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John Ortberg in his book- If You Want To Walk On Water You’ve Got To Get Out Of The Boat notes this about fear: The single command in Scripture that occurs more often then any other-God’s most frequently repeated instruction-is formulated in two words: Fear Not. Do not be afraid. Be strong and
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
THE WAY IN A MANGER
To the tune of “Away in a Manger.”
The Way in a manger,
Was God’s only Son,
He came down to save us
From sin, we had done.
The world was made ready,
This child to receive.
God’s Gift sent from heaven
to all who believe.
The Angels around Him
looked down at His bed,
The little
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
Jesus: Someone Who's Been There
When you travel, you sometimes ask someone else who has been there. Many from here have traveled to Boston/New England and have come to me to ask where to go, what to see. Why do they ask me? Because that's where I'm from. We trust people who have been places
When
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"What is the church?The best way to kill a church is to squeeze it into a building. For without contact with people in need and publicly witnessing
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 26, 2025
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[213]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – PARABLE OF THE FENCE SITTER
Uncommitted, disinterested, neutral, indecisive, impartial, indifferent, apathetic – just some English words that describe a person who does not take sides and has no real opinion about anything.
When it comes to matters in the world
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
A professor at Cornell University wrote this poem. I can’t decide if he were a disciple of Christ or an opponent.
What was our trust, we trust not;
What was our faith, we doubt.
Whether we must or must not,
We may debate about.
The soul perhaps is a gust of gas,
And wrong is a
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 31, 2004
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Faith that cannot withstand testing, cannot be trusted. An old black preacher put it this way: “If your faith fizzles before the finish,
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
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Someone told of a church that believed in sinless perfection once you trusted Jesus Christ into your life and were baptized. A visitor to that church heard this teaching and asked to be baptized. He was tired of dealing with his habitual sin without any success. Unfortunately, it was in the
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 21, 2005
How many here have ever seen the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”? George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) wonders if his life really matters. He feels like a failure. In his sacrifice for others he has not attained his dreams. At his point of crisis he meets up with an angel named
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Contributed by Ricky Johnson on Sep 15, 2006
When I was a boy, I would cross my fingers behind my back to relieve my responsibility fo saying something I didn’t really mean – to keep me from telling a fib, when I made a promise I did not intend to keep. Later, I learned to cross my fingers in front of me in hope it would bring good luck.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 20, 2006
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"The religious dead play at a façade of piety while trusting that the big check they dropped in the plate today will cover for their indulgence in the lusts of the flesh yesterday.
They take a week or two to travel to a third world country and pass out rice and Bibles and that washes away any
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Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jun 2, 2008
In May, 2008 a missionary serving in Italy was thrilled to see his first Italian convert after four years of ministry in one small town. After this young man trusted Christ, he was thrown out of his house by his Roman Catholic father for “wasting his life.”
The prosperity preachers in America
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
Airplane pilots are subject to a strange phenomenon. When flying through clouds or fog, which prevent them from seeing the horizon, they cannot feel the plane’s wings beginning to bank to the left or right. In the early days of flight, pilots followed the myth of instinct. They believed they could
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