Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 28, 2008
Some people trust in their own intuition or abilities to face life. I was recently reminded of a man who built his own floating island off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, out of empty, plastic bottles. He put the bottles in bags and tied them together, and spiraled them around, tying them together. He
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Baptist
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 22, 2011
WHAT WE REALLY WANT
A woman lay in a hospital bed, her body ravaged by cancer. Day after day her pastor and others prayed for her healing. Each day they could see her silent disappointment that she was not being healed. Then one day she said, "Let's not pray that I'll be healed. God knows that I
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
APPLICATION: Draw smaller circles as you tell this story. God’s promises here in Psalm 125 are not for mankind. No, it is much narrower than that. It is not for religious men, for Baptist men, nor for Bible carrying men. It is not even for all
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2009
ONE WAY TO WIN: BET IT ALL
God has the answers that we need. I often see people not trusting in God and truly seeking His face. Worshiping with others and seeking out the answers that we are looking for is often done superficially. We show up once or twice and wonder why "church" doesn't seem to
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Church Of God