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  • Though Time May Be Tough  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 1,310 views

    THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS WORD TRUST IN WHAT YOU’VE ...read more

  • Holding To The Foundation  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,468 views

    HOLDING TO THE FOUNDATION Brenda Warner’s testimony: “As a young girl I put God first in my life, when my biggest concern was how to fix my hair. As I grew into an adult my concerns became much greater. I lived through my oldest child’s severe head injury, a broken marriage, poverty, and both my ...read more

  • A Certain Persian King Was Elevated From A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 16, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 2,639 views

    A certain Persian king was elevated from a poverty-stricken home to the glory of a royal throne. After he became king he sent his servants to the old shack where he was reared, with orders to gather every relic of those days. They brought fragments of his home: many broken toys, his patched ...read more

  • In San Antonio, A Man Was Sentenced To Ten Years ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
     | 1,687 views

    In San Antonio, a man was sentenced to ten years probation for a bungled burglary of a liquor store. The burglar had cut his hand badly when he broke through the roof of the store. He tried to throw a bottle of whiskey out through the hole he had created but missed, causing the bottle to fall to ...read more

  • What Are Your Spiritual Gifts? What Comes Easy To ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 10, 2009
     | 5,328 views

    What are your spiritual GIFTS? What comes easy to you that is not so easy for others? A man is pulled over by a police officer for a broken headlight. The cop looks in the car and sees a collection of knives on the backseat. "Sir," he says. "Why do you have all those knives?" "They’re for my ...read more

  • Joe Scriven Was A Missionary From Ireland To ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 8, 2009
     | 2,156 views

    Joe Scriven was a missionary from Ireland to Canada, working among the Iroquois Indians. He was joined by his fiancé who was also from Ireland. Just before the wedding, she was killed in an ice accident. Joe buried her with his own hands, and a broken heart. A year later, in a letter to his mother, ...read more

  • Following The Terrible Mexico City Earthquake Of ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
     | 1,699 views

    Following the terrible Mexico City earthquake of 1985, live satellite coverage carried the news of Mexico’s anguish to a watching world. A pastor was sitting in front of his television set stunned by the extent of the damage. Mountains of broken concrete filled the screen. Rescue workers dug ...read more

  • Have Faith

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,748 views

    "HAVE FAITH" My husband, Ron, once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught them to ‘have faith’ that is to believe ...read more

  • The Multi-Tool  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,247 views

    THE MULTI-TOOL In 1975 Tim Leatherman was touring Europe & Asia with a broken-down Fiat. Its hoses leaked and the wiring failed constantly. He used his pocketknife for everything, from slicing bread to adjusting screws. He wished his pocketknife had pliers attached to it. He came home to design ...read more

  • I've Read A Lot Of Nursery Ryhmes. One Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,273 views

    "I’ve read a lot of nursery ryhmes. One of the most familiar is "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again." Charles Swindoll says that little nursery ryhme was originally written about people,; ...read more

  • I May Be A Knucklehead, But I'm Not Insane

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 15, 2021
     | 981 views

    Nobody is perfect except maybe the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage comes close. I've never caught her in some imperfection, or if I had, nobody would know it from me. There is such an obsession today for people to be perfect. And, of course, their definition of perfect is what they are. ...read more

  • Ask: What Is Faith Through Experience?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,688 views

    ILL: Ask: What is Faith through Experience? A vocational school teacher taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, he got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught ...read more

  • One Day Henry Ford Was Driving In The Michigan ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 2,004 views

    One day Henry Ford was driving in the Michigan countryside when he came upon a man whose Model T had broken down. The guy was bent under the hood trying to figure what was wrong. Mr. Ford stopped and asked if he could take a look. In a few minutes, he had the car running. The grateful owner ...read more

  • Wilhelm Busch Once Said, "To Become A Mother Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,155 views

    Wilhelm Busch once said, “To become a mother is not so difficult; on the other hand, being a mother is very much so!” (Taken from Proclaim, “A Mother’s Day Sermon,” May 14, 1989). Concerning that statement, a preacher asked, “So, with all those qualifications, why bother with Mother’s Day at all? ...read more

  • Phillip Keller Writes Of His Experience Of ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,320 views

    Phillip Keller writes of his experience of shepherding: "This reminds me of my encounter with cougars. On several occasions these cunning creatures came in among sheep, creating great havoc in the flock. Some were killed, their blood drained and livers eaten. Others were torn open and badly ...read more

  • Discipleship Through Repentance

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
     | 3,878 views

    DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH REPENTANCE As A. W. Tozer said, "A growing Christian must have at his roots the life-giving waters of penitence. The cultivation of a penitential spirit is absolutely essential to spiritual progress. The lives of great saints teach us that self-distrust is vital to godliness. ...read more

  • Billy Graham Told Of A Meeting He Had With ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 18, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,910 views

    Billy Graham told of a meeting he had with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, former mayor of Cologne, imprisoned by Hitler for opposing the Nazi regime, and later chancellor of the West German Federal Republic. Adenauer truly deserves the title of "statesman" as he picked up the broken pieces of ...read more

  • I Think Of The Familiar Story Of The Little Boy ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,596 views

    I think of the familiar story of the little boy who made him a toy sailboat. He carried the little boat out to the pond and began watching it float on the water. However, the wind pulled the little boat away from shore, and all the broken-hearted boy could do was watch it be blown out of reach and ...read more

  • Whenever I Hear The Word "Everlasting" I Am ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,580 views

    Whenever I hear the word “everlasting” I am reminded of Everlast boxing gloves. I recall living in Moberly, Missouri where the Everlast Boxing Equipment company is located. The building where the company first began production has been abandoned for a new facility; however this presented a bit of ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Nov 16, 2008
     | 1,243 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Worry is like a ‘loose cannon’ on the inside of us. Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, wrote a short story called, "93." In the midst of this story a ship at sea is caught in a terrible storm. The boat rocks to and fro, buffeted by the waves, when suddenly the crew hears a ...read more

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