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                    With all the hustle and bustle, I thought we needed to be reminded why Christmas is a good idea.  Without Christmas…
• The candied fruit market would completely collapse!  
• Our boring, uneventful lives would have no stress at all!
• Eggnog would just be a slimy, high cholesterol beverage.
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A national Omnibus survey commissioned by spirituality.com in September 2003 focused on gratitude. The random national sample of more than 1,000 adults gives details on how grateful America feels today, and how Americans express that gratitude.
Through that survey here are some of the benefits that
                    
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                    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 26, 2004
                
                
                
                    Dr. Ruth Barbee, a well-known family-relations expert, once said that about 90 percent of so-called "naughtiness" in small children is simply their way of getting "noticed." When they cannot get the attention they want any other way, they do something guaranteed to drive their parents up the wall.
                    
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                    Swindoll states this about “Grace Killers”: There are killers on the loose today. The problem is that you can’t tell by looking. They don’t wear little buttons that give away their identity, nor do they carry signs warning every body to stay away. On the contrary, a lot of them carry Bibles and
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
                
                
                
                    By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.” He was the richest man in the world and yet he was miserable in every sense of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    F.E. Marsh has enumerated some of God’s blessings: 
An acceptance that can never be questioned. (Ephesians 1:6). 
An inheritance that can never be lost (I Peter 1:3-5). 
A deliverance that can never be excelled (2 Corinthians l:10). 
A grace that can never be limited (2 Corinthians 12:9). 
A hope
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 23, 2006
                
                
                
                    Over the almost past half century my wife and I have ministered in over 125 countries seeing many thousands of people from every walk of life come to receive Christ. I have yet to meet one person who has been saved by the Grace of God say that they were sorry they became a Christian. That the day
                    
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                    Rick White states:
Today is mother’s day and we have the joy of honoring our mom’s on this special day. For some it is a day filled with all kinds of emotions because of the special relationships that we have to our mothers.For some the word mother, conjures up images of June Cleaver, complete with
                    
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                    Contributed by Steven Spence on Jul 20, 2010
                
                
                
                    A YOUNG GIRL GOT SAVED IN A POWERFUL REVIVAL THAT WAS BEING HELD AT HER CHURCH.
AND THAT AFTERNOON SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE SINGING AND DANCING AND JUST FULL OF JOY. 
WHEN HER GRANDFATHER STOPPED HER.  AND SAID... 
“YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. 
YOU JUST JOINED THE CHURCH 
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                    YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?
A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him.  They were far too behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words.  He kept talking about it, for many weeks.
One day his father put an end to the discussion by saying, "If
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jul 2, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS
There's an old story of a rich guy who threw a party at his mansion.  One of his pride and joys was his new saltwater pool in which he had the ability to let swim in various specious of ocean fish.             
He had the party assemble along the edge of the pool as he
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 29, 2007
                
                
                
                    Illustration: 1872 Hallelujah Chorus’ Custom
On March 23, 1743, when “The Messiah” was first performed in London, the king was present in the great audience. It is reported that all were so deeply moved by the “Hallelujah Chorus” that with the impressive words, “For the Lord God omnipotent
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 25, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    F.E. Marsh has spoken of some of God’s blessings: 
An acceptance that can never be questioned. (Eph.1:6). An inheritance that can never be lost (I Peter 1:3-5). A deliverance that can never be excelled (2 Cor. l:10). 
A grace that can never be limited (2 Cor. 12:9). 
A hope that can never be
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    A prayer for wells of Salvation:
Lord God, amighty God I ask by your creative power that you would open the hearts of all who hear and read these words to your son Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus I pray that we would let you into our hearts by faith and surrender to you and Lord I ask as you promise that
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
                
                
                
                    What is Christmas is really about? I would say it is not about simply being filled with joy and singing and family and relationships as the Whos seem to think Christmas is about. In fact Christmas is about a person: Jesus. It is about the one who was born as an outcast. His mother and father
                    
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                    Joni Eareckson Tada
In 1967, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the neck down.  She has had no feeling or movement in her arms or legs.  She uses her mouth to paint and write.
God used her greatly.  She has been a great witness for God and an encouragement to many. She has
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 12, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Philip Henry used to call the Lord’s day the queen of days, the pearl of the week, and observed it accordingly. His common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord’s day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians--"The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed;" making it his chief
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Jun 9, 2005
                
                
                
                    LANCASTER, Pa. -- Days after being shot in the leg, a 2-year-old Lancaster boy is home again after being released from the hospital Tuesday morning June 4th.
Pedro Melendez was shot last week in what police call a case of road rage. 
Police said Jon Eichelman shot the boy
                    
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