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  • Tomorrow's Trivia! (02.24.06--Do Not Worry!--Luke ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 22, 2006
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    Tomorrow’s Trivia! (02.24.06--Do Not Worry!--Luke 22:24) An average person’s anxiety is focused on: 40% -- things that will never happen, 30% -- things about the past that can’t be changed, 12% -- things about criticism by others, mostly untrue, 10% -- about health, which gets worse with ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You The Story Of Chris. Chris Was In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,096 views

    Let me tell you the story of Chris. Chris was in his mid-thirties, married and living in Pennsylvania with his wife and two high energy little boys. Chris was always physically fit, ate a healthy diet, but one day he went to the Doctor because of some pains he was having. That led to another ...read more

  • The Rock

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007
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    The Rock A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his ...read more

  • Two Books About The Life Of John Lennon, One Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 1, 2007
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    Two books about the life of John Lennon, one of the Beatles, have come out. One by Robert Rosen is titled Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, and another is Lennon in America by Geoffrey Giuliano. Both talk about the famous singer’s conversion to Christ on Palm Sunday. He began watching ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago My Parents Came Down To Visit For ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
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    A few weeks ago my parents came down to visit for Easter and I got to relieve another childhood memory. My parents stayed at a hotel on Saturday night. Sunday after church we ate lunch and were hanging out before they had to start the journey back home. All of a sudden my mom panicked. She had ...read more

  • Daddy's Empty ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 28, 2009
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    DADDY’S EMPTY CHAIR A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of ...read more

  • Consider The Following ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 10, 2010
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    Consider the following exchange… “That’s easy for you to say; you’ve never been through what I’m dealing with!” “Yes, I think you’re right. Certainly, I do not know just how you feel. In fact, no one has ever experienced the exact same thing you are going through. No one ever will. No one, of ...read more

  • Keep Waiting

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 19, 2010
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    There’s a story from the 1800’s of a young couple, William & Elizabeth, madly in love, and engaged to be married. Elizabeth enjoys planning for their future. William on the other hand knows that it’s only a matter of time before he is called away to sea to fight various enemies in far-off lands. ...read more

  • Never Go Hungry Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN Fred and Cheryl went to Haiti in 1985 to bring a child home that they had adopted. Addie was five years old. Her parents had been killed in a traffic accident that left her without a family, but as she walked across the tarmac to board the plane, the tiny orphan reached up ...read more

  • Mama's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    MAMA'S PRAYERS E. V. (Ed) Hill, who pastored Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, tells the story of how "Mama’s" love and prayers changed his life. During the height of the Depression, Hill’s real mother, who had five children of her own, didn’t have enough food to go around, so ...read more

  • The Persuasion Of A Changed Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE PERSUASION OF A CHANGED LIFE The power of your changed life can be very persuasive even to those who refuse to be persuaded by the word itself. Just a few years ago, Decision magazine told the story of Rick and Shawna Pilat, a Winnipeg couple who had recently come to faith in Christ. For ...read more

  • The Keeper Of The Springs By Peter Marshall  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    THE KEEPER OF THE SPRINGS by Peter Marshall Once upon a time, a certain town grew up at the foot of a mountain range. It was sheltered in the lee of the protecting heights, so that the wind that shuddered at the doors and flung handfuls of sleet against the window panes was a wind whose fury was ...read more

  • End Of The World Predictions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012
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    END OF THE WORLD PREDICTIONS It's hard to believe it was just a year ago that the head of The Family Radio Broadcasting Network--Harold Camping--predicted, through 2,000 billboards worldwide, that on May 21, 2011 the righteous, which totaled 3 percent of humanity, was to be whisked away to heaven, ...read more

  • Make Your Reservation

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
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    MAKE YOUR RESERVATION Is your name written in the book of life? Ruthanna Metzgar, a professional singer, tells a story that illustrates the importance of having our names written in the book of life. Several years ago, she was asked to sing at the wedding of a very wealthy man. According to the ...read more

  • Division In The Church

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 6, 2014
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    Daniel Overdorf- A few years ago I visited a couple in their home. Both husband and wife had lived most of their lives apart from Christ and His church. Their marriage- a second marriage for both- had grown rocky. The 50 year old husband faced a frightening battle with cancer, and neither ...read more

  • The Blessing Of Fatherhood

    Contributed by Eduardo Quintana on Oct 4, 2015
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    Sometimes you want to run away to a land far, far away! But unless you are Peter Pan, flying to Never-land is hardly a good idea! You see, your presence is more important than you know. Feelings of inadequacy bombard every dad, so at times you may not think you’re a good father! You may even think ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Damaged Lock

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 20, 2019
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    Moving from one place to another is always a challenge, no matter how many times you’ve gone through this “process”! My wife and I recently made a move and learned a strange, but interesting lesson—one that was valuable for us, too. As sometimes happens, there is too much stuff and not enough ...read more

  • What Does It Mean To Be Real?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 18, 2020
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    Excerpt from the Story of the Skin Horse “The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise, for ...read more

  • Growing Through Pain

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 2, 2020
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    Paul Tournier, the famous Swiss physician and counselor, reported his surprise in his book Creative Suffering upon reading an article entitled “Orphans Lead the World.” The article appeared in a respected medical journal and surveyed the lives of 300 leaders who had an impact on world history. ...read more

  • The Keeper Of The Springs

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 2, 2020
     | 3,136 views

    THE KEEPER OF THE SPRINGS by Peter Marshall Once upon a time, a certain town grew up at the foot of a mountain range. It was sheltered in the lee of the protecting heights, so that the wind that shuddered at the doors and flung handfuls of sleet against the window panes was a wind whose fury was ...read more