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  • Have Some Ice Cream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 342 ratings
     | 2,233 views

    Received in an e-mail Have Some Ice Cream "Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. ...read more

  • I Refuse To Be Discouraged  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 1, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 7,234 views

    To Think About:   I Refuse to be Discouraged. I refuse to be discouraged, To be sad, or to cry; I refuse to be downhearted, and here’s the reason why . . . I have a God who’s mighty, Who’s sovereign and supreme; I have a God who loves me, and I am on His team. He is all wise and powerful, Jesus ...read more

  • 300,000 Visits For Myself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,618 views

    300,000 VISITS FOR MYSELF Jimmy Carter, in his autobiography WHY NOT THE BEST? shared an incident that made him aware of his lack of evangelical fervor. Each year the congregation of Plains Baptist Church holds a one-week revival service. In preparation for the week, the leaders of the ...read more

  • In The Power Of The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 30, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,707 views

    IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT As a young man, Oswald Chambers, who wrote the materials that became My Utmost For His Highest, battled a persistent sense of barrenness in his Christian life. He finally wrote: I was getting desperate. I knew no one who had what I wanted; in fact I did not know what ...read more

  • Beware Of Human Add Ons; It's Like When You Go To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,074 views

    Beware of human add ons; It’s like when you go to a store like Wal Mart or Makro and you buy loads of stuff and you think its really cheap till you go through the check out and you find out they havent added the VAT on until you ready to pay as you go through the check out.. There is a big add on ...read more

  • In 2002 At Because Of The Times, One Of The ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007
     | 1,652 views

    In 2002 at Because of the Times, one of the concluding times of one of the services, Bro. Anthony Mangun asked for Sis. Kilgore to come and pray over the ministers that were there. Little did anyone realize that in just 3 ½ months, in the month of May, that Sis. Kilgore would be promoted to a ...read more

  • Fellowship Of The Unashamed

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 10, 2007
     | 3,489 views

    Pastor Paul Ciniraj of India wrote these words: “I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the power of the Holy Spirit. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I’m a disciple of Jesus. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be ...read more

  • Three Stages Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,667 views

    THREE STAGES OF LIFE John Claypool, at one time pastor of the Crescent Hill Baptist Church, had a little daughter who suffered with leukemia. When she went into remission, everybody thought that maybe God had healed her. But on an Easter Sunday morning, she went into a terrible relapse. In his ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Shared This With Me A Few Days ...

    Contributed by Robert Harmon on Aug 9, 2009
     | 4,464 views

    A friend of mine shared this with me a few days ago after suffering the loss of his beloved wife. She sent this to him the day she was involved in a serious car accident. He has found a great deal of peace from the words... G U I D A N C E Author Unknown When I meditated on the word GUIDANCE, I ...read more

  • Andrew Jackson Needs To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 4,972 views

    ANDREW JACKSON NEEDS TO REPENT I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright. He became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. Cartwright personally baptized over 12,000 people during his ministry. He was a Circuit rider and spent most of his ...read more

  • Courage: Breaking The Barrier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,319 views

    COURAGE: BREAKING THE BARRIER Seek courage and strength to move out of your comfort zone. You will need it. Even the smallest of changes even if they are for the best disrupts our relational systems. Without courage, without trusted companions, and with strength, growth and maturity will never ...read more

  • Missionaries Martyrdom In Turkey At The Hand Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 2,544 views

    Missionaries Martyrdom in Turkey at the Hand of Muslims in 2007 On April 18, 2007, five Muslims entered a Christian publishing company and killed three believers in the southeastern province of Malatya. The 3 believers, Tilmann Geske (a German missionary), Turkish Pastor Necati Aydin and Ugur ...read more

  • On Self-Control  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,297 views

    ON SELF-CONTROL When I’m at the pizza buffet and I’ve already had more than enough to eat, and I know there’s a good chance another slice will make me miserable for the next 3-4 hours and I eat it anyway .... I lack self control. When I decide to stay up late and play video games or surf the ...read more

  • Learning To Play One's Instrument To God's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
     | 4,916 views

    Learning to Play One’s Instrument to God’s Glory Does anyone here remember taking music class in grade school? When you first join a music class you are given an instrument to play. You really don’t have much of a choice in what you play. The instructor simply assigns you the instruments based on ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
     | 3,813 views

    Contrasting Poems on Servanthood Matthew 20:28 "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." If He came to serve, what must we do? ILL.- “I gave a little party this afternoon at three— ’Twas very small Three guests in all Just I, Myself, and ...read more

  • I Want To Close By Sharing Something Gary Gunn ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 11, 2010
     | 1,287 views

    I want to close by sharing something Gary Gunn told us about at our last Men’s Prayer Breakfast. Several years back, Steven, a young man with AIDS started attending our church. (This was back in the time when AIDS was scary to most people and we didn’t know a lot about it.) The sickness slowly ...read more

  • It's Ok To Clap

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 1,456 views

    IT'S OK TO CLAP In 1989, I was an intern pastor at Boston Avenue UMC, a 8,300 member church in downtown Tulsa, OK. Let me give you an image of our worship service. We wore full robes and vestments, we processed with a choir of more than 60 people with the the cross leading the way. We sang hymns ...read more

  • Shoot The Moon

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 17, 2011
     | 1,838 views

    SHOOT THE MOON The other day I needed to take my mind off things, so I opened my computer and played a game of hearts. Now, like all card games, no matter how diligent you play, there's time when the unexpected happens, and you're hand turns to disaster. One sneaky move from an opponent and it's ...read more

  • Rubbing Shoulders With God

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 5, 2011
     | 2,469 views

    RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH GOD We visited Our Lady of Quebec, the Cathedral Basilica in old Quebec City. I had a plethora of emotions upon entering this bastion of structures, dating back 365 years, having been built in 1647. It continues its stately gaze as the oldest parish church in North America. ...read more

  • Christ Brings Unity

    Contributed by David Ward on Aug 15, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,886 views

    CHRIST BRINGS UNITY Every three years InterVarsity Christian Fellowship sponsors the Urbana Conference, a gathering that challenges university students to get involved in world evangelization. About 16,000 students from around the world attended the 2009 conference. After the main session each ...read more