Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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Helen Hayes once said that her mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. Her mother advised her that "achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice too, but not as important
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Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
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A mother was asked by a neighbor, “Do you do any literary work?”
“Oh, yes,” replied the mother, “I’m writing two books.”
“What are their titles?” asked the surprised neighbor.
Replied the mother, “John and Mary. My business is to write on the mind and heart of
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Sunny Philip on May 16, 2006
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Susanna Wesley was a mother who had gone through much in her life. To begin with, during the first nineteen years of her married life, she gave birth to nineteen children. That turned out to be the least of her problems. Eight of those children died of natural causes and sickness. One child was
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 20, 2006
Tony Campolo relates the time his mother called him and told him that Mrs. Kilpatrick had died. He said, this dear woman, Mrs. Kilpatrick, had lived on his street in W. Philly as he was growing up. She had taken him to museums, concerts, social functions. So, Tony’s mom called and said, "Now, Tony
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Christian Church
Mother Teresa said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Births to mothers of 2 or more children rose 4% between ’96 and ’03, 12% since
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There’s a story about Mother Teresa telling her superiors that she had five pennies and a dream from God to build an orphanage. Her superiors told her that she couldn’t build an orphanage, or anything else for that matter, with just five
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Episcopal/Anglican
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I heard of a mother who was asked by her three children what she would like for her birthday. She answered, "Three well-behaved children." One of the children thought about her words for a moment
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Charismatic
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In the movie: “The Bear” a bear cub whose mother died took up with a male bear. They traveled together. One of my favorite parts happened when they got separated and the little bear came upon a mountain lion. When the mountain lion came at the cub he stood up trying to scare it away. The mountain
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in
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Baptist
Contributed by John Price on May 9, 2007
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Mother Teresa once said “True holiness consists in doing
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A few years ago, when Mother Teresa visited Australia, a young man was assigned to be her guide during her stay. He was thrilled at the prospect of being so close to such a godly woman but he became frustrated over time because even though he was constantly near her, he never had the opportunity to
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