Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2008
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,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
Greek philosopher Antisthenes once said, “Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the
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Contributed by W F on Jun 4, 2006
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they
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*other
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 18, 2011
WHAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION?
Two friends were sitting together in a café when a noisy car alarm interrupted their conversation. One friend said: "What good are car alarms when no one pays any attention to them?"
The other friend said "Some are quite effective. Last summer, my teenager spent a lot
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Brethren
Contributed by William Neel on Jan 13, 2003
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In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:
There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 28, 2009
PAY FOR THE EGGS
Charles Spurgeon and his wife, according to a story in the Chaplain magazine, would sell, but refused to give away, the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, "You may have them if you pay for them." As a result, some people labeled the Spurgeons greedy and
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Methodist
Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007
In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:
“There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five
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Baptist
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 8, 2002
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The attention of the country was recently focused on a high school football game in McDermott, Ohio. In the final quarter, Dave Frants and Derek Dewit, the rival coaches called a timeout, conferred together, and agreed upon a highly unusual play. On one team was 17-year old Jake Porter, a
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Congregational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 5, 2010
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HOW TO GET ATTENTION
This is the story of George Phillips of Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 11, 2008
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You’re driving a bus for Sunday school. At your first stop you pick up 7 kids. At the next stop you pick up 4 kids and at the next stop 6 kids. You drop them all off and go out for more. The next three stops you get 5 kids each and the last stop 2, and actually drop off 3. How old is the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
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Noted writer Richard Foster said, “ One of the greatest expressions of love is simply to notice
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