Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 24, 2003
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A mother of a five-year-old girl was startled to find her going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word "God" wherever appeared on the page. Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, "Why are doing that?" The
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 24, 2001
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The mother of four young boys often had difficulty curbing their energy, especially in church. But when her minister preached on "turning the other cheek," the boys gave him their undivided attention. “No matter what others do to us,” he said, “we should never try to ‘get even.’”
That afternoon
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 6, 2002
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A mother was teaching her young son to use the phone. She showed him which numbers to push and explained about the dial tone and the sound of the other phone ringing. The process had begun. The son waited anxiously for the call to be completed, but no one picked up the phone on the other end. Mom
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Church Of God
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Barna notes that between the two parents mother’s and father’s the mom is doing a better job of teaching their kids about the spiritual dimension of life -- Barna survery:
a. Mom versus Dad: Men may enjoy advantages in physical strength, but they are much less likely than women to exercise their
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We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 6, 2007
I went to visit Malinda’s mother in the hospital two weeks ago, because her pastor was elected DS and hadn’t been able to be there. I felt I was to pray for her staff infection to go away, but not for the cancer they feared was back. I honestly reasoned God will not take the cancer away with her
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 18, 2007
The eldest son of a widowed mother went out to missionary work in Western Africa. In a short time he filled a missionary’s grave. There was another son left at home … by my brother’s grave. I will preach to my brother’s people. …In a short time, he too found a resting place in a missionary’s
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
Boyce Mouton – in “A tribute to my mother” – “Though we were poor, by contrast with modern children, I was raised In the lap of luxury. I was blessed to have a mother whose main ambition in life was to raise her family. During my childhood years I had no interest in shiny new cars and plush carpet,
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 25, 2008
Augustine credits his mother for leading him to Jesus Christ. He was a notorious sinner and this is what he says of his mother after becoming a Christian in his book Confessions. “You (God) drewest my soul out of that profound darkness, my mother, thy faithful one, weeping to Thee for me, more
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A small boy was talking with his mother and said, "How old do I have to be to stay up late on a school night?"
His mother replied, "About eighteen."
"Oh good!" the boy said. "I'm old enough now!"
"How do you figure that? Mom said. "Last time I checked, you were only eleven."
"Well," the boy
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful
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