Contributed by Randy Brooks on Jun 6, 2007
I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 14, 2007
Suppose Western Union brought me a telegram that read,
“The President of the U.S. desires your presence tomorrow.”
Then, suppose I took that telegram, tore it up, spit on it, and tossed it in the trash. Do you think Western Union would be offended? Of course not! My insult would not be against
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 8, 2007
When we give good gifts, we think of Christmas. There is a lady that my Dad knows who literally spends well over $500 on her child (that is one child) for Christmas. She doesn’t make a lot of money. She is an hourly employee in a service industry job. Translation: She makes at best a little of
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Church Of God
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John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer
Romans 12:1-2
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
Exalted for thee or brought low by thee.
Let me be full, let me be
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Adventist
Contributed by Aaron Hand on Dec 22, 2007
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[A Christmas Poem]
The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
Came to earth for you and me.
The salvation I could not afford
He paid for on Calvary.
What could I ever give Him
That would thank Him for His Son?
I’ll confess, and turn from my sin
And live in the victory won!
I often lose sight
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Baptist
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LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical college in India on "Let your light so shine before men that they may behold your good works and glorify your Father." In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with its cotton wick burning from the shallow dish of oil. As he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 17, 2008
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After Pilate realized Jesus was innocent of the charges brought before him, he wanted to let Jesus go, but when he told the people what he wanted to do, they got upset.
They didn’t want justice, they wanted death! They wanted blood! They wanted the blood of Jesus and they got it!
If you want the
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Pentecostal
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A little pre-school girl was at the doctor's office. When the doctor was listening to the little girl's heart through a stethoscope, he asked her, "Who do I hear in there? Is Donald Duck in there? Is Barney in there?"
The little girl corrected him very seriously: "No! Jesus is in my heart;
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Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 22, 2008
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We all set examples for others to follow. I can remember growing up and putting on my dad’s shoes and shirt and walking around the house when I was little. Of course the clothes were too big for me. But I can remember how much I wanted to be grown up and be like my father.
Do any of you remember
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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Arthur Gordon in an article entitled "The Rewards of Caring," tells the story of how once, as a small boy, he was witness to a near-tragedy.
At the beach, a woman stepped off a sandbar into deep, swift water and panicked. At least 20 adults in bathing suits watched, apparently paralyzed, until
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 11, 2008
We know that Jesus rose from the dead. The resurrection is a historical event, not a myth or story. We know this from the empty tomb and the people who saw Christ physically alive. First, the women, and then the apostles, and then over five hundred people saw Christ alive after he rose from the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Larry Vinson on Aug 4, 2008
Tetrullian, who can be described as an early church father once said, “How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of life they follow, one in the religion they practice. . . . Nothing divides them either in flesh or in spirit. . . .
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
Make Me Fit to Live With
John Drescher, in his book, If I Were Starting My Family Again, says something really profound. He used to pray for his children, that they would become more obedient, pleasant, loving, and so on.
And then he says:
"... it struck me that this kind of praying myst stop...I
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Mennonite
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 7, 2009
“One day, people are going to forget about the Heisman Trophy, the jump pass and the national championship. One day, this [championship] ring is going to rust. There are only four things that are going to last forever: God, his word, people and rewards.”
"Because I’m so passionate about it, and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
I’m reminded of the story of two men who were walking through a field one day and spotted an enraged bull. Instantly, the darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit, and it was soon apparent that they wouldn’t make it. Terrified, one of the men shouted to the other,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2009
“Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?”
Here is where we have to back up just a step and remember who Paul is talking about and who he is talking to. When he says that God will, with Christ, freely give us all things, the 'us' consists of all those who are referred to in verse 28 and in
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Orthodox