Contributed by Gerald Albers on Feb 24, 2007
C.S. Lewis once wrote; as I stood there that morning to preach on forgiveness. In my own life, I find that to be such a struggle. Thirteen years ago a dear friend of mine tried to torpedo my ministry. I suspected as much. I confronted him on it, and he confessed that that was exactly what he was
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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There are three kinds of Christians:
(1) Row-boat Christians—struggling in their own power; stop to rest for a while, only to find that the current has taken them back where they started.
(2) Sail-boat Christians—let the wind do all the work; enjoy the high moments, But what happens
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Mennonite
Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 18, 2004
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She was an energetic young woman whose life was forever changed by an accident. Because her spinal cord was severed, she first struggled to survive. Forced to live her life as a quadriplegic, she nearly lost the will to live. Slowly, she achieved the impossible. She painted by holding a brush with
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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An artist, seeking to depict on canvas the meaning of evangelism, painted a storm at sea. Black clouds filled the sky. Illuminated by a flash of lightning, a little boat could be seen disintegrating under the pounding of the ocean. Men were struggling in the swirling waters, their anguished faces
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 28, 2005
Rosee was an elderly lady who always sat in front of our family in church. She was a kindly lady and I remember as a child one occasion in particular where she gave me a butterscotch candy just before church. My understanding was that any time I asked her for one, she would give me one, what
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
"Take the silver with you” (verse 25) more accurately translated really means, “bind the money in your hand”. E.g. – Have you ever put that tithe on the dresser, to get it ready for Sunday but somehow when Sunday came you had used the money for a need that popped up? You reason, “I’ll make it up
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Salvation Army
EVEN LOST BOYS OVERCOME
Between 1983 and 2003, so many Christians were killed in the Sudanese Civil War that a whole community of orphaned children arose who have become known as the Lost Boys of Sudan. Lopez Lomong was one of those boys. At six years old, he was kidnapped from his parents at
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Mennonite
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Sep 4, 2008
"I'm No Moses!"
When I received my call to go into ministry, I was praying. Immediately, I rejected the call, telling God that I was a business person, not really minister material. I knew how to speak about marketing. I knew a bit about managing people. I could talk about that. On and on I
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 21, 2006
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Psalm 94:19 - When doubts filled my mind
The doubts of this verse concern a multitude of realities as offered by John Gill. There are thoughts of the majesty of God and how we relate to him. It is offered that we sense security yet an uncertainty at the same time. We believe we have hope but are
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
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If faith never encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles with evil, how can faith know its own power. In my own pilgrimage, if I have to choose between a faith that has stared doubt in the eye and made it blink, or a naïve faith that has never known the firing
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works"
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Lutheran
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself, especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. "I can wear my old jeans again!"
Her husband looked at her for a long
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Brethren
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 11, 2008
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EQUAL LEADING
In Bible College, a fellow student asked our instructor why some Christians seem to have such a strong relationship with the Lord and others seem to always struggle. He made the statement that it didn't seem fair to him that some seem to have greater leading because they become so
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Orthodox
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 13, 2014
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You Have to Stop Trying to Save Yourself
Watchman Nee relates a story from one of his experiences as a Christian leader in China. A group of young Christian brothers were gathered together to take a swim in one of the many creeks that run throughout the countryside there. Since most were not good
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