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                    CELEBRATION FIRES
During the dark winter of 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia, the Confederate army of Robert E. Lee faced the Union divisions of General Ulysses S. Grant. Late one evening one of Lee's generals, Major General George Pickett, received word that his wife had given birth to a beautiful
                    
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                    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    Pastor Dave Kinney said, "When change comes from man, that’s reformation, but when change comes from God, that’s transformation. When man depends on man to change - that
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
                
                
                
                    RICK WARREN AND COLOSSIANS 3:2
Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life book earned $9 million in first quarter of its release. Rick told God he didn’t need the money, it wasn’t about the money. What did he do? He searched the Bible. Here’s his answer to his interview with David Kuo of Beliefnet. 
"I
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ISAAC WATTS
Isaac Watts was a genius. At four years of age, he had learned Latin, at nine Greek, at 11 French, and at 13 years old, Hebrew. His poetic re-working of the Psalms was magnificent. 
Unfortunately for poor Isaac, he was not a looker. His one chance at love came and went with a young
                    
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                    Cymbala shares in his book, "Fresh Power":
"But just as there are people who watch from the bleachers and never know the challenge of competing on the court, we have millions of churchgoers who sit in pews every week without ever entering the game. They sacrifice nothing, strain toward no ministry
                    
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                    I heard the story of a young man who told his pastor that the Lord had called him into the ministry.  And for several months he was busy in the work of the Lord, serving in the pulpit, leading Bible studies, going to prayer meeting, and so on.  But then all of a sudden, he stopped coming to church.
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 3, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Kaiser Medical has a slogan called, "Thrive": They are promoting health as more than just getting by, but living well. Knowing God is not just about getting by, or even getting to heaven. There must be more! His Spirit
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 9, 2009
                
                
                
                    We recently watched a DVD about prestidigitation. It was called The Prestige and was based on the idea that every illusion has three acts. The first act is "The Pledge" where the magician shows you something very simple and ordinary, though it rarely is. The second act is "The Turn" where something
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
                
                
                
                    JONI'S STORY
Joni Eareckson Tada is an American Christian author, artist, and founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an "organization accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community". She wrote an autobiography entitled Joni and appeared in a film of the same name.  She has a daily radio
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
                
                
                
                    LOYALTY TO GOD OR OURSELVES?
When I was in seminary, I had some conversations with some fellow students, with a good mentor and friend Ron Mabry, with a Dr. Stafford and the credentialing team in Indiana. Through these interactions God was speaking to me and asking me where my loyalties to lie? Is
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 25, 2009
                
                
                
                    ONE MAN FOR ALL
A small village was about to be attacked by their enemies.  A young man who the enemy was looking for ran into the village to hide.  The enemy threatened to kill everyone if they did not give up the man.  They asked the village elders what to do.  They determined it was better that
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    Re: Heb 10:20
The word “new” in vs 20 is, in the original language, “freshly slain”.  In other words, God sees the shed blood of His Son, the perfect sacrifice, as fresh always.  It is as though JUST NOW, Jesus died for us.  It is as though JUST NOW He bore the stripes on His back and the thorns on
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 6, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We talk a lot about serving and worshiping Jesus.  But to be able to serve Him, or worship Him, we must know exactly who He is and what He offers.  Here is the Jesus I know:
····   Jesus is Christ.  He is the living Son of the living God.  
····   He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
                
                
                
                    GOD DOESN'T GIVE TRIP-TIKS
You remember the AAA Trip-Tiks? You flip page by page and it showed every mile, every hotel you were going to stay at, and every sight you would see. I remember sitting in the back of my parents' car just watching mile after mile go by. And even though I knew what was
                    
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