Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
Illustration: Fixing My Face
While on a hiking trip for the first time, Dad noticed his little boy kneeling at the spring looking at his distorted reflection in the water. He observed his son taking both hands and pushing his face this way and that.
His dad said, “What’s wrong Son?”
His son
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Contributed by Rita Sims on Aug 5, 2001
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Those of us who have e-mail usually get little stories or sayings from our friends. Sometimes I really read them, other times I don’t. The other day one of my high school friends sent me one I want to share with you.
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003
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"O! what pains do men take to get to hell! Early and late they toil at sin; and would not Divine justice be in their debt, if it
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Mennonite
Contributed by W F on Sep 19, 2004
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When a child doesn’t get his or her own way the common response to the parent is, “You don’t love me.” Of course this isn’t true. The parent’s love hasn’t changed. It’s just that at that moment their love is expressing itself differently than how the child wants it.
God’s love is like that.
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Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
Now, I do not know how it is with you… when I get medicines at the pharmacy - I do not read ALL of the instructions on my medicine… or I just do not bother to read them at all. I figure – it is medicine – all I have to do is swallow it!
I did that once with a medicine my Doctor prescribed. I did
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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If you're bored with life you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only
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Dr. Billy Graham tells the story of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter in those days, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If you will come to church
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Sep 30, 2007
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Sometimes you and I might think, “when I get more money I’ll start tithing.” But most people whom we know who are identified as millionaires or billionaires started out small. And many built what they have done on the tithe. I often think of the example of billionaire John D. Rockefeller,
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Methodist
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