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Juan 15:13 (RVR60) 13Nadie tiene mayor amor que este, que uno ponga su vida por sus amigos.

Six-year-old Bridger Walker of Cheyenne, Wyoming, his sister, and a friend went into the friend’s backyard to play. The friend explained there was one “nice” dog and a “mean” dog in the yard. The “mean” dog ran at the children. According to Bridger’s account “I stepped to the side, in front of my sister…

It was dark and the borough of Queens, NY was beginning to wake at 5:30 in the morning. Suddenly, a mugger holding a knife jumped out and began to attack a woman. Close by, asleep on the sidewalk, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax saw the attack. Without a thought for his personal safety, the homeless man ran to…

22-year-old Pedro Viloria was working at the McDonalds drive-thru in Doral, FL when he noticed that his customer—an off-duty policewoman with her two children in the backseat—had passed out at the wheel. When the car slowly rolled away with the children screaming, Viloria leapt through his window and…

Dave Earley says, “Relationships can be understood as bank accounts. Realize it or not, you have a relational account with every person within your sphere of influence. Every positive interaction makes a deposit in that account. Every negative dealing with a person makes a withdrawal in your relational…

Video footage taken by a cell phone shows an unidentified man enter a burning house and rescuing a man who was trapped inside. He calmly entered the burning structure, and a few minutes later he walked out carrying another man over his shoulder. A short time before, a woman had called authorities and…

Neuroscience research suggests that having more friends is linked with greater connectivity between certain parts of the human brain. The study presented at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience suggests that social interaction may be linked to the structure of the brain. In people with a large network…

In a new book entitled, Friendfluence, author Carlin Flora looks at the effect friends have on people and says the influence of friends could even affect a person’s health. Flora says psychologist have long believed that friendships have a direct effect on our overall health and life expectancy. One…

In 2011, Cameron Lyle, a shot-putter at the University of New Hampshire, added his DNA to the federal bone marrow registry. Just as he was preparing to compete at the American East Championships in 2013, he got word that his DNA matched that of a 28 year-old leukemia sufferer. “I would love to give him…

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the three compatriots – Potter, Ron Weasely, and Hermione Granger – traverse through a series of puzzles to prevent the theft of the Philosopher's Stone, desired by the Lord Voldemort to restore his power. The final challenge involves a game of Wizard's Chess.…

The 2012 movie, The Act of Valor, stars a group of active duty Navy SEALS and is inspired by true events. In one of the scenes, the SEALS are in hot pursuit of suicidal terrorists on a mission to kill thousands of Americans. The soldiers are carrying the heavy weight of their commitments to their country,…

When Steve Gustafson heard a cry from Bounce, his small Terrier dog, he looked up to see it in the jaws of a 7-foot alligator. "I just knew that my best friend was going to be dead," Gustafson said. "And I took off." He jumped on the alligator and wrested his pet from its mouth. After a quick trip to…

# Philippians 1:9-11 ## Opening — Paul’s Prayer This morning we conclude our look at the opening section of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In verses 1–2, we have the opening salutation which identifies the author, Paul, and with him Timothy—The young man he has mentored. It also identifies the recipients—all…

Sgt. Dennis Weichel was herding a group of Afghan children off the road out of the way of a military convoy when one boy darted back into the road. Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, pushed the boy out of the way before the vehicle struck him. Instead, it hit Sgt. Weichel who died from his injuries.…

As an unexpected thunderstorm was rolling in, balloon pilot Edward Ristaino was thinking of the safety of his five passengers. Fortunately the passengers were on a skydiving trip and had parachutes. They were prepared to exit the balloon when Ristaino guided them over an open and empty field. "You need…

The trainer sergeant of the military academy told the graduating candidates that they would be free from training once they left the training compound. At the gate of the compound, the cadets were ordered to line up in the queue and march. A fake grenade was rolled in the middle of the queue. Everybody…

The events surrounding 9/11 contain numerous stories of courage and determination. Lt. Heather Penney was an F-16 pilot on that day. Her National Guard commander ordered her to take off from Andrews Air Force Base and destroy hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 before it could crash into the Capitol building.…

The greatest love you can show someone is to give up your own desires and help them. There is a story told of a poor beggar woman who did all she could to provide for her small baby. She begged, pleaded, and even stole when necessary to find food for her and her child. One winter was especially harsh,…

Fruit is produced only when the tree is nourished. In the Greek Islands, one can seek out the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In the area, one can also find an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. If this is so, this tree would then be some 2,400 years old. The trunk of this…

True love forgets self and considers others a higher priority. William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story: The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter…

The Eleventh Commandment One Saturday evening the saintly Samuel Rutherford was con­ducting family devotions in his Scottish home when there was a knock on the door. The stranger was warmly welcomed and invited to join the family circle. Questions from the Scottish catechism were being asked and answered.…

In 1993, Lt. Col. Gary Morsch joined the Army Reserves as a doctor to care not only for U.S. soldiers, but also for wounded civilians and prisoners of war. In 2005, as a part of the war in Iraq, he was called up to serve as the field doctor for a battalion near the Iranian border. He would take care…

IN ERNEST GORDON'S TRUE ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN A WORLD WAR II JAPANESE PRISON CAMP, THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE KWAI, THERE IS A STORY THAT NEVER FAILS TO MOVE ME. IT IS ABOUT A MAN WHO THROUGH GIVING IT ALL AWAY LITERALLY TRANSFORMED A WHOLE CAMP OF SOLDIERS. THE MAN'S NAME WAS ANGUS MCGILLIVRAY. ANGUS WAS…

Henry Ford is reputed to have said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, either way, you are right.” _____________________________________ Sermon: Living Up to Your Appointed Position John 15:9-17 by Ted McIlvain