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                    SACRIFICIAL LOVE:
(Poem by Ruth Bell Graham)
Had I been Joseph’s mother
I’d have prayed
protection from his brothers
"God, keep him safe. 
He is so young, 
so different from  
the others." 
Mercifully, 
she never knew 
there would be slavery 
and prison too.
Had I been Moses’ mother 
I’d have
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SACRIFICIAL LOVE
March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her
                    
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                    Sacrificial Love
Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms, when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination, and when the blizzard had subsided her body was found by searchers beneath a mound of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
                
                
                
                    Larry Kiser – The joy of sacrificial giving to the Lord’s work is one value easily lost in the presence of prosperity.  I regularly saw my parents give beyond what was comfortable for them.  I don’t know how frequently my children see me give sacrificially to God’s kingdom. Proverbs 3:9 tells us to
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as a service and
                    
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                    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A pastor went to the hospital to visit Maggy, one of his members.  She was in the last stages of her life because of cancer, and was heavily medicated, and unresponsive.  He went to support her family, who was taking it hard.  When he got there, he was surprised with what he saw.  Her daughter,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THEY DIED IN THE SERVICE
One Sunday morning the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it.   
The seven-year-old had been staring at the plaque
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE HEAVEN OF SERVICE
Dr. Laura Schlessinger writes: "I was out at my mother and father’s house, a seventy mile round-trip from my own, because my mother needed a little help.  She needed a little help because my father, who has full-blown Alzheimer’s, had taped duct tape all over the three long
                    
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                    In the Secret Service
A gentleman was in front of a preacher coming out of the church one day.  The preacher grabbed him by the hand, pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." The Pastor questioned,
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 10, 2009
                
                
                
                    SUFFERING=SERVICE
Roger Staubach is an American football player. He was once asked when injured, "How do you keep on keeping on if you’re playing professional football"? Roger said something important, "If you’re not playing hurt, you’re not playing football."
Paul expresses a similar
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 4, 2011
                
                
                
                    A HARVEST OF SERVICE
Vehicles being thrown around like toys in the rushing waters and heartbreaking stories of lives lost have filled the news reports. The damage to bumper harvests was also devastating, probably in the billions of dollars, as the states of Queensland, NSW and Victoria in
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 8, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SERVICE AND USEFULNESS
The great Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvellous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly. But set aside, it begins to
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Good afternoon,
   I am God.  Today I will be handling all of your problems.  Pleae remember that I do not need your help.  If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it.  Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box.  It will
                    
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                    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 8, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Richard Foster:
“Service that is duty-motivated breaths death.  Service that flows out of our inward person is life, and joy and peace.  The risen Christ beckons us to the ministry of the towel.  Perhaps you would like to begin by experimenting with a prayer that a number of us have used.  Begin
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SERVICE REQUIRES ACTION
A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.
A subjective person came along and said, "I feel for you down there."
An objective person walked by and said, "It’s logical that someone would fall down there."
A Pharisee said, "Only bad people fall into pits."
A
                    
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