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  • Augustine Prayed, "Grant, Lord, That I May Know ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 19, 2009
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    Augustine prayed, "Grant, Lord, that I may know myself ...read more

  • Give Me All, And I'll Give You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    GIVE ME ALL, AND I’LL GIVE YOU ME In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: Christ says, "Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I ...read more

  • One Of My Good Friends From Ozark Is A Guy Named ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
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    One of my good friends from Ozark is a guy named Eric. I remember one day Eric told me this story. Eric was entering theater class and it was the last class of the day. He walked in, the regular teacher was not there so there was a substitute teacher. He was the first person in class and the ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
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    FOCUS ON CHRIST The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some ...read more

  • Titanic: Code Of Honor

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Sep 10, 2011
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    TITANIC: CODE OF HONOR I bet a lot of you remember the movie Titanic. That song came out, and for a few days we loved Celine Dion, until we'd heard it so many times we started wishing we could put her on that boat to sink with the rest of them. Titanic was a movie that was loosely based on the ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
     | 1,462 views

    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • Survivorman And Esau

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
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    SURVIVORMAN AND ESAU I love to watch things like Survivorman - he goes all over the world and survives in the harshest enviornments. But he is like Esau! Self-sufficient, I have never seen him bow his head in prayer and ask God for help; I ...read more

  • The Ram And The Cowboy

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 4, 2012
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    THE RAM AND THE COWBOY A couple of years ago in the Rocky Mountains a bighorn ram approached the home of a man named Ed Bailey while he was watching football on television. The bighorn stopped suddenly, seeing its reflection in a plate glass window. Thinking it was another ram, the bighorn bowed ...read more

  • The Connected Life

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 10, 2012
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    THE CONNECTED LIFE In his novel, Edge of Eternity, Randy Alcorn has the main character, Nick, reflect upon how different things are now that He has encountered the risen, reigning Lord Jesus Christ. "I remembered now why I'd stopped looking at the stars. They made me feel so lonely, so ...read more

  • Changing Our Lives Due To The Harshness Of This ...

    Contributed by Michael Hahn on Apr 14, 2012
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    Changing our lives due to the harshness of this world - Coming or going: leaving or staying? Which one will we be happy doing? The psalmist wrote: "Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour ...read more

  • Poor I-Sight

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
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    POOR I-SIGHT We suffer from poor I-sight. Not eyesight, a matter of distorted vision that lenses can correct, but I-sight. Poor I-sight blurs your view, not of the world, but of yourself. Some see self too highly. Maybe it's the PhD or pedigree. A tattoo can do it; so can a new truck or the Nobel ...read more

  • The Trouble Telescope  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 8, 2013
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    THE TROUBLE TELESCOPE Most of you have seen the wonderful images from the Hubble Space Telescope. From the far reaches of space, we're able to see God's most breathtaking creations. Do you remember that in the beginning the Hubble Space Telescope was not the wonderful machine that it is today. ...read more

  • I've Been Reading "The Journal Of John Wesley". ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 8, 2000
    based on 116 ratings
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    I’ve been reading "The Journal of John Wesley". In the entry for 24th May 1738, he wrote a detailed account of his spiritual pilgrimage. As a young boy in the family of a clergyman he had been "carefully taught" that salvation could only be obtained by "keeping all the commandments of God." Over ...read more

  • Eliminate The Little Sins

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Apr 12, 2006
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    Eliminate the Little Sins (7) When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of spiritual growth and self-denial, he gets rid of the large, obvious sins. But sad to say, many believers stop ...read more

  • Suburban Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    SUBURBAN OUTREACH Calvin Miller teaches in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Beeson Divinity School. He recently wrote a provocative article entitled, "Rethinking Suburban Evangelism," on the challenge taking the gospel to people who sense no need: "Suburbia: the push-button Zion of those who have made ...read more

  • Never Feel Self-Pity, The Most Destructive ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the ...read more

  • Self-Righteous Service Comes Through Human ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside. Self-righteous service is impressed with the "big deal." True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service. Self-righteous service ...read more

  • Gifted Leaders Who Are Self-Centered And Loveless ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 27, 2005
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    Gifted leaders who are self-centered and loveless are a blight to the church rather than a blessing (1) a leader works; (2) a leader sees his assignment as responsibility rather than rank or privilege; (3) a leader wants strong, capable, self-assured, independent associates; (4) a leader creates ...read more

  • Excluding The Self-Employed, The Average U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Excluding the self-employed, the average U.S. worker earns $16.17 per ...read more

  • Phil Connors Is A Self-Centered Weather Reporter ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 9, 2006
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    Phil Connors is a self-centered weather reporter who is experiencing one heck of a day. In fact, he’s reliving this one day over and over again, the same day repeating itself it’s - Groundhog day. Every day is exactly the same in the way it unfolds. Phil knows everything that’s going to happen ...read more