Contributed by Richard Koskela on Oct 24, 2011
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A VERY YOUNG CHRISTIAN FAMILY
While traveling as a missionary on home assignment, I had the privilege of eating an evening meal with a young couple with two small children. When it was time for the children to go to bed, they asked me if I wanted to go with them to the children’s bedroom while
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 26, 2005
In a certain college there was a young Jewish girl, who, because of her background was prejudiced against Christianity. One day a very zealous Christian girl rushed into her room and tried to win her to Christ in a few minutes. She failed. But this Jewish girl had a very sweet girl for a room-mate.
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Baptist
Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 3, 2003
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Lab Rats, Light, and Hope
A group of graduate students did a very bizarre experiment. They took lab rats and put them in a tank of water and placed the tank in a totally dark room. They went into the joining room and monitored them with video equipment. The rats swam for almost six hours before
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Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 11, 2007
Terry Teachout says, "We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with
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Baptist
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My daughter brought a caterpillar from school one day. We promptly found a shoe box and put some leaves and grass into the box. My daughter gently placed the little insect into its new home. We punched holes in clear wrap and placed it over the top of the box, so that we could watch our little
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 9, 2001
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Are you a Risk-taker or a safety-seeker?
Responding to the increasing destructiveness of high winds in the Midwest, one developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. It cost an additional $2,500 for the room—which can also be used as a
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Baptist
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
THREE ORANGES ON THE TITANIC
On April 14, 1912, 10:00 p.m. the Titanic crashed into an iceberg in the mid-Atlantic and four hours later sank. One woman in a lifeboat asked if she could go back to her room. She was given only three minutes to do so. She hurried down the corridors, already tilting
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Contributed by Bala Samson on May 24, 2013
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He will quiet you with His love!
Zephaniah 3:17”………..He will quiet you with His love…”
When I was admitted for an operation, the next room woman delivered a baby with a hole in her heart, the family did something which was horrendous and incredible, they decided to abandon her. The little infant
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 30, 2010
THE POWER OF HOPE
When 18 year old Heidi was thrown from a car and suffered a head injury it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy and a young 16 year old girl named Ashley was brought to Crystus
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United Methodist
Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Dec 28, 2012
Yesterday, the Tennessee Titans beat the Baltimore Ravens in a pro football playoff game. Before the game, all the commentators talked about was that the Titans had lost the last five games to the Ravens, and how the Ravens seem to have their number. Nobody gave the Titans a chance. So, how did
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Baptist
A pastor entered a class as the lesson was in progress and asked, "Who broke
down the walls of Jericho?"
A lad answered, "Not me, sir." The pastor turned to the teacher and asked, "Is this the usual
behavior in this class?"
The teacher replied, "I believe
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 28, 2008
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PRAYING TO BE GOOD
When Robert Louis Stevenson was a boy he once remarked to his mother, "Momma, you can’t be good without praying."
"How do you know, Robert?" she asked.
"Because I’ve tried!" he answered.
This brings to mind a story about another little fellow--one who had been sent to his
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 9, 2010
There is something convenient about being a fence-straddler.
We think we can have the best of both worlds.
But in order to make a real commitment to Jesus Christ, we have to weigh our options.
Anyone who has ever struggled with their faith will come out stronger. One of my biggest personal
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
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A simple story told by James Pleitz illustrates how easily we forget how blessed we are.
Two children dressed in ragged and outgrown clothes, huddled inside the storm door. “Any old papers, lady?” The woman was busy and wanted to say so— until she looked down on their feet and saw their sandals
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Irritation in a Church Service:
It is not all that strange for people to come to church and be dissatisfied with something going on there. On the two occasions I had recently to sit out in the audience at church with my family I noticed myself focusing on things like the temperature of the room
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Contributed by Chris Surber on May 3, 2007
My 18 month old son Sebastian is a hard worker! Now, he doesn’t usually get much accomplished in a constructive way, but boy is he busy! A couple of days ago Christina and I were outside raking the yard in front of the parsonage and cleaning up the area.
The whole time Sebastian was hard at work
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Christian Church
Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2008
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Our churches today need to be a spiritual house. Many times our churches have become a social house where as one old preacher said:
We traded our upper room into the board room,
the fire of the Holy Spirit for a warm heater,
our prayer meetings for chicken dinners,
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