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Psalm 91:1-16

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David E. Leininger

... titles about angels; book stores have whole sections devoted to angels. On TV Patty Duke hosted an NBC special called "Angels: The Mysterious Messengers." Michael Landon starred for five years as an angel sent to earth to assist mortals in "Highway to Heaven," and CBS currently has one in ... 59 7. Words & Music by Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith 8. The Pastor's Story File, Oct. 1991, p. 5 9. pp. 14-15 10. Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels, (Warner Books) 11. Time, p. 65 ...

2. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

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Leonard Sweet

... day. It was his love for you and me that did it. Or in the words of a song we used to sing called "At Calvary" (by W. R. Newell): "Oh, the love that drew salvation's plan. Oh, the grace that bro't it down to man! Oh, the mighty gulf that God did ... Kelso Carter Christians are crossers the ultimate cross-over artists. We know that phrase from the musical world. It's not just Michael W. Smith or Amy Grant or Jackie Velasquez that are crossing-over. You've got Christians trying to cross over in every niche music ...

3. Do We Live in ‘Why’ or ‘Whynot’

Romans 12:3-8, 16-18

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... in the Family Center and I'll prove it. We can all learn from one another. And we have a responsibility to teach one another in loving ways. One day at church one of the little girls was all plugged into her cd player and singing along with the Michael W. Smith CD she had going. She didn't know anyone was listening as she sang her version of the song "Angels Unaware." When she got to the line, "Maybe we are entertaining angels unaware," I heard her version loud and clear: and started to laugh, "Maybe we are ...

4. Hope That Hangs In There

Isaiah 35:1-10

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J. Howard Olds

... creating an emergency so severe that even Atlanta came within 90 days of running out of water. The little town of Omre, Tennessee, was hauling water on fire trucks from Alabama and limited water availability to three hours a day. Christian artist Michael W. Smith and the mayor of Atlanta pleaded for people to hold prayer meetings asking God for rain. I don’t know for sure, but I heard the Baptists started sprinkling converts, the Presbyterians started dry cleaning, and the Methodists were handing out IOU ...

5. Treasure Hunt

Matthew 13:44-46

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King Duncan

... and the other mentally challenged. In telling about Beverley Sills’ life, Dr. Michael Brickey says that he thought her nickname Bubbles came from her bubbly ... better in mind. On September 11, 2001, a voice on the telephone informed President George W. Bush that the United States was under attack. It was the voice of the woman ... is a free gift. Open yourself to Christ’s kingdom today. 1. H. Allen Smith and Ira L. Smith, The Saturday Evening Post, July/Aug 2000. Cited at http://junctionforjesus.blogspot.com/ ...

6. Body

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... also 6:2, 16, 17, 18; 8:15; 9:7, 9, 10; 10:17). Cf. D. Moody Smith, “The Pauline Literature,” in It Is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars ... the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Khirbet Qumran Site: Present Realities and Future Prospects [ed. Michael O. Wise, et al.; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 722; New York ... 87]). Cf. also 2 Esdr. 4:30; 7:48, 92; Sir. 15:14–17. According to W. D. Davies, Paul seems to connect the evil impulse to the flesh, whereas the rabbis do ...

7. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... love you and my church family. In his care, Salaam, Karen.”2 Karen fulfilled what Fred Smith said we should seek, “It is important,” he counseled, “as we go along in life, to ... is rooted in the experience of Jesus. His confidence was in God, not in what he could make happen. A.W. Tozer said this: “The meek man (or woman) is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of inferiority. ... , S.J., The Sermon On The Mount (Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 1985); Robert A. Guelich, The Sermon On The Mount ...

8. What's in It for Me?

Mark 10:17-31

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Michael Milton

This message comes both to a rich young ruler and to the disciples. It comes to them after a teaching on becoming as little children in order to come into the kingdom of God. Right after this teaching, a rich young man runs up and we see the response of the disciples to Jesus’ teaching, and He has more to say. This morning Jesus has something to say to those who are seeking Him and want to have eternal life. But He also has something to say to those who have been found by God and have eternal life And as ...

9. A Transitional Object (And So Much More)

John 14:15-21

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J. Michael Smith

In the last few days, I've been reading some of the theories of D.W. Winnicott, a pediatric psychiatrist who was the chief proponent of a unique British variation of psychoanalysis known as "Object Relations Theory." Winnicott put a name on a phenomenon familiar to all of us. He asserted that all children have what is called a ‘transitional object.' We can tell it is a ‘transitional object' because she always has it with her. It's usually dirty and ratty because it can't be replaced. It might be a doll, a ...

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