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                    Teammates of the late Willie Stargell called him "Pops" because of his leadership both on and off the baseball field. In 1979, when Stargell led the Pittsburgh Pirates to their second World Series title, the team was nicknamed "The Family" because of their close relationship and
                    
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                     [030]  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BEAUTY FROM ASHES
		
One of the deepest emotions we have is shame.  Shame happens when sin has caused havoc in a person’s life, and the realisation of it bursts like a cloud over the person.
Shame brings guilt and guilt can affect a person greatly, even causing
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 10, 2025
                
                
                
                    [195].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – NOT IN DEGREES OR PEDIGREES BUT ON YOUR KNEES
One thing that used to frustrate me in teaching was to see really good teachers who did not get recognition because they did not have a string of degrees.  The Education Department thinks the more qualifications, the
                    
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                    THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS   (Joshua 1, I Corinth. 2:13-3:3)
 * THOSE LIVING IN EGYPT (NATURAL MAN) - unbelievers in bondage to sin.  Christ is on the outside of their life.  Those in Egypt were freed from slavery by the blood of a sacrificial Lamb, a picture of Christ on the Cross,
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 30, 2023
                
                
                
                    
Don’t you just love spring? It’s simply glorious. Trees blooming. Plants blossoming. It’s all so beautiful. Unless of course you were looking at my front yard earlier this year.
Last summer we bought three bushes that looked so promising. The leaves were supposed to turn all kinds of spectacular
                    
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                    There are 10 key points about the Love of God in I John 4:7-21:
1.  LOVE IS OF GOD (4:7)  - not that God is love only.  He is not limited or bound by anything.
So, what is love?  Study I Corinthians 13...... There are 3 Greek words (agape, phileo, eros).  This love is agape, unconditional,
                    
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                    Contributed by Rob Culler on Mar 21, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One of golf’s immortal moments came when a Scotsman demonstrated the new game to President Ulysses Grant.  Carefully placing the ball on the tee, he took a mighty swing.  The club hit the turf and scattered dirt all over the President’s beard and surrounding vicinity, while the ball placidly waited
                    
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                    "Another reason for the gift of tongues was to let the people know that the Gospel was for the whole world. God wants to speak to every person in his or her own language and give the saving message of salvation in Jesus Christ!
The emphasis in the Book of Acts is on worldwide evangelization,
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 31, 2023
                
                
                
                    Illustration: The story of Denise and Diane.
One Sunday morning many years ago, as I pastored in Massachusetts a lady attended our church for the first time. During the close at the time of the invitation, she came to the altar. I noticed that one of our ladies prayed with her. After the service,
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 17, 2024
                
                
                
                    Here is a wee question, is struggling with God a bad thing? Where is a person's character developed? Did the saints of God become saints before or without struggling with God, without responding to those things in the scriptures or the words of Jesus that offended them, before they repented of
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
                
                
                
                    Years ago I remember the Kings Commandoes going camping and coming back with insect bites all over their skin. They had been attacked through the night by blood sucking insects which deposit their eggs on living things so the larvae can feast upon it. So under their skin were deposits of larvae
                    
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                    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When God created the human body, he wired us in ways that baffle engineers. When we put our hand over an open flame, there is an alarm that goes off in our head that shouts, “ HOT!- our natural reaction is then to pull our hand away from the flame. The result is that we have prevented injury. Pain
                    
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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 Ed Vasicek on Aug 19, 2009
                
                
                
                    SPIRITUAL MUSCLE
I was visiting Pink at the nursing home.  His legs had been like sticks, because he could have no therapy until his sore healed.  Skin hung down, and he had no muscle.  But now he is getting rigorous therapy; the skin has tightened, and muscle is now beginning to form.
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                    A little girl was always scared to go to sleep alone in the dark. Oftentimes she would want to sleep with her parents, but they were trying to help her conquer her fear. Meaning well, they would say, “Don’t be frightened, Elizabeth, Jesus is with you; He will protect you; you don’t need to be
                    
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