Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 18, 2004
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She was an energetic young woman whose life was forever changed by an accident. Because her spinal cord was severed, she first struggled to survive. Forced to live her life as a quadriplegic, she nearly lost the will to live. Slowly, she achieved the impossible. She painted by holding a brush with
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o If you had a picture of a ferocious lion charging at you on your wall. You would not afraid because you’re not in danger. But if you were in the jungle where lions were roaming and that picture came to your mind you might be afraid. Because now that picture is very real probability. Men’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2006
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Boat Compromise"
My friend wanted a boat more than anything. His wife kept refusing, but he bought one anyway. "I’ll tell you what," he told her, "In the spirit of compromise, why don’t you name the boat?"
Being a good sport, she accepted. When her husband went to the dock for his maiden voyage,
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Video Illustration: The end of the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. It’s were the three have a show down in the cemetery court yard.
This scene paints a picture for us today on how we are to deal with the Bad and the Ugly of the church. The truth is we are in a duel with both. But the Good
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
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The Holiness of God:
I was in B.Q (D.I.Y.STORE) this week getting some paint for these walls in the church and I had it mixed on a machine, but the main ingredient was white their were tints of other colours but the main one used was white... And its the same with God’s Holiness God’s love is a
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What was Mary doing when she had her angelic epiphany, the one that changed the world forever? Was she deep in meditation, as the medieval paintings suggest? Maybe not. She surely wasn’t mowing the lawn, but I like to imagine her kneading bread, chanting a psalm and listening for the divine
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Contributed by Kent Mishleau on Apr 5, 2010
DELIGHT YOURSELVES IN THE LORD
"Delight" is to be happy or at peace with something. I wish I was an artist and could paint a picture of true wonderful delight. I wish I had awesome oratory skills that would set a picture in your minds that you could see a beauty that you would hold forever. I wish
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
NOT ENOUGH CHAPELS
An elderly woman was being conducted through a great cathedral in Europe. The guide spoke of its beauty of design, calling attention to the statues and painting. The woman was unimpressed. At the conclusion of the tour she asked the guide, "How many souls have been saved here
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Many years ago a painter by the name of Stenburg lived in Dusseldorf Germany. He was searching for a model to portrait. He chose a gypsy girl from the street, her name was Pepita. It was the first time for her to be invited to an artist’s studio. Her amazed eyes rounded here and there and suddenly
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
With his life in disarray, Steven Lavaggi sat on his bedroom’s wooden floor, and began searching his Bible for answers. His wife had just left him to marry a writer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. Ten days later, Steven discovered his son was stricken with Juvenile Diabetes. Then he lost his
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 11, 2007
Perhaps you’ve seen the commercial on television advertising one of those lending companies. This nice man with a painted on smile stands surrounded by this nice all-American family, and he says, “I’ve got a beautiful family.” The next scene shows a picture of a big house and the same man says,
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Contributed by Joel Vicente on Mar 1, 2003
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Intro: Illustrate: If You Can’t See the Water Line, It’s ... Time to Unload
When I was a child, my father, on leave from World War II, took my sister and me to the Liverpool dock yards to see the
merchant ships that brought us food.
"Brave men have risked their lives to bring us this precious
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
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Andrew was a grown man, but had some real trouble adjusting to the adult world. He had a pleasant simplicity that many mistakened for a slowness of mind.
One day he came to me upset because his bike had been stolen for the second time. I told him about the time someone had stolen my favorite
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
YOUR MESS BECOMES YOUR MESSAGE
Joe Almanza grew up in a family of organized crime called the Mexican Mafia:
"We were supplying most of the heroin for the Southern and Midwestern US. I became addicted to heroin. I went to many drug addiction agencies. I sold some heroin to an undercover agent
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2013
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HOW NOT TO BUILD
I grew up around construction and building material people. My family, for several generations, was in lumber and building materials.
In 1998 we opened a new hardware store in Lake Mary. I ran it from the time it opened, until I went to seminary. Part of my responsibility was to
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