Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2005
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Once there were these 3 guys who needed to get to a town called Perfection in one day. Perfection was 200 km away. One guy decided to save money and walk all the way. He started off at 6 in the morning. He only walked for a few hours and managed to cover 20 km. After that he was too pooped to carry
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Sep 16, 2006
On that fateful day in 1969, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a group of people were preparing to have a “hurricane party” in the face of a storm named Camille. They were not ignorant of the dangers; they were overconfident. They let their egos and their pride influence their decisions. What else
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
Erma Bombeck writes in one of her books, "When did I become the mother and the mother become the child? Does it begin one night when you are asleep and your mother is restless? And you go in her room and tuck the blanket around her bare arms? Does it appear one afternoon when, in a moment of
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
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A Prayer for Deliverance
1. Personally affirm your faith in Christ:
“Lord Jesus Christ, I believe You are the Son of God and the only way to God – that You died on the cross for my sins and rose again so that I might be forgiven and receive eternal life.”
2. Humble yourself:
“I renounce all
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Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Feb 12, 2004
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There once was a brier growing in a ditch when a gardener came along with his spade and dug it up. He dug around it and gently lifted it out of the ground, bringing the brier to ask itself, “What is he doing? Doesn’t he know I’m a worthless brier?” But the gardener took it and placed it in his
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Lutheran
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on May 23, 2009
THE BEST WE COULD SERVE YOU
There was once a man who went to the office every day in his expensive car, and made important decisions and signed big contracts. Often, the important man would enjoy business lunches with his clients, and would try to distract the attention of his influential guests
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Anglican
Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
One morning in December 2009, Bill McDonald read in the paper that a local man, Joe Day, was sick with small-cell lung cancer. That meant Day couldn’t assemble the magnificently lit, handcrafted Christmas displays that had made his house in Versailles, Indiana, an annual holiday pilgrimage site for
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Methodist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
Facing The Storm
In 1969, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a group of people were preparing to have a "hurricane party" in the face of a storm named Camille. Were they ignorant of the dangers? Could they have been overconfident? Did they let their egos and pride influence their decision? We’ll never
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Baptist
Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 25, 2007
Let me give you an example that has nothing to do with Christmas but in which the same principle applies.
We have all heard of St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis...a wonderful, wonderful organization that is deserves every bit of support that they get. This year they had an event called Country,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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The following information is from the website legendsofamerica.com. Foolish quotes from famous people:
"I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
- Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece
“I’ve read about
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST
In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD by Zachary Fisher, NY, NY. (Guideposts, 9/92).
My father was known as a bricklayer and a builder, but what mattered most to him was his good name.
I’m a builder. In my job I constantly find myself facing decisions. Some are easy to make, some are tough. And on some,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 10, 2005
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I read a recent magazine article about a pastor and his encounter with some unbelievers while having breakfast. Here is how he tells the story: “My wife and I were vacationing in Estes Park, Colorado, and had breakfast in a coffee shop. It was empty except for four men at another table. One was
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Methodist
We are called to be faithful in doing what God has called us to do.
The superintendent of a large school was concerned about the mess he found in so many of the classrooms he visited. Papers were often scattered on the floor, and the students’ desks were very messy. Feeling strongly that
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Independent/Bible