Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 12, 2009
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"I KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I BUILT IT."
Years ago, the early part of the last century, a man’s car broke down on the side of the road. He was out working on the car, unsuccessfully trying to get it started, when another man stopped to help. The second gentleman looked at the engine, worked on it for
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
At the close of World War II, two pictures appeared in a magazine showing a soldier in conflict with a tank. The first showed a huge tank bearing down on a tiny soldier, about to crush him. The picture was proportioned to show the odds involved when a foot soldier with a rifle faced a tank. The
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 19, 2009
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For 23 years I lived in a small three-bedroomed duplex house which was attached to other duplexes on either side of my house. My (duplex) house stood on a 120sq metre plot of ground. I used to tell my family that one day I would have a big house with an office at the back of the house so that when
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
Wilderness Christians
NOTE: 4 marks of a wilderness Christian.
1) His body is with the church, but his mind and heart are still in Egypt!
ILLUS: They are like a compass in a land of two norths. They vacillate between the two readings and thus constantly wander!
James 1:8 A double minded man
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012
THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY
If:
You justify your lack and make excuses.
You are afraid to give under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
You govern your finances with a lack of trust and don't believe God is your source.
Your are suspicious that those around you may take your money.
When things
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WORSHIP IN THE THRILL AND THE AGONY
The 2012 Olympics gave a great illustration of how Christians can trust God in the thrill of victory AND the agony of defeat. If you watched the Olympics, you probably saw Gabby Douglas's big smile. When she won the Individual Gold in gymnastics. She said, "I
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 19, 2024
It’s two days after Christmas. The celebrations are over. The presents have been put up. Another Christmas in the books. Christmas 2024 will now take its place among all the Christmases passed.
I wonder what Mary was thinking two days after the first Christmas. It’s been quite a ride. How could she
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In one of the biggest movies of the year, Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell who plays the race car driver Ricky Bobby is at the table getting ready to eat. And when he asks the blessing, he prays to “the baby Jesus.” But in the middle of his prayer in which he returns thanks for the bountiful
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Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 16, 2003
"Feddersen’s Fables" has the story of a rancher who rented a famous stallion, to sire a champion by one of his thoroughbred mares. The owner of the majestic beast delivered and unloaded the stallion directly into a corral, and the next day, the rancher rode another horse out onto the meadow and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 2, 2004
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Illustration: At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like the president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I didn’t really know Him. But later on when I
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Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Feb 21, 2009
DON'T FORGET ABOUT MARSHA
The story is about one day when a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a very frightful dream. She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote a letter to her, and it was to be delivered to her by a messenger. The messenger passed between the lakes of Hell, and
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
HE HAS MY BEST INTERESTS AT HEART
A few years ago I had a scary encounter with a masked man wielding a knife. I remember him with gratitude, though, since he was an orthopedic surgeon to whom I paid thousands of dollars to correct some problems with my left foot...
For 3 months the surgeon
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 30, 2001
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A young lady was speaking to an evangelist about consecration. She said, “I dare not give myself wholly to the Lord, because He might send me out to China as a missionary.” The evangelist said, ‘If some cold, snowy morning a little bird should come, half-frozen, pecking at your window, seeking
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 19, 2001
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The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and
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