Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 31, 2001
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Warren Wiersbe writes, "Our values determine our evaluations. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, we will not be able to count it all joy! If we live only
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Apr 3, 2003
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“Our duty is to stand at our post however difficult our surroundings and unfriendly our company, and if we are sure that He has set us there, we may be sure that He is with us there and that there we can live the life and witness
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Baptist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
“The day of glory may be future, but its arrival is as sure as if it had already come. The hope of glory will then give place to glory realized; but as it is Christ Himself who is now in us the hope of glory, so it is Christ Himself who will eternally be
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Orthodox
Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 31, 2006
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Whether we are a minister, worker or believer we need to love the Lord and the way we prove it is to serve Him. To serve Him is to do His Word and to do His Word we must do his work and all of us that are saved by
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Contributed by Chris Summers on Feb 14, 2007
We don’t know , we won’t know till that day when we are before Father and our own life is opened will we have Jesus next to us erasing the sins of our life or will Jesus be on the other side convicting us of our
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The American people and their elected leaders will continue to be faced with hard choices and difficult moments, for resolve is continually being tested by those who envy us our prosperity and begrudge us our freedom. America will remain great and act responsibly so long
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Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
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WELL DONE
One mentally challenged young man I heard said, “In this life God places us in His oven. In here it is hot and it hurts. No one likes being in the oven but when life is over, and the bell dings, God takes
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Swindoll states, “Those who write and photograph pornography don’t tell us beforehand that it is empty, it is futile, it is dissatisfying, it is lacking in fulfillment. We’re left to discover that on our own. But Solomon tells us to begin with that in mind
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Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 19, 2001
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At the elementary school where our kids have attended, they each have had to take timed math tests on their math facts. Each week they had to answer correctly 30 questions in 3 minutes. If they were unable, they had to take the test again the next day until they could pass. For those that
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Contributed by James Chandler on Aug 4, 2003
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Salvation is not a destination but a journey. Salvation does not bring us to immersion to leave us. Salvation takes us on a journey that will takes up places we have never been. See things we have never seen. Reach heights we have never reached.
I was on the side of the rock climbing wall.
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Contributed by Eric Vertein on May 10, 2005
Luther felt that our love for God should be so compelling, that when it comes to the commandment to honor our mothers, even if we didn’t have mothers, we ought to ask God to give us mothers erected out of stone or wood, so we would have an avenue by which to keep this commandment. Yet Luther
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 29, 2011
SHATTERING THE UNTRUTHS
There's a short story by Carmen Corde that tells of a young woman who gives birth to a blind son. "I do not want my child to know that he is blind!" she informs family and neighbors, forbidding anyone to use telltale words such as 'light,' 'color,' and 'sight.' The boy
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Presbyterian/Reformed
YOU ARE MY BEST GIFT
A daughter of a renowned preacher, who was used to gifts her loving dad used to purchase and bring for her after every overseas' trip, was once in for a major disappointment. Due to a mess-up in the airport customs, the gift was lost and her doting Dad landed home without a
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"Happiness is a consequence of good things happening around us; it is superficial. But Joy comes from inside, from knowing that God has not forsaken us and that He does indeed love us. That Joy can come from no one but the Holy Spirit." Ruth Senter
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
There is a space between the moment something happens and how we respond. Those who are mature emotionally have worked to make that space larger so that we can choose are responses. We can choose how we respond to temptation: to not continue a conversation that is engaged in gossip, to not pull the
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Church Of God
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"A PENCIL IN THE HAND OF THE LORD."
The interview was with Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India. Mother Teresa gave her life to feed starving people and later to minister to the dying. In this article the writer asked Mother Teresa about her feelings of being used of God to minister to the poor,
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