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An artist was commissioned by a wealthy man to paint something that would depict peace. After a great deal of thought, the artist painted a beautiful country scene. There were green fields with cows standing in them, birds were flying in the blue sky and a lovely little village lay in a distant
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Contributed by Michael Walther on May 26, 2011
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GOD TOLD A RIVER
God told a river to flow through a very dry desert to finally arrive at the sea. The river complained to God that it could never make it. It would dry up in the desert and die. But in the end the river trusted God. It changed its course and made a valiant attempt to flow through
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Lutheran
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Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued
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Methodist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
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Title: God Moves in a Mysterious Way
The hymn God Moves in a Mysterious Way has been a source of great comfort and blessing to many of God’s people since William Cowper wrote it in the 18th century. Yet few people know of the unusual circumstances that led to its composition.
William
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
DEPENDENT ON GOD
In the past few decades, there were some huge storms that hit our nation of which were Hurricane Pamela, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few... (and, yes, not to bias about gender, there was big bad Hurricane Andrew, too). Here in the islands, we have had our share of storms as
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Charismatic
In September 2003, Hurricane Juan, the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Hurricane season. It was a category two hurricane that struck the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island causing significant damage to trees and property, particularly within the urban core of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2010
A RAINBOW IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF CHRIST. Jesus is called the light of the world. A rainbow has 3 primary colours, red, green and purple. RED SPEAKS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST - His sacrifice on the cross for me. Genesis 8:21 says "The intent of man's heart is evil from his youth;" Jesus paid the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Feb 26, 2012
THE "GOING OUT"
We read in John 15:26, "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."
The "sending" the "going out" which Jesus refers to here is not like a king sending a servant. It is an extending
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
1990, Shortly after I graduated from college, someone sent me a copy of an article from Colorado Springs - an AP release about Coronado High School where I went to high school. It was about a transfer student – a 17yr old girl named Storme Aerison. She was singing soprano in the choir, and had
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 26, 2008
When a dangerous blizzard hit Colorado Springs in late October 2006, residents had plenty of warning. Weather forecasters began predicting the storm 36 hours before it arrived. On a warm, sunny afternoon people swarmed into grocery stores to buy supplies, while tire shops worked overtime to meet
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by William Jones on Sep 20, 2008
Recently when Hurricane Ike was taking aim at Galveston Texas all the residents of that island were given orders to leave the island or to face certain death. As the Hurricane approached they were given one last warning, leave before it is too late, if you do not there will be no rescue. Many of
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Baptist
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