Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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SIR HENRY TAYLOR IS QUOTED AS SAYING, "HE WHO GIVES WHAT HE WOULD AS READILY THROW AWAY, GIVES WITHOUT GENEROSITY; FOR THE ESSENCE OF GENEROSITY IS IN SELF-SACRIFICE." I RECENTLY READ SOMEWHERE THAT THE AVERAGE BABY BOOMER GIVES TO THE CHURCH ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD SPEND ON A MOVIE TICKET. $7 IS NOT
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Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 19, 2010
Now to a Jewish person, any time the word “sacrifice” was used, they would’ve immediately thought about the lambs that were sacrificed at the temple. Those sheep were raised up, they were fed, taken care of and protected, for the sole purpose of the sacrifice on the alter of God. That’s what a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Football is like lifeit requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of
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Contributed by Ronald Courtney on Sep 13, 2008
“I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” (President George W. Bush September 14, 2001 Ground Zero) For the last six years we have paused, on a personal level and on a national level to remember the events of
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Baptist
1Ch. 21: 24----------I will not take for the LORD what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I was reading this week in the little devotional book “This Day with the Master” by Dennis Kinlaw and I read the devotional for April 27th. I would like to share this with you this morning. In Ephesians 5:1-2 we are told to “be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love.”
“One day as I
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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The Rev. Frank Bartleman was a leader in the 1907 visitation of the Holy Spirit on Azusa Street in L.A. He said, "Men love the spectacular. What we do not understand is ’wonderful.’ God’s fire falls on sacrifice, as in Elijah’s case.
The greater the sacrifice, consecration, the more fire.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"He who gives what he would as readily throw away gives without generosity, for the essence of
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Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 3, 2000
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An old American Indian tale recounts the story of a chief who was telling a gathering of young braves about the struggle within. "It is like two dogs fighting inside of us," the chief told them. "There is one good dog who wants to do the right and the other dog always wants to do the wrong.
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In the Bible, darkness is a powerful metaphor that carries both physical and spiritual significance. Let’s explore its various meanings:
Physical Darkness:
Genesis 1:4: God separated light from darkness during the creation of the world. Darkness represents the absence of light,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 27, 2007
Wiccans, Witches, Druids and Satanists celebrate Halloween as a special day in their calendar where some even
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
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Believers throughout church history – the early church fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans – have been inspired by Scripture to reduce spiritually to two lists known as “the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues” of saintliness. The sin list includes pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2006
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When fighting ceased in 1918 the mud of the battlefields was allowed to rest and nature began to be restored and before long the wild flowers grew and bloomed including the poppy. The colour of red reminded people of bloodshed and the sacrifice by millions of brave soldiers of their lives. And so
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Professor Bruce Riggins of McCormick Theological Seminary met a very dedicated Christian woman working with underprivileged people in London. He asked what it was that inspired her faith and action. She told him this story: she was a Jew fleeing the Gestapo in France during World War II. She knew
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