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  • I Read Recently About A Group Of Women Who Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 26, 2007
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    I read recently about a group of women who were studying the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." (Malachi 3:3) This verse kind of puzzled the women and they wondered what this statement ...read more

  • Armor That Holds Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
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    ARMOR THAT HOLDS UP I came across what I thought was a rather interesting story this week as I was preparing for this message. It was a story detailing a class action law suit aimed at a company called Second Chance Body Armor. Second Chance manufactures bullet proof vests for police officers and ...read more

  • Special Delivery: Miracle Mandy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    SPECIAL DELIVERY: MIRACLE MANDY The doctor told Marsha Mark and her husband they needed to accept the fact they would never have biological children. Amid the discouragement, Marsha clung to a friend's words: "Somehow, Marsha, God is going to use your struggle with infertility for his glory." ...read more

  • Sometimes A Thing Has To Be Repeated Until We ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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    Sometimes a thing has to be repeated until we hear and understand.A man asked his physician what to do about his wife’s hearing, which he felt was deteriorating. The doctor suggested a little test, which the man applied. He went home and found his wife working at the kitchen sink. Just inside the ...read more

  • V ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    VALUED David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways CEO, meets 95% of new employees on their first work day. From day one he demonstrates he values them. He also sets aside one day each week to travel on JetBlue flights, where he serves beverages and cleans planes. In 2002, JetBlue wanted to hire 2,000 team ...read more

  • Now We Can Start Over

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    "NOW WE CAN START OVER" Thomas Edison’s manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December 1914. Edison lost almost $1 million worth of equipment and the record of much of his work. The next morning, walking about the charred embers of his hopes and ...read more

  • An English Preacher Of The Last Generation Used ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    An English preacher of the last generation used to say that he cared very little what he said the first half hour, but he cared a very great deal what he said the last fifteen minutes. I remember reading many years ago an address published to students by Henry Ward Beecher, in which he gave a very ...read more

  • Real Faith

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
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    REAL FAITH The classic test an atheist will give to prove there is no God is this: "If there is a God, let him kill me right now". When nothing happens, they will confidently claim, "See there is no God, for I am still alive and well." Now if we were to ask the atheist, "What if someone came up to ...read more

  • Firestorms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
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    FIRESTORMS I was at Boy Scout Camp when I discovered the terrible damage a fire storm could do to my life. It was a lazy afternoon very hot and dry. John and I were sent back to camp to start dinner for the guys. When I got back to camp, I discovered that the camp fire looked as if it had gone ...read more

  • Great Barrier Reef: Challenges Grow Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    GREAT BARRIER REEF: CHALLENGES GROW US Australia’s Barrier Reef. The reef has to fight for survival every day of its life. As it is challenged and tested it changes and adapts. It grows healthy and strong. And it reproduces. That is how it is with people too. When challenged and tested, we come ...read more

  • A Teacher Gave Her Class Of Second Graders A ...

    Contributed by Neil Chitty on Jan 23, 2008
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    A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: " My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?" When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was ...read more

  • Pastor Charles Stanley—who Is An Author And Bible ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 14, 2007
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    Pastor Charles Stanley—who is an author and Bible teacher—tells this story from his seminary days. He writes: “One of my most memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating the concept of grace for his students. At the end of his evangelism course he would hand out the exam ...read more

  • Jas 3:5 Likewise The Tongue Is A Small Part Of ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
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    Jas 3:5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. Jas 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole ...read more

  • Your Affirmation Can Help To Effect That Sense ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Your affirmation can help to effect that sense of importance in another. Sometimes the touch of love is more verbal than physical. Sherman Rogers has written a book about logging in the Pacific Northwest. As a young man he worked in a logging camp, and on one occasion the boss needed to be away ...read more

  • In The Book, No Bad Dogs, By British Dog Trainer ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
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    In the book, No Bad Dogs, by British dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse, she says dogs understand love better than we do. She writes, “In a dog’s mind, a master or a mistress to love, honor, and obey is an absolute necessity. The love is dormant in the dog until brought into full bloom by an ...read more

  • Jesus And The Final Exam: Communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 4, 2000
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    JESUS AND THE FINAL EXAM: COMMUNION MEDITATION Steve Winger told of his last college exam in Logic class. The professor was known for giving difficult exams but made one concession for the final exam. "To help on your test," the professor told us, "you can bring as much information as can fit ...read more

  • If God Is To Develop His Plan In Your Life And ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
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    If God is to develop His plan in your life and you are to work at it with all your heart, then you must grow new spiritual muscle for the challenge. As a runner begins to train, his or her entire being is transformed. Within weeks of starting training the runner actually grows new capillaries. ...read more

  • Real Courage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    REAL COURAGE "Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much deeper and much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, ...read more

  • Experience Is The Worst Teacher; It Gives The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before ...read more

  • Being Ready

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Oct 1, 2016
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    Being Ready Luke 12: 32-38 This illustration is about not being afraid for the return of the Master. When I was a young boy in the Fourth Grade at Yost Elementary School, our teacher, Mrs. Conley, would periodically leave the room and say, “I’ll be back in a few minutes. Just work quietly at ...read more

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