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  • Remember, Friend, God Can

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,356 views

    When you feel unlovable, unworthy, and unclean, when you think that no one can heal you, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that you are unforgivable for your guilt and your shame, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that all is hidden, and no one can see within, Remember, ...read more

  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,912 views

    A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn. It was the worst of times -1527-one of the most trying years of Luther’s life. On April 22, a dizzy spell forced Luther to stop preaching in the middle of his sermon. For ten years, since publishing his 95 Theses ...read more

  • God Can Use You  PRO

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,812 views

    ILLUS: God can use you The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember... Noah got drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too ...read more

  • God's Real Treasures Are Not To Be Found In A ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 1, 2007
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     | 2,364 views

    God’s real treasures are not to be found in a bank or in a safety deposit box or in bricks and mortar. His real treasure is beside you, your brother or your sister. ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,675 views

    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • How They Knew God's Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,185 views

    “How They Knew God’s Love” We tried to visit the lepers at least once a month, when they gathered out on the grass, and we went over what they had learned and sought to make clear the way of salvation by the use of Gospel posters. Sometimes we asked them questions, to see if they really ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,746 views

    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • Jim Rhodes: God's Complainer  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,408 views

    Jim Rhodes: God’s Complainer Driving through Mineral Wells, Texas, one afternoon in 1994, Jim Rhodes noticed many buildings standing vacant due to the shutdown of a local military base. "I always complain to God about things that bother me," says Rhodes, "so I asked him, ’Why aren’t these buildings ...read more

  • The Appeal To God's Sovereignty Is Not To Foster ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 1, 2007
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    The appeal to God’s sovereignty is not to foster hope that we will be spared all difficulty, but to foster confidence that when those difficulties come we are not abandoned. Things have not fallen out of hand. We can still rely on the God who has permitted us to face these things to supply us with ...read more

  • God's Hardening Is A Consequence Of Our ...

    Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 12, 2007
     | 2,222 views

    "God’s hardening is a consequence of our hardening our own hearts...God will harden none, damn none, unless they willfully reject His grace. Here is a sobering thought: If you enter eternity with a hard, ...read more

  • God Fulfills His Promise

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,705 views

    ILUSTRATION God gave me a dream one night, I was on the platform preaching in a large church with a pie shaped auditorium, and there were people there I knew and people I didn’t know. The presence of the Lord had inhabited the place and the glory was falling. God told me, this was my pastorate. Go ...read more

  • A Life Of Intimacy With God Is Characterized By ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Feb 4, 2008
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    "A Life of intimacy with God is Characterized by ...read more

  • God Is My Co-Pilot

    Contributed by Gordon Douglas on Mar 4, 2008
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     | 2,854 views

    GOD IS MY CO-PILOT - A few years ago someone coined the phrase, God is my co-pilot. There were bumper stickers available… other types of signs. Having flown a lot I never did fully understand that phrase. Do you know what the co-pilot does? He takes over when everything is going well… Or he ...read more

  • Did God Create Evil?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,052 views

    DID GOD CREATE EVIL? Does evil exist? The university professor challenged his students with this question. Did God create everything that exists? A student bravely replied "Yes, he did!" "God created everything?" The professor asked.” Yes sir", the student replied. The professor answered, "If ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God Is Always The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008
     | 2,492 views

    The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make ...read more

  • God Gave Me The Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,188 views

    GOD GAVE ME THE LIGHT I remember back when I graduated from college and was beginning to interview for ministry positions. I was being looked at by three churches, but I wanted God to be able to guide in where I would go, so I agreed to go to the first church that would give me the official call. ...read more

  • We Should Praise God

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,581 views

    WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD I heard someone say recently that if the only thing God has done in our lives is to save us – we should praise God from the rising of the sun through the darkness of the night. But He has done so much more for us than that. He has given you the sense of taste – so that you ...read more

  • Finding God's Will With A Mentalist: Pick A ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 2,472 views

    Finding God’s will with a mentalist: Pick a number between one and ten. Multiply that number by two. Add eight to the new number. Divide that number by two. Now subtract your original number from this result. Remember that number. If ...read more

  • Intro: Why God Made ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 12, 2008
     | 1,538 views

    INTRO: WHY GOD MADE MOMS: Answers given by 2nd grade school children: Why did God make mothers? 1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 2. Mostly to clean the house. 3. To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? 1. He used dirt, just like ...read more

  • Loneliness Affects Belief In God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,945 views

    LONELINESS AFFECTS BELIEF IN GOD People who feel lonely or isolated are more likely to believe in God and the supernatural, according to University of Chicago researcher Nicholas Epley. Lonely people try to create social connections by reaching out to old friends, making new ones, or believing in ...read more

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