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  • Fire Your Rockets  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Mar 25, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 2,097 views

    "Fire Your Rockets" I read with interest this past week about the Astronaut who dropped a 10 pound wrench into space, and they had to fire the rockets in the space shuttle to avoid this wrench hitting their cabin and taking all the pressure out, and killing them all in space. Imagine! A 10 pound ...read more

  • A Counterfeiter Made A Mistake In Printing Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,608 views

    A counterfeiter made a mistake in printing up some funny money. Instead of printing fifty-dollar bills, he mistakenly printed up thirty-dollar bills. Not wanting to let his paper and ink go to waste he decided to pass them off on "those dumb cajans in south Louisiana". His first stop was at Mr. ...read more

  • The Window To Your Life

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 13, 2012
     | 1,974 views

    THE WINDOW TO YOUR LIFE If your life were a window with the world on one side and Jesus on the other then how clearly would those who know you be able to know Him? Is the window too dirty to see thru? Are the shades down most of the time? Do you only open them when you go to church? God calls ...read more

  • You're The Best  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,463 views

    YOU’RE THE BEST My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you’ll be a general; if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. SOURCE: Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist. Citation: Celebrating Mother: A Book ...read more

  • Jesus Lifted Up The Spirit Of A Discouraged ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 10, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 5,299 views

    Jesus lifted up the spirit of a discouraged preacher who retired early because of what happened to him. "In the Pentecostal Evangel church leader George U. Wood writes: "Have you ever heard a healing take place? I have. I listened to an audiotape of Duane Miller teaching his Sunday school ...read more

  • God Has A Way For Getting Your Need Met, Your ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
     | 1,911 views

    God has a way for getting your need met, your problem solved. That way is rooted in your faith’s becoming a SEED When you plant a seed, God changes the nature of that seed so that it becomes a plant, and the power of life surges in that tender young plant to such a great extent that even a ...read more

  • Remember Your Sword

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,506 views

    Remember Your Sword Prop: Butter Knife and large Sword First let me say I collect and sell swords for a living so it wasn’t hard for me to get a real sword you may have to make a prop sword. Be careful if you bring a real one and make sure no one gets near it. In our church we have a 5 minute ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Said This About Redemption, "It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,075 views

    C.S. Lewis said this about redemption, “It is not an abstraction called humanity that is to be saved. It is you, …your soul, and, in some sense yet to be understood, even your body, that was made for the high and holy place. All that you are…every fold and crease of your individuality was devised ...read more

  • Pumping Up Balloon - Watch What ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 24, 2007
     | 1,217 views

    Illustration: Pumping up balloon - watch what happens when pride is in control of ones life. Kapteyn helps us see what happens with pride along with some of my observations: Pride is what hurts us in our relationships - in church, in families, (at work, at school), with friends. Pride makes us ...read more

  • Three Little Pigs—follow Up

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,995 views

    THREE LITTLE PIGS--FOLLOW UP Once there was a mother pig who had three little pigs. The pigs left their mother’s pen to live out their lives in the best way possible. The first little pig had not gone far when he decided to base his life on the pursuit of happiness. The pig did whatever made ...read more

  • Insuring Your Voice

    Contributed by John Perry on Dec 13, 2010
     | 2,392 views

    INSURING YOUR VOICE Friends of George Burns have always kidded him about his singing. Burns, a master of self-deprecating humour, decided to take advantage of this and insure his voice for a million dollars. He thought it would be a wonderful publicity stunt. "I was so excited," said Burns, "I ...read more

  • Up In The Northern Parts Near The Source Of The ...

    Contributed by James Stewart on Nov 17, 2006
     | 1,525 views

    Up in the northern parts near the source of the Mississippi, it was a bitterly cold winter, and the Mississippi River had frozen over. There was a man who, rather than going to the bridge, decided he would walk across the frozen ice. He didn’t see anyone else out there. It looked so crusty and so ...read more

  • Your Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 1,900 views

    YOUR WILL GIVES OUT FIRST I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school, I could not understand how some of these guys did it, they could run and be fine at the finish line, I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the ...read more

  • Choosing Your Attitude

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024
     | 565 views

    In his book Take the Stairs, Roy Vaden tells of visiting Jamaica and complaining to the cab driver about the rain. The cab driver smiled and responded, “In Jamaica, man, we don’t have rain; we only have liquid sunshine.” As they drove through town, Vaden commented on how annoying all the speed ...read more

  • Shackleton Found Them Ready  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,986 views

    Illustration: Shackleton Found Them Ready While on one of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on Elephant Island, with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to England. But he was unavoidably delayed, and by the ...read more

  • Having Your "Rights"

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Mar 2, 2009
     | 2,083 views

    HAVING YOUR "RIGHTS" Dr. Ironside tells a story from his childhood we should all remember: "Many years ago as a little fellow I attended a meeting in Toronto where some difficulty had come up between brethren and they did as the apostle suggests. My dear mother took me along . . . and I well ...read more

  • Knowing Your Destiny

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Feb 15, 2008
     | 2,669 views

    QUOTE: (John Bevere, Driven by Eternity). “Are you fulfilling your destiny? You may think, “But I don’t know what I’m called to do!” There could be a couple of reasons for this. First, have you sought God earnestly? If anyone earnestly seeks God… he will be shown what he’s been put on the earth ...read more

  • Your Chains Are Gone

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
     | 3,648 views

    Your Chains Are Gone You will never be a visionary if you cannot see your future. I had a Lab when we were pastored before, and I kept her on a chain. In a few days she had worn the ground to dirt all the way to the end of her chain. She would take off and stop at the dirt just before the ...read more

  • Henny Youngman In Take My Book, Please Told This ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
     | 690 views

    Henny Youngman in Take My Book, Please told this story: A father was explaining ethics to his son, who was about to go into business. "Suppose a woman comes in and orders $100 worth of material. You wrap it up and give it to her. She pays you with a $100 bill. As she goes out the door you ...read more

  • When Mahatma Gandhi Went To Vatican And Saw A ...

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Apr 9, 2006
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     | 1,779 views

    When Mahatma Gandhi went to Vatican and saw a portrait of the crucifixion and could not take his eyes off it, wrote later, “It was not without a wrench that I could tear myself away from that scene of living tragedy. I saw there at once that nations, like individuals, could only be made through ...read more

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