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  • True Service  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,930 views

    TRUE SERVICE Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside. Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large ...read more

  • Ask Your Dad  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 3,295 views

    ASK YOUR DAD A father watched out the kitchen window as his 7 year old son played in the backyard sand box. He watched him moving several large rocks out of the sandbox. There was one very big rock that was giving his little boy a great deal of trouble. He watched his son move the rock to the ...read more

  • Do It Anyway  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,898 views

    DO IT ANYWAY While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10). People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. ………Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior ...read more

  • One Day A Father And His Daughter Were Out For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,484 views

    One day a father and his daughter were out for a leisurely drive in the country. It was a hot summer day and the windows were rolled down. Suddenly the daughter began screaming and fidgeting in her seat. A bee had just flown inside the car through the open window. This would not have been a problem ...read more

  • It Was The End Of The School Year And Some Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,085 views

    It was the end of the school year and some of the children wanted to bring gifts to their favorite teacher. The florist sent a bouquet of flowers with his little girl to give to her teacher... "Ohhhhh, they smell so nice. Thank you for these beautiful flowers," she said. Another little boy brought ...read more

  • Numbers 24:17 Had Predicted That "A Star Will ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,407 views

    Numbers 24:17 had predicted that “A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.” That star was a young boy by the name of Jesus - who would save His people from their sins. Every evening when you wake up you can look at the stars and depend on the fact that it will be in the ...read more

  • Annie Howard  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,148 views

    Annie Howard In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women. Holds choir practice in the prison chapel, has an evening Bible study, hosts a dinner for 6 volunteers ...read more

  • David Peterson, Former Pastor At The First ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,234 views

    David Peterson, former pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, told about a time when he was preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. ...read more

  • I Read About An Owner Of A Manufacturing Plant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,612 views

    I read about an owner of a manufacturing plant who decided to make a surprise tour of the shop. Walking through the warehouse he noticed a young man just lazily leaning up against some packing crates with his hands in his pocket doing nothing. The boss walked up to him and angrily said, "Just how ...read more

  • It Happened In The Jungle One Day. A Lion With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,137 views

    It happened in the jungle one day. A lion with a big ego went around asking the other animals who the king of the jungle was. “Who’s the king of the jungle?” the lion roared at a monkey. “Why you are, Mr. Lion,” said the monkey with fear in his voice. The lion went on and found a zebra. “Who’s ...read more

  • Holiness

    Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,540 views

    Holiness My brothers and I collected Baseball cards as kids and we would play with them. How do you "play" with baseball cards? We would sort through them, divide them into teams, build our own allstar team, and sort out the duplicates for trading in school the next day. My brother was a BIG ...read more

  • Self-Righteous Service Comes Through Human ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 19, 2007
     | 1,798 views

    Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside. Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service. Self-righteous service ...read more

  • In The 1840's Two Young Men Came To This Country ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,517 views

    In the 1840’s two young men came to this country from Germany. The older of the two was skilled in making Sauerkraut. He immediately headed for the west coast. He bought land ... cultivated it ... and raised cabbage for sauerkraut. The younger brother had no skill .. no profession. He decided to ...read more

  • A Couple Got Married And The Bride Brought The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,144 views

    A couple got married and the bride brought the bulk of the financial support into the marriage. And she knew it too. She always had a way of reminding her husband that she was the source of their financial security. One day as they were driving along she was in an especially proud mood and she ...read more

  • If You Went To The Doctor For A Surgery And He ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
     | 3,053 views

    If you went to the doctor for a surgery and he told you that he wouldn’t be wearing sterile gloves, wouldn’t be sterilizing any of the equipment he had used for the last operation, and gave you a 1 in 3 chance of contracting a disease, you would probably leave in a heartbeat. Today, sterilization ...read more

  • My Son Timothy Has Just Had His 13th Birthday ...

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
     | 1,765 views

    My son Timothy has just had his 13th Birthday last Monday, but when he was a toddler he was very taken with the Mr. Men series written by Roger Hargreaves. One of the books he particularly liked me to read to him was Mr. Topsy Turvy. [HOLD UP THE BOOK] Mr. Topsy Turvy is a chap who does ...read more

  • We Need Fixing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,394 views

    WE NEED FIXING There was a barber in a small local town who had been the only barber in town for years. Everyone went to this barber to get their hair cut. Then, one day a big hair salon franchise came to town and opened up shop. They advertised, "All Haircuts for $3.00" Slowly, the barber's ...read more

  • When I Lived In Ottawa, Ks There Was A Salvage ...

    Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Dec 5, 2008
     | 3,236 views

    When I lived in Ottawa, KS there was a salvage yard especially for trucks -- big trucks, mid-size trucks, cabs of all sizes and trailers, too -- the truck salvage yard had it all. In reality it looked like a cemetery for old, broken down trucks. This salvage yard spanned a half mile location along ...read more

  • Perfect Gifts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 5,276 views

    PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more

  • Hellen Keller ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009
     | 2,318 views

    ILLUSTRATION… Hellen Keller (p) Whenever I read this passage, I cannot help but think of another movie! I think of the 1962 (and in 1979) movie about Hellen Keller called “The Miracle Worker.” Hellen Keller was deaf and blind and could not communicate. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan arrived at ...read more