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  • Two Friends Who Happened To Be Avid Fishermen Met ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 14, 2005
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     | 3,341 views

    Two friends who happened to be avid fishermen met up at the casino the other day. Of course, the first thing they started doing was to swap fish stories. The one man said he had caught a fish up at the lake that weighed 400 pounds. The other man, not to be outdone, said he had gone fishing ...read more

  • Holding Up The Bridge

    Contributed by Jack Kale on Sep 30, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,687 views

    Holding Up the Bridge By now you have probably noticed the construction of the new bridge spanning the gap between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. Each week new additions to the construction have caught my eye as I’ve driven those three miles over the bay. Tug boats, barges, cranes, heavy equipment, ...read more

  • Never Feel Self-Pity, The Most Destructive ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 3,026 views

    "Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the ...read more

  • If You Want To Lift Yourself Up, Lift Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,233 views

    "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up ...read more

  • Currently Rudy Is Locked Up And Locked Up Is What ...

    Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,639 views

    currently Rudy is locked up and locked up is what he deserves. I met Rudy 4 years ago. He was drunk at a bus station. He wanted a bus ticket and I bought it for him. It would not be the last ticket i would buy for Rudy. Rudy was arrested for robbery when he was 17. The judge sentanced him to ...read more

  • Inspect Versus Expect

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 1,060 views

    There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on ...read more

  • Polish Things Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,031 views

    POLISH THINGS UP If you can’t see the bright side, then polish the dull ...read more

  • Filling Up With The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
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    FILLING UP WITH THE SPIRIT Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, "How can I get the air out of this glass?" One man shouted, "Suck it out with a pump!" Moody replied, "That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass." After numerous other suggestions Moody smiled, ...read more

  • Filled Up Anew  PRO

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
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    FILLED UP ANEW Imagine a sponge that has been used to wash the dishes. It’s all full of dirt and food and old water. It needs to be filled with clean water! But how can you do that? Easy. You wring it out, rinse it off, and wring it out again. Only when you have done this can you fill it with ...read more

  • Size Me Up

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2003
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    SIZE ME UP When Tom Haggai went off to college, his dad said to him: "Remember, son, God is more interested in you than anything you’ll do, but whatever you do, do it well, for you never know when ...read more

  • Hold Up The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
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    Illustration: Hold Up the Light The famous Eddystone lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England, was first built in a fanciful way, by the learned and eccentric Winstanley. On its sides he put various boastful inscriptions. He was very proud of his structure, and from his lofty balcony used ...read more

  • Never Give Up  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,511 views

    NEVER GIVE UP Haddon Robinson tells the following story. I hope you appreciate it as I did. It was New Year’s Day, 1929, and Georgia Tech. and UCLA were battling it out in the Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech. fumbled the football late in the first half. Roy Riggles recovered for California. Picking up the ...read more

  • Which Way Is Up?

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Which Way Is Up? Some years ago I read about a speedboat driver who had recently survived a racing accident. He said that he had been at near top speeds when his boat veered slightly and hit a wave at a dangerous angle. The combined force of his speed and the size and angle of the wave sent the ...read more

  • Airport Pick Up

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 680 views

    Story – Airport Pick up. Dallas. Saw car circling, over and over. Where’s my ride I thought? Saw me talking with another pastor. Pulled up – You’re Peter? You looked so ...read more

  • Ups Cookie Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,478 views

    Story – UPS Cookie man. Took his own money and made awesome chocolate chip cookies. folks in the office could have the first one free, After that – memorize a bible verse. Boss – you must stop. So he went in to talk with the boss.... With a plate of cookies, Wow ...read more

  • Showing Up For Motherhood

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
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    Erma Bombeck: Sometimes we forget how important stability is to a child. I’ve always told mine, "The easiest part of being a mother is giving birth.... the hardest part is showing up for it each day..." Mother’s day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all ...read more

  • A Chance To Warm Up?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Dr. Ted Engstrom said, “A man tends to overestimate what he can do in a year, and underestimate what he can do in five.” In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re ...read more

  • Stand Up To Bullies

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 17, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION Andy Griffith Show. Episode where a bully was taking Opie’s milk money. Andy told him, there will be a lot of bully’s in the world; you have got to stand up to them. He stood up to the bully, got a black eye, and lit into that bully like a ...read more

  • They Will Give You Up  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,255 views

    THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP Donald Grey Barnhouse led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ended. The day came when one of the ...read more

  • Putting Up A Fight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 3,089 views

    Putting Up a Fight Charles Spurgeon may have been the most evangelistic preacher to ever walk the earth. His heart hurt for lost people like no other preacher that I have read. Listen to what said about hell: "If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they ...read more