Contributed by Alan Stokes on Apr 22, 2001
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Members of the 4th grade class at Spring Hill Elementary School in McClean, Virginia were asked the question: "What Is Courage". Their answer was: "Having faith. Being brave. Doing something when you’re scared of it. Doing something when you think you can’t. Trying
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Holiness
Contributed by Tim Gibson on May 18, 2001
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Once I was praying for one of my Church members and the Lord gave me a picture of him carrying a sack with something kicking inside it. The Lord’s voice came very clearly saying ’Tell them to offer the person they are carrying as a burden to Me’ - this member said that he had been carrying
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at the ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.
Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries, published by
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006
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A church member asked her pastor, “We have some neighbors who believe a false gospel. What literature would you recommend that I give them?”
The pastor thought and then answered,
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
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I heard a story about 2 boys that were members of the same diving team at school, Bill Duncan and Joey Miller. They practiced diving together and Bill knew that he was just a mediocre diver but he was so proud of his friend Joey who was an excellent diver. The problem was that in practice Joey was
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jul 3, 2004
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I read a story about a church member who had brought their parents to church with them. While they were waiting for the service to start an usher who was looking for seats for someone noticed that there were two empty seats on their row. He asked "Are those two saved", talking about the seats.
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Baptist
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Our church was saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our most valued members, Someone Else.
Someone’s passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person’s
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An aged brother told me jokingly one time regarding the difference between the elders and deacon’s use of wine, in 1 Timothy 3:3. He said Brother Freeman: “It’s simple. The deacon can drink, ‘a little wine’; however, the elder can only sip it, swish it around in his mouth, and then spit it out.” He
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A pastor was leaving his area and was saying farewell to his congregation at the Church doors for the last time. He shook the hand of an elderly lady as she walked out. She said, "Your successor won't be as good as you."
"Nonsense", said the pastor, in a flattered tone.
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
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GOD'S FORGIVENESS IS INSTANT, COMPLETE, PERMANENT
One of our church members had an issue with a family member. That family member had been so unkind and hurtful for so long, that it seemed things would never change. Our member prayed to God for help. Another family member spoke to the hurtful
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Baptist
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FINANCIAL BLESSING COMES TO GIVER
A few months ago one of our staff members and her husband received a truck from another staff member as a gift! Recently this giving staff member and her
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Charismatic
Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 7, 2002
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Money that individuals give comes to the church from five sources, or "pockets." Obviously, these are not actual pockets, but symbolic pictures representing five major motives of church members in giving to their church. When church leaders understand the nature and source of their church’s
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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A survey of hundreds of pastors has allowed us to compile a preliminary list of measurable quality factors in the life of a congregation in ranking order. The twelve factors are:
1. Bible knowledge. Church members are increasing in their grasp of the teachings of the Bible. They can integrate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 5, 2007
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One sunday the pastor was on his way to church when he happens to pass by a man fishing in the lake. He noticed that the man fishing was his church member. He asked why the member was fishing when he was supposed to be in church. The member replied, " its better for me to do fishing because my mind
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