Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
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Quote. (John Maxwell)
Do It Anyway!
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. – Love them anyway!
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. – Do good anyway!
If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies. – Succeed anyway!
The good you do
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Mennonite
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Clark Pinnock (Flame of Love, chapter 5) “salvation is union, conversion is awakening to love… Love woos – it does not compel. Conversion is not coerced. God convicts and moves us towards intimacy. His Word is powerful, but there must be a response to it. God does not overpower but saves those
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Baptist
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Each and every one of Jesus’ disciples was and is "a diamond in the rough". "Every diamond does not shine alike. Some can never shine because they have never been cut. The brilliancy of the light depends largely upon the character of its facets. Three things are needed to make us shine: (1) We must
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United Methodist
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jul 28, 2003
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A man purchased a white mouse to use as food for his pet snake. He dropped the unsuspecting mouse into the snake’s glass cage, where the snake was sleeping in a bed of sawdust. The tiny mouse had a serious problem on his hands. At any moment he could be swallowed alive. Obviously, the mouse needed
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Mennonite
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 21, 2003
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A couple of years ago on America’s Funniest Home Videos, a young boy was shown on Christmas morning. He came down to see a large present beside the tree and ran over to tear it open to see what was inside. The paper went flying and suddenly he broke into a dance and jumped around the room
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Methodist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 26, 2004
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Grieving Person: It is so depressing being out of work so long, sometimes I wonder if life is worth living. Not that I’m planning on committing suicide or anything, but this really gets me down.
Right Response: I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do. It is bad, and I would probably have
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 26, 2005
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Dr. Albert Palmer was the minister of Central Union Church of Honolulu, Hawaii. While serving there he oversaw a massive building project for their church. Just before it’s completion, the architect asked Palmer to provide him with an inscription to be placed high in the chancel above the pulpit
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 12, 2005
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Temptation and evil are parts of life. We pray in this petition that God will guard us from its disastrous effects and help us stand against it. Unfortunately many of us follow the example of the majority of people and follow the path of least resistance. We yield. In the lake of life, we are Brown
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Lutheran
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 9, 2005
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When you fold your hands, the thumb is nearest you. So begin by praying for those closest to you – your loved ones (Philippians 1 : 3 – 5).
The index finger is the pointer. Pray for those who teach – Bible teachers and preachers, and those who teach children (1 Thessalonians 5 : 25).
The next
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Baptist
Contributed by Robert Rose on Sep 27, 2005
Ok, you pull into your driveway. You have had a long day at work, and all that is on your mind right now is, you want to veg out in your favorite chair and take in some tube. When you pull into your drive way you notice ice on your driveway. As you carefully enter the house you notice that your
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Holiness
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 9, 2005
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A missionary in Africa experienced great difficulty in trying to translate the Gospel of John into the local dialect. He faced the problem of finding a word for believe. He continued to do his best, but he always had to leave a blank space when he came to that particular word. Then one day a runner
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Baptist
Contributed by Ronnie Brown on Nov 9, 2005
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My 5 year old son Evan and I were driving in Atlanta. He saw some spotlights moving the clouds. He asked me what they were and what they were for. I told him that they were called spot lights and people used them to draw attention to a certain place. It’s like they are say "Come over here and see
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Baptist
Contributed by Frank Jackson on Nov 12, 2005
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The penetrating message was caught in a poem written by an unknown confederate soldier, who finally learned the lesson of the thorn.
I asked God for strength that I might achieve.
I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked God for health that I might do greater things.
I was given
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 22, 2005
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When Martin Luther was printing his translation of the Bible in Germany, pieces of the printed Scripture fell to the floor. A young girl picked one of them up and read the phrase of our text, “For God so loved the world that he gave”. The rest of the sentence was missing. That moment for her was
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Salvation Army
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