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WHO DO YOU RELY ON?
In "Point Man", Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire.
The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 11, 2005
A young preacher came to Dr. G. Campbell Morgan one day and asked him, "Do you believe we should trouble God will our small problems?" Dr. Morgan gave that wonderful answer, "Young Man,
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 24, 2008
(Set up. Have everyone in the congregation receive a small empty plastic cup. Enter sanctuary carrying an empty pitcher with pants pulled down around the ankles. Suggest the wearing of pajama bottoms or sweats over underwear.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 12, 2003
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Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest
man present.
"Dr. Holmes," quipped a friend, "I should think you’d feel rather small
among us big fellows."
"I
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Paul Newell on Dec 4, 2006
Mike Yaconelli, in his little book, Messy Spirituality writes, “Spirituality is about doing the tiny work of God, little acts, small responses to God’s presence in our lives. Every week, my church shows me
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Baptist
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
Jas 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Jas 3:4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2003
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Last year a fire in Northern California burned over 14,000 acres resulting in one fatality. It took 1350 firefighters to put the blaze out. Do you know how that horrific fire got started? It
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Charismatic
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Leonard Ravenhill -- God seeks for a man to “stand in the gap.” We want to be clothed upon with power; God wants to strip us. We want power; He wants to expose our weakness. We want large bonuses for small
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
The Christian Communications Laboratory relates the story of a small Midwestern weekly paper which ran a story saying,
"We are pleased to announce that the tornado which blew away the Methodist church last Friday did no real damage to the town." Kind
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
NO ROOM FOR THE GREAT
In "A Hunger for God", John Piper says, "If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 26, 2005
PERSPECTIVE ON TROUBLES
A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too
close to your eye, and it fills the whole world andputs everything out of focus. Hold it at proper viewing distance, and it can be examined and properly classified. Throw it at your feet,
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Baptist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
The most popular exotic fish dived for is the shark. Did you know that a shark can be kept in fish tanks and they will only grow in proportion to their surroundings so a fully mature shark can be as small as 6 inches yet that same shark in the open waters
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Baptist
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
“Letting the Light Shine Through”
A small child was taken to a cathedral. She sat watching the sunshine through the windows. She asked her mother, “What are these people on the windows?” “They are saints,” was the answer. Then the child said, ‘Now I know what saints
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Christian Church
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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In the over 3100 years of recorded world history, the world has only been at peace 8% of the time or a total of 286 years, and over 8000 treaties have been made and broken. During this period there have been 14,531
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Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Jan 21, 2009
Neil Armstrong as he was heading toward the moon:
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the
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Baptist
Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 12, 2001
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THE NEW DISHWASHER
In the fourth year of his layoff from his job, Dad gave Mom a dishwasher for Christmas.
You have to understand the magnitude of the gift: Our old house had its original wiring and plumbing, and neither could handle the required installation. There was no spot in the
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Church Of God