Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 6, 2004
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I have heard Karl Ingersoll, another Grand Mananer and pastor of Fredericton First Wesleyan, say, “The measure of the greatness of a man’s love for God is not found in his attention to the things he has to do, but in his attention to the things he doesn’t have to do.” That is, your salvation
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006
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Definition of Leadership
There are lots of ideas of what leadership is.
1 : the office or position of a leader
2 : capacity to lead
3 : the act or an instance of leading
- Merriam Webster
"The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary
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If we were to go out to eat and I paid for the food our bill would be marked paid in full. We could not pay for it again because it was paid for. My friend could not pay for the food because I had taken care of it already. On the Cross Jesus said: ’It Is Finished’. This
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Baptist
Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Apr 30, 2002
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Quotable
“It is the highest and holiest of the paradoxes that the man who really knows he cannot pay his debt will
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Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 2, 2009
Some say it is better to stay in debt on your home so you don’t lose the deduction. Let’s look at the math.
“If you have a home with a payment of around $900, and the interest portion is $830 per month, you have paid around $10,000 in interest that year, which creates a tax deduction” of around
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Holiness
Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 15, 2008
When you take a public speaking class, you’re often told that an attention getting step is one of the best ways to keep your audience focused on what you want them to hear. People tend to notice when you say something that seems out of place or show something people can look at. I once used a
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Lutheran
Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Jun 19, 2007
I heard a quote that was made by the man who started the first police force in Britain.
‘The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen…’
Robert Peel
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 25, 2005
INTRODUCTION... Ransom
Ransom, is an action packed drama thriller that came out in 1996 starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo and directed by Ron Howard. The movie focuses on Mel Gibson’s character, Tom Mullen, a rich airline owner, is shocked when his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the two
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Contributed by Dan Thompkins on Jan 11, 2008
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After I had been tithing a year or more, through no fault of mine or my family but through sickness, we got rather deep in debt. The enemy said to me: "It is not right for you to give a tenth of what you make to the church when you owe these bills. A Christian pays his debts. You should pay these
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 30, 2001
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I am reminded of the witty line that a Senior Pastor used on me when he mentioned I was about to receive a pay raise. He said, "Now remember, this
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2002
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There’s a story of a young American engineer who was sent to Ireland by his company. It was a two-year assignment. He had accepted it because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their plan was to put their money
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 15, 2003
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A young American engineer was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment that he had accepted because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their plan was to pool their
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
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In the movie “The Color Purple” there is a character named “Sug Avery.” She grew up in preacher’s home; but fell into deep sin. She was the same kind of sinner as the woman in our text. Early in the movie we see her father rejecting her because that sin. He won’t even speak to her. Sug longs
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Charismatic
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