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  • I Don't Feel Old. I Don't Feel Anything Until ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,407 views

    I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then ...read more

  • Don't Fear Your Capture

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
     | 2,054 views

    DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be. Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Test ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008
     | 1,810 views

    I don’t want to Test God I don’t want to reject God All I want is for Him to bring me into that place where I can hear his voice. We need to be real with God. Just like God called Adam from the midst of the Garden. And asked “ Where are you?” The Savior is calling today and saying Come unto ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be A Fireman

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011
     | 1,485 views

    I DON'T WANT TO BE A FIREMAN I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what ...read more

  • What I Don't Want To Be

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
     | 4,545 views

    WHAT I DON'T WANT TO BE I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what he was ...read more

  • Don't Underestimate An Act Of Love

    Contributed by Billy Noel on May 18, 2009
     | 2,510 views

    DON'T UNDERESTIMATE AN ACT OF LOVE One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must ...read more

  • They That Give Up Essential Liberty To Obtain A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,394 views

    They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve ...read more

  • Love Is The Willingness To Give Up A Part Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,843 views

    "Love is the willingness to give up a part of yourself you think you know, to discover a part of ...read more

  • As A Final Incentive Before Giving Up A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,873 views

    "As a final incentive before giving up a difficult task, try to imagine it successfully completed ...read more

  • Love Doesn't Give Up

    Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
     | 2,808 views

    LOVE DOESN'T GIVE UP I came across an article in the paper this week that had the heading "A Mother's Love and Determination." And the subtitle "Refusing to give up, Cynthia Teare helped her son to walk again." I caught my attention because out theme today is "Love is... determined." It's the ...read more

  • Giving Up Is Better Than Ecstasy

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    GIVING UP IS BETTER THAN ECSTASY Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ...read more

  • What Will You Give Up To Win?

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    What Will You Give Up To Win? Two paddleboats were leaving Memphis at about the same time. They were traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one boat made a comment about the slow pace of the other boat. Words were exchanged, challenges ...read more

  • You Don't Have To Go!  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,496 views

    YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO! “One day, when Vice-President Calvin Coolidge was presiding over the Senate, one senator angrily told another to go “straight to hell.” The offended Senator complained to Coolidge as presiding officer, and Coolidge looked up from the book he had been leafing through while ...read more

  • I Don’t Believe In Karma

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 2, 2021
     | 1,301 views

    Some people believe in karma, but I don’t. Some people believe what you do will come back on you some way or the other. I do believe that everything you do does have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are small and insignificant and sometimes rather large and unbearing. Recently, my truck ...read more

  • People Don't Pay Attention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,291 views

    PEOPLE DON’T PAY ATTENTION Most people ascribe to the belief that seeing is believing. What you see is what you get. In January 2007, the Washington Post did an experiment to test what people see. They arranged for a young man named Joshua Bell to play music at the Metro station. By most measures, ...read more

  • You Don't Have To Go

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Oct 8, 2009
     | 3,000 views

    YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO Calvin Coolidge was vice president of the United States during the years of 1921-1923, under President Warren Harding. He was not a very active vice president, but he took great pleasure in presiding over the Senate. One day, as he was presiding, one senator angrily told ...read more

  • Don't Forget About Growing

    Contributed by David Moore on Feb 18, 2010
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    DON'T FORGET ABOUT GROWING In N. Ireland, during the troubles there, some of those caught up in paramilitary violence would be converted, and no sooner were they saved than they were paraded from church to church sharing their testimony as an ex-paramilitary. Such events often drew large crowds, ...read more

  • Don't Ever Trust Anyone...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,022 views

    DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE... "There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the back porch. He then went down, stood on the lawn, and encouraged the little fellow to jump into his arms. 'I'll catch you,' the father said confidently. After a lot of ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be A Saint...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 1, 2011
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     | 4,695 views

    "I DON'T WANT TO BE A SAINT..." So the Bible clearly teaches that everyone who has been sanctified and set apart by God is a saint. I read a story earlier this week about a Wisconsin mom who was trying to teach her kids how God sees them. She told them that when they receive Jesus as Savior that ...read more

  • Don't Waste Your Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,586 views

    DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE In his book Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper recounts a story his father often told of his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence. Piper writes: "The church had prayed for ...read more