It's Not Me!

Posted Jan 25th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration

IT'S NOT ME...
PROVERBS 19:3
A concerned husband goes to see the family doctor: "I think my wife
has a hearing problem. I often have to repeat things again and again
before she hears me."
"Well," the doctor replies, "When you go home tonight, stand about 15
feet from her and say something. If she doesn't reply, move about five
feet closer and say it again. Keep doing this so we can get an idea of
the severity of her problem."
So the husband goes home and does exactly...

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Better Than Money or Fame

Posted Jan 23rd, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration

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Live Like You're a Mayan

Posted Jan 20th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration

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Spiritual gifts for serving God

Posted Jan 19th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration


Spiritual gifts for serving God by Rick Warren
 
Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14 (TEV)
 
You can't earn your spiritual gifts or deserve them -- that's why they are called gifts! They're an expression of God's grace to you: "Christ has generously divided out his gifts to us." (Ephesians 4:7, CEV)
Nor do you get to choose which gifts you'd like to have. Paul explains that God determines that,...

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Looking for the Messiah

Posted Jan 18th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration


Looking for the Messiah
by Max LucadoSome missed him.
Some miss him still.
We expect God to speak through peace, but sometimes he speaks through pain.We think God talks through the church, but he also talks through the lost.We look for the answer among the Protestants, but he’s been known to speak through the Catholics.
We listen for him among the Catholics but find him among the Quakers.We think we hear him in the sunrise, but he is also heard in the darkness.We...

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Posted Jan 16th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration

Teachers
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I was taking my seven-year-old son Christian to a sports
class. He was anxious to learn and wanted to know when he
would master the sport. This was the dialog.
Christian: Daddy, when will I know it all?
Daddy: Life is a constant process of learning. You will never
know it all, you will always keep learning.
Christian: What about the teachers who teach?
Daddy: Even they you don't know it all.
Christian: Well, who knows it all?
Daddy: Only God knows it all.
Christian: Well, what if God were...

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Posted Jan 12th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration


Merck's Miracle Cure
 
Generosity can be hard to find in some organizations. Merck & Co., however, has been a bright light to millions in Africa. In 1987, Merck discovered a medical solution to river blindness, a parasitic disease affecting millions. An ethical dilemma arose; the drug costs could never be recouped, because the only people impacted were poor.  Merck had every financial reason to shelf the product, but they didn't. Instead, they offered to provide the drug for free as...

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Posted Jan 11th, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration

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Posted Dec 23rd 2011, 12:00 by CCECstorylist on Inspiration


Merry Christmas at the Gas Station
The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man...

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