Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderments, and are always answering questions when the
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 22, 2009
Larry Crabb in Inside Out
"To have a parent or friend whose relationship to Christ is clearly real and strangely enticing gives a hope of joy that preserves us from the lure of sinful pleasures. As a child I watched with fascination as my dad prayed in church. His prayers were different from so
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
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There was a boy who was very popular among others his age. He was an excellent leader in his school groups. One of his friends visited him and saw a homemade plaque in his room with the words "I Am Third" on it. His friend asked him what it meant and he replied, "It is the motto I try to use in my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure. We are more pained by ignorance than delighted by
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009
Clarence Darrow, the agnostic, once said, "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
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EVERYTHING WORTH HAVING HAS PAIN
"In everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure: the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the sea-bather comes after the icy
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