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Stepping Stones
2007-03-17 07:14:00
Come, take my hand, the road is long. We must travel by stepping stones. No, you’re not alone. I’ve been there. Don’t fear the darkness. I’ll be with you. We must take one step at a time. But remember, we may have to stop awhile. It’s a long way to the other side And there are many obstacles. We have many stones to ...
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Lessons From A Terrapin
2007-03-14 07:14:00
There was a boy who found a terrapin, more commonly known as a turtle. He started to examine it but the turtle pulled in its head and closed its shell like a vice. The boy was upset and he picked up a stick to try to pry it open. The boy’s uncle saw all this and ...
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Redemption In Timbuktu
2007-03-12 07:14:00
For years, I’d thought Timbuktu was just a made-up name for “the ends of the earth.” When I found out it was a real place in Africa, I developed an inexplicable fascination for it. It was in 1986 on a fact-finding trip to West Africa for Missionary Aviation Fellowship that this fascination became an irresistible ...
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Some Answers To Life
2007-03-10 13:48:04
1. If you want your dreams to come true, … don’t oversleep. 2. The smallest good deed is better… than the grandest intention. 3. Of all the things you wear, … your expression is the most important. 4. The best vitamin for making friends … B1. 5. The 10 commandments are… not multiple choice. 6. The happiness of your life depends on… the quality of your thoughts. 7. Minds are like parachutes… they function only when open. 8. Ideas won’t work… unless YOU do. 9. One thing you can’t recycle… is wasted time. 10. One who lacks the courage to start… has already finished. 11. The heaviest thing to carry… is a grudge. 12. Don’t learn safety rules… by accident. 13. We lie the loudest when… we lie to ourselves. 14. Jumping to conclusions… can be bad exercise. 15. A turtle makes progress when… it sticks its head out. 16. One thing you can give and still keep… is your word. 17. ...
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God Knows Best
2007-03-10 01:48:01
I wonder, friend, how often you have wept a bitter tear And asked: “Why is this happening to me?” “What step was taken wrongly to deserve this dreary fate, What action brought about this tragedy?” Only to find in time a vital reason for it all, And Faith you thought so steady put to test, To look back with such wonder at the workings of his hands; ‘Dear Lord, Thy will be done, and God knows best.’ It happens to us all, we are so mortal and so weak All too human in our strange an earthly ways, Falling often by the wayside on our journey through this life Seeking light and fighting ignorance’s haze. Truly friends, the help is there, for as ye seek so ye shall find And at journey’s end how well you shall be blessed If you truthfully can say without a doubt within your heart Dear Lord, Thy will be done, and God knows best! From Peace… Be Ever Yours By John McLeod Jesus, Take the Wheel She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincin...
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A Christian Is Chosen By Jesus Christ
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Mehdi Dibaj Iran, 1994 ?Men choose a religion, but a Chris t ian is chosen by Jesus Christ. To be a Christian means to belong to Christ. Jesus asked me to renounce even my life, to follow Him faithfully, not to fear the world even if my body must perish. I prefer to know that God, the Almighty, is with me, even if it means that the whole world is against me. ?I am in God?s hands. For 45 years I have walked with the God of miracles, and His goodness is for me a shadow that protects me in His love. ?The God of Daniel, who protected his friends, protected me during my nine years in prison, and all torments changed to my good, so that I have the fullness of love and gratitude. ?Of all the prophets, Jesus alone was resurrected from the dead, and He remains our living Mediator forever. I gave my life into His hands. For me, life is an opportunity to serve Him, and death is the privilege of getting to be with Him.? Pastor Mehdi Dibaj of Iran was on trial for his life, and these words were th...
