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SIMPLE PRAYER OF FAITH
Billy Graham was doing a crusade at Shea Stadium in New York. The airplanes from La Guardia Airport flew over the stadium, dozens by the hour. On the opening night of counsellors training, Graham was talking from the podium as the engines roared overhead. He paused, glanced
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 6, 2006
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You see, we’ve all heard stories of people who lucked up and found something hidden away in an attic that turned out to be really valuable, and we figure, if it could happen to them, it could happen to us. We hear stories like Ted and Virginia from Arizona. There story was found on Antiques
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Methodist
Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 29, 2006
A story is told about the old-time evangelist Dwight L. Moody, the untrained, unschooled, powerful evangelist who simply committed himself to serving Jesus Christ with his whole heart and his whole life.
When Mr. Moody was in London during one of his famous evangelistic tours, several British
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 28, 2007
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The Great Blondin
The Great Blondin was a daredevil whose stage was Niagara Falls, where a tightrope was stretched across the great falls which he would walk across and back again.
In his show he would ask the crowd if they believed that he could walk across and back again. The crowd would
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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Life Examples: Elijah: Responding to Stress (1 Kings 19:3)
Stressful situations can drive us to inappropriate responses. The prophet Elijah illustrates the importance of viewing circumstances from God’s perspective.
God sent the prophet to rescue Israel from its moral and spiritual decline.
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2007
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TRIUMPH
(By Jim L. Davey)
It was a dark & sullen morn, as several women approached the tomb,
With breaking hearts and deepest gloom,
The furthest thing from their minds.....was triumph
Why did He have to die they asked, each other on the road that morn,
It made no sense, their hearts were
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 9, 2002
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Giuseppe Garibaldi lived from 1807 to 1882. He was an Italian patriot, soldier, and hero-figure. He devoted his life to the cause of uniting Italy. His greatest victory was the 1860 overthrow of the Kingdom of Naples. That event ultimately led to the unification of Italy. In May of that year,
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 16, 2002
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There is no room for broad-mindedness in a chemical laboratory. Water is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The slightest deviation from the formula – not allowed.
There is nor room for broad-mindedness when it comes to music. The skilled director will not permit his first
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2002
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For most of his life, Hudson Taylor was haunted and depressed both by his desire to see the Chinese saved and his fear of responsibility. In many instances, he trusted God for what at the time were remarkable requests: In 1881, he asked for another 70 missionaries within three years, and he got 76.
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 22, 2003
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“He who is almost persuaded is almost saved, and to be almost saved is to be entirely lost,” were the words with which the Rev. Mr. Brundage ended one of his sermons. P. P. Bliss, who was in the audience, was much impressed with the thought, and immediately set about the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Is it really possible to be in love with God? Gloria Gather answers this question for us by noting:
His Love ... Reaching
Right from the beginning God's love has reached, and from the beginning man has refused to understand. But love went on reaching, offering itself.
Love offered the eternal
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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When you think of kindness, chances are that one of the first names that comes to mind is Mister Rogers. A year or two before Fred Roger’s death someone in Philadelphia where he lived stole his car. The news media got ahold of the story and before long all the local TV stations were broadcasting
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 28, 2004
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Annie Howard
In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women.
Holds choir practice in the prison chapel, has an evening Bible study, hosts a dinner for 6 volunteers
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Wesleyan
Like John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, also preached fire and brimstone sermons. For that, he was greatly criticized in the newspapers. Articles appeared regularly disapproving of his methods, his motives, his mannerisms, and his messages. He was made to look like a villain
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Catholic
Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
He had no cornfields or fisheries, but He could spread a table for five thousand and have bread and fish to spare. He walked on no beautiful carpets or velvet rugs, but He walked on the waters of the Sea of Galilee and they supported Him.
When He died, few men mourned. But a black crepe was hung
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 12, 2008
The greek myth says he was in his late teens, due to his great looks he was a magnet for affection and desire. His list of suitors was countless and his offers of love were endless, yet he rejected them all.
Until 1 day as he stopped by a shaded cool spring, he saw his own reflection and for the
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Pentecostal
though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong
today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on
there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
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The guillemot is a small arctic sea bird that lives on the rocky cliffs of northern coastal regions. These birds flock together by the thousands in comparatively small areas. Because of the crowded conditions, hundreds of females lay their pear-shaped eggs side by side on a narrow ledge, in a long
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BELIEVING ISN'T JUST SEEING
A student wrote on a physics exam that he did not believe in the atom, so he did not write a paper on it like instructed. The professor called him up and asked him why he didn’t believe in atoms. The student’s response was, "I have never seen one, and no one else has
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