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1. Opening the Door to Jesus

Matt 25:40; Rev 3:20

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Jimmy Carter

Is there any parallel between the experience of the followers on the road to Emmaus and our lives? Yes, there are times when each of us fails to recognize the presence of Christ or the Holy Spirit. Remember that the Scriptures promise us that Christ is with us—at least potentially—not just as an occasional, miraculous event but at all times. In Revelation 3:20, he tells us, "Here I am! I stand at ...

2. Pandemonium Broke Loose

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Jimmy Carter

All of our black neighbors came to see daddy when the second Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight was to take place. There was intense interest, and they asked if they could listen to the fight. We propped the radio in the open window of our house, and we and our visitors sat and stood under a large mulberry tree nearby. There were heavy racial overtones encompassing the fight, with Joe Louis given a go...

3. Two Verses That Define Christianity

John 3:16; Eph 4:32

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Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter in his book "Sources of Strength" listed two versus to define the meaning of Christianity: John 3:16 and Ephesians 4:32. Here is what he wrote: Perhaps as well as any two verses, these two encapsulate the meaning of Christianity. Being blessed and forgiven by God through Christ, we have the motivation to apply his teaching and example in our own lives. There is littl...

God answers all our prayers. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes the answer is, you've got to be kidding!

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something God recognizes I will do - and I have done it - and God forgives me for it.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

You just have to have a simple faith.

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