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No Success Without Hardship
2007-03-10 01:48:01
The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also endure its pains. Like it or not, you cannot have one without the other. Success is not measured by what you accomplish. It’s measured by the opposition you encounter, and the courage with which you maintain your struggle against the odds. You’ll find all things are difficult before they are easy. The greater your obstacles, the more glory in overcoming them. So, make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package. No pain, no gain; No thorns, no throne; No cross, no crown. You’ve got to go through the negative before you get to the positive. Jesus Christ: Love In Action Caution: Disturbing scenes within. Viewer discretion is advised, especially if you’re screamish or faint-hearted. Still that’s the price of forgiveness, our pain became Jesus’s pain. Don’t wait any longer, choose to obey Jesus and accept Him in your heart today.
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The Modern Day (Real Life) Indiana Jones
2007-03-10 01:48:01
One of my life’s most valuable possessions is my journal. Why? Because my journal contains my dreams! And my dreams are my future! I learned this principle from a story about a 15-year old boy by the name of John Goddard. John, one day, happened to hear his parents and another adult talking, and the other adult had been telling John’s parents about how miserable his life was and how much he had failed. He wished he was John’s age again and could live his life over and do some things differently. Well, John heard the anguish in his voice, I suppose, and he made a vow that he was going to do something at 15 years old. So at 15 years old he took out a legal pad and began to write the things he wanted to do in his life, what he wanted to accomplish. Before he was finished he had 127 things on his list. He called it, “My Life List”. Today John is in his mid 70’s. Of his original 127 goals, John over the last 55-60 years has accomplished 111 of them, p...
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Puppies For Sale
2007-03-10 01:48:01
A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale .” Signs like that have a way of attracting small children, and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked. The store owner replied, “Anywhere from $30 to $50.” The little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out some change. “I have $2.37,” he said. “Can I please look at them?” The store owner smiled and whistled and out of the kennel came Lady, who ran down the aisle of his store followed by five teeny, tiny balls of fur. One puppy was lagging considerably behind. Immediately the little boy singled out the lagging, limping puppy and said, “What’s wrong with that little dog?” The store owner explained that the veterinarian had examined the little puppy and had discovered it didn’t have a hip socket. It would always limp. It would always be ...
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A Lesson In Humility
2007-03-10 01:48:01
There was a young man who desired humility. He went to an old wise man and said to him, “Sir, I wish to be humble, but I don?t know how to obtain it. What must I do to acquire humility?” The old wise man thought for a minute and replied, “Here is what you should do? go out and find someone who is beneath you and do something nice for him. Give him something that you have or do something for him that needs to be done.” The young man replied, “I can do that!” He immediately left and came upon a homeless man on the street who looked like he had not eaten in days. He took the man to a restaurant and bought him a nice hot meal. After he dropped off the homeless man, the young man, who was feeling pretty good, returned to the wise man and told him what he had done. He then asked him, “Do I now have humility?” The wise old man replied, “Not yet!” The young man?s face fell and after a while, he asked the wise man, “What else ...
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Look Around You
2007-03-10 01:48:01
A very special teacher in high school many years ago had a husband who unexpectedly died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves… and none of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is God’s way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day.” Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a promise…...
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Angels Singing Caught On Tape?
2007-03-10 01:48:01
A retired Air Force officer who now spends his days authoring books on Christianity has posted an online collection of recordings he believes captures voices and music of God’s angels in heaven. “I have four specific recordings of angels singing in church settings,” Jim Bramlett of Lake Mary, Fla., told WND. “It happened supernaturally. There’s no other explanation. It’s either from God or from the devil, and I don’t think the devil is in the business of worshipping Jesus. That is not in his job description.” Bramlett, 76, collected the tapes from various sources in recent years, and has now put them on his ChoicesForLiving website, where readers can click on several links to listen to three recordings made in the U.S., and one from China. The Feb. 6, 1996, recording at the Greater Grace World Outreach Church in Baltimore, Md., starts off with a woman playing a piano, and gradually, accompanying voices are heard in the background. Bra...
