FINDING HAPPINESS
   There is a fairy tale story about a rich merchant, loaded with riches but unhappy.  He asked around, "How can I find happiness?"  A wise man tells him, "Look for a happy man, and ask him to sell you his shirt."
   The merchant searched for a long time until at last he found a
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 2, 2006
                
                
                
                    Close with story of old man in poor house years ago with Baptist young preacher fresh out of Bible College. It was his first encounter with an old dying person. The man was lost, he confessed he was a great sinner and what could he do? The young preacher said his mind when blank, then the Lord
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Apr 14, 2010
                
                
                
                    Amy Carmichael, missionary to India's children, said her ability to trust God began with her confidence in God's character. She believed that God is, first and always, a loving Father. She believed God was in control, and everything He allowed into her life was ultimately for her good. And as she
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
                
                
                
                    I WAS READING A MISIONS MAGAZINE THAT WAS REPORTING ON A MISSIONARY WHO WAS TALKING TO A CHIEF OF A TRIBE IN THE aMAZON ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, AND THE CHIEF TRIED TO IMPRESS THE MISSIONARY WITH GIFTS OF HORSES, BLANKETS AND JEWELRY. THE MISSIONARY LOOKED AT THE CHIEF AND SAID, "MY GOD DOES NOT WANT
                    
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                    Video Illustration: Clips from the "Finger of God."  
In this clip of this movie we see that God is doing supernatural things by His Spirit for people today all over the world. He is winning people in Iraq, China, Africa, USA and other countries by demonstrations of His power not by great speeches
                    
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                    Contributed by Judah Thomas on May 22, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    (Have a backpack filled with many things and things hanging off of it.)  Life is kind of like backpacking in a tunnel.  Imagine for a moment that I was backpacking in a tunnel, and the further I went the smaller the tunnel became. Eventually these (skis or whatever) would jam against the wall.  I
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 30, 2004
                
                
                
                    Sue’s parents were very wealthy. They attended no church. A friend of Sue invited her to a church service. She accepted the Lord. When telling her parents, they told her if she attended this church again, she would have to leave home. Being only 16 years old, it was a hard decision. Sue went to
                    
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                    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 18, 2008
                
                
                
                    In 1829, a man named George Wilson robbed the U.S. Mail and in the act, committed a murder.
He was later arrested, tried and convicted, and sentenced to be hanged.
Some of his friends petitioned President Andrew Jackson for a pardon.
The pardon was granted.  But Wilson refused to accept it.
This
                    
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                    Contributed by Damon Rambo on Apr 4, 2008
                
                
                
                    Well I want to talk to people about Christ, but I’m scared. 
What kind of excuse is that? Imagine for a moment that you were the parent of a child that just got ran over. And you went to one of the people who were standing on the side of the street, watching, and you ask them “why didn’t you warn
                    
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                    AN EVERYDAY LADY
     
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to obey a bus driver’s  order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.  At the time of her action, Rosa Parks served as the secretary of her local NAACP chapter.  But even so, she acted as a private
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
                
                
                
                    Someone wrote: WHAT IS YOUR GOD? "Whatever you love most, serve most, seek out most, give to the most, worship the most, and care about the most is your god. Your “god†can be your career, your bank account, the way you look, a particular position or degree, influence, power, or physical
                    
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                    I was told by a wonderful woman who had married a negro man after falling in love with him during the 1940s. She met him in Pittsburg, PA, and later moved to Chicago, IL for the safety of their family. Her father was filled with bitterness and anger and defaced her from the will. He disowned her
                    
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