Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
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Sometimes my daughter Olivia wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to use the bathroom.
It’s my job to get up and take her there, so I get out of bed to find her at outside her room.
She takes my hand as we go to the bathroom, which is about 6 feet from her door.
Does she need my hand
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[SOURCE: http://www.ocap.ca/songs/leanonme.html].
The Prince of Peace reminds us in John 16:33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Until He returns or calls us home, we are going to
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Methodist
Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 12, 2005
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Temptation and evil are parts of life. We pray in this petition that God will guard us from its disastrous effects and help us stand against it. Unfortunately many of us follow the example of the majority of people and follow the path of least resistance. We yield. In the lake of life, we are Brown
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 17, 2009
CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT--SECULAR VIEW
Best-selling secular author and expert in consumer behavior, Malcolm Gladwell, in his book, "The Tipping Point" comes to this conclusion:
"Character, then, isn't what we think it is--or rather, what we want it to be. It isn't a stable, easily identifiable
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Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 1, 2002
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THE SPIRITUAL ODD COUPLE
Often times we stand in awe of the fact that our Savior Jesus Christ was born into this sinful world and took on human flesh - born in a cattle stall! What a filthy place for God to be born! In the same way, then, shouldn’t we stand in awe at what the Holy Spirit
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Contributed by Brian William on Oct 1, 2002
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Anyone who has ever had children knows that sometimes an attitude of love is needed when the feeling of love isn’t possible. Because I guarantee that every parent has days when they don’t feel very loving toward their kids – when their kids are making poor decisions, when they’re engaging in
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DISCIPLINE, BROKENNESS, AND STRENGTH
Discipline is a virtue that is in short supply nowadays. We see men and women demonstrating a dangerous lack of self restraint and discipline. People do things just because they feel like it, ignoring the consequences. What there is no restraint, no discipline
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 8, 2002
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Richard Foster:
“Service that is duty-motivated breaths death. Service that flows out of our inward person is life, and joy and peace. The risen Christ beckons us to the ministry of the towel. Perhaps you would like to begin by experimenting with a prayer that a number of us have used. Begin
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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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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2001
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Author Max Lucado said:
“If there are a thousand steps between us and God, he will take all but one. He will leave
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us and He has given us everything.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Friendliness is contagious. The trouble is, many of us wait to catch it from someone else, when we might be better
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our handand melting like a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of
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