Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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A Dennis the Menace cartoon shows Dennis speaking to his father, saying, "Dad, it’s raining outside." Mr. Mitchell was reading his paper & also watching the news on television. So he grunted, "Uh huh."
Undeterred, Dennis went on, " Margaret is getting ready to go to camp this week." Mr.
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A boy of about 6 or 7 years of age was throwing small rocks at the house one day when he accidentally broke the living room window. His older brother was about 19 years old and he told his dad that he had seen his brother do it, but that it was plainly an accident. He told his dad that if any
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 23, 2003
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A small boy was in his sand box playing and digging in the sand. He finally struck a rock as he dug in deeper. He kept on digging and found it to be a huge rock that he could barely move. He struggled and fought to get the rock out of the box. With one final effort he used all his strength to
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God often answers prayer in a different way than we had in mind. I heard one time about a dad who heard his young son praying by his bed one night. The dad stopped at the door and heard the boy praying intensely, over and over again, “Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo.” The next day, the dad asked his son
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Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 30, 2011
STRENGTH WON'T DO IT
My Dad died in Dec 04. He was the strongest man I ever knew...he was the most honest man I ever knew….he was a good farmer...good mechanic ...good Dad...good husband...but he wasn't strong enough to defeat death. If I could write down the good deeds my Dad done in his life on
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Jesus talks about letting his words remain in us. What does that mean? On occasion I’ve had opportunities to go elsewhere, away from the mission, to churches that were bigger and where there seemed to be more to gain.
But whenever those opportunities come up, my dad’s voice has always gone off in
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
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Illus: A family in the East was planning a month’s vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father’s work responsibilities prevented him from going, but Mom insisted that she was capable of driving and that she and the kids would go ahead. Dad got out the maps and planned the route and
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Pentecostal
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In his book Sons: a Father’s Love Bob Carlisle shares this incident that happened with his Father. “When I was 12, a surprising thing happened. Dad asked me to go fishing with him. He was a busy executive, rarely around on weekends. We got along but never had a serious conversation unless I was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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This morning I want to focus upon some new year’s resolutions that each of should consider for ourselves, but before we delve into our topic, I thought you might enjoy a few stories of failed resolutions:
A story is told that At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
A BOY AND CHRISTMAS
An eight-year-old boy describes his father's celebration of Christmas:
Dad just finished putting up the Christmas lights. Dad likes to put up the Christmas lights. He puts them all over the house. He puts them all over the yard, too. He puts them in the trees and puts
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 24, 2021
. As in many homes on New Year's Day, Janet and Nigel, a happily married couple, faced the annual conflict of which was more important: the football match on television, or the lunch itself. Hoping to keep the peace Nigel ate lunch with the rest of the family, and even lingered for some
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2007
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The story is told of a man who was making his way across a snow-covered field to a bar. As he neared the bar, he happened to look back and notice that his little boy had followed him across the field by placing his little feet in his dad’s footprints. The little boy looked up and said rather
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Baptist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 25, 2008
Coco is a fluffy kitten who loves to play early in the morning a wake people up. One morning, dad could not go back to sleep so he turned on the TV hoping it would put him to sleep. A show came on about deep sea fishing. The fisherman were so excited about fishing that pretty soon, dad could not
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
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Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate…
PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1
One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib.
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jun 17, 2005
I WANT TO BUY AN HOUR
A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
The dad replied: "Yeah, sure, what is it?"
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
The dad got mad and said,
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
Steven Covey tells in, 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, the story of a man who riding an a bus and was greatly disturbed at a young boy who was running up and down the isle of the bus screaming and laughing at the top of his lungs, while the young boys dad just sat idly by. The man could not
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 21, 2003
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A pastor received a call from a church that offered him a salary four times what he was then receiving. Being a devout man, he spent much time in prayer trying to discern what God wanted him to do. One day a friend met the pastor’s young son on the street. “Do you know what your dad is going to
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