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Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Yet sometimes we might need to use a “method” to freshen up our prayer time. We can pray the Psalms or other Scriptures (such as The Lord’s Prayer), or use the ACTS method (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). I recently came
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
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AN ARM AROUND ME
This is a great story that I read in Prevention magazine last month. It is written by Dr. Ned Hallowell, a child and adult psychiatrist.
“When I was in the first grade, I had trouble reading. Back then, if you had trouble reading, you could easily be dismissed as stupid, or you
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Methodist
Contributed by Ronito Nartea on Sep 13, 2005
There was an story of a woman who was sranded in a remote area because her car failed . She decide to walk about to find out if there are people around the vicinity who could help her. In that area bad elements roams around suddenly a npoise from the woods caught her attention and she saw a group
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Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
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Jim Cymbala (as described in his book Fresh Wind Fresh Fire) looked around a saw a small rag tag group of church goers surrounded by a city of muggers, transvestites, drug addicts and more, and realized he was in trouble. He was overcome by his own inadequacy to lead the church, as well as his
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
July 14 or so, 1996) I went fishing on the farm property of some people in our church in Ohio. They had trouble with wild dogs there, getting their animals. They had to shoot over 20 of these dogs. I believed that the dogs were gone. So, there I was, ½ mile from my car, armed with 2 fishing
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Christian/Church Of Christ
A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, who were mischievous. They were always getting into trouble, and their parents knew that if any mischief occurred in their town, their sons were probably involved.
The boys' mother heard that a Pastor in town had been successful in disciplining
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Pentecostal
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