Contributed by James Wallace on Nov 12, 2009
                
                
                
                    When I first came to Reno to start a church, now about 22 years ago, my church planting advisors pointed me toward two men, two pastors who had had an extremely positive and successful experience in their church planting experiences.  They had both planted churches in the past decade which had
                    
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                    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A bus driver and a minister were standing in line to get into heaven. The bus driver approached the gate and St. Peter said, "Welcome, I understand you were a bus driver. Since I’m in charge of housing, I believe I have found the perfect place for you. See that mansion over the hilltop? It’s yours.
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 20, 2000
                
                
                
                    Actually, it’s a good thing that Jesus is not with us now in a human body and therefore limited to one geographic location.  If He was, you would have as much chance of being with Him in your lifetime as you would a holiday with the Queen!  You might get a five minute slot in His diary in 2030, but
                    
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                    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Oct 16, 2009
                
                
                
                    FINDING YOUR FULFILLMENT
Dr. Clarke, the ENT that I use, his father was a Veterinarian and wanted him to become a Physician. He did not want to go to school for that many years so he got a degree as a Chemical Engineer. After a few years, he discovered that the plan he chose was not offering him
                    
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                    Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Jun 12, 2020
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Six months after I bought my first car, the "service engine" light came on. I called my dad from college, "What does that service engine light mean? Can I still drive it, or do I need to fix something?"  He chuckled and said, it was an idiot light, "It is set to trigger
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 17, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It’s what you do--not when you do it. Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat. Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues. Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel. William Pitt II was 24 when he became
                    
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                    HIS LONELINESS FOR YOURS
Here is the good news for us this morning. Each of us, every one of us received in that moment of time a great and precious gift. It is the gift of the presence of the Father – the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Jesus paid the price for your sin and you do not
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
                
                
                
                    SUPPORT YOUR LEADERSHIP
Doing what is right means that we give our leaders support. This does not mean we have to agree with them all the time. In our governmental structure, it also does not mean that we should not criticize their decisions if they are bad ones. We are allowed that freedom.
                    
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                    It’s an ongoing battle at the Twitchell household.  We have a great number of beautiful songbirds that come to our birdfeeders in the front yard: goldfinches, house finches, red-winged blackbirds, orioles, and cardinals are accompanied by chickadees, mourning doves, blue jays.  We tolerate the
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Guard Your Name
You got it from your father, 
it was all he had to give
So it’s yours to use and cherish, 
for as long as you may live.
If you lose the watch he gave you, 
it can always be replaced.
But a black mark on your name, son, 
can never be erased.
It was clean the day you took it, 
and a
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 1, 2008
                
                
                
                    WHERE IS YOUR COMPASS?
Before the days of modern navigational aids, a traveler made the Atlantic crossing in a boat equipped with two compasses. One was fixed to the deck where the man at the wheel could see it. The other compass was fastened up on one of the masts, and often a sailor would be
                    
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                    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 26, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Master Your Emotions
John Maxwell relates the story of Bobby Jones, a legendary golfer who won a major tournament at twenty-one. By age twenty-eight, he had already won the grand slam and retired.
Jones had an uncle who said that by the time he was fourteen, Bobby was probably already the best
                    
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                    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The word “fool” doesn’t get as much use now as it once did. If one of my mates does something profoundly stupid I don’t usually cry out “you fool”. I might say “you are such an idiot” or “what a goose”. I’m sure many people you know would use much more colourful language than that. Fool is one of
                    
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