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Sometimes my 2 ½ yr old son wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Joanne usually goes in, sometimes we both will if he’s really upset. Sometimes, as she holds him, I lean in and place my cheek against his cheek, or on his forehead, right in close. And I whisper, “It’s ok Thomas. Mommy
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Baptist
Contributed by Robert Hoos on Apr 21, 2007
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The Finality of Death
When I was just around the age of five or six years old I attended my first funeral. They have since become something that I am used to, but this first time was something that was very memorable for me.
I remember standing there, barely able to see into the coffin, and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
NO REST FOR THE UNFORGIVING
Somewhere in the recesses of my memory is the recollection of a movie. It’s a Western; I know that much. I can’t remember the title of the movie, but I remember the story line.
The hero is a law man, and he is transporting a convicted murderer across the treacherous
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 1, 2021
On the 4th October 1970, the famed rock star Janis Joplin, at the age of 27 was found dead in her Los Angeles hotel room. Questions arose as to whether the cause of her tragic death was suicide or an accident. Later police reported that they located a small quantity of heroin in the rock singer’s
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 6, 2009
Graham Stuart Staines (1941-January 1999) was an Australian missionary who was burnt to death along with his two sons Philip (aged 9) and Timothy (aged 7) while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India in January 1999. On the night of 22 January
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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WHO AM I HURTING?
When we hate our enemies we give them power over us - power over our sleep, our appetites, our happiness. They would dance with joy if they knew how much they were worrying us. Our hate is not hurting them at
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 23, 2002
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John Wesley was asked what he would do if he knew his Lord would return at that time the next day. He said in effect, "I would go to bed and go to
sleep; wake up in the morning, and go on with my work, for I
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 20, 2004
“Man is beset by neuroses and psychoses that undermine his peace within. The fears of man are so many and varied that psychologists have charted them all the way from a to z: acrophobia, the fear of heights, to zoophobia, fear of animals. People cannot sleep. Americans are the champion
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Baptist
Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
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A little boy and a little girl were singing their favorite Christmas carol in church the Sunday before Christmas. The boy concluded “Silent Night” with the words, “sleep in heavenly beans.”
His sister elbowed him, and said, “No. Not beans, peas!”
The way many of us feel by the time
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Methodist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 21, 2008
Devil says “I’ll make your music career take off if you quit singing gospel”
“I’ll make you popular if you Party and have sex”
“I’ll make your self esteem higher if you sleep with a lot of people”
“I’ll give
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 6, 2010
Ferry crossing from Sydney NS to Port aux Basques, NL. Five hours often on rough seas. My experience one night of being on deck; longed for calm sea, better yet calm spirit so I could sleep. Through a hole in the clouds
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 4, 2010
The Visitation of God
Revival is the visitation of God, which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an
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