Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 9, 2006
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Compassion –Acts of kindness showing God’s love.
A Hospice physician living in Denver, Colorado wrote about his experience of showing God’s kindness to a desperate mother.
I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"An act of goodness, the least act of true goodness, is indeed the best
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Thomas Constable points out that there are 6 different kinds of biblical preaching:
(1) kerugma, which means proclamation of the clear facts of the Christian message.
(2) didache or teaching. This was explanation and interpretation of the facts-the "so what?"
(3) paraklesis,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Nov 1, 2007
Illustration Daring to Act
It is not the critic who counts, not the person who points out where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and
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WHAT LESSONS ARE WE TEACHING ON KINDNESS?
I love the story of a women’s softball game between CENTRAL OREGON and WESTERN OREGON. Central Oregon had the lead and Western Oregon had scored and made the game much closer. A freshman player girl from Western Oregon stepped to the plate. Her name
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
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ONE ACT OF BRAVERY
A firefighter performs one act of bravery in his career, and that’s when he takes the oath of office, after that, everything else is in the line of duty.
SOURCE: Special Operation’s Chief John Moran,
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 14, 2005
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In the revival in the book of Acts one of the first manifestations is giving and generosity. Why wait for revival to come - lets sow our lives into a revival and open the windows of
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Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"[An] act of the Congress of the United Stateswhich assumes powersnot delegated by the Constitution, is not law,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
In politics the first act of the professional politician is to accuse the other side of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer is quoted as saying, “One act of obedience is better
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THE WOMAN AND ACTS 2:38
An elderly woman had just returned to her home from a church service when she was startled by an intruder. As she caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables, she yelled, "Stop--Acts 2:38!" (..repent, turn from your sin..".).
The burglar stopped dead
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Acts 2 can be divided into 4 main events all related to the arrival of the Holy Spirit:
I. The Arrival of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4)
II. The Reaction to the Holy Spirit's Arrival (Acts 2:5-13)a. Amazement (Acts 2:5-12)b. Mockery (Acts 2:13)
III. The Explanation of the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational