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  • I Will Close With A Record Of Something God Did ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Belcher on Nov 26, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,576 views

    I will close with a record of something God did 130 years go in New York City. It illustrates how God has started every harvest time in history, through the concerted prayer of his people. Toward the middle of the last century the glow of earlier religious awakenings had faded. America was ...read more

  • And, Finally, We Are To Apply Christ In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,668 views

    And, finally, we are to apply Christ in everything we do and say so that others will be pointed to the first part of the resolution and come to know Christ as their Savior. Your witness is more far reaching than you will ever know. This past week on Dr. Dobson’s Focus On The Family I heard this ...read more

  • Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,791 views

    Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 5:1-9) When I was younger I remember being moved on more than one occasion, either by laziness or a predisposition to want to do something more “rewarding” on a Sunday morning, to prompt my dad with this question: “Why do we have to go to ...read more

  • Randy Comes To Our Young Adult Ministry Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,395 views

    Randy comes to our young adult ministry every week. He has a speech impediment and usually stands in the corner by himself. When I go to greet him and tell him how glad I am to see him, he says the same thing to me every week. “I almost didn’t come tonight, and I don’t think I’ll be coming ...read more

  • Welsh Revival Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 Modern world history also records times of revival due to the hearing of God’s Word undergirded with prayer. The little nation Wales once become known as “The Land of Revival.” It has its own unique spiritual heroes such as Saint David of the Celtic Church – William ...read more

  • Where's God?  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
     | 3,557 views

    Where’s God? Two young lads had terrorized their neighborhood with their pranks and thefts. The parents didn’t know what to do and finally with the assistance of their minister, it was decided that the clergy would intervene and attempt to straighten out the boys. The parents needless to say were ...read more

  • The Authenticity Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Dr.johnson Cherian on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,132 views

    The authenticity of Worship can be discerned if we really knew what was happening in the spiritual realm while we worship. At a certain point in our life, amidst great persecution from the enemy, as we worshipped the Lord with songs of praise and thanksgiving, my wife saw very few angels appearing ...read more

  • Patience Makes It Happen  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 10, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
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    PATIENCE MAKES IT HAPPEN "The history books are full of stories of gifted persons whose talents were overlooked by a procession of people until someone believed in them. To name a few ... "Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of ...read more

  • Save One More For Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Aug 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
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    ILLUSTRATION “SAVE ONE MORE FOR JESUS” Rick Warren shares in his book “The Purpose Driven Life” about his dad who was a pastor for over fifty years serving mostly small rural churches. His dad was not simply a preacher but was a man with a mission. He loved taking teams of volunteers overseas to ...read more

  • Across Nicaragua, Graffiti Plastered Houses, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,187 views

    Across Nicaragua, graffiti plastered houses, walls, and public buildings. The most prevalent campaign slogan everywhere was: “Daniel 5:25.” Intended to be a simple instruction on how to vote, it literally meant, “Vote for Daniel Ortega, the 5th position on the ballot, on the 25th day of ...read more

  • The Story Is Told That During His College Years, ...

    Contributed by Patrick Lublink on Oct 18, 2006
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    The story is told that during his College years, Samuel Logan Brengle was a brilliant law student who was very gifted in the art of speaking. The Lord called him to the ministry of preaching. After he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, he became a circuit preacher with the Methodist ...read more

  • In A Recent Article Entitled "The Gym Of The ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,693 views

    In a recent article entitled “The Gym of the Soul” on CitizenLink.com, there is a quote from someone who says, “No matter what, you can overcome your past. With help, if you look to God, you can overcome your past and be reborn.” But it was not a preacher who was quoted, rather it was someone you ...read more

  • Twentieth Centuries. His Wife Was A Minister's ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,012 views

    twentieth centuries. His wife was a minister’s daughter, and their Church was College Avenue Methodist Church in Somerville, Massachusetts [SOURCE: http://www.ethicalstl.org/platforms/platform071199.shtml]. Many of his, matter-of-fact poems still speak vividly to us today. I have always ...read more

  • Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
     | 2,178 views

    Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown November 22, 2002 (Agape Press) - A well known Bible teacher and author is calling on pastors to confront false beliefs from the pulpit. John MacArthur says no epoch in history has witnessed the rise of as many dangerous belief ...read more

  • One Time I Was Leading A Retreat For Single, ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,147 views

    One time I was leading a retreat for single, middle-age people, that is people in their 40s and 50s. When I looked on the roster, there was a man I knew was 75 if he were a day, but he had signed up so I didn’t question his age. He was a regular at the church and had gone on other retreats. I ...read more

  • The Role Of Prayer In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
     | 4,481 views

    The Role of Prayer in Revival A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. "Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!" it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign ...read more

  • How To Miss The Treasure Of Pilgrim's Progress ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    How to Miss the Treasure of Pilgrim’s Progress Through Ignorance Ravi Zacharias tells this story: Some years ago, I was visiting the town of Bedford in England. The reason most tourists go to Bedford is because it was the home of the famed 17th Century writer John Bunyan who penned his immortal ...read more

  • Who Says So?

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
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     | 2,990 views

    WHO SAYS SO? A previous church I served had a lot of acreage and had turned part of it into 3 softball diamonds. Monday - Thursday nights, all summer long, various church leagues played their slow-pitch games there. Three of the leagues ran everything for their evening but one league was run ...read more

  • John Harper's Last Convert  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,596 views

    JOHN HARPER'S LAST CONVERT John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial ...read more

  • You've Probably Noticed; When Two People Get In A ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
     | 1,349 views

    You’ve probably noticed; when two people get in a wreck, a drunk and a Christian, who lives? Who walks away from that wreck? It’s the drunk! And what happens to the Christian? Is he instantly killed or languishes in a nursing home for years? Whys is this? Among all other kids in my home town, my ...read more