Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A television program preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, impossible as that sounds. I am an extremely novice skier. I have a hard to avoiding the obstacles in front of me that I can see. Imagine being blind and trying to ski. Paired with sighted
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Some people don’t need much of an excuse to stay home from church. If it even looks like it might rain, they don’t want to risk getting a little wet. The hymn writer Frances Havergal gave several reasons for attending church—especially on rainy days.
1. God has blessed the Lord’s Day, making no
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Lutheran
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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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Methodist
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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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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 5, 2007
Illustration: "Objectivity," or the Breath of Hell
A young Englishman ... was in Germany when Nazis degraded the Jews in the streets. At first he was sick at the sight and rushed down a side street. The next time he felt he could look, and stopped for a full minute. The third time he watched.
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
We find ourselves in an interesting time in our churches history again.
We are losing for a season Sherrie, Becky and the kids, this after just losing David, Juliann and Wyatt, boy it would be easy to lose heart.
Yet God keeps giving me great expectation for this upcoming year, something that
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Baptist
Contributed by Gregg Svalstad on Nov 3, 2004
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Jim Elliot a missionary who was killed in South America in the late 50’s said: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.”
We are to be sold out to the eternal things we cannot lose rather than selling out to the temporary things here that we cannot keep. What
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The pace of events is so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities always
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