Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 22, 2000
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"Excessive worry, or what I call toxic worry, can make you sick, it can cut down your enjoyment of life, and it can hamper your productivity. Toxic worry is bad for every system in your body: it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, it impairs digestion, it causes shortness of breath,
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2001
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1917: Russian Orthodox Church bishops were having a convocation: came to a heated debate with fusing and feuding. A few doors down the street another meeting was going on. The Bulshavics were together plotting the overthrow of the Czar. Revolution- the beginning of what we now know as
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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… All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV)
Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, men would call me a monster of
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007
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A little boy was trying to get to sleep but was frightened. He shouted down from the bedroom, ‘Dad, it’s dark up here and I’m scared.’ His father shouted back, ‘Don’t be afraid. God is with you.’ After a few second’s pause, the boy yelled again: ‘Get
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 27, 2008
As a large crowd of Iboga Christians of Western Tanzania gathered to worship one Easter Sunday, a crazed mother lion was stalking their village. The crowd froze in fear. The village preacher encouraged them to pray to God, who locked the lion’s jaws for Daniel. Suddenly, a lightening bolt struck
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 26, 2008
Mark Twain was asked his opinion on the raising of children. With his typical wit Twain offered this homey philosophy: “Things run along pretty smoothly until your kid reaches thirteen. That’s the time you need to stick ‘em in a barrel, hammer the lid down nice and snug, and
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Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
"In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself...For even if I could conceive
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 18, 2010
Science tells us that a dense fog, one hundred feet deep and covering seven city blocks, is composed of less than one eight-ounce glass of water. So a single glass of water can shut down a large airport! One glass of water can completely
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
‘’Who Flew the Kite?’’
"I did," said the wind!
"I did," said the paper!
"I did," said the string!
"I did," said the boy!
But in reality they ALL flew the kite! If the wind had lulled, if the paper had torn, if the sticks had broken, if the tail had caught in the
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Pentecostal
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A Muslim in Africa became a Christian and some of his friends asked him why.
He answered: Well, it is like this: suppose you were going down a road and suddenly the road forked in two directions. And you didn’t know which way to go.
If you met two men
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 12, 2002
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An interviewer once asked a famous movie actor & comedian:
"What’s it like when you kiss a girl in a movie? Do you ever get emotionally involved?"
"Oh," he said, "I once kissed a very beautiful actress on the screen, and it meant nothing to either of us. Of course, the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 1, 2004
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Joni Eareckson, back in July of 1967, at 17 years of age, dove off a diving platform in the Chesapeake Bay. She hit the shallow bottom and broke her neck. She became a quadriplegic. She was paralyzed from the neck down. I will paraphrase what she wrote in one of her books. She writes
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 10, 2006
I remember one of my former employers referring to a Christian colleague as "a bit of a Methodist!" It was meant as a "put down" but I regarded it as a badge of honour! O yes, persecution in various forms still exists! We must be willing, if need be, to be ready to accept rejection and ridicule
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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I heard a scientist explaining the mystery of "black holes" in the universe. They are stars which have collapsed and so do not emit light but nevertheless are a powerful force although not visible. The scientist likened it to a dance floor, with the ladies in white dresses and the men all in
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