Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
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Dr. David Swift of the Smalley Relationship Center states why blended families have such a difficult time making things work.
"Most parents begin their second marriage by trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Until we realize that the two are different, we will waste time becoming angry,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2002
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The Worship leader of First Church Big was having a problem. He never had a problem of putting together a worship service together to match the Pastor’s sermon but this Sunday he had met his match. He couldn’t decide what to do.
All week he prayed and thought about all the courses and hymns he
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DIVORCE DOESN'T MEAN HAPPINESS
Survey of those who had been seriously considering divorce.
Five years later, revisited. Some had divorced, some had done hard work to stay together.
On repeat survey, those who had done hard work and stayed together rated their lives as happier than those who’d
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
"When researchers examined data from the late 1980s on 5,232 married adults, they found that 645 subjects reported marital dissatisfaction. When the unhappy spouses were surveyed five years later, those who had remained married were more likely than divorced subjects to state that they were happy.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 11, 2004
Chuck Swindoll in talking about this issue of unrepentant unfaithfulness writes, "It is better to forgive the unfaithful mate and look for ways to make the marriage work, rather than to anxiously anticipate ways to break off the relationship.But there are occasions when every
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Christian Church
Contributed by John Harvey on May 10, 2006
“(There is no mention of Jesus being married) in the four gospels and not in Paul’s writing. And Paul writes about marriage. If Jesus were married, you would certainly think that Paul would at least mention it since he addresses marriage in the book of 1
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Baptist
Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 16, 2001
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One day three men were walking along and came upon a raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to
do it.
The first man prayed to God saying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and
he was
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 22, 2002
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We always hear "the rules" from the feminine side.
Now you get to hear the guys’ point of view.
These are our rules!
Please note...these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE.
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down.
1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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THE VALENTINE’S DAY TEN COMMANDMENTS
I. I am thy Main Squeeze; thou shalt have no other squeeze before me.
II. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Squeeze in vain, nor badmouth him/her behind him/her back.
III. Remember our Anniversary, and keep it holy--or else.
IV. Honor MY mother and
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 26, 2002
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A husband is advised by a psychiatrist to assert himself. "You don’t have to let your wife henpeck you. Go home and show her you’re the boss." The husband takes the doctor’s advice.
He rushes home, slams the door, shakes his fist in his wife’s face, and growls, "From now on, you’re taking orders
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by John Knight on May 2, 2002
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Pastor Doug Forsberg, an associate at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene recently spoke of an experience he had while pastoring a small church in Florida. It involved a member of his church, an older gentleman by the name of Benny. Now Benny was about ninety-nine to one hundred years old and he
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Holiness
Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
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The young preacher was shocked to hear the well-known evangelist utter the words; “Yes, I have spent some of the happiest moments of my life in the arms of another man’s wife.” Then, following a pause, the evangelist added, “That woman was my mother.” A few weeks later as the young pastor was
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Baptist