Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Mar 20, 2001
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Lewis B. Smedes writes in his book: Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve:
"If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
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A story is told of a turtle that wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center.
The flight went fine until someone on the ground
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Contributed by James May on Aug 7, 2001
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A friend of mine once told me that he went to a training conference where a course was being taught on how to improve your memory. He spent nearly $200 on the books, tapes and worksheets for the course and brought it home. When he arrived at home he stored the course and then went about his daily
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Feb 3, 2002
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The Australian coat of arms pictures two creatures--the emu, a flightless bird, and the kangaroo.
The animals were chosen because they share a characteristic that appealed to the Australian citizens. Both the emu and kangaroo can move only forward, not back. The emu's three-toed foot causes it to
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Other
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WATCH A SPIDER?
Have you ever watched a spider?
The spider will spend many hours, days, in great
effort spinning a web.
As the spider spins the web, the key factor will
become patience.
Many hours after the web is completed, the spider
waits and waits.
The spider must
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
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Title: Look to the Stars
One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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"An unlettered maid was great in the kitchen and an immaculate housekeeper, but her main strength was that she never ruffled by anything. She was always calm and in control. When asked about her secret, she quoted a verse in the Bible: "It came to pass." When told that this was not the complete
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United Methodist
Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Sep 6, 2002
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- “We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture there without the light giving word, lest we slip with our feet. Each man should use the word of God personally, practically, and habitually, that he may see his way and see
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
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I Lost It - The number of church-going Americans who dropped out of church DOUBLED in the past decade, from 7% of the population to 14%. Calvin College professor Ruth A. Tucker says many of those who leave have put in years - some even decades - of faithful service to the church. She says winning
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 3, 2003
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Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old farmer was taking his hired man to task for carrying a lighted lantern when he went to call on his best girl.
“Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
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WATCHMEN ON THE WALLS OF FREEDOM
"We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 8, 2003
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One New Year’s Eve at London’s Garrick Club, British dramatist Frederick Lonsdale was asked by Symour Hicks to reconcile with a fellow member. The two had quarreled in the past and never restored their friendship. “You must,” Hicks said to Lonsdale. “It is very unkind to be unfriendly at such a
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 15, 2004
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A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following:
"One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume of sympathy bound in cloth."
"A watch
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Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
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A couple was driving home on their 25th wedding anniversary after a celebration at a fine restaurant. The wife was sitting over against the door on the passenger side. Her husband was behind the wheel. And she began to lament: “Oh, honey, remember when we were so close? I mean, I remember when we
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by David Slone on Sep 11, 2004
Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers, Josh, noticed and asked Andy what happened.
Andy replied, "Oh, nothing. It’s just an old hockey injury that acts up once in a while."
Josh, "Wow, I never knew you played hockey."
Andy, "No I don’t. I hurt it
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 23, 2005
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Corrie ten Boom was a courageous Dutch woman who was interned in a Nazi prison camp during World War II because her family helped to hide Jewish people from the Gestapo. During her imprisonment, Corrie endured some of the worst degradation a person can experience. Her sister, Betsy, died in the
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Lutheran
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