Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
In one of my sources, I read this about the ‘wise men’ and some of it was news to me!
"Not much is known about these astrologers (traditionally called wise men). We don't know where they came from or how many there were. Tradition says they were men of high position from Parthia, near the site of
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
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Growing up, the only source of heat we had in the house was a fireplace. Each winter it was my brother & my responsibility to keep the wood box full.
Now, in the early days my dad thought that we were too young to use the chainsaw, so the majority of the wood we used we had to cut with an axe. It
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Baptist
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FINDING REAL POWER
Someone has wisely said what it takes to find freedom in the power of the Holy Spirit.
"It costs much to obtain the power of the Spirit. It costs self-surrender and humiliation and the yielding up of the most precious things to God. It costs the perseverance of long waiting
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I thought for days that my new electric shaver had gone unserviceable. Then at the weekend my wife was cleaning the washroom and discovered I had mistakenly plugged the charger and not the shaver. Unplugged, the electrical appliance has no power and therefore a connection to a power source is not
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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THE POWER OF GIVING THANKS
Something to reflect on as you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner:
If you had been a Pilgrim, would you have given thanks?
Consider what they had been through, the men and women who broke bread together on that first Thanksgiving in 1621.
They had uprooted
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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LIVING WITHOUT POWER
The story is told of an elderly woman named Norena, who lived in southern Florida. When a hurricane hit that area, her home was one of many that was severely damaged. Norena received an insurance settlement, and the repair work began. However, when the money ran out, so did
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power in the hand of lack of knowledge, inexperience and ego is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power depends on good connections. The train with the locomotive, machinery with the engine; the electrical mechanism with the powerhouse. And in the
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