Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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When the former missionary David Livingston was asked where he was prepared to go, he answered, “I am prepared to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Title: New Year-Live By Purpose Instead Of Drift 4/24/2007
Many of us have a tendency to focus on what’s wrong, which gives us a distorted picture of life -- as Barry Siegel shows.
He wrote this column, "World May End With a Splash," for the Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1982.
Consider what some
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Signs You Ate Too Much Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
~ Doctor tells you your weight would be perfect for a man 12 feet tall.
~ You are responsible for a slight but measurable shift in the earth’s axis.
~ Paramedics bring in the Jaws of Life to pry you out of the EZ-Boy.
~ The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Attitude Is Everything.
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I’ll braid my hair today." So she did and she had a wonderful day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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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
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If you have serious doubts you’re wrestling with in your life, listen to these words from Tom Skinner:
“I spent a long time trying to come to grips with my doubts, and suddenly I realized that I had better come to grips with what I believe. I have since moved from the agony of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Let me close with this story - The Jesus Store.
There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either.
One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the
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Careless words can poison friendships, wreck families, and end careers. We saw a very public example of this just last spring. I’ll quote an Associated Press news report from April 12, 2007 to refresh your memory. It said, CBS announced Thursday that it has fired Don Imus from his radio program,
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Contributed by Dana Chau on May 12, 2002
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WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
My mother taught me RELIGION: When I spilled grape juice on the carpet, she instructed, "You better pray the stain will come out of the carpet."
My mother taught me LOGIC: From her decisive words, "Because I said so, that’s why."
My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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THIS WORLD IS NOT OURS; DON’T UNDERESTIMATE
A farmer noticed that every autumn, a tragedy played out in his cornfields. All summer long, families of field mice had made their homes among the growing plants. They ate and slept, they worked and played and raised their families. The mice imagined
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Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 6, 2001
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One day some manure came out from a prize bull - landing right in the middle of the walkway. It thought to itself, “I’m going to rise above the rest of this dung. I’m not going to live in the gutter - I’m going to be great and famous. That same day, a farmer’s hat fell off on top of the manure.
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Contributed by Scott Hippler on Dec 3, 2001
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I can remember one late winter’s day when I was about 7, my grandmother had taken a cousin and me to the grocery store. When the shopping was done and the brown paper sacks were in the car, we headed home. On the way, grandma had to stop off at another
store for a few minutes, so my cousin and I
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 20, 2002
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Have you ever heard of George Mueller? One day he looked down the streets of Bristol, England, & saw 100’s of homeless children. He was so moved with concern for them that he decided that something had to be done.
He had only two pence in his pocket. That’s two cents. But he decided to start an
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