O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying to me, ""There is no help for you in God." But you, O LORD, are a shield around me,...
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Oct 10, 2003 1:21 am
New Friends What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and yet lose his soul? I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Oct 13, 2003 6:01 pm
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, by Manuel Phile (14th Century Byzantine poet) O living Spirit, O falling of God-dew, O Grace which dost console us and renew, O vital...
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marksedrak
Oct 15, 2003 9:29 pm
Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. How long, you people, shall my honor...
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Oct 17, 2003 6:29 pm
A Matter of What You Do With God's Word by Bill Denton Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who...
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Oct 21, 2003 12:02 am
"Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by...
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Oct 22, 2003 7:20 pm
Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. O LORD, in the morning you hear my...
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Oct 24, 2003 4:11 pm
The Son - author unknown A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They Had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They ...
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Oct 28, 2003 1:46 am
"Just as a treasure that is exposed tarnishes and loses its value, so a virtue which is known vanishes; just as wax melts when it is near fire, so the soul is...
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Oct 29, 2003 11:31 pm
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are...
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Oct 31, 2003 5:52 pm
A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?" The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings...
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Nov 4, 2003 7:24 pm
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Nov 5, 2003 10:17 pm
O LORD my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me, or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 7, 2003 8:15 pm
Sand and Stone A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped...
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Nov 10, 2003 4:47 pm
Do you marvel at His power on the earth? Think again how the heaven was made, not yet being; how the innumerable stars, how the sun, how the moon; and all...
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Nov 12, 2003 9:05 pm
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 14, 2003 5:09 pm
A Matter of Believing By Scot Thurman The school bell rang loud and clear at the elementary school. Amidst much shouting and laughing, the children raced out...
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marksedrak
Nov 17, 2003 11:42 pm
"If a king wanted to take possession of his enemy's city, he would begin by cutting off the water and the food and so his enemies, dying of hunger, would...
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Nov 19, 2003 6:46 pm
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name,...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 21, 2003 9:45 pm
Discipleship: The Next Step by Scott Newell It's the most exciting thing to lead someone to Christ. To see them pass from death unto life. And this is what the...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 24, 2003 7:48 pm
"...we must never blame our birth, or anyone but ourselves, for our sinful actions, because if the soul chooses to be indolent, it cannot resist temptation." ...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 26, 2003 7:37 pm
Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor- let them be caught in the schemes...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Nov 27, 2003 10:26 pm
Hymn of Praise for John Chrysostom (from the Prologue from Ochrid) Saint John, a trumpet forged of gold, Heralded to mankind, the mercy of God, Miraculous...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 1, 2003 4:41 pm
"The Loud Thud" (Unknown Author) In the second year of my marriage, we lost our apartment. The company that owned the apartments decided to tear them down and...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 4, 2003 12:41 am
In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to me, ""Flee like a bird to the mountains; for look, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 7, 2003 7:57 pm
"The Most Beautiful Thing" (Unknown Author) The sides of the path were covered with rugs of white snow. But in the center, its whiteness was crushed and...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 8, 2003 9:01 pm
"Prayer is the spirit standing facing its creator via its understanding of its renewal by the Holy Spirit where the spirit takes from Christ its early image of...
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Dec 11, 2003 2:16 am
Help, O LORD, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind. They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 12, 2003 6:43 pm
"Delayed Delivery" [Written by Cathy Miller] Stella had been prepared for her husband's death. Since the doctor's pronouncement of terminal cancer, they had...
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Sedrak, Mark
marksedrak
Dec 16, 2003 12:11 am
"What we gain by fasting is not as great as the damage done by anger; nor is the profit from reading as great as the harm done when we scorn or grieve a ...
