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  • Courage

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021
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    Mary Slesser (1848-1915) when Mary was a teenager, she volunteered to help organize a mission in the slums of Scotland. Despite Mary's genuine and caring efforts, many of the people the mission was designed to help oppose the work because they felt it avoided the "real" needs of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • On Courage  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
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    CLOSING STORY: “On Courage” Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, who had ...read more

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  • Where Is Your Faith?

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 25, 2014
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    “A weak faith is weakened by predicaments and catastrophes, whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.” – Victor Frankl Rain poured down and thunder boomed one dark night in September in Western Oklahoma. It had been a quiet, pleasant evening at the nursing center, and nurses and residents ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • The Courage To Be A Christian

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
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    The boy sobbed, "But Dad, I want my ball..." "You can play with your ball," I said, "but you’ll have to go downstairs and get it yourself" Now the tears flowed. Tony’s playroom held the stuffed animals, toys, and games that four-year-old love. He spent hours there. But to turn on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Real Courage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    REAL COURAGE "Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much deeper and much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, ...read more

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  • Courage V. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    COURAGE V. JUDGMENT I heard a story this week about a bull that loved to chew his cud while sitting beneath a shade tree. That particular tree was located just a stone’s throw from a set of railroad tracks. And every time that train came blowing by, it would disturb his afternoon nap and frustrate ...read more

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  • Courage And Heroism

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 14, 2011
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    COURAGE AND HEROISM "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear." — Mark Twain — ("Signs of the Times," December 1996, p. 2) "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to ...read more

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  • Women ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WOMEN CEOs Nearly 10.4 million U.S. firms are owned (50% or more) by women, employing more than 12.8 million people, and generating $1.9 trillion in sales. Their firms have continued to grow at nearly double the rate of all firms (42% vs. 24%). Women-owned firms, account for 41% of all privately ...read more

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  • Women ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WOMEN GIVING Women make 84% of all philanthropic decisions and 80% of all major consumer-buying decisions. The number of women-owned businesses with 500 or more employees grew by 125% from ’97 to ’03. Business owners give an average of 7% of their annual income vs. 2% for the average household, ...read more

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  • Patience Is The Courage Of The Conqueror, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of ...read more

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  • The Courage Of Shannon Wray  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
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     | 2,948 views

    THE COURAGE OF SHANNON WRAY After winning a hard fought battle over an attempt to censor religious references from her speech, Shannon Wray delivered her non-censored salutatorian speech on Friday during the Hollidaysburg Area High School graduation ceremony. Shannon was represented by Mat ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Courage Is Grace Under ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Courage is grace under ...read more

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  • Courage: Breaking The Barrier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    COURAGE: BREAKING THE BARRIER Seek courage and strength to move out of your comfort zone. You will need it. Even the smallest of changes even if they are for the best disrupts our relational systems. Without courage, without trusted companions, and with strength, growth and maturity will never ...read more

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  • Women Rule The Web Women Are The Dominating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Women Rule the Web Women are the dominating presence on the web. U.S. women over the age of 18 comprise 40.9% of all online users, up from 40.3% in May ‘00. Men 18 and older now compose 39.8% of all online users, ...read more

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  • Hope Awakens Courage. He Who Can Implant Courage ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human ...read more

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  • Women's Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
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    WOMEN’S REVENGE "Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet , I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. "So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked. "No," she replied, "but my husband refused ...read more

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  • Women And Proverbs

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 16, 2013
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    WOMEN AND PROVERBS From Chronological Life Application Bible: "Proverbs has a lot to say about women. How fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character, great wisdom, many skills, and great compassion. Some people have the mistaken idea that the ideal woman in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Women Lead: Recent Studies Show That Women ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Women Lead: Recent studies show that women execu-tives, when rated by peers, underlings, and bosses, out-score their male counterparts on a wide variety of mea-sures from producing high-quality work to goal setting to mentoring employees. Using elaborate performance eval-uations of execs, ...read more

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  • Americanism Means The Virtues Of Courage, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity and hardihood the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of ...read more

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  • Choosing Courage; Finding Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
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    CHOOSING COURAGE; FINDING PEACE By Steve Goodier http://www.LifeSupportSystem.com "Do you know what my son James dreamed about last night?" a friend asked me. "He dreamed about YOU," she went on. "James told me this morning that in his dream he was being chased by King Kong. Then he met ...read more

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