Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 28, 2011
SHATTERING THE UNTRUTHS
There's a short story by Carmen Corde that tells of a young woman who gives birth to a blind son. "I do not want my child to know that he is blind!" she informs family and neighbors, forbidding anyone to use telltale words such as 'light,' 'color,' and 'sight.' The boy
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 26, 2014
“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.” - Pearl S. Buck
Everybody has a dream. What’s your dream? What was your dream when you were young and full of
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Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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Our faith and our friendships are not shattered by one big act, but by many small
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Joy shatters pomposity and pride; it bubbles, is never heavy-handed, and is another
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2009
Charles A. Lindberg years ago said:
"We actually live today
In our dreams of yesterday;
And living in the dreams,
We dream again."
(From a
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 18, 2004
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He lived a life of dashed hopes and shattered dreams. His mother died when just a boy. He had to work in the fields to help his family. He only attended school sporadically, but read every book he could get his hands on. His business ventures and political career failed, and he became a surveyor to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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It’s great to be young and dream the dream, but it’s better to be old and to see that the dream
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"To dream anything that you want to dream, That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, That is the strength of the human will. To trust
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 8, 2010
DREAMING WITH GOD
"We’ve been given the capacity to dream and, more importantly, to dream with God. Many believers discount their desires, automatically trying to get rid of everything they want in
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*other
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 26, 2010
LUTHER'S DREAM
In a dream, Martin Luther found himself being attacked by Satan. The devil unrolled a long scroll containing a list of Luther's sins and held it before him. On reaching the end of the scroll Luther asked the devil, "Is that all?"
"No," came the reply, and a second scroll was
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Brethren
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2024
The Soybean Car,” a concept developed by Henry Ford -- is an example of an unrealized dream. The car was intended to run on hemp fuel.
According to Wikipedia, “The soybean car was a concept car built with agricultural plastic. The New York Times in 1941 states the car body and fenders were made
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 1, 2010
DREAM BIG
"I believe God wants us to dream, and to dream big, because He’s a big God who wants to do big things, and He wants to do them
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*other
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 10, 2008
"A Dream for God"
Many years ago a young man had a dream of telling the story of Jesus everywhere in the world. When he suggested taking that good news to people, an older man said, "Sit down, young man. If God wants to save the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine."
This young
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Christian Church
Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 25, 2012
DREAM CENTER
At age 16, Matthew Barnett dreamed of a church that would be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year serving the inner-city’s physical and spiritual needs and bringing a message of hope to the hopeless. In 1994 at the age of 20, he moved from Phoenix to Los Angeles to pastor a small
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Methodist