Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 10, 2015
Paradise originates from the Persian language which means a beautiful garden but the ideal paradise is the King’s garden. Kings had beautiful gardens with exotic animals you wouldn’t see in that part of the world. It had flowing water and trees and was a place of serenity or peace. And when someone
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BIRD OF PARADISE
Reminds me of an Easterner, was being driven by a Texas rancher over a barren stretch of West Texas, on a smothering hot day, when a large, brightly-colored bird scurried across the road in front of them. The visitor asked what it was, and the rancher said, "That's a bird of
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Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 25, 2011
SO MUCH FOR PARADISE
Have you ever received a beautiful brochure of a vacation spot and it never felt that way when you go there? Years ago I went on a business trip to the Bahamas and the hotel and surrounding area looked beautiful. The first evening in the hotel as I was drifting off to sleep I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth; he has God in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth; he has God in
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2004
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The word "Paradise" is a Persian word meaning "a walled garden". When a Persian king wished to do one of his subjects a very special honour he made him a “companion of the garden” and he was chosen to walk in the royal garden with the king. It was more than immortality that Jesus promised the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
Christian Marriage
Story: A young courting couple approached the gates of Paradise and knocked on the door.
St Peter appeared and beckoned them in.
As the young man approached St Peter he said:
“Before we come in can we ask: Can you get married in paradise?”
St Peter replied. “I don’t know off
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Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 30, 2000
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Hilda Houlding co-ordinator of the Calgary Family Service Bureau, made this comment “An affair is often an attempt to find a little bit of paradise on the side, pursuing the belief that if one just finds the right sexual partner there will be instant happiness and everything will fall into place.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 14, 2002
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OTHER FAITHS ON HEAVEN
Heaven has many cartographers, and through the centuries many different heavens have been charted. To the variety of celestial landscapes in the West, Islam and Buddhism have raised their own particular paradises: the Koran details a heaven filled with beautiful, large eyed
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life such as yours,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Live such a life, that if every man were such a man as you, and every life a life like yours,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we are driven out of Paradise;
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