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                    Jonathan Edwards wrote: “I suppose no one will doubt that some natural men do reach out to the evidence of the truth of the Christian religion on the basis of rational proofs or arguments. Doubtless Judas thought Jesus was the Messiah on the basis of things he saw and heard. Yet he was a devil all
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2002
                
                
                
                    Jesus took a little child in his arms and said, in effect, "Here is your ministry.  Give yourself to those who can bring you no status or clout.  Just help people.  You need this little child.  You need to help this little child, not just for her sake, but more for your sake.  For if you don’t,
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 14, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his spiritual autobiography, William Barclay, the venerable Scottish scholar, tells the tragedy of losing his 21-year-old daughter and her fiance who were drowned in a boating accident. He writes, "God did not stop that accident at sea, but he did still the storm in my own heart so that somehow
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Gibney on May 19, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book, Psalms of the Heart, George Sweeting illustrated a great truth from the experience of two Moody Bible Institute graduates, John and Elaine Beekman. God called them to missionary work among the Chol Indians of southern Mexico. Sweeting reports that they rode mules and traveled by dugout
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FASHIONED FOR FAITH
I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear, doubt and anxiety. 
In anxiety and worry, my
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Paul
Paul, the apostle, who before was called Saul, after his great travail and unspeakable labors in promoting the Gospel of Christ, suffered also in this first persecution under Nero. Abdias, declareth that under his execution Nero sent two of his esquires, Ferega and Parthemius, to bring him
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    COMPROMISE AND ANTI-CHRIST
Religious tolerance is not always a sign of good will. It can be a sign of careless, perhaps hypocritical religious indifference of the most high-handed philosophic relativism. It can also be a mask behind which to hide downright malice. During the Nazi era, for example,
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ONLY TO FINISH
The 1992 Summer Olympics featured two tremendously poignant moments. American sprinter Gail Devers, the clear leader in the 100 meter hurdles, tripped over the last barrier. She agonizingly pulled herself to her knees and crawled the last five meters, finishing fifth--but finishing.
                    
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                    The words “It is finished” are also a cry of victory in the sense that Jesus completed, he accomplished what God had sent him in this world to do. In this sense, it is like the athlete who enters a marathon race with the single-minded intention of both reaching the finishing line and coming in
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    John Kenneth Gailbraith, in his autobiography, A Life In Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family's housekeeper.  It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I had a nap.  Shortly thereafter the phone rang.  Lyndon Johnson was
                    
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                    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 23, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    - Without time for prayer, nothing can be accomplished. - Scroggie 
- He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day. - John Bunyan 
- When asked how much time he spent in prayer, George Mueller’s reply was, “Hours every day. But I live in the spirit of prayer. I
                    
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                    Contributed by Justin Meek on Aug 28, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A Little Boy wanted $100.00 badly and prayed to God for a whole week, but nothing happened. So, he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00. When the Post Office got the letter addressed to God they forwarded it on to the Whitehouse. The President was very impressed, touched and amused
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Oct 24, 2003
                
                
                
                    I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear, doubt and anxiety. In anxiety and worry, my being is gasping for
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A.D. 110.  Ignatius, overseer of the church in Antioch, was arrested and sent to Rome for preaching Christ. Facing martyrdom, he wrote this to the church at Rome.
“Now I begin to be a disciple.  I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ.  Let fire and the cross,
                    
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