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As you wait to build the relationships with those neighbors let me share with you something we learned a couple of years ago in our 50-Day Spiritual Adventure and that was how to pray for our neighbors using the acronym BLESS.
BODY—we pray for their health, protection and strength.
LABOR—for their
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 11, 2008
A church in New York in 1963 closed down and someone stuck a sign on the outside of the front door: “Gone out of business. Didn’t know what our business was.”
Is your business honoring Jesus Christ? Is your business listening to his word? Is your business following him in every area of your life?
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Presbyterian/Reformed
MODERN-DAY IDOLATRY
A couple of weeks ago one of the men in our Pueblo told about a time when one of the executives in his company made the statement: "This company is our life."
He said he couldn't help but speak up. He said, "I'm loyal to the company, but it is NOT my life. God is first in my
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Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
PULL FOR THE SHORE, SAILOR
A vessel was wrecked off the shore. Eager eyes were watching and strong arms manned the life-boat. For hours they tried to reach that vessel through the great breakers that raged and foamed on the sand-bank, but it seemed impossible.
The boat appeared to be leaving the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2007
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“Casual Christian”
by DeGarmo & key
I don’t want to be a casual Christian
I don’t want to live a lukewarm life.
But I want to light up the night
With an
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Christian/Church Of Christ
The word “obedience” has its origin in the Latin audire, which means “to hear.” Obaudire is the term. As a point of further interest, the word “absurd” comes from a root which means to be deaf. The absurd
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Contributed by Chad Wright on May 11, 2002
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As long as we are in this world, the physical heart will need help. Science has found one avenue to attempt to help the heart. It has been making great strides on creating and implementing an artificial heart. The world’s first recipient, Robert Tools, lived for 151 days after his artificial heart
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
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TILL DEATH DO US PART
In his address to the 1997 graduation class at East Stroudsburg University, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum told a story seemingly unrelated to the usual commencement speeches about success and happiness. This is the story:
A Baptist preacher in South Carolina wanted nothing
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We have a famous poem on our kitchen wall. Let me read it to you:
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to
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Anglican
Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
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Ruth Tucker tells the story of Kari Torjesen Malcolm, who served for 15 years as a missionary to the Philippines. Kari was an MK (missionary kid) who grew up in China: "As a teenager, she was confined for a time during World War II in an internment camp, and there she discovered a deep truth that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2002
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Peter Singer, an Australian bioethicist maintains, "When the death of a disabled infant will lead to the birth of another infant with better prospects of a happy life, the total amount of happiness will be greater if the disabled
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