Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 15, 2003
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Engineers tell us that the only way that metal can safely be used is after
testing it. And it must exceed the testing requirements. Repeatedly. The
metal to be used must be pure. And in order for it to be purified, it must go
through fire. It must be melted, and molded to fit the designers
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 25, 2007
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Hypocrisy can be illusrated by the way we clean house when company is coming - We shove our junk in the closet, stuff it under the bed, etc. where it can’t be seen. Out of sight it doesn’t exist at least to our guests. That is not a horrible way to clean house, but it is terrible way to deal
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 12, 2001
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Pioneers were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long line of smoke in the west, stretching for miles
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
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Henry Durbanville felt that way. In his book The Best Is Yet To Be he wrote, "I feel so sorry for folks who don’t like to grow old...I revel in my years. They enrich me...I would not exchange...the abiding rest of soul, the measure of wisdom I have gained from the sweet and bitter and perplexing
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 2, 2008
It Doesn’t Work Any Other Way
My granddaughter, who is 3 years old, has entered the “Why” stage of development. It doesn’t matter what I am doing, she will invariably ask, “Papaw, what are you doing?” No matter what I tell her, the next question is always, “Why?” This is followed by an endless
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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NO GOD AT ALL
Trinity Sunday is the day in which we celebrate God the Holy Trinity; the three persons, yet still only one God: the Father-Creator, Jesus the Son-Redeemer; and the Holy Spirit-the Sanctifier. Ever since day one, Christians have grappled in their language to adequately speak and
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THEN GOD!
WHAT IS THE LITTLE AMONG SO GREAT A NEED?
JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO!
JESUS JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FAITH PHILIP HAD?
PHILIP HAD THE FAITH --- BUT THEY LET GO OF THE FAITH --- THEN GOD!
A. THERE IS MORE TO THE TEST THAN JUST REALIZING PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY!
John 6:5
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
GOD’S GARDEN
Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn.
Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most
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Others have developed dysfunctional ways to view life in hope it would bring contentment, fulfillment and eternal life!
a. Optimism: By looking through rose-colored glasses, we can convince ourselves that we live on Fantasy Island, existing under cloudless skies and surrounded by oceans of love,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
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KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD
God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him.
SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
"Your God is God" from wingclips.com
In 1994, Heidi and Rolland Baker arrived in Mozambique amidst the hard times following the Mozambique Civil War. Even the Red Cross trucks were not safe and were bombed. During the hard times, sometimes even threatened by death, Heidi and
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MY GOD, MY GOD
Jesus' lonely cry of, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!" is a desperate cry of loneliness. I believe this was the worst and the most horrible part of the crucifixion for Jesus. I believe it was worst than the beatings, the betrayal of Judas, the desertion of the disciples,
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010
GOD'S WOOD AND GOD'S IRON
Famed evangelist, Billy Kelly, received a donation of some Jack Daniel's aging barrels. He used them to make lemonade at his Greer Baptist Camp Meeting. He quipped that he didn't know if where from the Spirit or the spirits, but that they sure had enjoyed wonderful
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