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Life as an Experiment Pastor Brian Rice December 27, 2009

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Frank Laubach Letters by a Modern Mystic

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. . . with my experiment of filling every minute full of the thought of God . . .

Letters by a Modern Mystic

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The abundant life that Christ gives you means you can fully engage life, live deeply and experience widely its many gifts.

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I have come that you might have life and have it to the full. John 10:10

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Who Said This?

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Get busy living or get busy dying.

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Get busy living or get busy dying.

Morgan Freeman

Shawshank Redemption

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Carpe Diem… Seize the day…

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Carpe Diem… Seize the day…

Robin Williams

Dead Poets Society

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To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else.

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To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else.

Emily Dickinson

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.

Erma Bombeck

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Never lend your car to someone you’ve given birth to!

Erma Bombeck

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God is good…

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Growth is the norm…

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Grace is daily given for…

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We have settled for so much less than the abundant living. We have become spectators watching from the sidelines. We are tired, bored, stuck, and fearful.

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I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind… Ecclesiastes 1:14

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Most men live lives of quiet desperation.

Henry David Thoreau

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Trying is the first step towards failure.

Homer Simpson

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We were meant to live for so much more, but we lost ourselves…

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It is a NEW YEAR and it is the time for you to engage in bold experiments.

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For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

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Bold Experiments

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Experiment - Definition

- a test, trial, or tentative procedure

- an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown

- testing a principle,

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For Suggestions and Directions on how to do experiments, visit my blogsite. Or email the church or call me or send up smoke signals and we’ll get you what you need.

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It’s a New Year

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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Mother Teresa

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How we spend our days is of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one, is what are are doing.

Annie Dillard

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I Triple Dog Dare

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