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Illustration: I actually typed into Google the words “I hate my life!”
1. I was shocked how many I hate my life websites came up!
2. Here is the opening page of one website:
You’re having a bad day. We want to know about it.
Maybe your agony exceeds ours. That could be interesting. Because
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
Roller Coaster-Type Fear
Fear comes when our equilibrium is knocked out of whack. When I think such experiences one word comes to mind – roller coasters!
It took me a long to time (I was 21) to finally ride a coaster. I was afraid of them. (Not now!) I remember being coaxed on one at Six Flags in
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(Joshua 1, I Corinth. 2:13-3:3)
EGYPT (NATURAL) - unbelievers who are in bondage to sin. Christ is on the outside of their life. Those in Egypt were freed from their slavery by the blood of a sacrificial Lamb, a picture of Christ on the Cross, who sets us free from sin.
WILDERNESS (CARNAL) –
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THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS (Joshua 1, I Corinth. 2:13-3:3)
* THOSE LIVING IN EGYPT (NATURAL MAN) - unbelievers in bondage to sin. Christ is on the outside of their life. Those in Egypt were freed from slavery by the blood of a sacrificial Lamb, a picture of Christ on the Cross,
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Walter Kaiser’s article on “where Job’s friends went wrong about suffering” is very interesting. In the article, Kaiser identifies eight types of suffering mentioned in the Bible.
1. retributive suffering (caused by sin and disobedience to God)
2. educational or disciplinary suffering (as in
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Contributed by John Moyer on Dec 16, 2008
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THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS TREE
Among the cards we've received over the years, some were those Guidepost Christmas cards with stories in them. This is one of those stories.
It was the first Saturday of the Advent season in Europe. The Queen’s royal woodsmen were searching the royal forest for the
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Holiness
Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2010
A TREE GROWS IN ENGLAND
In Tewin, England's St. Peter's churchyard stands a great four-trunked tree growing out of a grave. Its presence there is a constant reminder of resurrection for residents in the community. The grave from which it grows is that of the 18th century's Lady Anne
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Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 6, 2011
BORN AGAIN TREE
Back when I was growing up we had a tree in our back yard. And is often the case after a storm the tree’s trunk cracked and blew down. There wasn’t anything we could do to save that tree. So my father borrowed a chain saw and cut down the tree right at the bottom so that all
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THE FREE-FOOD TREE
One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit—mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange.
It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz,
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