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  • Singapore Story  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,529 views

    Singapore Story One Singaporean said to three Christians eating in a hawker’s stall, "Do you happen to be Christians?" They asked, "What makes you think so?" He said, "Well, you seem to be quite different from most people I know. That make me think you are Christians. But, you don’t act like ...read more

  • The Butcher And Chicken  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 32,532 views

    The Butcher and chicken: There is a story about a lady that went to the butcher to buy a chicken for her family’s dinner. The butcher had but one chicken left. She asked him to weigh it and it was clear that it was on the small side. When she asked if he hand another chicken he said sure and ...read more

  • Kurt Warner's Testimony: "Before Accepting Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 3,705 views

    Kurt Warner’s testimony: “Before accepting Jesus as my Lord I lived my life for only me. I never asked God what he wanted for my life. I was living only for what I wanted. When I was 25 years old I realized I was nothing without Jesus and that I was separated from Him because of sin. I asked Jesus ...read more

  • It Helps To Have A Powerful Father. I Read The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,799 views

    It helps to have a powerful father. I read the story of some small boys playing football but ’big lads’ came along and stole the football. One of the boys went up to these teenagers and said, ’Give our ball back.’ The ’big lads’ declined the invitation. The small boy asked again and the ...read more

  • Too Many Christians Are Not Serving. When You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,478 views

    Too many Christians are not serving. When you ask them to do something they say, "Well, uh, sorry, but that is not my spiritual gift." Trouble is they seem to think they have no spiritual gift because they say that about everything. Brethren, I tell you the truth in Christ that are no such gifts as ...read more

  • William Gurnall In His Book "The Christian In ...

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
     | 2,575 views

    William Gurnall in his book "The Christian In Complete Armour" writes: "Ask faith to look through the keyhole of the promise and tell you what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; ask it to listen and tell you whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints receiving the reward ...read more

  • One Time, The Comic Strip Kudzu Featured This ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 7, 2007
     | 1,103 views

    One time, the comic strip Kudzu featured this country-style preacher. He was praying to God, and he said, "Oh Lord, You know I don’t ever ask for much, but, Lord, I pray that You would grant me just this one thing ... dignity. That’s all I ask, Lord." In the next frame, there was a lightening bolt ...read more

  • A Small Boy Came Home From School And Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,297 views

    A small boy came home from school and went straight to his room to pray. His mother had never seen her son do this, so she listened outside his door. She heard him praying softly and then saying, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo", loudly. She went into his room and asked what he was doing. He responded that he ...read more

  • Nobody Noticed

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Nov 17, 2007
     | 1,693 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for 5 days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proofreader at a New York firm for 30 years, ...read more

  • A Man Came Home From Work One Day And Discovered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,070 views

    A man came home from work one day and discovered a monkey in the house. So he found his wife and asked her, “Where did the monkey come from?” She replied, “It was so cute I just had to have it, so I bought it ” The man was furious about sharing the house with a monkey so he said, “Where will the ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About A Man Who Lay On His ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 16, 2009
     | 1,225 views

    The story is told about a man who lay on his death bed with his family and friends gathered around him. As he lay there he asked a friend to check and see if there was anything in his pockets. The friend checked and found the man had a dime in one pocket. The dying man asked him to place it in ...read more

  • Old Peanuts Cartoon: Lucy Demands That Linus ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009
     | 1,441 views

    Old Peanuts cartoon: Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I curl them together like this ...read more

  • Mother Switches Daughter's Musical Instrument To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
     | 3,332 views

    Mother Switches Daughter’s Musical Instrument to Keep Her from Singing I read the true story about a woman who bought her daughter a really nice Baby Grand Piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, one of her friends asked her how her daughter was doing. “Oh,” she said, “I persuaded her to switch ...read more

  • Just One Request

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 1, 2010
     | 1,079 views

    Poem: “Just One Request” “Dear Master for this coming year Just one request I bring: I do not pray for happiness, Or any earthly thing— I do not ask to understand The way Thou leadest me, But this I ask: Teach me to do The thing that pleaseth Thee. I want to know Thy guiding voice, To walk ...read more

  • The Moon Keeps ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2010
     | 1,588 views

    The Moon Keeps Shining The story is told of a judge who had been frequently ridiculed by a conceited lawyer. When asked by a friend why he didn’t rebuke his assailant, he replied, “In our town lives a widow who has a dog. And whenever the moon shines, it goes outside and barks all night.” Having ...read more

  • A Message On Lying

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,898 views

    A MESSAGE ON LYING A minister, one Sunday morning, said to his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. In preparation for that message, I'm asking all of you to read Mark 17 this coming week." The following Sunday, he stood up to preach and asked, "How many of you took ...read more

  • Are You Ready?

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 11, 2011
     | 3,230 views

    ARE YOU READY? Are you ready to dwell in the “house of the Lord forever”? If not then ask yourself why? Most of us cling on to something that is sinful just because we are comfortable here. That is like asking a baby to experience life outside the womb. They would say “No Way” I have a great ...read more

  • After A Battle In The Civil War, A Chaplain Came ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 11, 2012
     | 1,556 views

    After a battle in the Civil War, a chaplain came to see a dying man. The chaplain took the soldier's hand and asked, "Brother, what can I do for you?" The soldier replied, "Chaplain, I want you to kneel down and return thanks to God for me." "Thanks for what?" asked the Chaplain. The man continued, ...read more

  • Helping Him Cry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2012
     | 1,926 views

    HELPING HIM CRY Man once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went ...read more

  • What Would Jesus Do?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,278 views

    One woman writes: Our fourth grader celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. I asked our sixth-grader, Noah, to help his brother carry them in. I could,” he said, but I’d prefer not to. ”Spotting a teaching moment, my husband asked Noah, What ...read more

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