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                    A few minutes ago, I told you we were chosen by God.  That is wonderful, but being chosen by itself does not help us much.  That is only the first step.  After God chooses us, there is something that we must do.  We must accept it.  Let me explain about being chosen and then accepting that choice. 
                    
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                    Jim Cymbala stated this about unlocking God’s blessing from his book Break Through Prayer:
According to Scripture, God’s blessing can rest on both men and women, because with God there is no gender bias. His blessing can rest on a family, a child, or even unborn offspring. It can prosper a local
                    
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                    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some years ago the late Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse was traveling from Alabama to Florida. Feeling a tire going flat, he pulled to the side of the road and inwardly groaned at the thought of removing hundreds of books in the trunk, so as to reach his spare tire. Seeing a jeep coming over the hill, he
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2009
                
                
                
                    Our room steward, Denny, was so nice and seemed to genuinely show concern and respect to our family. It was amazing. So as I thought about this issue of respect, which we are going to talk about today, I also began to wonder if respect can be bought. 
	How many of you have been on a cruise? This
                    
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                    IF IT'S NOT TRUE...
The fact is, if Jesus Christ died on the cross and did not rise again from the dead, everything we live for and believe as Christians means absolutely nothing, Ill. 1 Cor. 15:12-20.
1.  v.13 Christ Is Not Risen
a.  He died in vain, Rom. 4:24; 5:10
b.  He lied, Mt. 16:21;
                    
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                    A man was lost in the Arizona desert.
The sun was high and he was very thirsty - when he stumbled upon an old hut where no one lived. 
The hut had only part of a roof left and the doors were almost off the hinges. 
So he staggered in and sat down to rest. 
In the corner of the hut, he saw an
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 10, 2009
                
                
                
                    "GOD KNOWS"
I am reminded of that wonderful line in Archibald MacLeish’s J.B., the Broadway version of the Book of Job as told in verse. Before the great businessman, the J.B. of the play’s title is brought down by the desperate circumstances recounted in the first two chapters of Job, one of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE HORRID DESCRIPTION
Jesus was tied to a post and beaten at least thirty-nine times – and probably more – with a whip that had jagged bones and balls of lead woven into it.  Again and again the whip was brought down with full force on his bare shoulders, back, and legs …
   At first the heavy
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 23, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MOTIVATION
Have you ever felt that you just didn’t have the heart for something?
Late one night, a man had gone to a party and had too much to drink, so he decided it would be best to walk home.  He found a shortcut through a poorly lit cemetery and, in the darkness, stumbled into an open grave. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 21, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	A couple of years ago on America’s Funniest Home Videos, a young boy was shown on Christmas morning.  He came down to see a large present beside the tree and ran over to tear it open to see what was inside.  The paper went flying and suddenly he broke into a dance and jumped around the room
                    
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                    Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Have you ever been to a church where you didn’t feel welcome?  You went in and looked around the foyer area and no one greets you.  You proceed through the doors into the sanctuary and find yourself a seat in the back row and begin to prepare yourself for the worship time.  People come filing in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes
                    
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                    It is in the hours of loneliness that God does some of His greatest works.  
It was in the lonely dejection of Elijah that he heard God’s voice.
It was in the wearying lonely path of faith that God came again to Abraham.
It was in the lonely hours following failure that Peter found God.
It was in
                    
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