Contributed by Alton Coleman on Feb 1, 2008
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Love is
Slow to suspect -- quick to trust. Slow to reprimand -- quick to forbear.
Slow to belittle -- quick to appreciate. Slow to condemn -- quick to justify.
Slow to offend -- quick to defend. Slow to demand -- quick to give.
Slow to provoke -- quick to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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LOVING HOLLAND
I love what Emily Kingsley says about disappointment and handling disappointment. She’s talking about the disappointment when your kids don’t turn out the way you thought they ought to turn out -- particularly a handicapped child. She says, "I’m often asked to describe the
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 23, 2002
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DL Moody, a great evangelist of another generation told the story of an English lady who confront him after he said to the congregation to which she belonged: “None in this congregation will be saved until they stop trying to save themselves.” The lady said, “You have made me perfectly miserable.”
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
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“Another aspect of a fully surrendered life is trust. Abraham followed God’s leading without knowing where it would take him. Hannah waited for God’s perfect timing without knowing when. Mary expected a miracle without knowing how. Joseph trusted God’s purpose without
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2005
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“She Bought Me Another Dog”
Pepper Rogers, coach of UCLA’s football team suffered through a poor season back in the 1970’s. He came under intense criticism and pressure from alumni and fans. Things got so bad that he felt as if all his friends were gone. “My dog was my only true friend,” he
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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Another poll sheds light on this paradox of increased religiosity and decreased morality. According to sociologist Robert Bellah, 81 percent of the American people also say they agree that "an individual should arrive at his or her own religious belief independent of any church or synagogue." Thus
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Contributed by Jerry Caddell on Feb 16, 2007
Another young man was looking through the classifieds in search of a used car when he came upon an ad for a brand new Jaguar being sold for only $50. Surely he thought this was typo, but calling the number listed he was assured that $50 was correct. The next day he went by to see the car and to his
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Another aspect on being broken is in the words of Vance Havner who said, "God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume . . . it is
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