Cymbala shares in his book, "Fresh Power":
"But just as there are people who watch from the bleachers and never know the challenge of competing on the court, we have millions of churchgoers who sit in pews every week without ever entering the game. They sacrifice nothing, strain toward no ministry
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
Some people think they are a wonder when they are not. I heard about a bachelor who was on an airplane. He saw a pretty stewardess and decided to get her attention.
She passed by and said, “Sir, you do not have your seat belt fastened.”
He replied, “Well, my dear, Superman doesn’t need a seat
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 13, 2022
Too busy to read the Bible, too busy to wait and pray;
Too busy to speak out kindly, to someone who passes by the way!
Too busy working and worrying, to think of the life to come;
Too busy building earthly mansions, to plan for the Heaven above.
Too busy to help a brother, who faces trials and
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 29, 2001
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In the musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” Tevye, a man devoted to tradition, finds his thinking challenged when his oldest daughter wants to marry for love, instead of having her marriage arranged by her parents. It had never occurred to him that one would marry for love, and one night he cannot help
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Author Dwight Small made an eloquent application of godly love to marriage: "Godly love is not born of a lover’s need, nor does it have its source in the one loved. God’s love empties itself to give what the other needs.
"Its motives rise wholly from within its own nature. Godly love lives in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love."
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
A VOW TO CHERISH
In the movie A Vow to Cherish a husband struggles with his wife’s Alzheimer's. The most difficult thing is the fact that she doesn’t know him and he is a complete stranger to her. He kneels in front of her and pledges he will love her till the day they die. He recites the vows
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Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 10, 2001
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I was reminded of a story I read once about a mother who would listen with her young children to an instructional program on the radio each morning. She particularly enjoyed the exercise class. One day she tuned in late, only to hear an energetic instructor already urging pupils along at a fast
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 25, 2002
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Have you ever seen a mob on TV or movies? They are dangerous, and can become murderous in an instant.
People in mobs are like cattle before a stampede. Ever see that? In the movie Red River, John Wayne and his men are moving cattle along the Chisolm trail, and the cattle are spooked by howling
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 29, 2002
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Martin Niemoeller experienced it. One of Hitler’s least favorite people, Rev. Niemoeller was placed in prison and summoned to a special court. He was suddenly afraid. He had no idea what to expect! But according to Francis Gay, as he was taken along the seemingly endless corridor to the courtroom,
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There is the story about a Presbyterian pastor and a Baptist pastor who got to talking about Baptism and how it should be done. The Presbyterian pastor asked the Baptist pastor "if it was enough to baptized up to the chin?" He said "no." "How about up to the nose?" "No." "The eyebrows?" "No."
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United Methodist
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Have you ever gone shopping across the border in Mexico? I remember one particular time. I was walking through the “tiendas” (shopping district) in Monterrey, Mexico. On every side “hawkers” were standing at the doors of the shops, trying to lure me away from a competitor and into their shop.
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A.W. Tozer writes in the Pursuit of God: "Why do some persons find God in a way that others do not? Why does God manifest His presence to some and let multitudes of others struggle along in the half-light of imperfect Christian experience? Of course the will of God is the same for all. He has no
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 21, 2005
How many here have ever seen the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”? George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) wonders if his life really matters. He feels like a failure. In his sacrifice for others he has not attained his dreams. At his point of crisis he meets up with an angel named
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