DO WE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO OFFER GOD SMALL THINGS?
Sometimes we offer to God but a very little. Crumbs, scraps.
It has been calculated that in a typical 70 year life span:
Sleep ---- 23 years ----32%
Work ---- 16 years ---- 22%
TV ------ 8 years ------ 11%
Eating --- 6 years ---- 8%
Travel --- 6
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003
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Henry Blackaby tells a story in his book called “The Man God Uses”
about his son Tom. Tom was called to lead a youth Bible study in a small
town. Over time, God added more responsibility as a student council member
and then as student council president. Soon, he was called to a two year
mission
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Baptist
I remember a game we used to play in phys. ed., during the wrestling unit. There was a circle on the mat, and the object of the contest was to knock your opponent off balance and get some portion of his body to touch outside the designated circle - the goal was to stand your ground - and, as you
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Baptist
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
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I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A
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Baptist
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Feb 25, 2008
Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Early in life he displayed a moody, restless temperament that was to thwart his every pursuit. By the age of 27 he had been, in turn, a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a theological student, and an
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Teen Births Up The U.S. birth rate among teens 15 to 19 rose 3% in ’06, the first such increase since ’91. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working. Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow, says that
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2 Tim 1:5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
After my late wife, Fiona, died I noticed a penciled message in the Bible of my granddaughter
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Charismatic
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
JOY GOES DEEPER
"Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different;
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Nazarene
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
It does not matter where He places me or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me. For the easiest positions, He must give grace; and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient. So, if God places me in great perplexity, must He not give me much guidance? In positions of great
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Brethren
GRANT'S FOCUS
One of the great personalities to come out of the American Civil War was Ulysses S. Grant. One of his strong qualities was his ability to focus. One story is told about him doing some paper work in his tent, and a document he needed was on the other side of tent. So he waddled across
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Methodist
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2011
THE MISSION
In the movie The Mission, 16th c. Jesuit monks have been working with the Guarani Indians, bringing them not only the gospel but agriculture and medicine and music. Across the ocean, the Treaty of Madrid transfers the land from Portugal to Spain. The Jesuits are evicted, the Indian
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 13, 2011
OOPS...
A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered one of the bosses, Mr. Jones. He was standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen," said Mr. Jones, "This is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing
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Brethren
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 13, 2011
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GOD IS BUILDING A TESTIMONY
A young man in his 20s came to faith in Christ after many years of bad choices and consequences and of breaking the hearts of his mother and others around him. The reality of his genuine conversion was proven over the dramatic change that continued throughout his life.
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