Contributed by Judah Thomas on Oct 21, 2003
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Relief pitching ace Donny Moore couldn’t seem to resolve his anguish over losing an American League championship series game many years ago. In a moment of total torment, he shot his wife and then shot himself.
Compare that with Dave Dravecky, who loses not only a game but a career, a
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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Listen to this dreary inscription on a gravestone in Britain near Windsor Castle:
Pause, my friend, as you walk by;
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you will be.
Prepare, my friend, to follow me!
A
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Charismatic
Contributed by Marcus Rosa on Sep 20, 2004
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How in the world did Lot end up in such a mess?
One word—choices.
—Something each of us has in common. Every single day... every single moment we make choices.
—What to eat. What to wear. What to say. What to do. How to act.
—You’ve made a thousand choices before you arrived here this morning!
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 26, 2007
Truman was a folksy type person who popularized such phrases as “The buck stops here." That sign sat on his desk in the Oval Office.
That saying was derived from the expression “passing the buck,” which was an attempt to pass on responsibility or blame to someone else.
Another of his sayings
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 21, 2005
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Our favor with God would be enough if we thought that you would have:
Enough happiness to keep you sweet.
Enough trials to keep you strong.
Enough sorrow to keep you human.
Enough hope to keep you happy.
Enough failure to keep you humble.
Enough success to keep you eager.
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In the movie "It’s A Wonderful Life", George shares with Mary all his wishes and plans. After throwing a rock at the old house he explains how he knows what he will do today, tomorrow, and the next day. How he’s going to see the world, and go to college, and build things.
You can tell that
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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While touring, Europe a tourist visited a lovely estate in Italy. He admired the beautiful garden encountering the gardener he said, "You've done a beautiful job. How long have you worked here?"
"Twenty-five years," came the answer.
"How often has the owner been to this estate?"
"Four
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c. Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry),
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Illustration: Love in Deed and Truth: A young man spent an entire evening telling a girl how much he loved her. He said that he could not live without her; that he would go to the ends of the earth for her; yes, go through fire for her, or die for her. However, on leaving, he said, “I’ll see you
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 14, 2009
In our family, relatives begin preparing for Thanksgiving Dinner with a shopping list, perhaps a week in advance. They begin cooking perhaps two days before Thanksgiving, and certainly the evening before. But when we sit down at that table, we pray. Then we shovel the food in like there is no
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 13, 2005
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On New Year’s Eve, 2004 moved forever into the history books and 2005 opened with the days as blank pages to be written; however more changed than just the date on the calendar. Since 1972 millions of people would join one of Americas biggest New Year’s Eve parties with Dick Clark’s New Year’s
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by John Wright on Jun 28, 2007
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Our church was meeting in a storefront, but we had outgrown it. We found a church building on the east side of St. Paul for $27,000. We literally had no money. We believed God wanted us to have that building, so we signed a contract to pay cash in 90 days ... and we began to pray. Nothing came
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Baptist
Once upon a time, a lady worked at a meat distribution factory. One day, when she finished with her work schedule, she went into the cold room to inspect something. But in a moment of misfortune, the door accidentally closed and she was locked inside. Although she screamed and knocked with all her
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TOGETHER AGAIN-----
TOGETHER AGAIN OVER YONDER
GOD’S PROMISE THE WAY IT WILL BE
NEVER AGAIN TO KNOW PARTING
TOGETHER AGAIN YOU AND ME
TOGETHER AGAIN UP IN HEAVEN
REMOVED FROM LIFE’S SORROW AND CARE
NO WORRY ABOUT A TOMORROW
TOGETHER AGAIN OVER THERE
TOGETHER AGAIN GLAD REUNION
HAPPY MEETING IN
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