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  • Anger – Who Has Not Known Its Unleashed Fury And ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 9, 2005
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    ANGER – who has not known its unleashed fury and witnessed the devastation left in its wake? Like a tornado with no predetermined path, it sucks into its violent vortex absolutely anyone or anything that creeps across its path and completely destroys them. ...read more

  • Quote: "It Is Not Work That Kills Men; It Is ...

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
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    Quote: “It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but ...read more

  • Education Is A Companion Which No Misfortune ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home a friend, abroad an introduction, in solitude a solace, and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives, at once, ...read more

  • Letting Go Of Treasures  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2002
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    LETTING GO OF TREASURES Giving with a glad and generous heart has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that they can give. Just the very act of letting go of money or some other treasure does something ...read more

  • Isa 10:27 - And It Shall Come To Pass In That ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 30, 2007
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    Isa 10:27 - And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. The yoke rubs the oxen and causes a wound that ...read more

  • The Triangle Of Hurt

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 18, 2019
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    THE TRIANGLE? IT TAKES 3 PEOPLE TO HURT YOU. THE PERSON THAT SAID IT. THE PERSON THAT HEARD IT AND PASSED IT ON… AND YOU TO ACCEPT IT. Did you crucify a person today? Did you murder someone with your words? Did you destroy some ...read more

  • As A Teenager I Spent Two Years Living In Butte, ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 3, 2009
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    As a teenager I spent two years living in Butte, Montana. Butte is nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in a small valley which rests directly in the shadow of the great continental divide; a massive mountain range which stretches from New Mexico through Colorado – where its highest peaks reside – ...read more

  • The Author, C.s. Lewis, Was Writing An Analogy. ...

    Contributed by Dean Johnson on Dec 6, 2005
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    The author, C.S. Lewis, was writing an analogy. He was saying “This is our world--it is not the way it is supposed to be.” Why is there so much hate and distrust between people at your work or school or family? Why do mothers miscarry, and why are babies born with deformities? Why is there so ...read more

  • Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Character There is a story told among the Cherokee Indians… One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, ...read more

  • The 10 Best 2007 Movies For Families: 1. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    The 10 Best 2007 Movies for Families: 1. Ratatouille, 2. Enchanted, 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks, 4. Bella, 5. The Game Plan, 6. In the Shadow of the Moon, 7. Shrek the Third, 8. The Ultimate Gift, 9. Nancy Drew, 10. Bridge to Terabithia. The 10 Best 2007 Movies for Mature Audiences: 1. Amazing ...read more

  • Wealth ...

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 2, 2009
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    Wealth Building Is getting rich wrong? The Bible says the love of money, not money itself is evil. What is your motivation in building wealth? John Wesley said, “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” Selfish reasons for wealth building will reveal pride and greed in our ...read more

  • Mark 11:1-11

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 20, 2018
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    Jesus’ Mock Parade Imagine for a minute a grand parade. It might be one of those that celebrates military might with tanks and rockets. It might have brass bands, flags waving and marchers goose-stepping in rhythm, with a dictator either clapping from a grandstand or even at the head of the ...read more

  • What Is Your Biggest Spiritual Challenge??

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 14, 2023
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    Discipleship Journal asked its readers to rank the areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them. The results came back in this order: 1. Materialism 2. Pride 3. Self-centeredness 4. Laziness 5. (Tie) Anger/Bitterness and Sexual lust 6. Envy 7. Gluttony 8. Lying The respondents also noted ...read more

  • Helping Hands

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 12, 2024
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    Dr. Wright shares this story which I believe is appropriate for us to think about this morning as we close: In a small European village was a town square that held a special statue. This statue of Jesus was the pride and joy of this small town, But World War II arrived, and soon the bombs began ...read more

  • Michaelangelo  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Poms on May 1, 2002
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    Michaelangelo: In 1502 in Florence Italy there was a large block of marble given to a church in Santa Maria, the church immediately hired who they thought was a professional to sculpt this enormously huge piece of rock. The man was not a professional and soon after commencing this great task the ...read more

  • If You Drive Along Woodland Blvd. In Downtown ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
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    If you drive along Woodland Blvd. In downtown Deland, you will notice that all of the old buildings in that area, unlike the oldest buildings in Enterprise, are all built of masonry. That’s because of the fire of 1855. The fire, which swept downtown Deland in September of 1855 forever, changed ...read more

  • I Watched One Of My Favorite Movies Last Night. ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 29, 2008
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    I watched one of my favorite movies last night. It is an old comedy called "The God's Must Be Crazy." It is about a bush tribe that lives in the Kalahari Desert; they have no earthly possessions. They are happy, content, and self sufficient. A bush plane flies overhead (which they mistake for a ...read more

  • When Ptolemy Was In Charge Of Egypt, He ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 1, 2012
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    When Ptolemy was in charge of Egypt, he commissioned a great architect named Sostratus of Cnidius, a skillful architect, to build, what came to be one of the great seven wonders of the ancient world. The Light House of Alexandria was over 400 feet tall and built it with the masonry stones, which ...read more

  • The Citadel Of The Spirit!" Galatians 4: 1-16 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 22, 2004
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    “The Citadel of The Spirit!” Galatians 4: 1-16 Key verse(s): 16 “Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth.” There’s an old proverb that simply states, “Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.” I can remember many times in my life when, confronted by someone’s correction, ...read more

  • Chief Justice Of Supreme Court Humble Enough To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
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    Chief Justice of Supreme Court Humble Enough to Stand Next to a Chinese Laundryman As Christians, we are to trust God the Holy Spirit by being completely humble. Let me share a story which gives us a picture of humility; maybe you will see yourself in this story: When Charles Evans Hughes was ...read more