Contributed by Billy Noel on May 18, 2009
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE AN ACT OF LOVE
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 12, 2025
[054]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DAY IS AT HAND
This poem is figurative in a sense. I look at the early glimmer of light in the east as the sun soon will rise. Then it increases until it is full day with the bright shining sun.
What the poem does is begin with the harbinger of the dawn in
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A modern day story of perseverance in prayer:
Hands on --- show your key chain:
PUSH – I have had this key chain for at least 9 years – It is a constant reminder to me about the importance of perseverance in prayer –especially through difficult circumstances. The acrostic meaning of the key chain
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Nov 30, 2001
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SIGNS YOU LIVE IN THE YEAR 2001...
1. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
3. You call your son’s beeper to let him know it’s time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom,
"What’s for
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Contributed by Mike Kern on Jan 27, 2002
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AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO
Rebecca and Abigail Bates lived on the coast of Massachusetts, near a little village named Scituate. Their father was the keeper of the lighthouse, which stood at the entrance of the harbor and warned ships away from the rocky coast.
One day Rebecca and Abigail were up in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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LIVING UNDER THE CROSS
Gerald L. Sittser writes
"Two years ago, I wrote a book about suffering. I have received many letters from people who wanted to tell me their own stories of suffering. I have asked permission from a few to tell their stories to others. One woman, Mary, was in a terrible
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 14, 2002
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OTHER FAITHS ON HEAVEN
Heaven has many cartographers, and through the centuries many different heavens have been charted. To the variety of celestial landscapes in the West, Islam and Buddhism have raised their own particular paradises: the Koran details a heaven filled with beautiful, large eyed
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Have you ever had one of those days? Perhaps you can
identify with this fellow:
I am writing in response to your request for additional
information. In block number 3 of the accident reporting form, I put “Poor planning” as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003
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PRECIOUS GRANDMOTHER
“In Charles Colson’s book, Loving God, he tells the story of an incredible ninety-one-year-old woman, known affectionately as Grandma Howell…
As she moved into the twilight of her life, she had more than one reason to let depression take over--to just give up and die. Her
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2003
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GOD HELD MY HAND
As a child my parents took me to church
You see for me they didn’t have to search.
And when at my grandparents house we all went together.
In rain, snow, heat and all kinds of weather.
Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, work was all we knew
Of the outside world we had no
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 21, 2004
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Anybody here heard of a rich man called John Davis who lived in Hiawatha, Kansas? Davis, was a farmer and a self-made man. He began as a lowly hired hand and by sheer determination and frugality he managed to amass a considerable fortune in his lifetime. In the process, however, the farmer did not
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
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Shortly after the turn of the century, Japan invaded, conquered, and occupied Korea. One group singled out for concentrated oppression was the Christians. When the Japanese army overpowered Korea one of the first things they did was board up evangelical churches and eject most foreign missionaries.
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