Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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Illustration: A Better Plan
When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said:
Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be
I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 14, 2024
[011] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
Stanza 1 - Psalm 54:1-4
Stanza 2 - Psalm 56:3-4
Stanza 3 - Psalm 50:15,23
Stanza 4 - Psalm 55:22
This poem of four stanzas has a stanza dedicated to each of four verses in the Psalms. I love the Psalms and at times of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
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In July 1992, a Los Angeles Times story on fear of heights featured an interview with the psychotherapist who heads the Anxiety Disorders Association. He reported that one of his patients could cross the 200-foot-high Chesapeake Bay Bridge in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
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CAN YOU HEAR THEM?
You too, my mother, read my rhymes,
For love of forgotten times,
And you may chance, to hear once more,
The little feet along the floor
SOURCE: Robert Louis Stevenson. Citation: The
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Aug 13, 2002
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There is a farside cartoon in which two Indians were sitting on a hill in New Mexico doing smoke signal duty. All of the sudden the Military ignites a nuclear bomb. It isn’t long before a huge mushroom cloud is reaching into
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Father’s Day is the 4th most important retail gift holiday, after Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentines. 55% of Americans celebrate the day with a gift, according to new Unity Marketing research the typical gift-giver
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
Marriage Amendment: 37% of America’s voting-age citizens have never even heard of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), according to a new Barna study. When respondents were told about FMA, 46 % favored and 44 %
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THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST
Just as we are attracted to the loveliness of a sunset, of the Grand Canyon, of the intricate order of a mariposa leaf or esperanza blossom, we are awed by the deeds of power in the Old Testament and New. But we are also attracted by the beauty of the words of Christ, words
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Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 12, 2010
THE WRATH OF GOD
Leon Morris, a theologian and New Testament scholar, explains that God's wrath is not "an uncontrollable outburst of passion. It is the reverse of a holy love, a flame which sears but purifies... always exercise with a certain tenderness, for even when He is
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2011
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LIFE AFTER DEATH
A boss asked one of his employees, "Do you believe in life after death?"
"Yes, sir," replied the new employee.
"I thought you would," said the boss. "Yesterday after you left to go to your
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011
PRIDE AND DIRTY LAUNDRY
A woman looked out of her window every morning and commented on the dirty laundry on her neighbor's line. One day she noticed it was sparkling clean.
"Maybe she's using a new detergent,"
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