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  • Prognosis Not Good  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,409 views

    PROGNOSIS NOT GOOD A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. After the checkup, the doctor took the wife aside and said, "if you don’t do the following, your husband will surely die." 1. "Each morning fix him a healthy breakfast and send him off to work in a good mood." 2."At lunch ...read more

  • Man Praying At Wife's 1st Husband's Grave

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
     | 2,637 views

    MAN PRAYING AT WIFE’S 1ST HUSBAND’S GRAVE A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you ...read more

  • Some People Trust In Their Own Intuition Or ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 28, 2008
     | 1,410 views

    Some people trust in their own intuition or abilities to face life. I was recently reminded of a man who built his own floating island off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, out of empty, plastic bottles. He put the bottles in bags and tied them together, and spiraled them around, tying them together. He ...read more

  • A Man Went Inside A Telephone Booth And Dialed ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,743 views

    A man went inside a telephone booth and dialed the number of a friend. When the connection was made, the friend kept saying, "I can’t hear you; speak louder; I can’t hear you." All he could hear was the roar of traffic in the background. "Shut the door so I can hear," he said to the caller. In ...read more

  • Pastor Jack Hyles Once Wrote That, "When The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,273 views

    Pastor Jack Hyles once wrote that, “When the average person thinks of eternal life, the first thing that would enter into his mind is endless life. Certainly endless life is included in eternal life, but there is far more than endlessness to eternal life. It is not only endless, but it is ...read more

  • John Demitt's Wife

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 23, 2008
     | 3,460 views

    JOHN DEMITT'S WIFE When I preached in Circleville about Angels, the pastors wife told me her story. She went down into town with the kids to do laundry. A terrible winter storm hit while she was there. She was really afraid, so she prayed for God's protection for the trip back up the hill to her ...read more

  • There Was A Lad Who Lived In The Area Where An ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
     | 1,667 views

    There was a lad who lived in the area where an old and wise sage would offer people counsel for their lives. He always knew the right answer, and those who listened to his counsel profited in their lives. In the village was a lad who thought he could trick the sage into giving a wrong answer. He ...read more

  • Col. Oliver North, "Col. Ollie" To Many Who Have ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 19, 2008
     | 1,243 views

    Col. Oliver North, "Col. Ollie" to many who have served under him, tells of a situation when we first went into Iraq. There were enemies shooting at each other from across a large field. That was a no-man’s land. And in the middle of that field was a very injured Iraqi man. A corpsman crawled ...read more

  • One Evening Six-Year-Old Bobby Asked His Father ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,849 views

    One evening six-year-old Bobby asked his father for a puppy. "Sorry, Bobby," his father said, "not now. But if you will pray real hard for two months, perhaps God will send you a baby brother." Little Bobby prayed real hard for a month, but nothing happened so he quit praying. But he was very ...read more

  • Anger Irony

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
     | 4,113 views

    Anger Irony Bad weather had backed up all flights, and as a result our plane sat on the runway for three hours. All attempts to placate the passengers weren’t working. Then the pilot came on the intercom to announce his umpteenth update: "Folks, we'll be getting permission to take off, but I have ...read more

  • In The Not So Distant Past, Was A Movement That ...

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 20, 2008
     | 1,640 views

    In the not so distant past, was a movement that swept across the country that was started by former Colorado University football coach Bill McCartney, called Promise Keepers. It started small, but before long, hundreds of thousands of men would gather for huge conferences that focused on men ...read more

  • What Will You Give Up To Win?

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
     | 2,102 views

    What Will You Give Up To Win? Two paddleboats were leaving Memphis at about the same time. They were traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one boat made a comment about the slow pace of the other boat. Words were exchanged, challenges ...read more

  • Charlie Wrote About His Experience As A Kid ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
     | 1,678 views

    Charlie wrote about his experience as a kid growing up in the American south and planting peanuts. Because peanuts are tubers that grow on the roots beneath the ground, you cannot see how well they’re developing. So being an impatient kid, he decided to dig them up to see how they were doing. Well, ...read more

  • Right And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,854 views

    Right and Wrong While Leonardo da Vinci was painting the “The Last Supper”, he became incensed with a certain man. His temper flared, and he lashed out with bitter words. Returning to his work, he attempted to brush some delicate lines on the face of Jesus. But he was so distraught that he could ...read more

  • Emotion

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
     | 3,367 views

    EMOTION The Bee Gees and Destiny’s Child sang a song called "Emotion". The song is about the sadness of lost love. "In the words of a broken heart it’s just emotion taking me over. Caught up in sorrow lost in the song but if you don’t come back, Come home to me, darling, don’t you know there’s ...read more

  • He Is Telling Us That We Must Continually Strive ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,359 views

    He is telling us that we must continually strive to please God in all we do and in how we live. Let me use another analogy to make this point clear. If you eat breakfast on Monday, you have energy that carries you to about noon. But if you do not eat lunch, you will be run down, tired, and ...read more

  • I Once Heard The Story Of A Man And His Wife Who ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 29, 2009
     | 808 views

    I once heard the story of a man and his wife who decided to go to a drive-in movie. They thought the price was too high and plotted to put one over on the management of the theater. When they were within a short distance of the drive-in, the husband climbed into the trunk of the car. The ...read more

  • A Woman Approached A Well-Known Preacher Who Had ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 5, 2007
     | 2,782 views

    A woman approached a well-known preacher who had just returned from the mission field in a third world country where occult worship was wide-spread and he had seen a great deal of actual deliverances from demon possession in the power of the Holy Spirit. He had preached on that subject, telling ...read more

  • During One Of His Political Campaigns, A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,488 views

    During one of his political campaigns, a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. "Ah, gentlemen," he said, "come down to the barn and we will talk while I do some work." At the barn, ...read more

  • A Man Was Having Some Difficulty Communicating ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,908 views

    A man was having some difficulty communicating with his wife, and he concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So he decided to conduct a test without her knowing about it. One evening he sat in a chair on the far side of the room. Her back was to him and she could not see him. Very quietly ...read more