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SILENCE You can learn in silence what sound can never teach you. Howard Thurman tells of one of his University students who was a deep sea diver. He wrote of his experience of being on the bottom of the ocean. The water was clear, and he wa…
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**Summary:** Life has two kinds of battles. The kind where, when you surrender you lose, and the kind where, when you surrender you win. There was only one general that threw fear into the mighty warriors of the Roman Army, and that man was…
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting 10/13/25. In this life we are all "under construction." When we accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we begin the lifelong process of spiritual growth. The Holy Spirit works in us to remove our selfishness (**P…
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Ararat Friends Meeting 12/01/24. Good morning, I am John, my wife Rhonda couldn’t make it this morning. She is at home (Alamance County) with our grandchildren. Aiden (16), Laci (13), Saint (4), and Eden (5 months). I am from Cane Creek Fri…
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting 1/18/26. PASSAGE: **Matthew 21:22**, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." BACKGROUND: God promises does not fail. His faithfulness is forever more. Delays are not denials. Keep on tru…
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting 1/18/26. God’s promises do not fail. His faithfulness is forever more. Delays are not denials. Keep on trusting and believing in Him. STANDING ON THE PROMISES Russell Kelso Carter (1849-1928) was a star athlete of…
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting 12/29/24. Christmas celebrations are coming to an end and looking back on the joy we witnessed in the faces of all the children we would like to extend a special, heartfelt thank you to all of you! Your Christlike…
CompassionLove
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 5/04/25. Before we open our Bibles, this morning let’s all recite the best we can, Psalm 23. There are only 6 verses here. Then we can open our Bibles and read David’s famous Psalm together. Psalm 23 King James Ve…
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Psalm 23
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 6/08/25 **The Living Stone and a Chosen People** **4**As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— **5**you also, like living stones, are being built into a spirit…
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A pre-Christmas preparation. Encouragement, so that we may see ’The Gift’ first, rather than the gifts! Christmas will soon be with us, and the thought of all that goes along with the season may bring to some dread. The thought of all the t…
FaithGraceHope
When we use our gifts to meet the needs of the "least of these" we are doing it as unto the Lord. Matthew 25:31-46 New Living Translation **The Final Judgment** **31**“But when the Son of Man[a] comes in his glory, and all the angels with h…
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Matthew 25:31-46
“The Game is Only Half Over” On New Year’s Day, 1919, Georgia Tech was playing California. Late in the second quarter, Roy Regals recovered a fumble for California, and in his excitement, he became confused and began running in the wrong di…
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Wesley Bishop 4/17/22 Let’s start with some statistics. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John there are 89 chapters. There are 4 chapters devoted to the first 30 years of Jesus’ life, and this is only in Matthew and Luke. There ar…
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting 11/16/25. A large dog walks into a butcher shop carrying a purse in its mouth. He puts the purse down and sits in front of the meat case. "What is it, boy?" the butcher jokingly asks. "Want to buy some meat?" "Woo…
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The movie Chariots of Fire tells the story of Eric Liddle, an Olympic champion and missionary to China. Eric would run with a reckless abandon; his sister commented that the movie failed to capture the wildness of Eric’s running; when he wo…
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**George Fox on Worship** George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends, taught that true worship is not confined to manmade temples or rituals, but is a personal, inward experience of God’s presence. His writings and sermons emph…
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11.28.21 Jonah 1:17 – 2:1-10 **17*** Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. **Chapter 2** *Jonah’s Prayer* **1*** Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God fro…
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Introduction The date was May 10th, 1869. That was the day the first Intercontinental Railroad in the world was finished; and it was here in the USA. About 6 years earlier, the Central Pacific RR set toward the east-from Sacramento, Califor…
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