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Philippians 4:10-20

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Raymond Gibson

... this as a joyous fact, of which he is a faithful steward. Therefore, he knows he can do all things that his Lord wants him to do, and do those things in a creative, redemptive, loving manner that will reveal the presence of God in him. Glenn Cunningham was twelve years old when a coal oil stove blew up in a Kansas schoolhouse, killing his brother amid burning him so horribly that he almost died as well. He did recover, however, although the burns left his legs horribly scarred and the muscles paralyzed by ...

2. Endurance

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Mickey Anders

... best," he said, "Because he is so badly burned." The brave little boy didn't want to die. Glenn made up his mind he would survive but he was doomed to be a cripple all his ... Glenn entered college and made the track team. Still later in Madison Square Garden the boy, now a young man, who was never expected to walk, ran the world's fastest mile: 4:04.4. In 1938, when Cunningham ran his fastest mile in 4:04.4, At one time he owned 12 of the 31 fastest mile times on record. Through endurance, Dr. Glenn Cunningham ...

3. And He Did

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Editor James S. Hewett

... kept going. More, he made up his mind that he would walk again-and he did! That he would run—and he did! That he would discipline himself—and he did! That he would master the mile—and he did! That he would break the international record—and he did! Glenn Cunningham purposed in his heart. The purpose in a person’s heart captures the soul and has power to transform the ugliest circumstances into the richest blessings.

4. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

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James Merritt

... Forge, and you have George Washington; raise him in poverty and you have Abraham Lincoln; strike him down with infantile paralysis and you will have Franklin Delano Roosevelt; burn him so severely that doctors say he will never walk again and you will have Glenn Cunningham, who set the world's record in 1934 for the one-minute mile; deafen him and you will have Ludwig Van Beethoven; call him a slow learner, retarded, and write him off as uneducable and you have Albert Einstein." God always has a purpose ...

5. Overcoming and Achieving

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Editor James S. Hewett

... Subject him to bitter religious prejudice, and you have a Benjamin Disraeli. Strike him down with infantile paralysis, and he becomes a Franklin D. Roosevelt. Burn him so severely in a schoolhouse fire that the doctors say he will never walk again, and you have a Glenn Cunningham, who set a world's record in 1934 for running a mile in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds. Deafen a genius composer, and you have a Ludwig van Beethoven. Have him or her born black in a society filled with racial discrimination, and you have ...

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1. "Can Do" Christianity

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

2. Endurance

Illustration

Mickey Anders

3. And He Did

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

4. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

5. Overcoming and Achieving

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

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