... words, believing that he was acquiring grace. One day the head ... as it is impossible to acquire grace by a chant."
2. Shrewdness in Business
Luke 16:1-15
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King Duncan
... it happened, Neckerman managed to acquire a large shipment of spools ...
3. No Black Dots
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
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When Benjamin Franklin was 27 years old, he decided he would take control of his life. He selected 12 virtues he wanted to acquire, and kept a daily chart of his progress in the development of each one. Whenever he missed the mark, he put a black dot beside that virtue. His goal was to ultimately have no dots on the chart. This method contributed to Franklin's success as an inventor, publisher, and statesman.
4. Sadness in the Heart of God
Matthew 20:1-16
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John Claypool
... practical provisions for his newly acquired affluence. On the third afternoon ... was busy assimilating his newly acquired affluence and looking forward to ...
5. Follow Me…
Matthew 4:1-11
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Samuel G. Candler
... . Casting, like discipleship, is an acquired habit. It rewards practice. Fishing ...
6. The Man Who Couldn't Hear - Sermon Starter
Mark 7:31-37
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Brett Blair
... is something that can be acquired. I don't think it ...
7. Yes, But How?
Luke 13:1-9
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Lee Griess
... that, but how can we acquire them? As Christian people we ...
8. A Just and Simple Lifestyle
Lk 12:13-21
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King Duncan
... 've simply become addicted to acquiring. Randy Alcorn in his book ...
9. Fishing Takes Practice
Matthew 4:18-22
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Samuel G. Candler
... . Casting, like discipleship, is an acquired habit. It rewards practice.
10. Why We Drank
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Staff
... weak. We drank "medicinally" and acquired health problems. We drank for ...
11. A Pocket Prayer
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... the pocket of the newly acquired coat a single page torn ...
12. We're All Presents
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Editor James S. Hewett
... skills, either God-given or acquired; but do we consider our ...
13. Sin of Dishonesty
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Lewis Smedes
... compromised by grants. Children soon acquire the cynical assumption that lying ...
14. "I Can't Sit On Its Lap"
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Maxie Dunnam
... four-year-old daughter, Melinda, acquired a fixation for “The Three ...
15. The Holy Spirit Doesn't Have A Copy Machine
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
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Richard A. Jensen
... nor interpret prophetic utterances nor acquire new and greater faith nor ...
16. THE AGE OF ANXIETY
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John H. Krahn
... own things in life and acquire better things, there are times ...
17. The Mirror of Judas
Mark 14:1-11
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Larry Powell
... , future potential or ability already acquired, Jesus had confidence in him ...
18. Good and Bad “Magical Thinking”
Acts 17:22-31
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Leonard Sweet
... how much scientific knowledge we acquire about the world we live ...
19. Acres of Diamonds
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
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... a stream on his newly acquired property when he found a ...
20. A Servant in Saigon
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Keith Wagner
... in the kingdom is not acquired with honors, prizes, achievements, awards ...
21. What Would You Do with a Million Dollars?
Mark 12:41-44
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David Chadwell
... priorities would change if we acquired a large amount of unexpected ...
22. The True Marks of Success
Luke 14:1-14
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R. Robert Cueni
... best seat at the table, acquiring more material possessions, or in ...
23. Building In Bondage
Hebrews 2:15
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Sarah Winchester's husband had acquired a fortune by manufacturing and ...
24. A New Way of Life
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Charles Swindoll
... come easily. It has been acquired through commitment, dedication and training ...
25. Limited Good
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Bernie May
... just know," meaning he has acquired the knowledge without anyone's ...
26. Immortality: Quality vs. Quantity
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Gary R. Habermas & J.P. Moreland
... the resurrection inevitably involves the acquiring of immortality. They are interdependent ...
27. Work for the Love of Work
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... . Steel Corporation in 1901 it acquired as one of its obligations ...
28. Not Satisfied
Revelation 3:14-22
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Michael P. Green
... Roman city sought for and acquired earthly power through wealth. But ...
29. The Passion of Envy
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Editor James S. Hewett
What we have not poisons what we have… Our urge to acquire things is due less to the passion to possess them than to the vanity of feeling superior to those who envy our possession of them…Envy transmutes other people's base metals into gold… Our envy is the yeast that swells the fortune of others… No form of hatred is as keen as envy. It magnifies the importance of our enemy—and belittles our own.
30. Can't Afford to Save
Luke 12:16-21
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Maxie Dunnam
... such hurrying in order to acquire the latest fashion or the ...
31. Parable of Grading the Teacher
I Corinthians 13:1-2
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Staff
... teachers and many students do acquire knowledge more easily than others ...
32. Giving Up Our Monkeys
Hebrews 12:1-13
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... that while there he had acquired a pet monkey which he ...
33. INTERPRETER
Genesis 42:23
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Stephen Stewart
... given many honors. Interpreters today acquire their knowledge of languages through ...
34. PHYSICIAN
Luke 5:31; Colos. 4:14
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Stephen Stewart
... Egypt, from which the Hebrews acquired many of their ideas, medicine ...
35. Turning Up the Religious Machinery
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William G. Carter
... style of Holy Joe intonation, acquiring the skill in resonance and ...
36. A Power Higher Than I
Matthew 2:13-23
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William B. Kincaid, III
... of deep personal suffering. She acquired spiritual depth from hours of ...
37. Wisdom For The Future
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G. K. C. MacDonald
William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) was one of the greatest physicists of nineteenth-century England. When he was away at college, his father wrote to him: “You are young: take care you be not led to what is wrong. A false step now, or the acquiring of an improper habit, might ruin you for life. Frequently look back on your conduct and thence learn wisdom for the future.”