... parents, friends, brothers and sisters. Refraining from gossip when others around you ...
2. There Is a Time to Touch
Mark 5:21-43
Illustration
Brett Blair
... touch and a time to refrain from touching. A sage person will ...
3. The Battle Hymn
Matthew 17:1-9
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In 1861, a prominent Bostonian woman and her husband were visiting Washington, D.C. shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War. They witnessed an impressive military review one day and were on their way back to their hotel with some friends in a carriage when their way was blocked by several columns of soldiers. To pass the time, Julia Ward Howe and her friends began to sing popular army songs, including "John Brown's Body." The soldiers cheered the singing, but one of her friends suggested to Mrs. Howe ...
4. A Good Mom
2 Timothy 1:5
Illustration
Andrew M. Greeley
... me", was an oft heard refrain from one or the other. Though ...
5. Faith and Power
Mark 4:35-41
Illustration
Larry Powell
Mark 4:37-41 is one of the many passages in the Bible which has been set to music. "Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o’er shadowed with blackness ..." You recognize it. From childhood, we have sung the words to "Peace Be Still" and have loved to lift the refrain which concludes, "they all shall sweetly obey thy will ..." Two primary elements are underscored in both the scripture and the hymn: the power of Christ and faith in Christ. The Gospel according to Mark ...
6. The Devil Made Me Do It
Illustration
Michael Horton
... the Assemblies of God to refrain from preaching for one year, he ...