Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a legend of St. Francis of Assisi (Assisi – a town in Italy. St. Francis – founded the Franciscan religious order in 1208). He was, in his early years, a wealthy and prestigious man. With all his wealth and prestige he was also very unhappy and void of purpose. While riding his horse one
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 7, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HIDDEN DEVIL
[Reuters] "Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, church officials said on Saturday. The devil was hidden in the details of clouds at the top of fresco
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.
Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE
"Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; 
where there is hatred, let me sow love; 
where there is injury, pardon; 
where there is doubt, faith; 
where there is despair, hope; 
where there is darkness, light; 
and where there is sadness, joy. 
O Divine Master, grant that
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Francis on Feb 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    Consider Francis of Assisi, when he gave his life to Jesus he sensed God telling him “Francis, all those things that you have loved in the flesh you must now despise, and all those things that you formally loathed you will drink great sweetness and immeasurable delight”. On leaving the town were he
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    b.	The story of the origin of the Christmas crèche rests with St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Bonaventure tells the story like this. In the year 1223, St. Francis, a deacon, was visiting the town of Grecio to celebrate Christmas. Grecio was a small town built on a mountainside overlooking a beautiful
                    
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                    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jul 14, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The hard-hearted listener is cynical.  Often they have done a fair amount of research to support their unwillingness to hear the word.  Or they may have had a personal trauma that left them without faith.
There is a woman in New York City that I counseled during a particularly difficult time in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    WE ’ARE’ PREACHING
One day St. Francis of Assisi invited a young monk to join him on a trip into town to preach. The young monk was so honored that he quickly accepted. All day long they walked through the streets, and rubbed shoulders and visited with hundreds of people. 
At the end of the day,
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
                
                
                
                    LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE
J. Oswald Sanders in his classic “Spiritual Leadership” believes that leaders are both born and made. “While conversion does not normally make leaders of people who would never become such otherwise, Church history teaches that in the hour of full surrender the Holy
                    
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                    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Mar 31, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Attitude Is Everything" by Francie Baltazar Schwartz
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager
                    
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