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1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the middle of the floor, her shoulders back and her head up, draw a deep breath, strike a clear, vibrant note, and hold it as long as her breath lasted. When the overtones had all died away, she would look up and say: "Master, let me ring true tonight!" Jenny Lind’s prayer ought to be ours as "stewards of our gifts and abilities." "Let me ring true tonight." Saint Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome: "So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us" (12:6). We must ...

2. An Invitation to a Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... in the frame of mind which looks for dissatisfactions and complaints, we’ll find plenty of those as well. Jenny Lind always spent a few minutes alone in her dressing room before a concert. Her maid, who locked the door and stood guard, has told what happened ... in those last moments of preparation. Miss Lind would stand in the middle of the floor, her shoulders back, and her head up, draw a deep breath, strike a clear, ...

3. Thankful for God’s Gifts

Matthew 22:1-14

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

Jenny Lind always spent a few minutes alone in her dressing room before a concert. Her maid, who locked the door and stood guard, has told what happened in those last moments of preparation. Miss Lind would stand in the middle of the floor, her shoulders back, and her head up, draw a deep breath, strike a clear, vibrant note, and hold it as long as her breath lasted. When the overtones had all died away, she would look up and say: "Master, who has given ...

4. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... is as the Romans said, per aspera ad astra, - through difficulties to the stars. We grow under the challenge of the difficult. President Harry Truman used to have a sign on his desk, "Bring me only bad news. Good news weakens me." When a famous artist first heard Jenny Lind sing, he said that if she would suffer for a year, she would sing like an angel. Later she did suffer for more than a year and it was said then she sang like an angel beside a sea of glass afire. Through suffering, pain, and hardship we ...

5. Well, What Did You Expect?

Acts 12:1-19a

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Louis H. Valbracht

... which fulfills all of the marvelous possibilities that God has created within us. That is why we pray for recovery of the sick that their lives may be fulfilled, that the purposes of God may be fulfilled IN their lives, and so we pray for their recovery. Jenny Lind, the late, great opera star, used to ask for a few moments alone in the quiet of her dressing room before a performance, and her maid tells us what happened in those moments. She would strike one, clear, vibrant note and hold it as long as she ...

6. The Swedish Nightingale

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... her. He was entranced by her beautiful voice. He took the ragged urchin home with him and began to teach her how to use her glorious voice to its fullest. In time she became the toast of two continents and everyone knew and loved "The Swedish Nightingale," as they called Jenny Lind.

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