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Perseverance--James does not leave us in despair and defeat. He assures us that our trials or tests develop Christian perseverance. THE UPPER ROOM in the last few weeks has had a couple of fantastic devotionals on Perseverance. A Texas lady by the name of Lou Storm wrote the devotional for
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1. Quote from Discipleship Journal Russ Johnston “Faith That Works” May 1981, “Most of us believe God can move mountains. But how many of us believe he will? There’s a world of difference. We believe God can work mightily on our behalf, but we really aren’t sure he will. In Hebrews 11:6 we learn
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Contributed by Wendy Pratt on Mar 30, 2006
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The baseball season is about to begin. On opening day, every team will go out with the hope of this being their year, the year when they win the World Series. As the season progresses, that hope will fade for most teams, and by the All Star break the majority of the teams will have given up that
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Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006
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A stranger was walking down a residential street and noticed a man struggling with a washing machine at the doorway of his house. When the newcomer volunteered to help, the homeowner was overjoyed, and the two men together began to work and struggle with the bulky appliance. After several minutes
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Aug 28, 2006
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One day a man holidaying in the Bahamas noticed a big crowd gathered at the end of the pier. As he got closer he observed someone preparing for a solo journey around the world in a tiny homemade boat. Without exception everybody was telling him all the things that could go wrong. Suddenly the man
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 7, 2006
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Listen to this quote from Ray Stedman –
“….notice that a major point of this parable is to give us a clue to the way that the enemy works most successfully. It is by imitation, by counterfeit. How simple it would be if evil people would only look evil. Wouldn’t that help a lot? If hypocrites
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Contributed by Shane Burney on Sep 13, 2006
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The story is told of 2 hunters that fly north to go elk hunting, just as they did the year before. During their hunt, they are successful, and kill 6 large elk. As the pilot returns to pick them up, he tells the men that only 4 elk can come on the plane, due to weight restrictions. The men argued
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2007
Let me end with this:
The Plant.
We have this plant in our office. I have it right here this morning in this small clay pot.
It is a small tiny little thing.
And there is this note, taped to a pencil, and the pencil is stuck in the soil.
The note says:
African Violet.
Low Sunlight. Set in water.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Ask for a volunteer. Give them the radio and ask them to turn it on. What can they hear? (This should be nothing more than a hiss.) Then ask your volunteer to turn the tuning dial. Stop them when a programme can be clearly heard.
God wants us to hear what he is saying, but it is no use just
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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There’s a story told - and I take it to be a parable because I hope it’s not true - of a country church which had a creeper - perhaps an ivy plant - growing up by the porch doorway. Over the doorway was a text carved in stone, "We preach Christ crucified". Over the years the plant grew steadily
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2001
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Eph.2:4,5.
A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the polaroid picture in total amazement. She
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“A father and son were raking leaves when they noticed something darting in and out of the piles. After careful effort they uncovered a chameleon . It was difficult to see among the brown leaves. It had blended with them by turning brown, too. After catching the little creature, they put it in a
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United Methodist
Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 2, 2007
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In my younger days I went on several Scripture Union beach missions to Rosebud on the Victorian coast. And one of the people I met there was a young man, Terry, who had grown up in a very rough environment. His father was a wharfie in the days when the wharfs were run by the unions, and outside of
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
Our family has been outdoors people most all of my life.
Many of our vacations were camping, hunting, and fishing.
It may be hard for some of you to imagine, but my Mom can be an outdoors lady.
She always caught the most fish and she would always get a good Buck.
One thing we loved as boy’s, and
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 1, 2007
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I remember taking a bike trip through the country as a small boy. As we traveled back roads we came upon one of those small transformer power plants. You have seen the them, surrounded by chain like fence and barbed wire around the top. And a big red sign with white sign with white letters saying
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Colin Bain on Nov 18, 2007
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How is a hard heart turned soft? Only by God performing cardiac surgery. A heart transplant. Most hearts that are medically transplanted in our hospitals today, are because the owners forgot that they were to keep healthy. They took their eyes off the good food and were distracted by the fatty and
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
William Shakespeare has King Lear say: “Sharper than a serpent’s tooth is a thankless child.” Maybe you feel Lear’s sentiment. Mom labors hours over a hot stove, and dad rises thrice during the meal to refill cups, clean up plates, and serve desserts, but not a peep of gratitude reaches their ears.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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