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<DIV><FONT size=4>...Fritz ...had been a refugee from Germany after World War
II. He came to the United States and became a steel worker in Indiana. But more
than this, he was the most tireless advocate for the world's hungry people that
I have ever known. A common layman, he didn't have a high school education. His
own schooling in Germany had been cut short by the war, and after the war he
lived for months outdoors with his friends, stealing potatoes from farmers'
fields and trying not to get shot in the process. After he became established in
the United States, he began working with his own congregation volunteering,
organizing them, and then going to other congregations to organize and challenge
them to raise money for the poor, urging, coaxing, cajoling them to look beyond
their own needs and to join in God's holy labor of giving life and hope to the
poor around the world. Single-handedly, over the course of 25 years, Fritz was
instrumental in raising millions of dollars to feed the hungry in dozens of
countries.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://day1.org/630-sermon_for_the_5th_sunday_in_easter">http://day1.org/630-sermon_for_the_5th_sunday_in_easter</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>David Miller, 2001</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>"Exactly how did this
one, who became what we are so we could understand more fully who God is,
actually and realistically love?"</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>St. Augustine has given me two clues to such a question. He once observed
that Jesus loved each one he had ever met as if there were none other in all the
world to love. In other words, Jesus radically individualized the affection he
acted out toward others. </DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The second clue St. Augustine offers is that Jesus loved all
as he loved each. The way he loved was not only individualized, but it was also
incredibly universal.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://day1.org/464-loving_as_jesus_loved">http://day1.org/464-loving_as_jesus_loved</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>John R. Claypool, 2004</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Some years
ago, Albert Schweitzer, who served Christ by bringing medical skills to Africa,
visited Chicago. A group of reporters cornered him on a railroad platform,
seeking an interview about his self-effacing work in Africa. As they spoke, an
elderly lady walked by, struggling with a heavy suitcase. Schweitzer
excused himself for a moment, gently took the woman’s suitcase and accompanied
her to her railway car. When Schweitzer returned to where he had left the
reporters, not a single one of them was still standing there. They were
each trying to find some elderly lady whose suitcase they could
carry.</SPAN></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://desperatepreacher.com/sermonbuilder/">http://desperatepreacher.com/sermonbuilder/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>David Rogne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Mother Teresa
used to say that "we can do no great things -- only small things with great
love."</SPAN></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://desperatepreacher.com/sermonbuilder/">http://desperatepreacher.com/sermonbuilder/</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Randy R. Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I sat with an elderly man in hospital yesterday. He was
talking about going to heaven. I asked him how long he had been a Christian.
“For 45 years,” he replied. Then he told me how he had sat through revival
meetings almost every night for one month and heard the gospel. “It went in one
ear and out the other,” he continued. On the final Thursday night one of the
evangelists sang a song and through one line of that song God really spoke to
him. I asked, “What were the words?” He recited them with all the strength that
his weak frame could muster, “When you pass the last milestone on earth, where
will your soul be?” That night he stayed back and asked Jesus to forgive him and
to come into his life. He’s nearing the last milestone but he knows where his
soul will be when he ends his journey here.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/pmol/webapr23.htm">http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/pmol/webapr23.htm</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Philip McAlister, 2006</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The movie and the play, GODSPELL, certainly picks up the mood
of this scene well. GODSPELL shows the twelve disciples saying goodbye to Jesus.
The scene is very touching. In the play and movie, there was a clown named, Pip.
Jesus was saying goodbye to each of his disciples, one at a time. There were the
traditional, expected, emotional hugs. Jesus finally came to Pip, the clown. Pip
put out his arms to hug Jesus and say farewell, but then Pip unexpectedly turned
away. Pip walked away from Jesus. Jesus stood there. Pip turned towards him but
then looked away again. One more time, Pip looked at Jesus and after putting on
a solid, stoic front of coolness, Pip finally broke down and ran to hug Jesus
and say goodbye. It was a very touching and emotional scene. This scene was well
done in GODSPELL. It was tough to say goodbye.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_it_is_hard_to_say_goodbye.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_it_is_hard_to_say_goodbye.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Edward F. Markquart</FONT></DIV>
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