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  • Hostile Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    HOSTILE HEART Beware the hostile heart. That's the warning of Dr. Redford Williams from Duke University's Behavioral Medicine Research Center. He has been saying for years that having a hostile personalities can kill us--most often by heart disease but also by injuries and accidents. Anger speeds ...read more

  • Keep The Springs Pure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
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    KEEP THE SPRINGS PURE The family’s water supply came from a spring just a few feet from the house. The pure, cold, sweet water bubbled up through a large pipe about the size of a barrel that had been sunk in the ground. One morning two huge frogs were found in the spring. No one wanted to drink ...read more

  • The Wonder Of The Human Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE WONDER OF THE HUMAN HEART Consider the power of your heart. It averages beating about eighty times a minute and the average cardiac output is about six liters of blood every minute. The next time you are in Walmart, go to the aisle where all the two liter drinks are and consider that every ...read more

  • When Ptolemy Was In Charge Of Egypt, He ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 1, 2012
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    When Ptolemy was in charge of Egypt, he commissioned a great architect named Sostratus of Cnidius, a skillful architect, to build, what came to be one of the great seven wonders of the ancient world. The Light House of Alexandria was over 400 feet tall and built it with the masonry stones, which ...read more

  • A Personal Surgery

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 22, 2012
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    A PERSONAL SURGERY Dr. Evan Kane was the head of Summit hospital in New York, in the 1920s. At that time when they operated they used general anesthesia. Dr. Kane felt, local anesthesia would do and would help patient do better, and recovery would be quicker. His theory seemed true, but no one ...read more

  • What Time Is It?  PRO

    Contributed by Rod Elmore on Feb 18, 2013
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    WHAT TIME IS IT? An old man was standing on a crowded bus. A young man standing next to him asked, "What time is it?" The old man said nothing. As the young man walked away, the old man's friend asked, "Why were you so rude to the young man?" The old man answered, "If I had given him the time ...read more

  • The Heart Of A Child  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Apr 18, 2001
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    THE HEART OF A CHILD Whatever you write on the heart of a child, no water can wash away. The sands may be shifted when billows are wild and the efforts of time may decay. Some stories may perish, some songs be forgot, but this engraved record, time changes it not. Whatever you write in the heart of ...read more

  • A Missionary Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002
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    Stuart Robinson says ‘Jesus modelled what it means to have a missionary heart in coming to earth, to seek us out. His cultural sacrifice, of giving up heaven to save humanity, is the apex of missionary strategy. If He could give up the glories of heaven, we could give up Western dress, ...read more

  • The Mother's Heart

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 14, 2004
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    "The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom." ~By Henry Ward ...read more

  • The Giving Heart

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 5, 2005
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    THE GIVING HEART The heart does not receive blood to store it up. While it pumps blood in at one valve, it sends it out at another. The blood is always circulating everywhere, and is never stagnant. The same is true of all the fluids in a healthy body; they are in a constant state of ...read more

  • Heart Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,597 views

    “HEART OF WORSHIP” There’s a recent song that was written by a young man who lead the worship at church. He was an extremely talented singer, but the preacher there took him aside and told him that he could not lead the singing at church until things changed because he saw that he was more ...read more

  • Happiness Is In The Heart, Not In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Happiness is in the heart, not in the ...read more

  • Servant's Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Servant’s Heart A minister shared how in his church they were in desperate need of a person to teach a junior high boys class. • Those willing to do it came down to a list with one name on it. • When the minister heard the name he said, ‘You have got to be kidding’. He says now ...read more

  • Heart Prints

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Heart Prints Whatever our hands touch We leave fingerprints On walls, on furniture On doorknobs, dishes, books. There’s no escape. As we touch we leave our identity. Oh God, wherever I go today Help me leave heartprints Heartprints of compassion Of understanding and love. Heartprints ...read more

  • The Heart Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,060 views

    ILL: The Heart of Worship There’s a recent song that was written by a young man who lead the worship at church. He was an extremely talented singer, but the preacher there took him aside and told him that he could not lead the singing at church until things changed because he saw that he was more ...read more

  • The Heart Of An Evangelist

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    THE HEART OF AN EVANGELIST While speaking in London, evangelist D. L. Moody was approached by a British companion who wanted to know the secret of Moody’s success in leading people to Christ. Moody directed the man to his hotel window and asked, "What do you see?" The man looked down on the square ...read more

  • A Heart Of Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    A heart of sacrifice i. ((Lk 10:34-35) "He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I ...read more

  • Heart Attacks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,744 views

    HEART ATTACKS Did you know that tension exhibits itself in the from of stress? And stress is not always caused by negative things; it is also caused by positive things in your life. For instance, Mike Parker was recovering from a severe heart attack, and the doctor said there should be no ...read more

  • A Wise Heart ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Wise Heart Cry James, the half brother of Jesus, gives the Christian a powerful truth, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). The Body of Christ is called to make disciples and this calling is ...read more

  • The Heart Of Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,378 views

    THE HEART OF WORSHIP In late 1990's in Watford, England, Matt Redman's church had a high caliber praise band and worship team, yet the pastor knew that the congregation had lost its way in worship. So the Pastor asked "When you come through the doors on a Sunday, what are you bringing as your ...read more