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Every Believer Is Impacting The Spiritual Vigor ...
Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008 (message contributor)
Every believer is impacting the spiritual vigor of those around him! Gordon McDonald gave the following list...
• Igniter- The Holy Spirit is the Creator of authentic spiritual energy! Do you provoke others? “I’ll paddle!”
• Sharer- “… that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.”
(Rom 1:12)
Paul & Silas Priscilla & Aquilla “Let’s paddle together!”
• Catcher- They receive & store spiritual energy for future use. A Catcher is a contributor, even though he drains your spiritual energy. Like Esther when Mordecai told her, “Who knows whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” “Let me paddle; I think I can do it!”
• Enjoyer- Nice people – “I like how you do it. I like being around spiritual people. You paddle so well; I could never do that!”
• Sapper- Would you hand me a Coke between strokes? “Please try not to splash me while you paddle.”
At the entrance of one of the great manufacturing plants in America is a sign that reads, “If you are like a wheelbarrow - going no farther than you are pushed - you need not apply for work here!” In spiritual endeavor, too, one must always manifest personal initiative and zeal and be willing to go the second mile.
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Elizabeth Elliot Tells In Her Book "Passion And ... PRO
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 9, 2004
Elizabeth Elliot tells in her book “Passion and Purity,” how on her first date with Jim Elliot (one of the five martyred missionaries in Ecuador), they went to a missionary meeting at Moody Church in Chicago, late in April. The speaker was one of the daughters of the famous missionary to Africa ...read more
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The Picture Series Are Frozen Both In Time And In ... PRO
Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 12, 2005
The picture series are frozen both in time and in memory. The scene unfolds from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Two runners, one American, the other from South Africa, although of British descent. The starter’s pistol fires and around the track the runners race for the finishing line. ...read more
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