[SOURCE: http://www.ocap.ca/songs/leanonme.html].
The Prince of Peace reminds us in John 16:33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Until He returns or calls us home, we are going to
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Methodist
Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 10, 2009
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A HIGHER SOURCE
"I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honour him" (Ps. 91:15).
First, "I will deliver." When God called Moses to go down into Egypt to deliver the children of Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, in all the world there wasn’t a man who, humanly speaking,
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*other
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FOR SAFETY’S SAKE . . . ( source unknown)
Do NOT ride in automobiles:
they cause 20% of all fatal accidents.
Do NOT stay home:
17% of all accidents do occur in home.
Do NOT walk on the streets or sidewalks:
14% of all accidents happen to pedestrians.
Do NOT travel by air, rail, or water:
6%
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 24, 2004
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A common source of challenge in life is commitment as illustrated in the following story:
The church choir director was frustrated with the sporadic attendance of all the choir members for rehearsals for the Christmas Choral Concert. At the final rehearsal he announced, “I want to personally thank
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Church Of God
Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 4, 2005
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Forgiven and Pardoned (source: Illustrations Unlimited)
It reminds me of the story of a young employee who secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm’s money. When this action was discovered, he walked up the stars toward the administrative office he was told to report
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The source of genius is imagination alone, or what amounts to the same thing senses that see what
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Pretensions are a source of pain, and the happy time of life begins as
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 26, 2004
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[Beauty’s True Source, Citation: Jim Congdon]
A jarring TV commercial didn’t say a word. It simply shows a series of people who have one thing in common—a nasty injury or scar. There’s a cowboy with a huge scar around his eye, and something wrong with the eye itself; a fellow with a bulbous
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 4, 2011
HOPE IS A SOURCE OF LIFE
Hope prays for God’s "will to be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10) and then seeks to be God’s agent of change!
One writer says: "Biblical and Christian hope does not mean living in the clouds, dreaming of a better life. It is not merely a projection of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
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THE SOURCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
"It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence."
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Contributed by Chris Tiller on Nov 14, 2005
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(Source: Gonzalez, Justo, The Story of Christianity, Volume 1, HarperSanFrancisco, 1984.)
In the year 155 A.D., Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna was arrested. The proconsul tried to persuade him to recant and save himself. Surely given his advanced age it would be better for him to avoid torture
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by James Stewart on Nov 16, 2006
Up in the northern parts near the source of the Mississippi, it was a bitterly cold winter, and the Mississippi River had frozen over. There was a man who, rather than going to the bridge, decided he would walk across the frozen ice. He didn’t see anyone else out there. It looked so crusty and so
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Baptist