Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 7, 2023
                
                
                
                    Lately, I’ve been having some fascinating dreams at night. Usually, I don’t give much thought to dreams, but lately, I’ve been thinking more about them.
Last night, for example, I had this exciting dream, and everything seemed to be coming in my direction, and then I woke up before the end. Once I
                    
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                    Holman Bible dictionary states the HEART is the center of the physical, mental, and spiritual life of humans. This contrasts to the normal use of kardia ("heart") in Greek literature outside the Scriptures. The New Testament follows the Old Testament usage when referring to the human
                    
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                    2.	Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
                    
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                    Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    John wanted to increase his life insurance.  They asked some medical questions, but instead of going to the doctor, he did the exam by himself.  His application was rejected!  
Many people do the same thing spiritually. They don’t have anyone help them with spiritual growth. Why don’t we help each
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 9, 2009
                
                
                
                    In the trenches of life when decisions need to be made quickly, we often depend upon short principles that offer us immediate direction and give us spiritual instincts.  C. Everett Koop is a great medical ethicist; when addressing end of life decision-making in a booklet he wrote for
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A law on drunken driving in Louisiana is now one of the toughest in the nation. There is a mandatory prison sentence for anyone convicted of driving while intoxicated.  Getting it passed was a major victory for various groups against drunk driving.  They could not have gotten it passed it if were
                    
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                    Contributed by John Perry on May 15, 2010
                
                
                
                    There was a story about a man who died & when they were winding up his estate it was discovered that in his will he wanted his estate left to the devil! Since the estate involved a property the executors of the will were at a loss as to how they would leave real estate to the devil. 
After some
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 25, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    My youngest grandson had a birthday party not too long back. It was a pirate party so all his mates came dressed in pirate gear - eye-patches, head scarves, etc. At the door we presented every pirate with a plastic blow-up sword, which looked good but caused no damage at all. They wielded their
                    
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                    John Ortberg shared this in The Life You Always Wanted (p.55-56):
"It's like a motorboat and a sailboat. A person can operate a motorboat without assistance, given the right equipment and effort.  Operating a sailboat is different--it is dependent on the wind. The operator of a sailboat does
                    
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                    Contributed by Mike  Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The botanical life of most trees is amazing. Often when a tree is damaged and the trunk is cut down, a new shoot will come up out of the stump or roots. As long as the roots are healthy, it will try to live. It will put out new shoots and eventually try to flower and reproduce. It keeps adapting to
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeffery Lindsay on Aug 11, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the foreward of his book, Inside Out, Larry Crabb writes this: “Modern Christianity, in dramatic reversal of its biblical form, promises to relieve the pain of living in a fallen world. The message, whether it’s from fundamentalists requiring us to live by a favored set of rules or from
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Frailey on Dec 19, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There’s a story I heard once, about an man who was trying to cut costs, so he began to gradually substitute sawdust in the oats of his mule.  Everything was fine for a period, and the animal was satisfied with sawdust.  Then he died.  We see the same in spiritual life.  We exchange truth
                    
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                    In 1845, the ill-fated Franklin Expedition sailed from England to find a passage across the Arctic Ocean.The crew loaded their two sailing ships with a lot of things they didn't need: a 1,200-volume library, fine china, crystal goblets, and sterling silverware for each officer with his initials
                    
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                    Quote: “Humility is an essential attitude for success in the spiritual life.  Any self-conceit, whether nurtured by superior intelligence, wealth, a high position, or the praise of others, is an obstacle on the path.  Genuine humility is not posturing.  It requires a constant willing-ness to deny
                    
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