Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 8, 2006
Without kindness the teachable become arrogant in their learning. Without kindness we have only puffed up people, they taunt, they think it’s all about M-E!
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Coach Carter s right. When is working hard not enough? When is winning not enough? When it’s
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 30, 2001
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We all have a way of completing this sentence: “If God is God, then....”
There will be no financial collapse in my family.
My children will never be buried before me.
People will treat me fairly.
This church will never divide.
My prayers will be answered. (Max Lucado, In the Eye of the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 1, 2007
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A man told his doctor that he wasn’t able to do all the things around the house that he used to do.
When the exam was complete, he said, "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me."
"Well, in plain English," the doctor said, "you’re
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Independent/Bible
Billy Graham tells the story of a little boy who was frightened by the thunder and lightening during a terrible storm and he called out one night and said, “Daddy, come here I’m scared.” And the father said, “Son, don’t be scared, God loves you. He will take care of you.”
“I know God loves me,”
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
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Love of the Adopted
We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child
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BEAUTIFUL AND STUPID AT THE SAME TIME
A husband and wife were having an argument. Finally, out of sheer frustration, the husband blurted out, "Honey, I don’t know why God made you so beautiful...and, yet, so stupid, at the same time!"
The woman stared at her husband and said,
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 9, 2005
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We can learn a lot about being a friend from "MAN’S BEST FRIEND" Someone has said, "Only God and my dog can love me unconditionally". When I pastored in Pensacola, Fl., my wife and I had two Boston Terriers. There names was Sissie and Alphie. My wife said to me one day, "I think you love those
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Contributed by Roy Carter on Dec 5, 2005
And near the end of Book 3 of The Chronicles The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Edmund and Lucy find that they have to go back to their world and will not be coming into Narnia anymore
Lucy sobs, “It isn’t Narnia, you know, it’s you. We shan’t meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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Why those women loved and wept, it were not hard to guess; but they could not have had greater reasons for love and grief than my heart has. Nain’s widow saw her son restored; but I myself have been raised to newness of life. Peter’s wife’s mother was cured of the fever; but I of the greater plague
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Contributed by John Tung on Jan 24, 2007
On my 20th Ministry Anniversary celebration last year, the Praise Team members sang a song to me. The title of the song is called, “That’s What Friends Are For.” Part of the words goes like this:
“Keep smilin’
Keep shinin’
Knowin’ you can always count on me
for sure
that’s what friends are
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Contributed by Richard Crow on May 21, 2001
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Norman Cates shared the humorous story of a guy who prayed this prayer every morning: "Lord, if you want me to witness to someone today, please give me a sign to show me who it is." One day he found himself on a bus when a big, burly man sat next to him. The bus was nearly empty but this guy sat
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
SUBMISSION IS A TWO-WAY STREET
Several years ago, while ministering in Florida, I was about to speak in chapel for our Church’s preschool, and my wife was supposed to lead singing. But it was time to start and Deb was on the phone, and I became impatient. So, when I went out to the auditorium, our
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 12, 2008
I CAN SWIM!
Some of the richest times of my childhood are memories of my parents' interaction with us. Dad could kick a soccer ball in the air straight as an arrow, and my youthful mind remembered it becoming so small that it disappeared from view. Or the time he rode a bicycle and seem much too
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