Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002
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A worried mother wondered where her daughter was on the rainy school day afternoon. She should have been home by now. The rain was heavy, the thunder loud, and the lightning was bright.
Finally, after a few anxious minutes she decided to put her coat on and look for her late child. Out the door
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2022
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Johnny the painter, was big on cutting corners so he could make more of a profit. So when a church hired him to paint their wooden building, Johnny submitted the lowest bid, and was hired. As always, he thinned his latex paint with water to stretch it.
One day while he was up on the scaffolding
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The passage from 1 Kings 18:41-46 offers profound lessons on persisting in prayer, as demonstrated by the prophet Elijah. Here are some key takeaways:
Expectant Faith: Elijah prayed with the expectation that God would answer. He told Ahab to prepare for rain even before there was any sign of it,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
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One rainy day a young mother and her seven-year-old boy were driving through one of the main streets of their town. Little Matthew seemed to be pondering something as he stared at the windshield wipers doing their repetitious work. “Mom,” Matthew said. “I’ve been thinking about something.”
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 9, 2010
Joshua challenges us to put away our idols! Now, we have a TV show called American Idol, but let me show you some real idols. These were given to my mother by Art & Ruth Morris, founders of South India Church of Christ Mission. What you are looking at are Hindu pocket gods. Hindus have many gods,
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
EXPLAINING GOD'S ANSWERS TO PRAYERS
During the reign of Abdullah the Third, there was a great drought in Baghdad. The Muslim doctors issued a decree that the prayers of the faithful should be offered up for rain; the drought continued.
The Jews were then permitted to add their prayers;
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No pagan god had the best interests of humanity at heart. Moreover, no pagan god could be counted on to be consistent. So pagans offered up sacrifices and the best they could hope for is regular rain, no
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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For worship is a thirsty land crying out for rain,
It is a candle in the act of being kindled,
It is a drop in quest of the ocean, . . .
It is a voice in the night calling for help,
It is a soul standing in awe before the mystery of the universe, . . .
It is time
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Contributed by Steve Smith on Feb 26, 2007
Hudson Taylor says it this way: “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; At just the right time, and in the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 13, 2025
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[198]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – O FOREST, HOW YOU WEEP IN PAIN
This is a serious poem and I like it very much. Like most of my poems it comes out of some personal experience.
If this was a musical composition it would be in a minor key. The summary is, “O forest, how you weep in pain, but
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 21, 2002
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“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume... it is Peter, weeping
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 11, 2010
The Continental Divide is an amazing place. At the Divide, raindrops can fall to the earth just inches apart but end up in oceans in opposite ends of the world. Where the rain drop falls makes all the difference in where it ends
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
The Farley Post Office building in New York City has these words inscribed on it: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” That motto was actually used in ancient times to describe the Persian couriers in 500BC.
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