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  • How Are You Doing?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,923 views

    There's a story about a little girl who came home from school one day, and her mother met her at the door: Hi! How was school today? How are you doing? With the honesty of little people, the girl replied, Oh, not so well, mommy. My tummy hurts! Mothers know everything, and this mommy had ...read more

  • Misunderstanding

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 23, 2021
     | 3,193 views

    A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter Amanda to answer the phone. And kids view the world differently sometimes. Literally. She answered the phone obediently, "Hello, this is Amanda. Mommy can't ...read more

  • Christmas Misunderstanding

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 21, 2020
     | 3,901 views

    A little five year old girl took a sheet of brown construction paper and cut out the letter “E” with her safety scissors. She wrapped it and gave it to her dad for Christmas. When dad opened the present, he looked at it with a smile and asked, “what ...read more

  • Misunderstandings Can Be Hilarious

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 6, 2022
     | 1,603 views

    Misunderstandings happen all the time. Here are some: My toddler was about to hit her head on a bar at the playground, so I told her to duck. She quacked at me and then hit her head. A guy ran into a service station and said he needed some 710. They had no idea what he was talking about. So he ...read more

  • Misunderstanding The Value Of The Cross

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 9, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,178 views

    Some years ago, a 14-foot bronze crucifix was stolen from Calvary Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. It had stood at the entrance to that cemetery for more than 50 years. The cross was put there in 1930 by a Catholic bishop and had been valued at the time at $10,000. The thieves apparently cut it ...read more

  • There Is Much Misunderstanding About What ...

    Contributed by David Scudder on Jul 19, 2007
     | 2,876 views

    There is much misunderstanding about what forgiveness really means. Like the story about a pastor who visited a man who had been active in the church, but, due to a dispute with a fellow member, he had stopped coming to church. He reasoned with him at length about the need for forgiveness and ...read more

  • Six Misunderstandings About Temptation

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 8, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 599 views

    Misunderstandings regarding temptation: 1) Temptation itself is sin. 2) We fall into temptation. 3) God is disappointed and displeased when we are tempted. 4) To be strongly tempted means we are as guilty as if we had actually committed sin. 5) We overcome all temptation by separation ...read more

  • Misunderstanding Can Lead To Creativity. "Bell ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2006
     | 2,031 views

    Misunderstanding can lead to creativity. "Bell was inspired to start development of the telephone when he read an account, written in German, describing an invention which he thought had the function of a telephone. After demonstrating his first working telephone Bell learned that, because of the ...read more

  • A Child ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 4,232 views

    A CHILD LEGEND A classic illustration by D. L. Moody There is a beautiful legend told about a little girl who was the first-born of a family in Egypt, when the destroying angel swept through that land, and consequently who would have been a victim on that night if the protecting blood were not ...read more

  • A Child's ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 2,699 views

    A CHILD’S PRAYER (a classic illustration by D. L. Moody) At the close of one of the afternoon meetings we had in the Berkeley street church a few weeks ago, a little child brought me a note. I put it in my pocket, and read it when I got home. It was this, "Won’t you pray that my mother may ...read more

  • Child-Speak

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,969 views

    CHILD-SPEAK Someone had noticed that the word "father" appears in the dictionary just before the word "fatigued" and just after the word "fathead." So to all us fatigued, fathead fathers, Happy Father's Day! *** One time a little boy was asked to define Father's Day and he said, "It's just like ...read more

  • The Business Of Being A Child Interests A Child ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,363 views

    The business of being a child interests a child not at all. Children very rarely ...read more

  • My Wife And I Were Trying To Show Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 3,557 views

    My wife and I were trying to show our grandchildren the importance of thanking God for everything that He had blessed us with. We encouraged them to speak to God whenever they needed to know what they should do. Michael, our 4 year old grandson, enjoyed holding our hands, and with head bowed, he ...read more

  • Sibling Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,878 views

    SIBLING REVENGE The desire to "get even" seems to be a part of the human psyche. It is like the story of a mother who heard her seven-year-old son screaming. She runs into the next room to see what is wrong, and discovers her two-year-old daughter is pulling the hair of her brother. The ...read more

  • The Heart Of A Child  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Apr 17, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    THE HEART OF A CHILD Whatever you write on the heart of a child, no water can wash away. The sands may be shifted when billows are wild and the efforts of time may decay. Some stories may perish, some songs be forgot, but this engraved record, time changes it not. Whatever you write in the heart of ...read more

  • Peace Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 7,507 views

    PEACE CHILD In 1962, the Sawi people of New Guinea still lived in relative isolation. They were head-hunting cannibals. Their culture could not be more different from that of Don and Carol Richardson, and yet this missionary couple attempted to share Christ with them. In fact, two rival Sawi ...read more

  • Child-Training  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,332 views

    PROVERBS 22:6 “The Hebrew word for train (h\aµnak_) means to dedicate…. H\aµnak_ seems to include the idea of setting aside, narrowing, or hedging in. The word is sometimes used in the sense of “start.” Child-training involves “narrowing” a child’s conduct away from evil and toward godliness and ...read more

  • Holy Child  PRO

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Nov 30, 2004
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     | 2,632 views

    HOLY CHILD Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God ...read more

  • Losing A Child

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
     | 1,652 views

    When the parent loses a child they seek answers and beg to have things reversed, often rather than seeking God himself and his comfort. We are to try and look at things from His perspective, but most importantly we are to strengthen our faith in the fact that God uses all things for good, - for ...read more

  • Child Slaves

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,553 views

    CHILD SLAVES Over two hundred million children around the world, some as young as four and five years old, are slaves. A majority of the children work in Asia, especially in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia--slaving away to make goods for us to buy in K-Mart and Wal-Mart... "Child slave ...read more

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