Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
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WHAT IS "DAILY BREAD"?
Martin Luther wrote in 1529:
"What does daily bread mean? Everything that nourishes our body and meets its needs, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, yard, fields, cattle, money, possessions, a devout spouse, devout children, devout employees, devout and faithful
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 29, 2011
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IT'S NOT THE WATER
Little Betsy had faithfully attended baptism classes. Her mother, wanting to be sure her daughter understood its significance, asked, "Honey, what does baptism mean?"
"Well, it isn't the water that makes you clean ..." she began. Smiling, Mother thought, Yes, she
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2012
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SALT IN THE SHAKER
A strange sign greets visitors to Vienna, Austria. Translated from the German, it says, "Welcome to Vienna, where the salt is in the saltshaker." What they mean is that they "don't put salt on the streets in the winter"!
The church is the salt of the earth, but we do no good
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Contributed by Chris Surber on May 29, 2008
Last week my wife Christina and I were in Florida visiting her father who has been ill. Besides the pollen wreaking havoc on our sinuses, and the Florida humidity reminding us of yet another reason we are so happy not to live there any longer, there was something that I saw which I must say, I am
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 31, 2026
[330]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WE ARE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE CURRENT CHURCH AGE
{{2 Timothy 3:13 “Evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”}}
The world is a veneer hiding wickedness. We know where it is going – down. But we are going up.
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
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When a puzzle is put together each piece is interconnected to the other pieces. Alone a piece is inadequate; a single piece cannot show you the whole picture. Likewise if one or more pieces of the puzzle are missing then it is defective; it’s lacking an essential part and is incomplete.
Being
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Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
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DAD'S ALARM
A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 22, 2010
There’s a story about a businessman who was notorious for his ruthlessness. He announced to Mark Twain, “Before I die, I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will climb Mount Sinai and read the Ten Commandments aloud at the top.” “I have a better idea,” said Twain. “You could stay home in
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 14, 2012
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WHO FLATTERS THE KING
Francois Fenelon was the court clergy for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, "What does this mean?"
Fenelon
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 8, 2020
“Every creature in the universe is programmed to pursue pleasure. The wolf seeks meat, the bear seeks warmth. That is an indisputable fact, and that's the way God wants it.
“Human were created for pleasure, too. But unlike other creatures, humans have the ability to tap into their spiritual
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 21, 2001
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When attendees at a drunk-driving "awareness picnic" saw a woman being given a field sobriety test by police, they gathered around to watch the "demonstration." It wasn’t a demonstration: a police officer saw Linda M. Harris, 53, the coordinator of the Dona Ana County (N.M.) drunken-driving
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001
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A woman became worried about her husband who went to sea with the navy. Just as the man got ready to sail his wife handed a prayer request to her Pastor which stated: "George Bowen’s wife requests prayer for her husband’s safety who has gone to sea. Instead of conveying the true message the Pastor
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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I remember reading a Peanuts cartoon strip in which Lucy comes up to her brother Charlie Brown and does something that is very unusual for her. She says--I love you. But Charlie Brown keeps responding by saying: no you don’t. And each time Lucy answers a little louder: yes I do, I really love you.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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PURE AS IVORY
Early in her career, adult film star Marilyn Chambers appeared on Ivory Snow boxes, holding a sweet baby. As her screen popularity in X-rated movies grew, Ivory sought out a cover girl that better reflected its image of 99 44/100% purity.
Are you a good cover model for God’s
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Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 30, 2002
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How do I know we need women? According to the United Nation's statistics: "Women constitute over 50 percent of the world's population. But women do three-fourths of the world's work, receive one-tenth of the world's salaries, and own one one-hundredth of the world's land."
Women are major
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2001
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An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. The tire is only flat on the bottom. Winners see risk as opportunity. They see the rewards of success in advance. They do not fear the penalties of failure. The winning individual knows that bad luck is
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On Thursday when I went to pick up my granddaughter from the Learning Center she is attending for the summer there was one of the kids balancing with arms outstretched on a skateboard without wheels and with one of those virtual reality visors on his head. He appeared to be having a blast –
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