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                    A Sunday school was putting on a Christmas pageant which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn. One boy wanted very much to be Joseph. But when the parts were handed out, a boy he didn’t like was given the part, and he was assigned to be the inn-keeper instead. He was pretty upset
                    
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                    One year a Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant. 
One little boy really wanted the part of Joseph.
However, when the parts were handed out, the part of Joseph was given to a boy he detested.  
Instead, he was assigned to play the inn-keeper instead. 
The little boy was pretty upset
                    
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                    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 2, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn.  One boy wanted so very much to be Joseph, but when the parts were handed out, a boy he didn’t like was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn-keeper instead.  He was pretty
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 11, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illus.:  “The Furnace Keeper”
One of the ancient kings of Persia loved to mingle with his people in disguise.  Once, dressed as a poor man, he descended the long flight of stairs, dark and damp to the tiny cellar where the fireman, seated on ashes, was tending the furnace..  The king sat down
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 19, 2006
                
                
                
                    4 Passion keepers are:
A.	Have a Passion for Worship.
B.	Have a Passion for the Word.
C.	Have a Passion for Prayer and communion
                    
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                    The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We've turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. 
Occasionally I take some fish out
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    That there was no room in the inn was symbolic of what was to happen to Jesus. The only place there
                    
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                    One of my favorite Christmas stories, is about a 7th-grade boy by the name of William Spurling. William Spurling was big for his age, & a little slow mentally. But he was a good boy & all the kids liked him. In fact, they wanted him for a friend because he was big enough to take their part if they
                    
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The Road to Emmaus
The scene: A table in the Inn in Emmaus – with a big sign on the Table saying “The Good Samaritan Inn in Emmaus” 
Luke and Cleopas seated around a Table
Cleopas and Luke start talking:
Cleopas: Luke, Where’s he gone – he was standing right there and puff  - He just
                    
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                    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of coastline received oil once a month to keep his light burning. Not begin far from a village, he had frequent guests. One night a woman needed oil to keep her family warm. Another night a father needed oil for his lamp. Then another needed oil to
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Several years ago at a Promise Keepers conference, Dennis Rainey placed animal traps on stage. They were big ones too. Bear traps and even an African safari large animal trap that took two men to open. There were a dozen or so traps, and he set or opened them all. Then Dennis Rainey had a father
                    
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