MYTHS AND TRUTHS OF HAPPINESS
In David G. Myers book The Pursuit Of Happiness (1993), he addresses the truth about what genuinely brings happiness and contentment to people’s lives. In his epilogue after going through many studies, he sums up his findings:
By scrutinizing the fruits of hundreds
                    
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                    WHEN YOU CAN'T FIGHT, PRAY
Nancy told me the other day that, not too long ago, she overheard Graham praying. Here he was, near the end of his life, beset with a failing body more than nine decades old, and what was he praying for? His country. Your country. Mine. He fought for this country. He
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Adams on Aug 13, 2011
                
                
                
                    DEFICIENCIES
I want to tell you about a weird thing that used to happen a lot to sailors during the 1600s.  Vessels were getting more sea worthy, and adventures were taking people farther and farther from home.  You might be on the same ship with the same people, with the same person cooking for
                    
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                    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 27, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    NUK NUK NUK
As you know our 12-year-old son Chase is autistic. I have introduced both our boys to a very intellectual series of programs called The Three Stooges. The problem with Chase being autistic is he can do a "Nuk Nuk" almost anywhere at anytime. So the slapstick has started at our house. I
                    
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                    WHAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL
 
Sometimes we want things we know is not God's will.
 
Jay Kesler wrote of a time when he caused an auto accident. He prayed that it did not happen, but it did.
 
I know how the young Jay Kesler felt. I've done things that I wanted to undo and said things that I wanted to
                    
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                    Judge Robert Bork, who was nominated for the Supreme by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 wrote a book a few years ago entitled: Slouching towards Gomorrah. In that book Bork says, that the forces of evil are so deeply entrenched that any cultural shifts will only be superficial unless they are
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the movie "Serenity" the crew of the ship Serenity find a planet that was last known to be filled with crowds of people all working together to build a world.  The ship lands on the planet only to discover the streets empty of people.  When the crew begins to investigate they discover the
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Take the Lord's Table to Others
And just as we experience the presence of the Lord, I believe with every part of my being and more that we are to take this presence to share with those around us. We are to take the Lord's Table to other people.
	
So as I talk about taking the Lord's Table to
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 1, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey tells the following story as he rode the NY subway one Sunday morning:
	“People were sitting quietly- some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes close. It was a calm, peaceful scene,” wrote
                    
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                    REMEMBER ME
Lately I have become concerned about the people I represent. I no longer see the Pride in your eyes that I once seen when I traveled down your streets in the Veterans Day parades and on the 4th of July. The people that once saluted me and those that held their hand over their heart as
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
                
                
                
                    BEER COMMERCIALS AND COMMUNITY
Beer commercials do not really sell beer. Have you seen how they really sell "living it up with others" or what Christians call "community"? Do they not sell good looking people partying with other good looking people? Even the losers in those commercials all of a
                    
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                    And when we, 
when people discover the power of the resurrection of Jesus,
this affects how we approach life, how we live.
Many of us have heard of Darren Beadman.
His is one of the celebrity jockeys, in one year the horses he rode earnt $9.6 million dollars.
In 1990 and 1996 he rode Melbourne Cup
                    
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                    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 19, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    (Thanks to Dennis O’Gorman for this illustration). Ernie Smith was a bit odd, but he was a good man. For Ernie every day was Christmas. Each day he switched on his Christmas tree lights. His house was full of cards.
As he passed people in the street he would wish them a Happy Christmas! On
                    
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