Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 6, 2009
A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonald’s. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them.
Then he
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Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 25, 2010
PICKED FROM THE FIRE
John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family's old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
Prepared to serve.
Joshua died at 110 years old in 1380 B.C. He assumed leadership around 1406 B.C. Therefore, he was around 85 years old when he took command from Moses!Before Joshua ever took the reigns, he had been a servant, a soldier and a spy. Some feel that you can make a man by giving him
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Deuce (I pointed the to a member of our congregation who had loaned me the helmet and suit) is race car enthusiast and an engine mechanic. But he’s not just any old engine mechanic. In the past, people have hired him to come and work on the engines of their race cars. He’s been all over the United
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007
Saturday at about 2:30 a.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. and his family were sleeping peacefully in their home when a tornado struck. Ogie, as he is commonly called, and his younger son were sleeping in the master bedroom. His wife had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room, while his eight-year-old
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 21, 2007
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love stories of over-comers, like…
o Johnny Fulton, who was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It didn’t look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in
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Thoughts on America from a Treasury of Bible Illustrations: William Arthur Ward wrote these moving words: “I believe in America. “I believe it became great because of its faith in God, its hope for independence, and its love for freedom. “I am grateful for America’s glorious past; I am awed by its
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
AP story from Hutchinson, KS: A ragged peddler who told a friend he didn’t have $5 to pay a debt, was found dead the next morning in his apartment here amongst littered filth - and $61,000 in bonds and currency.
The man, Ramond Mishler, 48, died of malnutrition. Police and executors confirmed the
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Carry A Cross-----Carry a cross that leads to a kingdom,
carry the scars for the sake of His Name, it will be worth it to enter God’s city, it will be worth all the heartache and pain.
Carry a cross that will take you to glory,
no matter the struggle just keep moving on,
for there is a mansion just
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Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
Take for instance what happened to General Von Zealand from Prussia. The Prussian king Frederick the Great was widely known as an agnostic. By contrast, General Von Zealand, one of his most trusted officers, was a devout Christian. Thus it was that during a festive gathering the king began making
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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
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Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 1, 2005
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John Wesley declared, “. . .it was not merely by the light of reason that the people of God have been, in all ages, directed to use fasting as a means, but they have been taught it of God Himself, by clear and open revelations of His will. . .Now, whatever reasons there were to quicken those of
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