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Giving Joyfully 'Til it Hurts |
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Summary: Hannah's gift to God was the epitome of giving 'til it hurts. She gave Him her son. The special son she had longed for. That was perhaps the greatest sacrifice she could make. It had to be so very |
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1 Chronicles 28:12, 19, Acts 17:2-4, 11 |
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Summary: There is a tendency to think God was more visible and directly involved in the Old Testament in more dramatic ways than in this age. As David was sharing the plans of the Temple with Solomon, he told |
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Ecclesiastes 9-12 |
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Summary: Struggles of the righteous and the wicked; wisdom better than strength; the wise versus the foolish; the Creator to be remembered
Solomon was famous for his wisdom, but he could be misunderstood wh |
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He Was Forsaken |
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Summary: We here behold the Saviour in the depth of His sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in which His cry rends |
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The Wisdom of God, Proverbs 21:22 |
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Summary: This scripture in Proverbs tells us that a wise man can take a city and bring down the mighty stronghold of any enemy. When he accomplishes this, he destroys the trust the enemy had in his stronghold. |
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The Discipline of Disillusionment |
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Summary: Disillusionment means that there are no more false judgments in life. To be undeceived by disillusionment may leave us cynical and unkindly severe in our judgment of others, but the disillusionment wh |
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That First Day |
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Summary: In a great and loved hymn by Christopher Wordsworth this idea is set forth with great beauty and unanswerable logic. After praising the first day as a "day of rest and gladness" and a "day of joy and |
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A Wartime Lifestyle |
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Summary: Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision, on a trip to China was appalled by the suffering he witnessed around him. He gave his last $15 to help care for a little girl and her widowed mother. Pierce paused |
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The Call to Serve |
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Summary: God hasn't just called us to receive salvation; He's called us to serve Him. We were created to be servants, walking in Jesus' footsteps and bringing His life to everything we touch. (Ephesians 2:10) |
