Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 18, 2010
                
                
                
                    When my grandson goes to the bookshelf and touches the pile of DVD’s at my daughter’s house, he knows it is wrong. I can tell he knows by the defiant look on his face. He knows it is wrong because he has been told it is wrong. He has FULL REVELATION of this rule. If he had not been told it was
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
                
                
                
                    BACKSLIDING IS MISERABLE
It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose "backsliding" is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins--all these are sad sights. But a
                    
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                    Shalom Aleichem tells a delightful story about an old man standing on a crowded bus. The young man standing next to him asked, "What time is it?" The old man refused to reply. The young man moved on. The old man’s friend, sensing something was wrong, asked, "Why were you so discourteous to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    During a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, a news report highlighted a rescue device used on the oil rigs. In case of fire or (in this case) hurricane, rig workers scramble into the bullet-shaped "bus" and strap themselves into their seats.
When the entry port is shut, the vehicle is released down
                    
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                    Sheep are not particularly bright animals.  It is not that they occasionally wander off, it is their pattern.  It is predictable and expected.  They are easily distracted and easily led astray.  A story ran in the Washington Post in 2005 telling about shepherds in Gevas, Turkey who watched in shock
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 2, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A Christmas Parable 
   A man is climbing a mountain, at the top of which he hopes to find God. By ascending the heights, the seeker expects to leave all the cares and miseries of life behind in the valley. But while he climbs, God is coming down the mountain into the toil and grief. In the mists
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    WE NEED LIGHT
Do you realize there is a physical disorder caused by lack of light?
It is called Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) and it effects 1 in 5 of us. It is caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, which in turn alters a person’s brain chemistry. During the fall and winter months when
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2008
                
                
                
                    WATCHING A TRAPEZE SHOW IS BREATHTAKING. WE WONDER AT THE DEXTERITY AND TIMING. WE GASP AT NEAR-MISSES. IN MOST CASES, THERE IS A NET UNDERNEATH. WHEN THEY FALL, THEY JUMP UP AND BOUNCE BACK TO THE TRAPEZE. 
IN CHRIST, WE LIVE ON THE TRAPEZE. THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH AND SAY, "LOOK
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 15, 2008
                
                
                
                    IN HIS BOOK THE GOSPEL AS IT REALLY IS STUART OLYOTT GIVES THE ILLUSTRATION OF A MAN WALKING DOWN  A LANE BY NIGHT WHO FALLS INTO A PUDDLE  OF MUD .  HE DIDN’T REALISE HOW DIRTY HE WAS UNTIL HE BEGAN TO REACH THE STREET LIGHT . THE NEARER HE CAME TO THE LIGHT THE MORE HE BECAME AWARE OF HIS FILTH
                    
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Most people associate missions with leaving for another city, country, or continent. This is because, technically speaking, we refer to those who have crossed cultural, ethnic, or geographic lines in order to share about Jesus as missionaries.
However, mission work includes more than rain forest
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FINISHING IN FAILURE, OR FAITH-- COMMUNION MEDITATION
One of Track and Field’s more interesting events is the high jump.  The high jump and the pole vault are the only events where even the winner finishes in failure.   
Right after the jumper clears one heighth, the bar is raised.  The bar is
                    
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                    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    TRUST THE NARROW, UNBEATEN PATH
When I was younger I went hiking up Golden Ears Mountain. Several years earlier I went with my school and there was a nice rope bridge that crossed the waterfalls to keep you on the trail up the top of the mountain. The path that led to the bridge was wide, covered
                    
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