Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
PRAYER - Relay for Life Prayer – Road Atlanta- Hall County, Georgia Relay – June 1, 2012
Father God,
You are our rock, our fortress, our strength… especially in the most difficult struggles of life. For all those gathered here today, bless them with your comforting peace and your reassuring
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
One day I received a call from a distraught family who wanted a minister to do a quick funeral. I say “quick” because they asked me to speak for only a few minutes. “We don’t want anything religious,” the son told me, “and nothing you do will be too short.” I asked him why it was so important for
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Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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Once, there was a traveler named Samuel, whose heart was set on reaching a city famed for its eternal beauty and joy. However, during his journey, he stumbled upon a quaint, comforting village. Lured by its immediate solace, Samuel decided to rest there for a while. As days turned into weeks, the
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Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 10, 2025
When I was about seven, our family escaped the summer heat of Rangoon and went up to the cool hills of Mussoorie, India. We stayed for a few weeks in a music building that had eight pianos and plenty of hiding places for kids playing hide-and-seek.
One evening as dusk settled, we heard a low,
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Contributed by Eldon Reich on May 3, 2005
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Antoine Augustine Parmentier a chemist and pharmacist,
overcame the potatoes bad rap for the French
when he acquired a miserable and unproductive spot of ground outside of Paris.
There, he planted 50 acres of potatoes.
During the day, he set a guard over it.
This drew considerable attention in
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Contributed by Jack Valentino on May 24, 2005
In 1968 I worked with a nurse at Bethesda Naval Hospital who told me one day after I had just lost it with a co-worker. “You know you are only as big as the things you let bother you”
Although I wasn’t in the mood to hear it at that time, it did impact me. However she didn’t respond much better
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 31, 2005
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The Serenity Prayer – written by Reinhold Niebuhr
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
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Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Nov 18, 2005
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"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 5, 2005
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This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white man. In a 1996 interview she said “she was tired of it all.” My friend, 1 person, a seamstress from Alabama, decided it was time for a change and through her action and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Married couples have nothing more to say to each other after 8 years, according to a study. Professor Hans Jurgens asked 5000 German husbands and wives how often they talked to each other. After 2 years of marriage, most of them managed two or three minutes of chat over breakfast, more than 20
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