Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 23, 2010
ETERNAL BLESSINGS IN GOD
Imagine George Vanderbilt has forgotten to pick up enough spending money on a given day. Imagine him sitting down and despairing! No! Is it a minor, temporary inconvenience? Yes! But he knows that he has far more resources that what will fit in his pocket!
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 16, 2011
BLESS YOU, PRISON
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian. His writings helped to make the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system.
One night while he was in prison in Siberia, his cell mate Boris Kornfeld, a Jewish doctor,
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Brethren
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 6, 2007
Poem: The Blessings that Remain
Annie Johnson Flint said:
There are loved ones who are missing
From the fireside and the feast;
There are faces that have vanished,
There are voices that have ceased;
But we know they passed forever
From our mortal grief and pain,
And we thank Thee, O our Father,
For
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Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 1, 2011
We often don't realize how good we have it here in America.
The film, End of Spear, tells the true story of five missionaries--including Jim Elliot and Nathan Saint--who were speared to death by the murderous Waodani tribesman living in the jungles of Ecuador. Amazingly, the wives and children of
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Christian Church
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Bliss:
I remember a picture Aunt Thelma had on her wall that seemed to sum up her way of thinking. It was a magazine picture of a pre-school child sitting on a potty chair reading a little children's book. The caption read, "Bliss does not require far away places or exotic settings."
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Arliss Beavers on May 12, 2008
SHOUT
A church ran into difficulty when the elders decided that one man was shouting too much in church. They thought he might disturb the very distinguished guests the church was suddenly now having. So the elders called the pastor aside and notified him that this shouter must be refrained. The
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Church Of God
I love doing chidren's sermons, but it doesn't always work out quite the way I expect. So it went one morning when I spoke to the children about the loaves and fish.
Just to make my point, I began by showing them five rolls and two fish sticks on a plate. I asked them how to share it so that all
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Blessed Are Those Who Hunger
A family had the habit of treating their children for ice cream after the church service. One Sunday the father decided to break the habit. The children were not happy about it. They started whining. The father decided use spirituality to deal with the situation. He
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 5, 2009
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LITTLE THINGS - BIG BLESSINGS
When we lived in Houston, Texas, our oldest Spencer was born. Spencer was placed in one of the vast Texas-sized nurseries at this hospital. There in that nursery, I met a group of volunteers who were all from a nearby church. The job of these volunteers in the nursery
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Contributed by Brent Long on Sep 11, 2011
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GREATER TREASURE
In the first week of July, 2011 reports of a discovery in poverty-filled South India crossed the news wire.
The vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy temple were opened after 130 years. Temple records mention the treasure, and its existence was known to locals. However, no one knew its
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Apostolic
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
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Story – Jesus this, Jesus that.
Few years ago I was talking with folks from this church – they needed a pastor.
Really liked their church, seemed like great people.
After awhile I noticed – Jesus didn’t seem to have anything to do with this church.
Presbyterian – by the way.
I, pointed this
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Eric Hanson on Nov 17, 2008
GOD BLESSES CHRISTIAN PARENTS
How wonderful for children to have parents who are truly "in the Lord." They will be able to honor such men and women, thus activating the promise mentioned in verse 3.
Nancy’s Grandparents took her Grandfather’s mother into their home and cared for her when she
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