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                    English evangelist George Whitefield (1714-1770) learned that it was more important to please God than to please men. Knowing that he was doing what was honoring to the Lord kept him from discouragement when he was falsely accused by his enemies. At one point in his ministry, Whitefield received a
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 15, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    During a Monday night football game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants, one of the announcers observed that Walter Payton, the Bears’ running back, had accumulated over nine miles in career rushing yardage.  The other announcer remarked, “Yeah, and that’s with someone knocking him
                    
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                    Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a lighthouse that sat on a rocky shore and helped ships get through the water safely without hitting any big nasty rocks. One day the lighthouse operator became sick and a temporary substitute was put in charge of the lighthouse. While he was there
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 4, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I’d like to ask you a few questions as we begin our time together today…  They are real easy questions to answer.   OKAY – here we go.
    Is every soft drink the same?
    Is every french fry the same?
    Is all music the same?
    Is all fried chicken the same?
    Is all make up the same
   
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Apr 7, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When I was in South Africa, a fine, handsome Dutchman came into my service, and God laid his hand on him and convicted him of sin.   The next morning he went to the beautiful home of another Dutchman and said to him, “Do you recognize that old watch?”
	“Why, yes,” answered the other.   “Those are
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 30, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE SHOCKING TRUTH
   "Imagine if you will that among the Jews there suddenly turns up a man who goes about talking as if He was God. . . Now let us get this clear. Among Pantheists, like the Indians, anyone might say that he was a part of God, or one with God: there would be nothing very odd
                    
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                    A woman missionary in the South Pacific Islands was explaining to a group of children the custom and significance of giving gifts at Christmas.  "Giving gifts," she said, "expresses love and reminds us of the perfect gift of love we received from God:  Jesus."  
   Later that week, a young native
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 3, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A SURVEY OF FATHERS  
The June 2003 issue of Family Circle Magazine contained results from a recent national survey of fathers.  It had some interesting results:  
*   94% feel building a family is the hardest and most important thing
a man can do.
*   71% say fatherhood is more demanding than
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    (Story told by Shari Hanson) My mother was baby-sitting my son, Dirk, at her house one day.  When I stopped to pick him up, Mom told me that Dirk had followed her into the bedroom as she put some things away in the closet.  “Grandma,” he asked, “what room is this?”  “This is a closet, Dirk,” she
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 16, 2003
                
                
                
                    John Piper (Let the Nations Be Glad, 1993,p.12)quotes Charles Misner, a scientific specialist in general relativity theory, who expressed Albert Einstein’s skepticism 
The design of the universe ... is very magnificient and shouldn’t be taken for granted. In fact, I believe that is why Einstein
                    
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                    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Sep 2, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Love makes obedience a thing of joy! 
To do the will of one we like to please
Is never hardship, though it tax our strength;
Each privilege of service love will seize! 
Love makes us loyal, glad to do or go, 
And eager to defend a name or cause;
Love takes the drudgery from common work, 
And asks
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab is frightened by what he sees in himself.  He asks the question that many of us have asked: “What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural
                    
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                    Lord,
Thank you for this Thanksgiving Day. Thank you for all the many many blessings you bestow on us each and everyday. Thank you for the little things we over look from day to day. Lord, I pray you feed the ones today less fortunate. Draw up real close to them and let them know how very precious
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Archer on Jan 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Have you ever noticed how many Hispanic last names end in -ez? Have you ever wondered why that is? In Old Spanish, -ez meant "son of." Therefore Gonzalo’s son would be called Gonzalez, Domingo’s son would be called Dominguez, etc. And almost every language has the same thing. For the Armenians,
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Archer on Jan 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Do you remember the movie "The Lion King"? It tells the story of a young lion who is the son of the king. The lion runs away when his father is accidentally killed and the cub is made to feel responsible for that death. He takes refuge with a pair of insectivores, and we see the king of the beasts
                    
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                    Contributed by Keith Warden on Feb 23, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	In the beginning, when Kristi and I were married, we made a commitment to one another that was sealed by a legal contract—we call it a marriage license.  But as the years go by, we don’t maintain that commitment to one another because of a contract.  We remain committed because of the love that
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I read a true story about a young man who was called into the Civil war between the States. He made it back from the war without even a scratch. But when he got home, he learned that his father had died. He went out to the barn where his father used to milk the cows and saw a strange thing. He saw
                    
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