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  • Prognosis Not Good  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
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    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

  • Small Things Add Up. They Fill Spaces In Our ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
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    Small things add up. They fill spaces in our lives that tend to squeeze out the more important things. Sand can bury a car, a house, or a person. Grains of sand are very small but when they are combined with a large number of other grains of sand, it is a force to be reckoned with. Sand also ...read more

  • The Late Great Irish Anglican Archbishop Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late great Irish Anglican archbishop of Dublin and poet, Richard Chenevix Trench (1807 - 1886), wrote: "Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will avail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take! What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and ...read more

  • Relax And Lower Your Branches  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 2, 2011
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    RELAX AND LOWER YOUR BRANCHES Several years ago, the Wall Street Journal carried a story about Sally, an overly conscientious youngster who made herself miserable over the smallest failures and setbacks. Early one fall, while the leaves were still on the trees, there was an exceptionally heavy ...read more

  • Gabrielle Carey Is An Australian Author Most ...

    Contributed by W F on Oct 31, 2004
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    Gabrielle Carey is an Australian author most widely known for the movie Puberty Blues, based upon the book of the same title. In a later book, In My Father’s House Carey relates an incident that led to her conversion to Christ. Carey was raised in an atheist humanist household. Her father was a ...read more

  • Gary Larson, The Artist Responsible For The Far ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
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    Gary Larson, the artist responsible for the Far Side cartoons that used to appear in the Sunday comics Had a knack for making us realize the obvious In one particular cartoon There were a group of scientists gathered around another scientist The one is the middle was normal looking But the others ...read more

  • Christian Contradictions, Citation: Joseph Roy, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 21, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 4,621 views

    [Christian Contradictions, Citation: Joseph Roy, Leadership, Vol. 5, no. 4.] A true Christian is a sign of contradiction--a living symbol of the Cross. He or she is a person who believes the unbelievable, bears the unbearable, forgives the unforgivable, loves the unlovable, is perfectly happy not ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon, The Prince Of Preachers, Said: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jul 20, 2007
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    Charles Spurgeon, The Prince of Preachers, said: “It is the preacher’s principle business… to cry, “Behold the lamb of God.” For this reason was John (the Baptist) born and came into the world… his chief errand was to herald the Messiah, the Son of God. What we have said of ...read more

  • Love For Our Neighbor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    Love for Our Neighbor John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is ...read more

  • To Break Our Own Record, To Outstrip Yesterdays ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "To break our own record, to outstrip yesterdays by todays, to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could, to whip the tempter inside and out as we never whipped him before, to give as we never have given, to do our work with more ...read more

  • To Break Our Own Record, To Outstrip Yesterdays ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "To break our own record, to outstrip yesterdays by todays, to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could, to whip the tempter inside and out as we never whipped him before, to give as we never have given, to do our work with more ...read more

  • Walter Payton Played 13 Seasons Of Football For ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 1, 2006
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    Walter Payton played 13 seasons of football for the Chicago Bears. His weight-training regimen in the off-season became legendary. Besides lifting, his daily routine included runs along the obstacles near the Pearl River in Mississippi. He ran through "The Sand" (65 yards ...read more

  • I Heard About A Little Girl. One Night Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
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    I heard about a little girl. One night her mother said, "Did you say your prayers?" She said, "Yes, I did, but I didn’t say those same old things to God we always say every night. I told Him the story of the ...read more

  • If It Don't Rain  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2007
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     | 1,761 views

    If It Don’t Rain I would climb the highest mountain Swim the deepest ocean too I would crawl the hottest desert I’d do anything for you I would leap the tallest building I’d bear any trial or pain There’s no ...read more

  • Christ And The Spirit

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 18, 2010
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    CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT Luke's Gospel places an huge emphasis on the Holy Spirit. As the the third century Bible teacher St. Origen puts it: "Christ is born; the Spirit is his forerunner. Christ is baptised; the Spirit bears him witness. Christ is tempted; the Spirit leads him ...read more

  • The Lion Was Proud Of His Mastery Of The Animal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Mar 15, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
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    The lion was proud of his mastery of the animal kingdom. One day he decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. He was so confident that he by-passed the smaller animals and went straight to the bear. "Who is the king of the jungle?" the lion asked. The bear ...read more

  • Hovering Over Us  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    HOVERING OVER US Some time ago there was a fascinating story on the Nature Channel. An explorer had made a tremendous accomplishment. He managed, for the first time in history, to record on videotape the birth of a panda cub in the wild. This was amazing, in part, because of how violent the ...read more

  • A Company By The Name Of Hetronics, Makes Remote ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2003
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    A company by the name of Hetronics, makes remote controls for heavy equipment, like cranes and tractors. This company has a room, called the ‘Thumper Room.’ Here, several of their remotes are put in a mechanical device that simulates the action of a human hand moving the arm of the remote. ...read more

  • Asserting Leadership - The Lion Was Proud Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 16, 2007
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    ASSERTING LEADERSHIP - The lion was proud of his mastery of the animal kingdom. One day he decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. He was so confident that he bypassed the smaller animals and went straight to the bear. "Who is the king of the jungle?" ...read more

  • The Lion Was Proud Of His Mastery Of The Animal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,902 views

    The lion was proud of his mastery of the animal kingdom. One day he decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. He was so confident that he bypassed the smaller animals and went straight to the bear. "Who is the king of the jungle?" the lion asked. The bear ...read more