Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
"TRUDGE"
The word "trudge" gives us a definite picture. We trudge through snow. It is laborious walk. It is tiring. It takes work. It seems to me to be rather unmotivated. Sometimes doing what is right seems like trudging. Sometimes doing what we need to do is not glamorous and exciting. Sometimes
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 6, 2009
"Only One Boy"
One missionary to China tells of a boy who "prepared the way" for Jesus in a certain village. The missionary had never visited this village before. "Are there any Christians in your village?" he asked a man. "Only one boy," was the answer.
The missionary walked on, and stopping at
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Main Idea: Jesus defeated the devil and all the devil’s power is gone.
Verse: “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19 NKJV).
Illustration: A snake came into my living room.
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Contributed by Matt Neace on Aug 7, 2018
An Arkansas woman's stolen cash was turned over to police with a letter of apology from the thief who took it from her wallet.
Susan McNabb said she left her wallet, and the $160 cash it contained, behind at the Walmart store in Clinton, and when she returned a short time later, the wallet was
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Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 16, 2020
When you get saved later in life like I did (I was 36), your spirit gets recreated, you’re all in on this salvation deal, but your flesh is still out there in the world, and it don’t know yet the program has changed.
It’s like when you go on a diet. You stop eating all the ice cream, and donuts
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 8, 2022
An unknown author put together an interesting (convicting) summary of how we cannot pray the Lord's Prayer, which should be actually referred to as the Disciples’ Prayer, for Jesus had no sin to confess.
I cannot say “our” if I live only for myself.
I cannot say, “Father” if I do not endeavor
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 27, 2023
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Are you struggling with self-control in any of these areas that are addressed in the Book of Proverbs?
• Uncontrolled lust.
Proverbs 6:26: “For the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.”
• Uncontrolled spending.
Proverbs 21:20: “In the house
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Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 26, 2009
The following story was written by a missionary doctor who worked in Africa. "One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died, leaving us with a tiny, premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter.
We would have difficulty keeping
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Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
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VA Baily wrote about the time he realized the plan and purpose of life.
I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself, "I am going to be in here forever."
Christmas was beginning to become such a drag. I kinda
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A true story that speaks about Mary’s extravagant love for Jesus.
A nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 1, 2025
[071]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXCERPTS FROM CERTAIN PSALMS PART 2 – PSALMS 81, 37
{{Psalm 7:17 “I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness, AND WILL SING PRAISE to the name of the LORD Most High.”}}
We have here PART 2 of the postings in illustrations that feature a series
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Contributed by Julian Silva on Jan 9, 2003
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While I was working in the V Corps Chaplain’s office in Frankfurt, Germany; I came in contact with many wonderful Christian individuals. One of the most inspiring was a German by the name of Carl Scholz. In speaking to him one day, he related to me of how that during the Second World War he served
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 17, 2005
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Christian author Neil Anderson wrote a list he called The Twenty Cans of Success. These are based on what the NT says is true of Christians. These are promises, claimed by believers through the centuries. Allow God to speak to you through these assurances.
1. Why should I say I can’t when the
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Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 14, 2009
One day, I woke early in the morning to watch the sunrise. Oh the beauty of God’s creation is beyond description. As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work. As I sat there, I felt the Lord’s presence with me. He asked me, "Do you love me?" I answered, "Of course, God! You are my Lord and
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