
This step impacts the life and effectiveness of our
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The soldier walks 21 steps. On the 21st step he turns and faces the tomb he is guarding. He does this for 21 seconds. The soldier then turns to head back the other direction. He moves his rifle to his outside shoulder away from the tomb. After 21 seconds he walks 21 steps and repeats the process
                    
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                    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    Watch Your Step
As a child, my second home was a baby-sitters house.  My father worked on rotating shifts as a policeman, so often times we even slept there.  My sitter was one BIG lady - over 300lbs.  After many times of wetting her bed, she took away my bed sleeping privileges and forced me to
                    
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