Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 5, 2002
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Listen - God says, don’t buy into the myth of more - thinking that having more (of something or someone) will make you happy.... Don’t buy into the myth of thinking that you are just one purchase, one buck, one promotion, one relationship, one accomplishment, one good time or one gut busting
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 15, 2004
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I AM REALLY CONTENT...
I am really content — until I start looking through the Sears catalogue.
I liked my car — until I saw the new P T Cruiser.
I am satisfied with my clothes — until I stroll through American Eagle, or the other Mall stores.
I love our home — until I think of what it would
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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HOW MUCH LAND?
In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything.
The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2011
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THE RICHEST MAN ON THE ISLAND
In his autobiography Just As I Am, Billy Graham recalls a story demonstrating that apart from God, we will not gain anything from living wisely. He said:
Some years ago Ruth and I had a vivid illustration of this on an island in the Caribbean. One of the wealthiest
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2011
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WHEN DOES THE SIZE OF A HOUSE BECOME SINFUL?
Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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THE RISE AND FALL OF NINE RICH MEN
A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
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THE LOTTERY
Did you know that the first modern-day lottery was started in 1963 in the state of New Hampshire?
Did you know that the state of Massachusetts, started their lottery in 1972 with 50 cent tickets and a drawing once a week. It now has 33 different games to choose from their sales have
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