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The Room
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Procrastinating as usual, 17-year-old Brian Moore had only a short time to write something for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting. It was his turn to lead the discussion. So he sat down and wrote. He showed the essay titled “The Room ” to his mother, Beth, before he headed out the door. “I wowed ‘em,” he later told his father Bruce. “It’s a killer. It’s the bomb. It’s the best thing I ever wrote.” It was also the last. Brian’s parents had forgotten about the essay when a cousin found it while cleaning out the teenager’s locker at Teays Valley High school. Brian had been dead only hours, but his parents desperately wanted every piece of his life near them-the crepe paper that had adorned his locker during his senior football season, note from classmates and teachers, his homework. Only two months before, he had handwritten the essay about encountering Jesus in a file room full of cards detailing every mo...

Customer Service: Installing LOVE
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Customer Service Rep: Yes, Ma’am, how can I help you today? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me through the process? Customer Service Rep: Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready to install now. What do I do first? Customer Service Rep: The first step is to open your HEART drive. Have you located your HEART drive, ma’am? Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running? Customer Service Rep: What programs are running, ma’am? Customer: Let me see? I have PASTHURTS.EXE, LOWESTEEM.EXE, GRUDGE.EXE, and RESENTMENT.COM running right now. Customer Service Rep: No problem. LOVE will automatically erase PASTHURT.EXE from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually overwrite L...
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Charles Schultz?s Philosophy
2007-03-10 01:48:01
The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz (26 November 1922 ? 12 February 2000), the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress. Name the last decade’s worth of World Series winners. How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners. Here’s another quiz. See how you do on this one: List a few teachers who aided your journey through school. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. Think ...
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The Barefoot Angel
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Barefoot and dirty, the little girl just sat in the park and watched people go by. She never tried to speak, she never said a word. Many people passed, but not one person glanced her way, no one stopped, including me. The next day I decided to go back to the park, curious if the little girl would still be there. Right in the very spot she was yesterday, she sat perched on high, with the saddest look in her eyes. But today I could not just walk away, concerned only with my affairs. I found myself walking over to the little girl. For as we all know, a park full of strange people is not a place for young children to play alone. As I began walking towards her, I could see the back of the little girl’s dress indicated a deformity. I figured that was the reason the people just passed by and made no effort to care. As I got closer, the little girl slightly lowered her eyes to avoid my intent stare. I could see the shape of her back more clearly. It was grotesquely shaped in a humped ...
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Living And Giving
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Whatever you give away today, or think or say or do will multiply about tenfold and then return to you. It may not come immediately, nor from the obvious source but the law applies unfailingly, through some invisible force. Whatever you feel about another, be it love or hate or passion will surely bounce right back to you in some clear (or secret) fashion If you speak about some person, a word of praise or two, soon, tens of other people will speak kind words of you. Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul, not secrets of the brain. Kind ones bring us happiness; petty ones, untold pain. Giving works as surely as reflections in a mirror. If hate you send, hate you’ll get back, but loving brings love nearer. Remember, as you start this day and duty crowds your mind, that kindness comes so quickly back to those who first are kind.
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Touch Me Lord
2007-03-10 01:48:01
Touch me, Lord , and let me hear The hurt in others’ voices, Touch me, Lord, and help me see To make the better choices. Touch me, Lord, whisper to me That I may face tomorrow. Touch me, Lord, that I might help Someone in deepest sorrow. Touch me, Lord, show me the way, That I may help all others Touch me, Lord, to do thy will, And always love my brothers. Touch me, Lord, let me live A life that’s worth living. Touch me, Lord, teach me to praise And let me be forgiving. Touch me, Lord, let me obey, and Honor You by how I Live. Touch me, Lord, please make me whole, Let me be quick to give. Touch me, Lord, please let me feel, compassion for all mankind, Touch me, Lord, let me obey. Never let this slip my mind. Touch me, Lord, for You are wise, Let Your wisdom take control Touch me Lord, and take away, All my sins and make me whole. Touch me, Lord, that I’ll obey, Your servant, Lord, I would be. Touch me, Lord, let your spirit, Always be alive in me Touch me, Lord, and...
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God?s Cake
2007-02-07 07:14:00
Sometimes we wonder, “What did I do to deserve this?” or “Why did God have to do this to me?” Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, her Mother is baking ...
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