Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 26, 2008
Some have described the practice of mercy or being Christ-like as a pond. There are outlets at both ends. God’s grace, forgiveness, mercy, and blessings flow in one end and we in turn are to allow those blessings to flow out to
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 2, 2008
Glandion Carney and William Long – book, “Trusting God Again”. Carney tells the story of 11 year-old Ron, an HIV patient. In speaking of trust, Carney writes, “Ron’s struggle was not simply to get better physically, but also to trust
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Michael West on Apr 2, 2008
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If you want a real reward from heaven, what you do must be done from the heart. Laws are laws, but real heavenly reward comes from giving and doing that was motivated from a pure heart. The right motivation is just
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 26, 2008
"True repentance hates sin for what it is-—an affront to God. Knowing that sin is evil and that God hates it motivates the truly repentant person to forsake it. Genuine repentance thus forsakes sin and turns in total commitment to
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Aug 10, 2008
J. W. Tucker did not save anyone in the Republic of the Congo of Africa. As a matter of fact he was murdered by the Congan people and his body thrown in the Congo River and fed to the crocodiles.
But today, through the blood that Jesus shed, and the martyrdom of Bro. Tucker, the
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Assembly Of God
HE PARDONS WITH PARDONS
Parker, "You cannot conceive God's notion of pardon...When God forgives, He does not merely barely pardon...He pardons with pardons! When he casts our sins away it is not into a shallow pool, it is into the depths of
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Baptist
Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
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WELL DONE
One mentally challenged young man I heard said, “In this life God places us in His oven. In here it is hot and it hurts. No one likes being in the oven but when life is over, and the bell dings, God takes
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
"Bad men or devils would not have written the Bible for it condemns them and their work. Good men and angels could not have written it, for in saying that it was from God when it was their own invention, they would have been guilty of a falsehood and could
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 23, 2009
D.L. Moody said,
"I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and
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Baptist
Contributed by Carl Benge on Apr 21, 2009
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"Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." It isn't the cleverness of our methods, the techniques of our ministry, or the wit of our sermons that puts power in our testimony. It is obedience to a
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Methodist
Contributed by Chad Moore on Aug 21, 2009
OBJECT LESSON IDEA: We used boxes on stage and labeled several of them with words that explain how experienced in our lives hurt us. When we put a box between ourselves and those who want to love us
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ladonna Omobude on Nov 24, 2009
How rude that in the traffic of our lives we often cut God off. We are in such a rush we move God out the way instead of waiting and allowing him to go before us. We are not sensitive to the Lords leading. We fail to realize that
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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LIVING UNDER THE CROSS
Gerald L. Sittser writes
"Two years ago, I wrote a book about suffering. I have received many letters from people who wanted to tell me their own stories of suffering. I have asked permission from a few to tell their stories to others. One woman, Mary, was in a terrible
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Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005
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This reminds me of an incident I experienced while also working in South Africa. I had been working on a research project but had made a significant error early on in the project. Instead of coming clean I unfortunately chose to try and cover my mistake.
It wasn’t too long before my conscience
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 20, 2006
There’s a guy by the name of Harley whom a Bible teacher had met in a Sunday School class. He realized that what the teacher was sharing was not real for him. He wasn’t experiencing Christ as his life. The reason he realized it was he was an unhappy camper when Lee met him. Harley’s married to
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2008
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THE CLUTTERED CLOSET
Mark 12:29-31
Object: Picture of a cluttered closet
Objective: Sometimes we must take the time to pull all the "stuff" out of the closet and go through it piece by piece if we want to bring order to chaos.
In my house there is a closet that I call the "junk closet." This
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Nazarene