Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 14, 2002
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Jealousy/evny
There is a distinction between jealousy and envy. To envy is to want something which belongs to another person. "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, his wife or his servant, his ox or donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor." In contrast, jealousy is the fear that
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Baptist
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 23, 2002
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Ill. – Eye of the needle
Jesus was not saying that it is impossible for the rich to be saved. In those days cities were walled and had huge gates, which were open in the day light hours but barred shut at night. If a trader arrived at the city after dark he would not be able to get into the city
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Mennonite
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Readers’ Digest has a section called All in a Day’s Work where people write in humorous things that happen at work. Here’s a good one: Confiding in a co-worker, I told her about a problem in our office and my fear that I would lose my job. She was concerned and said she would pray for me. I
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NO TIME TO MAKE MONEY
Charles Spurgeon shared this story of a friend - Professor Agassiz was a very talented who took on a simply job and spent most of his time serving the Lord. One close friend expressed his wonder that a man of such abilities as Agassiz should remain contented with such a
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2005
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"To fly by the seat of one’s pants" does mean "to do a job the best you can by instinct, training, or experience, without outside aid or instruction," and seems to have been popularized during World War II, though the phrase itself is probably a bit older. It originally meant to fly an airplane
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
In a report that was dated June 28, 2003, ABC news correspondent Catherine Valenti reported that America has less vacation time than other industrialized nations do and that Americans usually do not take all of their vacation time. The report goes on to state that “U.S. workers aren’t guaranteed
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Men, regardless of race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor’s degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in 4-5 years claims the Department of Education. Men also get worse grades than women. Men are going to college in greater numbers and are more
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007
Remember Joseph. In prison, he interpreted the dreams of the Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer and chief baker. 3 days later, the chief cupbearer was restored to his job. Joseph remained in prison, and the chief cupbearer forgot about him (Gen 40:23). He was back fat and happy, and it was 2 full years
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is the story of a lady who had just completed university
She had been offered a job with an accounting firm
She is a mother of three who were at the time were 12, 15 and 18
but just before she takes up the position she has a regular check up and her doctor discovers she has cancer
not long
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 21, 2008
Terry Fisher, of San Mateo, California, speaks about reading Marilyn J. Abraham’s book, First We Quit Our Jobs. She writes: "We signed up for a hike with a ranger, who told us a remarkable thing: when a tree’s life is threatened, stressed by the elements of fire, drought, or other calamity, it
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008
We went to the dollar theater while on vacation as we were getting our popcorn. The guy who was getting asked another young fellow who was just coming on to get some ice. This second guy didn’t seem to happy about it and didn’t really want to do it. The first guy said, “Hey if it wasn’t for me, you
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Church Of God
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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Harmful talk:
I remember years ago, standing at the church door next to the sr. minister greeting people at the end of the service. This one guy, every week would come up to the minister and say, “Pastor, you’d better keep your eye on that youth minister or some day he’ll have your job.” Now, he
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