Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
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ILLUSTRATION: I LOVE YOU ANYWAY
Overcoming the odds is like the man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary.
It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive.
Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 15, 2008
THE FATHER LOVES YOU
The memory of one particular evening when my wife and I lived in Florida remains fresh in my mind. We were invited by some friends to listen to their children's contemporary Christian band play some of their new songs at the "Coffee Spot" in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It's
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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WHAT DEFINES YOU?
Alex Gibney's documentary on the life of "Gonzo" Hunter S. Thompson suggests that Thompson, "who committed suicide in 2005, survives to some degree in the popular imagination because of his self-burnished reputation for excess." (A.O. Scott, "Beyond Fear and Loathing", The New
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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DIFFERENT THAN YOU WERE
There was a farmer who was known to be a hard man. He was abusive and foul-mouthed to both man and beast. In time he became friends with a Christian, who influenced him to consider becoming a Christian, and he did. His life was immediately marked by dramatic change. He
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
"IF YOU NEED ANYTHING..."
A wealthy man was moving into a new house, and his next door neighbor just happened to be a Quaker. The Quakers, as you know, believe in simplicity and plainness of life. The Quaker neighbor watched as the movers carted in numerous pieces of furniture, a great deal of
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...?
The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the
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YOU SHOWED ME
The young woman was married and had two beautiful children, but one day as she was standing over the sink, washing dishes, she thought, "There must be more to life than this."
When her husband came home, he found a note she’d written and he began to weep. She would call him about
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Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 3, 2009
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JUST AS SCARED OF YOU
The great musician Louis Armstrong told the story about the old lady who sent him to spring with a bucket to get water. When Armstrong got there, he saw the eyes of an alligator, and in fear he drops the bucket and runs back to the lady. She asks him where her water is, and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
GOD'S LOVE IS WITH YOU
God’s promise is not that we will not suffer or have grief, pain and trouble; his promise is more amazing than that. It is that he will be with us in all of those moments, he will never leave us and forsake us. God loves us too much to leave us to face these moments alone.
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
DAD, ARE YOU GOD?
One day after church, the pastor asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday school. The lad said, "I learned that God loves me more than anything else in the whole world."
"What else did you learn?" asked his dad. "I learned that when I’m bad, He spanks real hard."
"What
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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YOU NEVER ASKED
("Opie’s Charity" from the Andy Griffith Show by Joey Fann)
The episode begins with Andy and Opie playing catch. While they are playing, Annabelle Silby comes by to solicit help with the annual children’s charity drive she heads up every year. Andy and Annabelle go into the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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DADDY, ARE YOU THERE?
Oh how blessed it is to know that when the times of pain come and when our hearts become broken, we have Someone to whom we can turn that will give us Strength and that will keep us Safe. Only Jesus does that!
A little girl and her father were returning from the funeral of
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
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BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE
Perhaps you remember the farm family who, many years ago, lived in dire poverty. One Christmas someone sent them their first mirror. The teen-aged boy saw himself for the first time. He said to his mother: "Mom, look how ugly I am. How can you love me when you see how dirty
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