Contributed by Dan Waite on Feb 2, 2006
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The all purpose lubricant/cleaner/polisher WD-40 gets its name from “Water Displacement” and the number of experiments needed to get it right. In other words, there were 39 tries that did not work. Imagine
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell
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Contributed by Emilia Florio on Feb 15, 2008
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God has a very specific purpose, calling, mantle for you. Maybe you’re finding yourself right now in a place, spiritually or physically, where you don’t quite belong. Where you are struggling and gasping for breath, like a fish floundering around on the shore. Take that fish and put it in the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune;
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 8, 2003
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H. Rick Warren in His Book “The Purpose Driven Life” says, “Philosophy is an important subject and has its uses, but when it comes to determining the purpose of life, even the wisest philosophers are just guessing. Dr. Hugh Moorhead, a philosophy professor at Northwestern Illinios University, once
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 11, 2004
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Rick Warren has said in his book “Purpose Driven Life” that there are 2 main problems when thinking about spiritual gifts. One is called “gift-envy”. This means that we compares our abilities and gifts to others. In doing that, we might feel tempted to feel jealous of others or feel dissatisfied
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Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
"The Road of Life" Author Unknown
At first, I saw Jesus Christ as my observer, my judge, keeping
track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited
heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a
president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really
didn’t know
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Methodist
Contributed by Jim Luthy on May 17, 2001
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A NEW LIFE
In an article for Discovery Publishing, Steve Zeisler wrote:
"In many respects the best biological analogy to marriage is the creation of a life. Man and woman each contribute a cell having 23 chromo-somes. The two cells are joined together, and a new human being who has never
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 22, 2002
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BY LIFE OR BY DEATH
John Piper, in his book, Future Grace, reprinted a letter by Carl Lundquist, former president of Bethel College and Seminary. In 1988, the doctors told him he had a rare form of cancer called mycosis fungoides, which invaded the skin over his entire body and ended his life
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2002
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A WASTE OF LIFE
You can’t waste a life hating people, because all they do is live their life, laughing, doing more evil."
ALPHA ROBERTSON,whose daughter was one of four girls killed in the bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., church in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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GRATEFUL FOR LIFE?
Some of you may remember the movie "City Slickers." Comedian Billy Crystal plays the part of a bored baby boomer who sells radio advertising time. One the day he visits his son’s school to tell about his work along with other fathers. He suddenly lets loose a deadpan
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2002
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Life at the Brink
A man was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car broadside, and knocked him cold. A passerby pulled him from the wreck and revived him. He began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the medics. Later, when he was calm, they asked him why he
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The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop.
At late or early hour.
To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed.
To lose one’s health is more,
To lose one’s soul is such a loss
That no man can restore.
Thirty-nine people died while you read this
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2002
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A LIFE OF RESOLUTIONS
Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. Throughout his lifetime he would add to this list until, by his death, he had 70 resolutions.
He put at the top of his list: "Being sensible that I am
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