Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I want to close by sharing the Devil’s Beatitudes with you.
1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend even an hour once a week with their fellow Christians – they are my best workers.
2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked --
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Salvation (S)
Warren Wiersbe explains to us how profound the use of this word was:
The word tetelestai is unfamiliar to us, but it was used by various people in everyday life in those days. A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, "I have completed the work assigned to me" (see
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One Neat Dad from a Treasury of Bible Illustrations:
Did you ever notice in the TV family The Walton’s how the father was always available; or in Little House on The Prairie, how Laura’s dad was always there for the tight squeezes? Contrast these situations with the modern dad who is gone from
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
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While we are reviewing the Ten Commandments, let me also give you some “sign language” to remember all ten in order.
1 – Raise your index finger – I am the Lord, your God. You shall have no other gods before me.
2 – Raise your first two fingers – The second looks like the first – but it isn’t.
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Pentecostal
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I shall never the first time that I was able to take communion. For years, I had sat back and took far too much heart and thought into those who took on communion “unworthily.” The first time that I took communion was the Thursday of the preceding Easter Sunday of 1990.
I was at Texas Bible
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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But first a chance for you to laugh a little once again with my top twelve common words as redefined by parents with children.
12. DUMB WAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
11. DEFENSE: what you’d better have around the yard if you’re going to let the children play
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
* On the night of April 14, 1912, during its first trip from England to New York, the Titanic struck an iceberg. The collision tore a 300-foot gash in its hull, and in 2½ hours the unsinkable ship sank. Some 1500 people died.
* On May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the mighty German Zeppelin,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
PROPER ATTITUDE
- Ephesians 5:18-20
>1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.
Chuck Swindoll said: “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
Since the beginning of time people have fought with each other
A group of historians has compiled the following info.
In the last 5600 years the world has seen only 292 years of peace
During this same period there have been 14,351 wars
In which 3.64 billion people have been killed
The property
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
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Since some of the best illustrations are what not to do, I offer a few tips on How to Turn a Disagreement into a Feud:
1. Be sure to develop and maintain a fear of conflict, letting your own feelings build up so you are in an explosive frame of mind.
2. If you must state your concerns, be as vague
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
WHERE’S THE FIRE?
In a small town, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone rang.
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