Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2020
Hebrew scholar Gensenius, says that the meaning of the Old Testament word for "meekness" involves "a lowly, pious, and modest mind, which prefers to bear injuries rather than return them." Meekness is not only the opposite of pride, but of stubbornness, fierceness, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"You and I must not complain if our plans break down, if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 31, 2009
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A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians):
"It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever abrupt. People decline in religion and backslide gradually.
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Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000
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Abraham Lincoln said “I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Faith is the bucket of power lowered by the rope of prayer into the well of Gods abundance. What we bring up depends upon what we let down.
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Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 25, 2006
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An anonymous story which I have read several times is a supreme example of sacrifice!
* It has challenged me and blessed my life and I’d like to pass it on to you to close this message.
B) In a very large city there was a little newspaper boy, whose name was Johnny!
* Early one chilly spring
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2004
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A little boy, not more than eleven or twelve years of age, somewhat delicate in health, and rather backward, once went to a large boarding school. The first night that he slept there, when they came to go to bed, he glanced timidly round the room to see what other boys were doing, and then he saw
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions. He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself.
Nighttime was about to fall and both he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church...grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the
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Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
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Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done,
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