Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
JOY GOES DEEPER
"Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different;
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Nazarene
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
It does not matter where He places me or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me. For the easiest positions, He must give grace; and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient. So, if God places me in great perplexity, must He not give me much guidance? In positions of great
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Brethren
GRANT'S FOCUS
One of the great personalities to come out of the American Civil War was Ulysses S. Grant. One of his strong qualities was his ability to focus. One story is told about him doing some paper work in his tent, and a document he needed was on the other side of tent. So he waddled across
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Methodist
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2011
THE MISSION
In the movie The Mission, 16th c. Jesuit monks have been working with the Guarani Indians, bringing them not only the gospel but agriculture and medicine and music. Across the ocean, the Treaty of Madrid transfers the land from Portugal to Spain. The Jesuits are evicted, the Indian
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 13, 2011
OOPS...
A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered one of the bosses, Mr. Jones. He was standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen," said Mr. Jones, "This is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing
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Brethren
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 13, 2011
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GOD IS BUILDING A TESTIMONY
A young man in his 20s came to faith in Christ after many years of bad choices and consequences and of breaking the hearts of his mother and others around him. The reality of his genuine conversion was proven over the dramatic change that continued throughout his life.
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 24, 2014
Elton Trueblood: "No matter how much a man may be concerned with his work in the world, he should not care about it as much as he cares for his family. This is because we have, in our families, a bigger stake than most of us can ever have in our employment. We can change business associates ... we
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
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I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A
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Baptist
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Feb 25, 2008
Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Early in life he displayed a moody, restless temperament that was to thwart his every pursuit. By the age of 27 he had been, in turn, a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a theological student, and an
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Teen Births Up The U.S. birth rate among teens 15 to 19 rose 3% in ’06, the first such increase since ’91. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working. Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow, says that
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
Irish novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett received great recognition for his work--but not every one savored his accomplishments. Beckett's marriage, in fact, was soured by his wife's jealousy of his growing fame and success as a writer. One day in 1969 his wife Suzanne answered the telephone,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 23, 2008
Wayne Hariston tells this story (Reader’s Digest)
My wife and I get along just great—except she’s a back-seat driver second to none. On my way home from work one day, my cell phone rang as I merged onto a freeway bypass. It was my wife. By chance, she had entered the bypass right behind me.
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Independent/Bible
Charles Swindoll has this to say about this gift called grace that came from Jesus: "To show grace is to extend favor or kindness to one who doesn’t deserve it and can never earn it. Receiving God’s acceptance by grace always stands in sharp contrast to earning it on the basis of works. Every time
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 19, 2009
There is no better example of heart in community than the life of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. We watch the miserly, pointy-nosed, blue-lipped, red-eyed grouch barely giving his trusted employee Bob Cratchit time away from work on Christmas Day to be with his
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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"NOW WE CAN START OVER"
Thomas Edison’s manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December 1914. Edison lost almost $1 million worth of equipment and the record of much of his work. The next morning, walking about the charred embers of his hopes and
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