Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
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DON'T SWEAT MESSING UP
Most men think that they have to be perfect when they’re with their kids. This is not only not good, it's bad training. Better you should just continue being a mess-up. Fall off your bike. Drop an easy pop fly. Order a really dumb product from some lame infomercial you
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 9, 2007
Eugene Peterson said, “When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn’t go off and leave us—he
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Church Of God
HOW EASY IS IT TO STIR UP A MESS? THERE IS A HIDDEN AGENDA AND MOTIVE WITHIN.
There was a cowboy who road into town to visit a saloon on the edge of town. The cowboy tied his horse to the hitching post in front of the bar. He then went inside to drink. The devil came by and saw the cowboy
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Rob Willis on Apr 9, 2006
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News story dated January 30, 3006:
A visitor to a British museum destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases after tripping up on his shoelace, the Daily Telegraph reports. The three Qing vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the
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Baptist
Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 26, 2015
Sometimes life is a mess! As I sit in my own office you can barely see the top of my desk and just about every available flat surface is cluttered with some books or papers of some sort! Sermons to preach, classes to teach, meetings to prepare for, schedules to keep - my office sometimes
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2013
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RICHES ARE A MESS
John Alexander-- "Consider this paraphrase: You think it’s good to be rich? Well, you’re wrong. Riches are a mess. It’s you poor who are fortunate. You think it’s good to be well fed now? You’re wrong. You’d be better off hungry. You think you should pursue laughter?
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Christian/Church Of Christ
And the affects of mess is that it can distract us from what is good
Some time ago I visited a garden full of beautiful flowers
But it was not a pleasant place to be
You see that garden was full of fertilizer
Cow manure, blood and bone and it stunk…
The smell distracted me from the beauty of the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2012
WITHOUT JESUS--WHAT A MESS
I still remember the suppertime. We were having spaghetti – and what’s spaghetti without adding Parmesan Cheese. As you know Parmesan, once refrigerated, tends to clump together. So I took the jar of Parmesan, and in dramatic fashion, held it in front of my face and
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 20, 2011
YOUR MESS BECOMES YOUR MESSAGE
Joe Almanza grew up in a family of organized crime called the Mexican Mafia:
"We were supplying most of the heroin for the Southern and Midwestern US. I became addicted to heroin. I went to many drug addiction agencies. I sold some heroin to an undercover agent
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Young people routinely grow up to love their childhood coaches. These leaders routinely criticize and push the envelopes of the same young people who claim later to love them like a parent. Why?
Because they did not just love them enough to encourage them. They cared enough to tell them the truth
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Mennonite
Contributed by James Snyder on May 1, 2023
When it comes to words, everybody has their own definition.
Someone says one word and another person thinks it's altogether something else.
For example, when someone says vegetable, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage thinks broccoli. On the other side of the dinner table, I think carrot
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 31, 2001
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Barb’s life is a mess. Her drinking problem is out of control, and her husband Ken refuses to cover for her anymore. Everyone around her sees Barb’s problem, but they all pretend like everything’s just fine, a classic case of denial. Every Sunday Barb and her family dress in their Sunday best and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 2, 2006
The humorous story is told of a baseball manger who decided to play a rookie in right field one day. The regular fielder wasn’t happy about it and loudly makes it know from the bench that it was a big mistake to play the kid.
As it turned out the rookie was so nervous that he messed up
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Baptist
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 4, 2005
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If you love it let it go – if it does not return, it was never yours – If it does return, it was always yours. If it comes back and eats your food and messes up
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
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HELPING THE FALLEN
One of the most touching moments in NBA history took place in a 2003 playoff game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Dallas Mavericks. Actually, it happened before the game began.
Natalie Gilbert was a 13-year-old 8th grader who had won the chance to sing the national
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Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
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Eugene Peterson in his book “A long obedience in the same direction says this:
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn’t go off and
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Methodist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 24, 2002
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MEASURING UP
In Washington D.C. there is a building called the "National Institute of Standards & Technology." This facility is responsible for storing perfect samples of weights and measurements. They have what are called “prototypes” of pound weights and kilograms. Measuring rods for
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Christian/Church Of Christ