Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 4, 2009
Verse 14 (where the psalmist calls God awesome and says he needs to fall down to the ground in adoration of God) is often misunderstood, though. There is a scene in a very cynical, satirical movie that applies to the world’s misunderstanding of praise. It is a scene from a Python film called "The
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Our church was saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our most valued members, Someone Else.
Someone’s passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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FAITH IS AN ADVENTURE
Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure.
I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. This happened
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Duke University finds that elderly folks who attend church, pray and read the Bible regularly have lower blood pressure than non practicing peers.
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 12, 2007
“Worship presupposes that God is, that He can be known by man, and that His perfections set Him far above man.” (“Worship” 1987, 1070)
“Worship.” The New International Dictionary
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
Book of Ezra. The idea was that they gathered in unity for the same purpose. Unity is one of the basic foundations for accomplishing a work for God (Phil 2:1-4). Lack of unity is one of the
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
"Get your direction before you try for distance."
-— The Bible Friend (Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations)
"When a man does not know what harbor he is headed for, no wind
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012
TOP TEN ADDICTIONS
The top 10 addictions verify these statements:
Alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling, food, video games, internet, sexual, shopping, work
People succumb to these addictions in search of peace and fulfillment; but fail to realize either one. It is a sad, circular, dangerous, and
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Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 2, 2000
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Brother Andrew tells of being in hospital full of resentment and hatred during the Indonesian war in 1946. Whilst in hospital a bible had been delivered to him.
One day - he writes - I asked the nun who came to bathe me how it was that she and the other sisters were always so cheerful.
"Why,
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Contributed by James Buchanan on Mar 27, 2003
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Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and
now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had
much ambition.
The successful one said, "How has everything been going with you?"
"Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my
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PROVERBS 22:6
“The Hebrew word for train (h\aµnak_) means to dedicate…. H\aµnak_ seems to include the idea of setting aside, narrowing, or hedging in. The word is sometimes used in the sense of “start.” Child-training involves “narrowing” a child’s conduct away from evil and toward godliness and
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Perseverance--Perseverance means that through the Holy Spirit we are able to continue in the Christian way even while facing trials on every side. Perseverance is a gift of God’s grace whereby we continue to patiently depend upon Jesus. Sometimes in Church we hear a lot of talk about
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 30, 2009
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CHRISTIANS AND SALT
I use a saline solution for my contact lenses. It has the same salty consistency as my tears have. Without it I could not clean my lenses and putting them in would be difficult.
I’m told that too much salt is bad for you. The Bible says Christians are like salt. And we live in
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