Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2004
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Illus.: Wilma Rudolph
● Born prematurely–almost died of pneumonia and scarlet fever
● polio left her left leg crooked and her foot twisted inward
● six years of treatment were required
● determined to take braces
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Ian Du Pisanie on Mar 2, 2012
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ANYONE ELSE?
A man falling off a cliff grabs a branch. It starts coming loose, so the man looks to heaven and begs, "Is there anyone up there who can help me?"
A deep voice answers, "Yes, just let go and trust me."
The
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Baptist
Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
Recently I read about a Pastor who had a thorn. He had just started - getting involved in teaching and preaching and sensing that it might be some area of calling for him.
It was on a Sunday morning at this church and five minutes into his message he started to get dizzy and woozy and the room
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
Story: Baboons On The Loose
In eastern Africa a troop of about 50 baboons made themselves at home right next to a farm.
The baboons were amusing at first but soon wore out their welcome.
Before long they were ravaging the corn and other crops and helping themselves to anything they could get
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 1, 2001
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Mickey Rivers, at the time an outfielder for the Texas Rangers, stated his philosophy of life: “Ain’t no sense worrying about things you got control over, because if you got control over them, ain’t no sense worrying. And there ain’t no sense worrying about things you
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Christian/Church Of Christ
I was the setup man and warehouse planner which was second to supervisor in my departments. I applied for 22 supervisor positions, interviewed and it was narrowed down to 2 people, me and the other, 22 times the OTHER was picked. The 23rd time I was and finally understood why I was not ready for
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
Call forward everyone in your church born since Roe v Wade. This is a powerful illustration of loss in abortion. It also give opportunity to thank mothers who have sacrificed in order to raise children. I didn’t start explaining the illustration until after the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2001
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"An intriguing sociological study asked fifty people over the age of ninety-five one question: ’If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently? Three answers continually emerged and dominated the results of the study:
· If I had to do it over again, I would reflect
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
BUYING THEM BACK
We're told about a gift of grace (singular) and informed that it will help us to build up the church in LOVE. Do you see a pattern, here?
Whatever we have to use in God's service comes directly from God.
It's a lot like a former colleague experienced at Ziff-Davis Publishing. He
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Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 19, 2006
I think that one of the reasons It’s A Wonderful Life has been a Christmas classic film is because it captures a characteristic of the Christ of Christmas even if unwittingly so. The story is all about fresh starts and second chances. Reflect with me if you’ve seen the film:
When they were just
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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