Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 26, 2002
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A well known American internist and a growing body of medical specialist say, 90% of the chronic patients they treat illnesses started not with a cough or cold but with fear. Fear of losing a job, of old age, of money troubles, or of being exposed. Sometimes the fear is nothing more than a
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United Methodist
Contributed by Gary Macdonald on Dec 13, 2002
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This prayer was found in the clothing of a dead child at Ravensbruck concentration camp.
O Lord, remember not only the men and woman of good will, but also those of ill will. But do not remember all of the suffering they have inflicted upon us:
Instead remember the fruits we have borne because of
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 6, 2004
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I heard the story of the old woman who lived in the hills of Tennessee. She went to a great deal of trouble to have electrical power installed in her home. After a few months the Power Company noticed that she used very little electricity. They sent a meter reader out to check on the matter. He
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Baptist
Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006
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Titanic Story – The Titanic was slated to be the best ship ever built. It as hailed as “indestructible”, but when it hit an iceberg on it’s maiden voyage, it sank. It has since been discovered that it was not the size of the iceberg that sank the ship, but rather that it was rushed to completion
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Foursquare
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Preacher Vance Havner once told a story about an elderly lady who was greatly disturbed by her many troubles--both real and imaginary. Finally, someone in her family tactfully told her, "Grandma, we’ve done all we can for you. You’ll just have to trust God for the rest." A look of absolute despair
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 31, 2007
Vance Havner told a story about an elderly lady who was greatly disturbed by her many troubles—both real and imaginary. Finally, someone in her family tactfully told her, “Grandma, we’ve done all we can for you. You’ll just have to trust God for the rest.”
A look of absolute despair spread over
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Baptist
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Are you Careless in the way you talk to your wife or your husband? I read in a book on marriage that it takes 100 compliments to balance out ONE criticism from a husband or wife. I don’t know about you, but I’d have trouble coming up with 100 compliments! It’s a lot smarter --- guys --- to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
Cartoon from shows a line of pews and a sentence being passed from pew to pew.
1st pew: My ear kind of hurts 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache
3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid 4th pew: The pastor is having trouble hearing
5th pew: The pastor
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
What does it mean well to live with others? As I thought about this question, I came across the story from Pastor John Dobbs about a little boy.
According to Dobbs, he was ‘sitting on his front steps with his face cradled in his hands, looking so forlorn. His dad came home just then and asked him
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Church Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 23, 2008
On God’s promises, C.H. Spurgeon said;
“God never gives his children a promise which he does not intend them to use. There are some promises in the Bible which I have never yet used, but I am well assured that there will come times of trial and trouble when I shall find that that poor despised
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
IN THE RACE TOGETHER
Team Hoyt runs in marathons and triatholons. Dick Hoyt pushes his son Rick, who has cerebal palsy, in a wheelchair, rides him on a bike, and pulls him in a boat, but they both experience the thrill of a race.
We have a loving Father who carries us through our trials,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better.
I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Aug 13, 2010
A friend of mine told me a story about her grandson. He was behind some kind of signboard on the playground doing something he wasn't suppossed to be doing. His teacher came and of course he was in trouble. In a discussion with his grandmother, of course he noted that "His teacher couldn't see what
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Contributed by Tim Secrist on Oct 24, 2012
OUTA-ORDER
A man pulled into a gas station, walked over to a soda machine, and stared at the sign, which read, "Soda: $2.00."
"Two dollars for a soda--that’s incredible," the man said.
"Wall, it ain’t really two dollars," said the attendant. "That machine’s broke. I put up an outa-order sign,
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 2, 2003
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WHY DO YOU DO THAT?
I’m thinking of a small-town church in upstate New York.
They’d had a rector in that church for over thirty-five years.
He was loved by the church and the community.
After he retired, he was replaced by a young priest.
It was his first church; he had a great desire to do
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