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  • A Mother's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,869 views

    A MOTHER'S LOVE One of the most touching elements of the film "The Passion of the Christ" is the mother-son relationship. Every mother can relate to Mary’s total commitment to her son. Here’s the story of a modern day mother and her love for her son, as told by one member of the staff at Campus ...read more

  • My Friend,who Was Living At The Time In Israel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 22, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,316 views

    My friend,who was living at the time in Israel had a white dove come to nest in the eves of his house which both he and his wife considered to be significent in that they thought it might be God’s seal of aproval on their new home. After some little time my friend asked his wife if she had noticed ...read more

  • A Minister Was Filling In For A Vacationing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,720 views

    A minister was filling in for a vacationing teacher of the pre-teen class. The minister was telling them about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy happiness, genuine laughter and it can’t buy love.” Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your ...read more

  • When My Grandmother Got Arthritis, She Couldn't ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,107 views

    "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love." "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their ...read more

  • When I Was Learning To Ride There Stood In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,251 views

    When I was learning to ride there stood in a field a huge tree trunk, it was massive. Such was the size it made the Channel Tunnel look like a drain pipe, this thing was seriously big. We avoided it like the plague, actually we could never understand why it was there for surely no rider and horse ...read more

  • Prescribing Prayer For Health Care  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,561 views

    PRESCRIBING PRAYER FOR HEALTH CARE To treat her arthritis and her thyroid condition, 63-year-old Elizabeth Allendorf sees her doctor every few months, but she prays everyday. "Without faith, without meditation, without God, I am telling you, it wouldn’t be," says Allendorf. "It would be just ...read more

  • During The Vietnam Area In Boot Camp You Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,496 views

    During the Vietnam area in Boot Camp you could have 25 or 30 companies eating during a two-hour period. That’s about 2000 Sailors. All theses companies are in formation and waiting their turn to eat. Company after company lined up about 3 or 4 feet apart. We had been in Boot Camp a little over a ...read more

  • May 5, 2004 "You Can Walk Boy!" John 16: 19-24 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,620 views

    May 5, 2004 “You Can Walk Boy!” John 16: 19-24 Key verse(s): 21 “‘A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.’” Why do Christians have to suffer? If I had ...read more

  • According To The Numbers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,582 views

    ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS 82: Percentage of women ages 40-44 who are mothers (down from 90% in 1976) 4 million: Number of women a year who become mothers (or about 40% of all births in a year) 25.1: Average age of first-time mothers (a record high, up ...read more

  • What To Get Mom  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,788 views

    WHAT TO GET MOM Survey after survey tries to detemine what women really want for Mother’s Day. According to a survey by Circuit City, less than 5% of mothers surveyed prefer candy. 30% prefer flowers, and almost that many — 27% — want a digital camera. A survey of new moms by The First ...read more

  • What Do Mothers Want?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    WHAT DO MOTHERS WANT? Maggie Gallagher is President of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a co-author of The Case for Marriage. As an early-forties mom, she is beginning to regret the children that she never had. She always wanted four, but career and life left her with two. ...read more

  • Questions About Moms  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,924 views

    QUESTIONS ABOUT MOMS What’s the difference between moms and dads? ~ Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just got to work at work. ~ Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them. ~ Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you gotta ask ...read more

  • Just Like Mom's

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,543 views

    JUST LIKE MOM’S Cathy Thomas, a former associate at the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, California, is a cooking teacher of considerable repute. She calls herself, however, "no stranger to the gastronomic adventures of Mother’s Day." Back when it was first in vogue during the 1980s, she ...read more

  • In Honor Of Mother's Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,437 views

    IN HONOR OF MOTHER’S DAY Barbara Weiser of Kewanee, Illinois recalls this converstation with her daughter when she was six: "Mom, there are five things I want to be when I grow up." "Oh, yeah? What are they?" "I’m going to be a model, a movie star, a traveler and travel all around the world, ...read more

  • Two Apples Up In A Tree Were Looking Down On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,480 views

    Two apples up in a tree were looking down on the world. The first apple said, "Look at all those people fighting, robbing, rioting -- no one seems willing to get along with his fellow man. Someday we apples will be the only ones left. Then we’ll rule the world." The second apple though for a ...read more

  • Psychological Conditioning Of Monkeys -If You Put ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,661 views

    Psychological Conditioning of monkeys -If you put five monkeys in a cage and hang a banana on a string at the top of the cage with a ladder leading up to it, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the monkeys ...read more

  • The Other Night My 2 Year Old Daughter And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
     | 1,443 views

    The other night my 2 year old daughter and I were saying "her" prayers. The much rehearsed, "now I lay me down to sleep." After she went through her long list of family & friends she wished for God to bless, out of the blue she said, "and thank you for ice cream." Immediately I was thinking to ...read more

  • Amazing Things Happen  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 7,169 views

    AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN When God sends forth the Spirit amazing things happen: barriers are broken, communities are formed, opposites are reconciled, unity is established, disease is cured, addiction is broken, cities are renewed, races are reconciled, hope is established, people are blessed, and ...read more

  • Quiet Strength  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 10,702 views

    QUIET STRENGTH There is a story about a sunken ship that illustrates the quietness of the spirit, but at the same time His Power in our lives. "Several years ago engineers building a new bridge over the East River in New York, discovered that the wrecked hull of a ship, sunk many years before, ...read more

  • As An Electrician I Was Once Completing The Final ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,773 views

    As an electrician I was once completing the final lighting fitment in a family home. With me at the same time were 2 other tradesmen, (a carpenter and a stonemason) who were also applying the finishing touches to their handy work. When the young couple that owned the house arrived, they excitedly ...read more

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