Contributed by Michael Reeves on Aug 20, 2002
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THE OLDER, THE BETTER
An older soman was overheard to say about her husband and their relationship together, "I’m married to an archaeologist, and I get the feeling that the older I get, the better he
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 24, 2002
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We know how telephone conversations are; we usually hear only one side of the conversation. A young boy was talking and his father was listening, "Hello, sir, I was calling you to see if you could use a lawn boy to do your yard work!" "Oh, I see you already have one!" "Well, is he doing your
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by James Botts on Sep 1, 2002
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POPULARITY CONTEST
Love is a very popular word in our society.
Amazon.com lists:
2,652 book titles regarding “Heaven,”
10,304 for “Money,”
16,765 for “Sex,”
18,818 for “God,” and
30,066 for “Love.”
Love is one of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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A PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER'S SEPTEMBER 11TH EXPERIENCE
I am a Philadelphia Police Officer. I am married with a wonderful son. On September 11th, I (like most of my fellow Americans) witnessed the senseless slaughter of human life. The department was put on high alert and our tours of duty
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Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 26, 2002
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A Sunday School teacher shared this text with her young pupils, “My yoke is easy. Who can tell me what a yoke is? She asked. A boy raised his hand and said, “A yoke is something they put on the necks of animals Then the teacher asked, “What is the yoke God puts
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United Methodist
Contributed by Brian William on Oct 1, 2002
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Anyone who has ever had children knows that sometimes an attitude of love is needed when the feeling of love isn’t possible. Because I guarantee that every parent has days when they don’t feel very loving toward their kids – when their kids are making poor decisions, when they’re engaging in
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Methodist
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Sep 27, 2007
I heard a story recently about a boy who went on a date with a girl he loved deeply. He asked her, "Can I kiss you?" She was silent. He then asked, "May I kiss you?" Again, she was silent. He
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 30, 2007
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Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch Christian who helped Jews escape from the Nazis during World War II. Throughout her early life she helped hide people from the ugliness that is humanity at its worst. She was arrested and put into one concentration camp after another, one of which being a place named
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Lutheran
Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jan 12, 2008
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For almost forty years, Margaret lived with the memory of one soul-scarring day in the one-room schoolhouse she attended. From the first day Margaret came to class, she and Ms. Garner, her bitter and harsh teacher, didn’t get along. Over the years, the animosity between them only worsened until
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
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Three sons left home, started careers and prospered.
Getting back together, they discussed the gifts that they were able to give their elderly mother for her 70th birthday.
The first said, “I built a huge house for Mom.”
The second said, “I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.”
The third smiled
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Baptist
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HARDSHIPS FURTHER HIS KINGDOM
Bill Hybels' The Power of a Whisper (p.110-111):
"Don't ever buy into the idea that everything God prompts His followers to do will be uncomplicated or low-cost. Sometimes God asks His children to carry heavy loads, as He did with the apostle Paul. But even--and
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
JULIE HADDEN: PRECIOUS TO GOD
Julie Hadden, Winner of Season 4 of the TV show the Biggest Loser, told her story in a 2009 issue of Guideposts:
I went to the auditions and made it on the show. Our first challenge was a race across California's Mojave Desert. First two contestants to get to the
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Contributed by Chris Stringer on Mar 3, 2018
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It was a cold winter morning, as I prepared my coffee and sit at the kitchen table. I kept hearing this sound, as something was hitting the window. I watched as this little bird continually flew back and forth into my kitchen window. I thought to myself, "This poor little guy is going to freeze."
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If you went to work everyday and did the job that was required of you, you could demand a paycheck. You can go to your supervisor, and payroll to find out what is going on because you earned the pay that you worked so hard for. We can never work so hard to demand that God save us from sin. It was
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Pentecostal