Contributed by David Ward on May 13, 2007
When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to an Associated Press story, there was one
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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If we want the respect of others, we must also give them the respect they deserve.
This is a lesson that Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa learned at a very young age.
When he was a child growing up in South Africa, Racism was still a big problem. If a black person and a white person met while
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 22, 2007
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Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms:
Why did God make mothers?
• She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is.
• Mostly to clean the house.
• To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
• He used
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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King Solomon, known for his God-given wisdom, faced a challenging situation recorded in 1 Kings 3:16-28. Two women, both claiming to be the mother of the same baby, brought their case before him. Solomon's response was both shocking and insightful. He suggested dividing the baby in two, giving
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Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
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A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world."
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 17, 2006
St. Augustine echoed this thought centuries ago in his beautiful poem entitled “Incarnation”:
Maker of the sun,
He is made under the sun.
In the Father he remains,
From his mother he goes forth.
Creator of heaven and earth,
He was born on earth under heaven.
Unspeakably wise,
He is wisely
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Methodist
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"A young woman left for college one autumn. Before she left, she asked her mother to look after the potted violets and her aquarium in her bedroom. Her mother, who often seemed distracted, assured her that she would water the plants and take care of the fish. The daughter left with assurances from
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 15, 2004
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A man noticed a lady in the grocery store with her year-old in her cart. The child asked for cookies. Her mother said no. The little girl began to cry loudly. The mother patiently said, "Now Missy, we’re half way done, it won’t be long." The same thing happened in the candy aisle. This time the
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“A young woman, eight months heavy with child, waddles into her mother’s house. Flops on the sofa. Kicks off her tennis shoes. Props her puffy feet on the coffee table. And groans, “I don’t think I can make it.”
Wise from the years, the mother picks up the photo album and sits beside her
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 21, 2004
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C. A little girl, on the way home from church, turned to her mother and said, “Mommy, the preacher’s sermon this morning confused me.” The mother said, “Oh! Why is that?” The girl replied, “Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. Is that true?” “Yes, that’s true,” the Mother replied.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms:
Why did God make mothers?
• She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is.
• Mostly to clean the house.
• To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
• He used
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A couple had adopted a baby boy after trying to have a baby for five years. To their surprise, a short time after the adoption, the mother discovered she was pregnant, and she later gave birth to a boy. One day when the two boys were eight and nine years old, a neighbor came to visit. observing the
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Illustration from Stories for Preachers on the commitment of love of one to another from Mother Teresa:“My own mother used to be very busy the whole day, but as soon as evening came, she moved very fast to get ready to meet my father. At that time we didn’t understand; we used to laugh; we used to
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Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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L.R. Agnew, a professor at UCLA Medical School, gave his students this scenario:
"Consider this family history:
• The father has a venereal disease
• The mother has tuberculosis
• They have had 4 children: The first of whom was blind
The second died as an infant
The third is deaf
The fourth has
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