Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 5, 2007
Illustration: Influence
One of the strange sights on the Dutch Windward Islands in the Caribbean is the Divi-Divi tree. Because the winds blow almost constantly from the east, all of the branches grow on one side of the tree. You can look at a Divi-Divi tree and always know which is east and
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 2, 2013
WAITING FOR KINGDOM BENEFITS
My wife and I live in a suburban neighborhood and moved in eleven years ago. I did not spend much time in my garden because there were no trees against the fence and my neighbors could look right into the property.
I went to the nursery and bought some trees. They
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Charismatic
Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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We often don’t realize the impact of our acts of love in Jesus’ name. In 1994 our church sold Christmas trees in the parking lot. After Christmas there were a lot of trees left. The grower had parked his big trailer on the lot one night intending to load out the trees in the next few days. Then, on
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 25, 2006
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I once read of a little boy who used to escape his bedroom after being punished. He would crawl out of his bedroom window down an old fruit tree to the ground. One day, his father told him that he was going to chop down the fruit tree, because it hadn’t borne any fruit for a number of years. That
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AIM HIGHER
Several years ago I read where some mountain hunters had played a trick on another hunter in their COON CLUB. They lowered the sight on his rifle.
After they did this their friend was missing everything at which he was shooting. He shot at a raccoon in a tree. Of course his bullet went
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 2, 2008
It’s The Boat
Imagine a ship filled with people crossing the Atlantic. In the middle of the ocean there is an explosion. The ship is severely damaged and slowly sinking. Most are dead, and the rest are rushing for the lifeboats.
Now suppose one man doesn’t know about the lifeboat, so he does not
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 14, 2006
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The noted Chinese Christian, Watchmen Nee, had this to say about knowing truth: “The normal Christian life must begin with a very definite ‘knowing,’ which is not just knowing something about the truth nor understanding some important doctrine. It’s not an intellectual knowledge at all, but an
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
WHAT IS THE LARGEST ANCESTRY IN THE WORLD? HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK?
WELL, WIKIPEDIA THE ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: THE LONGEST FAMILY TREE IN THE WORLD IS THAT OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER AND EDUCATOR CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC). THE TREE SPANS MORE THAN 80 GENERATIONS, AND INCLUDES MORE THAN 2
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Contributed by Gary Kins on Jun 25, 2007
Hunting Area - Large Oaks
Tree stands last when you put them in oaks because they withstand the winds of winter.
One time the mighty oak was just an acorn covered with soil that
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Christian/Church Of Christ
GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN…
GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE…
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected.
Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider…
There is a tree that grows in
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