Contributed by Chad Moore on Aug 24, 2009
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Here is a prayer that was used to challenge married couples to begin praying with each other.
Prayer below:
Thank you God for ________________. He/She is a gift from you. Thank you for our marriage and for the way you have blessed us. Help us understand love. I pray that we may both be filled with
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Main Idea: Putting your faith in Jesus is more than just believing Jesus once lived.
Verse: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” (James 2:19 NLJV)
Illustration: Have you ever heard of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln? They were both American
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Charismatic
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 2, 2008
According to the National Bureau of Standards, a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a depth of 100 feet is composed of something less than one glass of water. That is, all the fog covering seven city blocks 100 feet deep could be, if it were gotten all together, held in a single drinking
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A television program preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, impossible as that sounds. I am an extremely novice skier. I have a hard to avoiding the obstacles in front of me that I can see. Imagine being blind and trying to ski. Paired with sighted
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
"Success is reached by being active, awake, ahead of the crowd, by aiming high, pushing ahead, honestly, diligently, patiently; by climbing, digging, saving; by forgetting the past, using the present, trusting in the future; by honoring
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
The penny is an interesting piece of metal. The price of the metal within the penny actually is worth more than its assigned value. And to top it off, the penny is almost worthless at least in terms economic buying power. You can’t get anything for penny nowadays. I can’t think of anything.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
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In his book, A Ready Defense, Josh McDowell states: “You can laugh at Christianity; you can mock and ridicule it—-but it works. If you decide to trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and
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Congregational
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on May 31, 2012
THE ALLY OF SUFFERERS
The author and church minister Ray Ortlund says this:
"Sometimes there is no way to get out of suffering; but there is a way to get through suffering, because God is the ally of sufferers." He also says that
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
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Zig Ziglar On Politicians
A "politician" has been described as a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one hand left to pat you on the back and ask for your vote. Yes, as the saying goes, at one time in America we told political jokes
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Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
There’s a scene in the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where the main character, Harry Potter, encounters an enchanted mirror, the mirror of Erised.
Earlier in the book we learned that Harry’s parents died when he was only a baby, and he was raised by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003
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"Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us, and those who
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Mennonite
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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On the TV show Hee Haw, Doc Campbell is confronted by a patient who says he broke his arm in two places. The doc replies, "Well then, stay out of them places!" He may have something there. We cannot regularly put ourselves in the face of temptation and not be affected. When faced with
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Baptist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 15, 2007
Vaughan Roberts wrote about a recent advert in a newspaper which headed “Unpleasant manager required!. It continued: We are a high-pressure company and we work for money. We push ourselves hard. We are not looking for management to hold our hands. We want nasty, not nice. If you are the kind of
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Baptist
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
Robert Bork, judge and former nominee for the Supreme Court, is credited with this limerick that puts it so well:
God’s plan made a hopeful beginning,
But man spoiled his chances by sinning.
We trust that the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jul 22, 2009
Or consider the story of the boy catching fish for supper. He wanted to give some to the Lord. So he brought a fish to the pastor. The pastor asked, "Where are the other fish for you to eat?" The boy answered,
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Lutheran
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