Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Sep 25, 2009
A good friend of mine, who has been sober and drug-free now for many, many years shared his testimony with me several years ago. After being caught in the 1970’s as a teenager with cocaine his dream of becoming a Major League Baseball Player was over. He used this discouragement and depression as
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Baptist
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To illustrate the need christians have for one another, I use a story my sister in law told me. If your hand get amputated for any reason and is not reconnected with the body, it does not go on and strive to live on it’s own. No, it dies. The same thing happens to us
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Debra Klein on Jun 5, 2006
Billy who was given 2 quarters by his grandma on Sunday. One was for the Sunday school offering and the other for an ice cream cone on the way home from church. Billy was flipping both quarters in the air on his way to church when one of them slipped from his hand and fell into
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Church Of God
Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 2, 2007
1. Speak the Word of God.
2. Believe the Word of God.
I tell the students that I teach in our schools around the world to stand and repeat these words before each session.
a. Lord, give me ears to hear.
b. Lord, give me a mind to
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Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
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Rush Limbaugh has this phrase as part of his self introduction. "Talent on loan from God." It might sound arrogant, but it really isn’t. It’s humble. I’ve heard him explain it too. He knows that whatever he is able to do is a gift from
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Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 22, 2001
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Tony Campolo tells a story of a homeless man who offered to share his coffee with Tony. Tony said the coffee must have been swimming with bacteria but he took a drink. Then he said “that’s very generous of you to share your coffee with me.” And the
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Contributed by Eric Ledermann on Jul 23, 2002
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Poem by Will Carleton
“Boys flying kites haul in
their white-winged birds;
You can’t do that way when
you’re flying words:
‘Careful with fire,’ is good advice
we know,
‘Careful with words,’ is ten times
doubly so.
Thoughts expressed
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2003
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One Sunday after church Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. Her daughter answered "Don’t be scared, you’ll get your quilts." Needless to say, Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the Pastor stopped by
for tea. Mom asked him what that
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Contributed by W F on Sep 26, 2004
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“Friends” is the one of the most watched sitcoms on Australian TV. If we don’t trust our real friends, then we can trust our virtual friends on TV who we can switch on and off whenever we like! And why wouldn’t you. They’re only in your house
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Contributed by Richard Wafford on Nov 24, 2004
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Tommy Tenney says, “The gospel of Jesus Christ is a practical gospel that is as concerned with doing something as it is with being something. Good works won’t get you into heaven, but once you receive new life from Jesus, he expects you to do what he did for the rest
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Three buddies were discussing death and one asked the group: “What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?” One said: “He was a great humanitarian, who cared about his community.” Another said: “He was a great husband and father, who was an
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
Jas 4:1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? Jas 4:2 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you
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