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Several years ago, when fathers were not with the mom for her delivery, a group of expectant fathers were in a waiting room, while their wives were in the process of delivering babies.
A nurse came in and announced to one man that his wife had just given birth to twins. "That's quite a
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Most people associate missions with leaving for another city, country, or continent. This is because, technically speaking, we refer to those who have crossed cultural, ethnic, or geographic lines in order to share about Jesus as missionaries.
However, mission work includes more than rain forest
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CHECKING ON HIMSELF
I’m reminded of a story of a grocery store owner who overheard a young boy using the pay phone at the entrance of his store. You know how telephone conversations are; you usually hear only one side of the conversation.
The young boy was talking and the store manager was
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
WHO OWNS THE CHURCH?
My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?"
I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?"
I tried to tell him that the
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Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001
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We live in a very stress-filled world. In fact, experts say that 43% – almost half of all adults – suffer adverse health affects due to stress. One million workers here in the United States are
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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WHOM DOES A MOTHER SERVE?
Mother...a quiet servant of necessity...doing the work no on would notice or thank her for--no one, that is, except Him to whom it could be offered as a daily sacrifice of
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
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In his book, A Ready Defense, Josh McDowell states: “You can laugh at Christianity; you can mock and ridicule it—-but it works. If you decide to trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and
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Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
In So What’s the Difference, a book on cults, Author Fritz Ridenour writes: “Working under the inspiration of God, Amos referred to this familiar tool to explain that God would measure men and their
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 17, 2007
Ignatius of Loyola advocated a 28 day retreat and examination (he lived hundreds of years ago). Most of us can’t get away for 28 days but we can take a weekend retreat or just
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Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Sep 9, 2008
C. S. Lewis wrote, We are all.…under construction. Naturally, there’s unfinished lumber showing here and there -- protruding nails and unsightly scaffolding -- but it’s still clear that a work is in progress, that the Builder has
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The seed, or germ, of all successful effort is in a trained imagination. If you cant picture your goal, you wont have the courage to start. Your imagination is working with you or against you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Abiding in Jesus isnt fixing our attention on Christ, but it is being one with himA man is abiding just as much when he is sleeping for Jesus, as when he is awake and working for Jesus.
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