Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey what I command.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- John 14:17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025
[062A]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DOES SUFFERING CANCEL OUT A GOD OF LOVE?
THE POEM AS IT IS WILL NOT FIT IN THE ILLUSTRATION SPACE AVAILABLE. I HAVE HAD TO SPLIT IT INTO THREE PARTS. THIS IS THE FIRST PART
PART 1
INTRODUCTION TO THIS POEM
This is my most serious poem because it addresses
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025
[062B]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DOES SUFFERING CANCEL OUT A GOD OF LOVE?
THE POEM AS IT IS WILL NOT FIT IN THE ILLUSTRATION SPACE AVAILABLE. I HAVE SPLIT IT INTO THREE PARTS. THIS IS THE SECOND PART
THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE POEM IS IN PART 1.
PART 2
SECTION B - PART 1 (THE CHRISTIAN
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025
[062C]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DOES SUFFERING CANCEL OUT A GOD OF LOVE?
THE POEM AS IT IS WILL NOT FIT IN THE ILLUSTRATION SPACE AVAILABLE. I HAVE HAD TO SPLIT IT INTO THREE PARTS. THIS IS THE THIRD PART.
THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE POEM IS IN PART 1.
PART 3
SECTION C - PART 1 (GOD
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 27, 2026
[279]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE LORD HAS MADE ME PERFECT IN HIS LOVE
The poem begins with the positive testimony of the Lord’s perfection and chorus. Perfection here is according to these two verses – {{Philippians 1:6 “I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you
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Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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I heard a story about a 98 year old man who had been a Christian for years and years.
He was 98 years old and someone asked him,
"Is it easier to live the Christian life NOW, than when you were younger?"
And this old Christian gentleman
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2020
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Sept. 1 2020 (UPI) -- An American Airlines pilot preparing to land in Los Angeles reported an unusual encounter at about 3,000 feet with a "guy in a jetpack."
A recording of the conversation between the pilot and air traffic control Sunday evening at Los Angeles International Airport
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Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006
The mother of a nine-year-old Kentucky boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle of the afternoon. It was the teacher from her son’s school.
"Mrs. Smith, something unusual happened today in your son’s third grade class. Your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you
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The animal kingdom is fascinating to observe. There is fierce competition that exists within various species. For example, the wild Dogs of Africa are competitive for their mates. In a documentary one pack of dogs revealed this struggle for dominance. The male dog had two
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001
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ILL. Jean Baron writes in Readers Digest about the old mobile home where she lived with her teen-age son. She said, “The home was structurally unsound, & the plumbing always leaked.” She was ashamed when her son brought friends home because of their meager surroundings.
But one day she learned
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 9, 2001
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Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city¡¦s tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don¡¦t worry. After you¡¦ve been here a while, you¡¦ll get
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Contributed by Tony Miano on May 5, 2001
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In the second half of verse five, James writes, “See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!”
In May of 1864, a conflict that many military leaders in our country predicted would last but a few months was now in its third year. The Civil War, the bloodiest conflict ever fought on
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2001
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While out on a date one evening I decided to drive out to a favorite parking place to talk. I didn’t have enough money to do anything else. After we stopped the car and was just sitting there talking in the dark I leaned my head against the stering wheel a couple of times. I don’t know why I did
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 21, 2001
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[Walking Advertisements, Citation: F. B. Meyer in Our Daily Walk. Christianity Today, Vol. 33, no. 10.]
We ought to be Christians in large type, so that it would not be necessary (for others) to be long in our society, or to regard us through spectacles, in order to detect our true discipleship.
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
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Robert Schuller’s Daughter lost a leg because of a horrible skying accident. She learned to walk all over again. After she returned home from the hospital, Schuller plucked a rose from his rose garden and began to play "He loves me and he loves me not" with his daughter. Schuller had planned to
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Contributed by Paul Larsen on Dec 15, 2001
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In the book, “Children’s Letters to God: The New Collection”, a little girl named, Nan, writes this letter: “Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 14, 2002
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ILLUS:At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to "hoover"
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