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  • A Few Weeks Ago I Went To Make Myself A Cup Of ...

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Aug 6, 2008
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    A few weeks ago I went to make myself a cup of coffee and ended up with one of the strongest cups of coffee I’ve ever had. It was so strong I could only drink about half of it and that was after doctoring it up with sweetener and flavored creamer. The rest I had to dump out. What made my coffee ...read more

  • Prayer For Future Generations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
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    PRAYER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren ...read more

  • It Is Impossible To Rightly Govern The World ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Catt on Sep 16, 2008
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     | 3,336 views

    "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." --George Washington "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this reason peoples ...read more

  • Iceberg Anger

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
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    Iceberg Anger Do you know what you are feeling? Can you identify why you are feeling the way you are? This is so huge and complicated that it often takes years of intentional effort to figure these things out. And the more messed up we are, the longer and harder and more painful it can be. An ...read more

  • You Ever Heard Of The Game Show Lets Make A Deal? ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 14, 2008
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    You ever heard of the game show lets make a deal? Let’s play it for a minute. Suitcase #1 you have the entire world all the people possessions, money, power. 2. You can do anything you want, have anything you want, live anywhere you want, travel anywhere you want. 3. Sounds pretty good, ...read more

  • How To Get A Sheep To Lie Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    HOW TO GET A SHEEP TO LIE DOWN Philip Keller says that in order for sheep to lie down, four things are required: 1. Sheep must be free from all fear. Sheep are very easily frightened. A stray jackrabbit jumping out from behind a bush can stampede a whole flock. When one startled sheep runs in ...read more

  • Responsibility Comes With The Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    RESPONSIBILITY COMES WITH THE GIFT As Clayton J. Schmit put it in his commentary on our text: The moment of birth is one of unspeakable joy. Yet, if parents stopped to count the cost of taking a child home (which, fortunately, they never do) they might be tempted to turn the gift down. The cost ...read more

  • He Didn't Know He Owned It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    HE DIDN'T KNOW HE OWNED IT There was once a sheep ranch owned by a man named Mr. Yates. Mr. Yates wasn't able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the overheads and the interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch. With little money for clothes or food, his family ...read more

  • Seeing Far Enough Ahead

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    SEEING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD Eight-year-old Frank had looked forward for weeks to this particular Saturday because his father had promised to take him fishing if the weather was suitable. There hadn’t been any rain for weeks, and as Saturday approached, Frank was confident of the fishing trip. But, ...read more

  • Silly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    SILLY LAWSUITS Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not ...read more

  • Spiritual Millionaires

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 5, 2009
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    SPIRITUAL MILLIONAIRES Obeying the law justifies no one, Jew or Gentile, because no one obeys the law. There is no one righteous, not even one, Romans 3:10 says. Therefore, the law can only condemn us, not declare us righteous. For example, the law is very clear: "Do not write a check for more ...read more

  • He Endured To The End

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    HE ENDURED TO THE END We need to possess an enduring love. Endurance: the power to withstand hardship or stress, to keep on going despite all setbacks. I recently heard of a Leicester women who, after having four children, started running then entered marathons. This year, she is running the ...read more

  • Would You Look At That...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,590 views

    "WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT..." The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people mumbling, "Would you look at that old man walking, suffering on his feet, while that strong young boy is totally capable of ...read more

  • So Be Careful How You Live. Don't Live Like ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    “So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do” (Eph. 5:15-17). To ignore that is to court disaster. The Winter 1991 issue of the ...read more

  • Sole Witness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    SOLE WITNESS A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring. Surrounded by scores of ...read more

  • On Predestination

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    ON PREDESTINATION During my basic training in the South African Air Force, we were out on a field trip for about a week. It was bitterly cold and raining during the entire period. Shortly after we arrived in the field, the corporal in charge had our unit line up outside. "You, you, and you," he ...read more

  • Glory To God, My Prayers Have Been Answered!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 22, 2022
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     | 2,190 views

    A pastor bought a female parrot that became quite a problem. The only thing the parrot could say was, "Come on baby, let's kiss! Come on baby, let's kiss!" She was quite carnal. The pastor wanted a more spiritually-minded parrot, so he looked around for help. After much ...read more

  • Whose Are You?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 5, 2023
     | 1,017 views

    Do you remember, how once in the gospel, the Pharisees, trying to trap Jesus, came with that question about paying your tax? And how he asked them, “Show me the coin used for paying the tax." And how then he asked: "Whose portrait is it?" And how they answered, "It bears the ...read more

  • The Donkey And The Demon: A Tale Of Revenge And Remorse.

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Sep 22, 2023
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    Once upon a time, a donkey was tied to a tree when a demon came and untied it. The donkey ran into the fields and began destroying the crop. When the farmer's wife spotted this, she shot and killed the donkey. The donkey's owner was so upset that he shot the farmer's wife. When the ...read more

  • Traveling To Heaven

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
     | 1,025 views

    Throughout my life I had always wanted to go to Germany. It wasn’t until my son moved over there and got married that we finally were able to do so. The trip wasn’t always easy, as we were stranded in New Jersey for a night after a flight was canceled. We were tired from the journey. But once ...read more