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An interview with Tia and Tamara Mowry, the stars of WB’s Sister, Sister yielded a very mature comment from these then 19 years old. One of them said (they’re exact twins); “A lot of girls expect this prince to come into their life on a white horse and make everything wonderful. What the Lord told
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Katherine Kehler gives practical advice on the need to spend the day with the Lord:
Usually our days are filled with the demands of life crying for our attention, ...but today, whether for four, eight or 12 hours, your only priority is to be with your Lord ...to bask in His love, to thank and
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Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005
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A.B. Simpson says in his book "A Larger than Christian life" and I quote: “It is all connected with a living person. We are not filled with an influence; we are not filled with a sensation; we are not filled with a set of ideas and truths; we are not filled with a blessing, but we are filled with a
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 26, 2005
In a certain college there was a young Jewish girl, who, because of her background was prejudiced against Christianity. One day a very zealous Christian girl rushed into her room and tried to win her to Christ in a few minutes. She failed. But this Jewish girl had a very sweet girl for a room-mate.
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 8, 2005
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Lorraine Pintus says that she realized that her spiritual life was in the doldrums because she was not making Jesus a part of her daily life. She wrote: "When I started taking Him with me wherever I went, then I started relating to Him and enjoying Him in a deeper way. I would ask God: `Would you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Companionship can literally add years to your life. Stephen W. Smith references the following from The Wall Street Journal in his Life and Legacy Conversations. In a study of men and women over age 65, those who had more friends had a lower risk of health problems and recovered faster when they did
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TOGETHER AGAIN-----
TOGETHER AGAIN OVER YONDER
GOD’S PROMISE THE WAY IT WILL BE
NEVER AGAIN TO KNOW PARTING
TOGETHER AGAIN YOU AND ME
TOGETHER AGAIN UP IN HEAVEN
REMOVED FROM LIFE’S SORROW AND CARE
NO WORRY ABOUT A TOMORROW
TOGETHER AGAIN OVER THERE
TOGETHER AGAIN GLAD REUNION
HAPPY MEETING IN
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 13, 2006
There are many people today who are in bondage to things they can no longer control. We hear about them every day. Keith Urban, the Country Music star who is married to Nicole Kidman, checked himself into a rehabilitation treatment center last week for alcohol abuse, and could not appear at the
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 18, 2006
“My Best”
There is an urge within my breast,
To give the Lord my very best,
In thought, in action, word and deed,
This has become my whole life’s creed.
I want to fit into His plan
Be of help to my fellow-man.
Plan the things that I should do
Before my work on earth is through.
It may be out in
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Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
a. People usually do not understand how wonderful the good news really is. They often think that they have to be a good person or a church-goer to get to heaven. They have tried that and it doesn’t work. People usually do not understand that coming to Jesus is like taking a shower. You don’t clean
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
Even when a remarriage does involve adultery, the adultery relates to the initiating act and not to the state. In some cases, remarriage does not involve adultery. God can, in fact, lead believers into second marriages which are totally free of that stigma.
We see a parallel in the commandment,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One time the popular actress Sophia Loren sobbed to her Italian movie director, Vittorio De Sica, over the theft of some of her jewelry. And he said to her, “Listen to me, Sophia. I am much older than you and, if there is one great truth I have learned about life, it is this: NEVER CRY OVER
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Holiness
Are you living a HOLY life? If I went to your friends at work and asked, "Is (you) a Christian?" How would they answer?
Would they say "Absolutely! The guy prays at every meal, he will pray with people who are hurting, he always is there to help out, and he is the best employee at our
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 21, 2007
"Remember Eeyore the donkey from the Winnie the Pooh stories? He is a sad, droop-eared character who is forever losing his tail and resigning himself to the idea of going through life without it until someone finds it for him and pins it back on. Even then he is never joyful over finding his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Whenever I hear the word “everlasting” I am reminded of Everlast boxing gloves. I recall living in Moberly, Missouri where the Everlast Boxing Equipment company is located. The building where the company first began production has been abandoned for a new facility; however this presented a bit of
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Contributed by A. David Hart on Apr 13, 2008
I found an interesting story in a book of Bible Illustrations, which brought to life a truth that we the church should follow. It said, An old man once said, that it took him forty years to learn three simple things. The first was that he could not do anything to save himself; the second was that
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2008
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For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure,
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Swindoll notes, “The first quality God saw in David was spirituality. ‘The Lord has sought out …a man after His own heart? Seems to me, it means that you are a person whose life is in harmony with the Lord. What is important to Him is important to you. What burdens Him burdens you. When he says,
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