Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
                
                
                
                    TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
Christiana Tsai was a Christian woman who developed an eye disease that made it impossible for her to see light directly and was virtually blind.  She had to wear very dark glasses.
Yet, she did not withdraw into her own room and say how tough she has it.  No, she used her
                    
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                    Contributed by David Parks on Mar 25, 2013
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE PADDED CROSS
Well, here I am, Lord.  You said, "Take up your cross," and I'm here to do it.  It's not easy, You know, this self-denial thing.  I mean to go through with it, through...yes, Sir.  I'll bet you wish more people were willing to be disciples like me.  I've counted the cost and
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
                
                
                
                    A lady lost her handbag in the bustle of Christmas shopping. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "That's funny. When I lost my bag there was only a $100 bill in it. Now there are five $20 bills."
 
The boy quickly replied,
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    WORSHIP: IT TAKES TIME TO WARM UP
When I was a kid in Kansas City, we lived next door to a family who owned a publishing company. They had an old 4 door Mercedes that they would let their son drive to school. He was 3 years older than me and also named Tim. On those winter mornings when the
                    
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                    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LOOK UP IN YOUR HEART
A.W. Tozer reminds us, "You may be still with arthritis so that you can’t even get on your knees to pray, but you can look up in your heart, for prayer isn’t a matter of getting on your knees.  Prayer is the elevation of the heart to God and that is all a man needs to praise,
                    
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                    Contributed by Danny Williams on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    Illustration: Take out and hold up a $20 bill. Ask, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Crumple the $20 bill up, and then ask, “Who still wants it?” “What if I do this?” Drop it on the ground and start it grind it into the floor with your shoe. Pick it up, crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants
                    
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                    HIS LONELINESS FOR YOURS
Here is the good news for us this morning. Each of us, every one of us received in that moment of time a great and precious gift. It is the gift of the presence of the Father – the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Jesus paid the price for your sin and you do not
                    
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