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  • Chronic Frustrations

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 18, 2014
     | 4,045 views

    CHRONIC FRUSTRATION Have you heard the story of a majestic eagle that lived in the safety of the high cliffs, and often flew to great lofty heights. He could dive at great speeds. HE OFTEN FELT HE WAS INVINCIBLE, NOTHING COULD TAKE HIM DOWN. A hunter studied the eagle day after day, and prepared ...read more

  • Be Holy?

    Contributed by John Kilough on Apr 24, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,966 views

    "Be holy, for I am holy." For most people this can be a very intimidating statement. The Lord God says, "Be holy, for I am holy." The issue with that is, well God is God and I am not. It is easy for Him to say be holy, but I just have way too many faults. However, we love the Lord and we are ...read more

  • Reflecting The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Everette Pafford on Feb 27, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,902 views

    REFLECTING THE LIGHT A well-known Bible teacher has just finished speaking to a large class of business people on the Christians' responsibility to be light in the world. He had emphasized the as believers we all have the obligation to reflect the Light in the world, the Lord Jesus. After the ...read more

  • The Donkey And The Complaining Wife

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on May 7, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,071 views

    THE DONKEY AND THE COMPLAINING WIFE I once heard of a farmer who had a complaining wife. From morning till night she would complain about something or the other. The only time he got relief was when he went to the farm with his donkey. One day as he was plowing, his wife brought him lunch. He ...read more

  • A Story To Tell

    Contributed by Bobby Jenkins on Feb 2, 2013
     | 3,912 views

    A STORY TO TELL (A poem to honor our military veterans ) By Pastor Bobby W. Jenkins Jr. A story to tell, one we can’t fully understand One of sacrifice and bravery of so many men A story to tell of a perilous fight That cost so many their lives and gathered such might A story to tell of the ...read more

  • Lifting The Fear

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,513 views

    LIFTING THE FEAR A story is told of a child who had to walk each evening past a dark, spooky house. Some adults sought to give him courage. One handed him a good luck charm to ward off the ghosts. Another had a light put on the dreaded corner. Still another said earnestly, "It is sinful to be ...read more

  • His Yoke Is Light

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,414 views

    HIS YOKE IS LIGHT Mark Guy Pearse preached a sermon on Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden. I had finished my sermon when a good man came to me and said "I wish I had known what you were going to preach about. I could have told you something." "Well, my friend," I said, "may I have ...read more

  • The Key To The Gate

    Contributed by Justin Lauramore on Nov 12, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,705 views

    THE KEY TO THE GATE Picture this, you have walked for miles and miles. You are tired and ready for a long nap. You walk up towards a town gate. As you stare at a distance you meet a young man that tells you that the gate is locked. You say ok, well I will test this out for myself. As you continue ...read more

  • Flight Check

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Oct 4, 2011
     | 6,522 views

    FLIGHT CHECK When you're a pilot and you're getting ready to go on a flight, you always run through a checklist: to assess the air worthiness of the aircraft, and the conditions you'll be flying in before you commits to the flight because all the weather information and every surface and ...read more

  • Not A Role Model...?

    Contributed by Jehu Hernandez on Aug 12, 2011
     | 3,842 views

    NOT A ROLE MODEL...? Former NBA star Charles Barkley, the Round Mound of Rebound, as he was called, is famous for saying, "I'm not a role model." In spite of the fact that young kids wanted to imitate him, he didn't want that responsibility. He ignored the fact that his high visibility made it ...read more

  • Oré Por Fe, Y Pensé Que Un Día La Fe Habría De ...

    Contributed by Ed Garcia on May 23, 2011
     | 1,605 views

    "Oré por fe, y pensé que un día la fe habría de venir y me golpearía como el relámpago. Pero parecía que la fe no vendría. Un día leí en Romanos 10 que “la fe es por el oir, y el oir, por la palabra de Dios”. Yo había cerrado mi Biblia y había orado por fe. Ahora abrí mi Biblia, y comencé a ...read more

  • Self-Remedies

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,220 views

    SELF-REMEDIES Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63 year old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to be done. He ...read more

  • In The Gospel In Hymns, Published In 1950, Is A ...

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 14, 2011
     | 3,339 views

    In The Gospel in Hymns, published in 1950, is a story about Philip Brooks, author of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”: One April fools day, Brooks saw a boy on Boylston Street in Boston trying to reach a doorbell. Brooks walked up the steps and said, "Let me help you, my little ...read more

  • Six Thousand Years

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 14, 2011
     | 2,826 views

    SIX THOUSAND YEARS Early Christian writers held that at the end of 6,000 years of history, Christ would return and reign for 1,000 years (referred to as the Millennium). These included Barnabas (c. A.D. 100), Justin Martyr and Irenaeus (c. A.D. 150), Lactantius (c. A.D. 325), and Methodius, Bishop ...read more

  • Friends In The Church

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 7, 2011
     | 3,080 views

    FRIENDS IN THE CHURCH Flavil Yeakley decided to track one hundred new members within his church for six months. After six months, 90 percent of the actives had six or more friends in the congregation (average 7.3) ...read more

  • Sense Of Belonging

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 7, 2011
     | 3,477 views

    SENSE OF BELONGING Lyle Schaller’s research says that a third to a half of all Protestant church members do not feel a sense of ...read more

  • The Mother Of The Holiness Movement

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
     | 1,935 views

    THE MOTHER OF THE HOLINESS MOVEMENT From the book, "The Cure of All Ills", Revivalist record the impact of the prayer life of Phobe Palmer in the holiness movement. In this spiral of spiritual, social, moral and political degeneracy of the decade preceding 1857, God looked for a man, but he found ...read more

  • Higher Ground

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,408 views

    HIGHER GROUND The old hymn, “Higher Ground” is a spiritual declaration of one determined man Johnson Oatman, Jr. put to music! While some refuse to believe that our personal faith plays any real role in our spiritual growth and in experiencing Christian victory, in all my 20 years of preaching ...read more

  • Frank Boyd On Revival

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
     | 2,685 views

    FRANK BOYD ON REVIVAL Frank M. Boyd, an early Pentecostal instructor, said, "He expected all the students to be more filled with fire and love and zeal and more filled with the Spirit when they left than when they came. He said that when men had the Word without the Spirit they were often dead ...read more

  • Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great ...

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
     | 4,936 views

    Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great Awakening. It had been said about Rev. Charles Finney that his sermons were chain lightning, flashing conviction into the hearts of the stoutest skeptics. Simple as a child in his utterances, he sometimes startled his hearers by his unique prayers." He ...read more

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