Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 23, 2001
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One day I was seeking to emphasize to a Christian Brother the intimacy of this union. We happened to be drinking tea together, so I took a lump of sugar and stirred it into my tea. A couple of minutes later I asked, “Can you tell me where the sugar is now, and where’s the tea?” “No,” he said,
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
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A young American engineer was sent to Ireland for a year. When he left, his fiancé gave him a harmonica. She said, "I want you to learn to play this: it will help to keep your mind off those Irish girls."
He wrote to her often and told he her that he was practicing his harmonica every night.
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Contributed by Martin Field on Aug 7, 2001
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It’s not easy to step up against the authorities. Let me illustrate: During his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin. Once, as he reproached Stalin in a public meeting, Khrushchev was interrupted
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In a recent issue of READER’S DIGEST, Janey Walser wrote these words: I once worked in a grocery store and often assisted elderly people when they came in. One woman shopped nearly every day, asking for just a few items each time. After a month, she said to me, "I suppose you wonder why I’m here so
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Contributed by Timothy Craver on Sep 27, 2001
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Earlier in his life, Gandhi was actually considering becoming a Christian. He was attracted by the life and teachings of Jesus. Gandhi attended the services of a church in Pretoria, South Africa. He later wrote, "The congregation did not strike me as being particularly religious; they were not
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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The mark of a great leader is the demands he makes upon his followers. The Italian freedom fighter Garibaldi offered his men only hunger and death to free Italy. Winston Churchill told the British people that he had nothing to offer them but "blood, sweat, toil, and tears" in their fight against
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
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One day a lady criticized D. L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody’s reply was "I agree with you. I don’t like the way I do it either. Tell me, how do you do it?" The lady replied, "I don’t do it." Moody retorted, "Then I like my way of doing it
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Contributed by Alan Chandler on Mar 18, 2002
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EQUAL TO THE OPPORTUNITY
Zig Ziglar tells the story of boy that went with his mother to the old general store. He liked to sneak away from his mother and when no one was looking he would dip his finger into the large barrel of molasses.
The storekeeper caught him doing this and decided to
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 4, 2002
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Swindoll’s observation, MOSES p. 107)
I believe there are many who have not responded to God’s call on their lives--many who may miss opportunities to flame brightly for Him, like a radiant city shining on a hilltop. I speak to so many who are waiting for some kind of curious sign in the heavens,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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In evangelical individualism people think of their personal relationship with God in isolation (“Just me and Jesus”) and forge their destiny apart from any church authority. While holding relatively low opinions of history, traditions, and the church, they turn to the experiences of self and
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Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Jul 11, 2002
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FULFILLING MY TASK
“[Most people] act as if they were simply dropped down in creation and have to entertain [them] selves until [they] die. But we [Christians] were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Each of us has a mission in life.
Jesus prays to his Father for his followers,
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Contributed by Wayne Dean Sr. on Aug 21, 2002
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Peter Marshall has written a little poem which illustrates how children see the “diamond in the rough” as Jesus did. It goes like this:
“We have the nicest garbage man,
He empties out our garbage can.
He’s just as nice as he can be,
He always stops and talks to me.
My mother doesn’t
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 27, 2002
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The Bigger the Better
It was absolutely amazing. I was in West Africa—Timbuktu to be exact—and the missionaries were telling me that in that culture the larger the women were the more beautiful they were thought to be. In fact, a young missionary who had a small, trim wife said that the nationals
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the Polaroid picture in total amazement. She turned and
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
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MY NAME IS LEGION
"Within my earthly temple there’s a crowd; There’s one of us that’s humble, and one of us that’s proud.
There’s one that’s broken-hearted for his sins, There’s one that unrepentant sits and grins.
There’s one that loves his neighbor as himself, And one that cares for naught
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
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HOW REAL IS YOUR FOOD?
James Boice puts it this way:
“Is he as real to you spiritually as something you can taste or handle? Is he as much a part of you as that which you can eat? Do not think me blasphemous when I say that he must be real and as useful to you as a hamburger and French fries. I
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As you wait to build the relationships with those neighbors let me share with you something we learned a couple of years ago in our 50-Day Spiritual Adventure and that was how to pray for our neighbors using the acronym BLESS.
BODY—we pray for their health, protection and strength.
LABOR—for their
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