Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jan 23, 2008
How to know if you are getting Spiritually dry
a. When there is no desire for Bible study and prayer.
b. When spiritual conversation embarrasses you.
c. When you rationalize sin.
d. When you quote scripture and attend services, but it doesn’t make a difference in your life
e. When money dominates
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
There was a "One-Hour Dry Cleaners," on the other side of town, so a man drove out of his way to drop off a suit. After filling out the tag, he told the clerk, "I need this in an hour."
She said, "I can’t get this back to you until Thursday."
"I thought you did dry cleaning in an hour?"
"No," she
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 26, 2010
DRY TRUTH OR DYNAMIC LIES?
During my first year of ministry here, I asked a hypothetical question: If you had the choice of attending a church where the pastor believed and taught the Bible but was dry and not a very good speaker, or a church where the pastor believed that the Bible contained many
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ryan Yandris on Mar 7, 2003
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DRY WOOD: There is a difference between a dead saint and a dry saint. A dead saint is like a statue that never moves and eventually the pigeons will land on it and build their nest. But a dry saint is like dry wood, easily kindled. Dry wood just seems to catch on fire faster. Even though they have
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2001
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ILLUSTRATION:
When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed his secretary wrote (in his name) to a friend, "I am still in the land of the living." "Stop," said Owen. "Change that and say, I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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LAND OF THE DYING
When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed his secretary wrote (in his name) to a friend, "I am still in the land of the living."
"Stop," said Owen. "Change that and say, 'I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in the land of the living.'"
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"As soon as I stepped out of my mothers womb onto dry land, I realized I had made a mistakethat I shouldnt have come, but the trouble
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A Pastor was doing his Children's Church sermon where all the kids come down to the front & hear a story. The Pastor was discussing the story of Jonah. He quoted the Scripture from Jonah: "The Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land."
When the Pastor
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him onto dry land
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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CAN YOU SEE THE LAND?
It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman
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Contributed by David Whitten on May 27, 2002
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ILLUSTRATION from “Stories from the Heart”
It was a few weeks before Christmas 1917. The beautiful snowy landscapes of Europe were blackened by war.
The trenches on one side held the Germans and on the other side the trenches were filled with Americans. It was World War I. The exchange of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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This is the land of sin and death and tears...but up
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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HOW MUCH LAND?
In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything.
The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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"A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing. If you have not the Spirit of God, Christian worker, remember that you stand in somebody else’s way; you are a fruitless
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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This world is the land of the dying; the next is the
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 2, 2008
In pioneer days on the prairie lands, fires would sometimes ignite in the tall, dry grass. They would literally find themselves about to be consumed by the flames. The winds would push the flames much faster than they could run. Often even the horses couldn’t outrun the flames. There was no time
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Church Of God