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  • I Think God Gives Us Opportunities Like That To ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
     | 1,520 views

    I think God gives us opportunities like that to help us build our trust in Him. I used to go hiking and camping a lot by myself in the wilderness (not a good idea I know). But I remember getting lost once, and this was before I was even a Christian. I had literally no idea how to get back, and I ...read more

  • God's Will Is God's Word

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 8,461 views

    GOD’S WILL IS GOD’S WORD Jimmy is a professional fisherman. He makes his living fishing on the BASS (Bass Angler Sportsman Society) circuit. He is also a devout Christian and belongs to the FBC Keys, Oklahoma. This year, BASS made a ruling that to be eligible for the fisherman of the year award ...read more

  • God Is A Jealous God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,829 views

    GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more

  • A Professor In A World-Acclaimed Medical School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 3,953 views

    A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation -- and ethical problem -- to his students: "Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. The second had died. The third is deaf. The ...read more

  • Which Window?  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
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     | 6,901 views

    WHICH WINDOW? Catherine Marshall wrote: "My friend Marge had an experience aboard a plane bound for Cleveland, waiting for takeoff. As she settled into her seat, Marge noticed a strange phenomenon. On one side of the airplane a sunset suffused the entire sky with glorious color. But out of the ...read more

  • A Big Party Is Waiting For You At Home! (The Modern Prodigal Daughter)

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 15, 2022
     | 1,139 views

    I think you are all familiar with the parable that we call the “Story of the Prodigal Son.” Well, I want us to consider it again with a little different twist. Listen to the story in a modern setting as told by Philip Yancey in his book “What’s so Amazing about Grace?” Yancey tells of a prodigal ...read more

  • God's Will Done In God's Way Will Not Lack God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 19, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,411 views

    "God’s will done in God’s way will not lack God’s ...read more

  • Then God!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 18, 2007
     | 3,753 views

    THEN GOD! WHAT IS THE LITTLE AMONG SO GREAT A NEED? JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO! JESUS JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FAITH PHILIP HAD? PHILIP HAD THE FAITH --- BUT THEY LET GO OF THE FAITH --- THEN GOD! A. THERE IS MORE TO THE TEST THAN JUST REALIZING PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY! John 6:5 ...read more

  • God's ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
     | 4,574 views

    GOD’S GARDEN Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn. Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most ...read more

  • God's ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,434 views

    “God’s Protection” “Intercession for Our Armed Forces” Psalm 33:16-18 says “No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear ...read more

  • The Will Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 6,684 views

    George W. Truett said: "To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!" –(quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. ...read more

  • God Is

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 5,909 views

    GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

  • God's Will

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 12, 2014
     | 10,648 views

    Charles Swindoll from his book The Mystery of Gods Will (pgs 44-51) gives us the following insight in how we can know: 1. God leads us through His written Word. 2. God leads us through the inner prompting of the HS. 3. God leads us through the counsel of wise, qualified ...read more

  • Time Marches On  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,390 views

    TIME MARCHES ON There was once a middle aged man who was considering going back to school to get that degree he had always wanted. But he was balking at the idea because he was now over 50 and what good would it do him now. He went to his dad for advice and his dad asked him how long it would ...read more

  • God's Picture

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,761 views

    GOD'S PICTURE There's a story of a third grade student who was asked to draw a picture of what she thinks God looks like. The little girl showed the teacher - teacher said "Wait a minute, that looks like a man - that's not God!" And the little girl said "Well, I don't know what God ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
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    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • Knowing God, Hearing God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,857 views

    KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted ...read more

  • God's Work In God's Way  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,158 views

    GOD'S WORK IN GOD'S WAY Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning...He sustained 3 million Israelites in the ...read more

  • Your God Is God" From ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,953 views

    "Your God is God" from wingclips.com In 1994, Heidi and Rolland Baker arrived in Mozambique amidst the hard times following the Mozambique Civil War. Even the Red Cross trucks were not safe and were bombed. During the hard times, sometimes even threatened by death, Heidi and ...read more

  • My God, My God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010
     | 3,565 views

    MY GOD, MY GOD Jesus' lonely cry of, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!" is a desperate cry of loneliness. I believe this was the worst and the most horrible part of the crucifixion for Jesus. I believe it was worst than the beatings, the betrayal of Judas, the desertion of the disciples, ...read more