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  • No Renovation...demolition!

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 22, 2010
     | 4,253 views

    NO RENOVATION...DEMOLITION! My son and daughter in law are wanting to renovate their home. They need more space with a new baby coming. As it is, my granddaughter sleeps in what was once a large walk-in closet. So they really need some space. Even then the house will still be small. The house ...read more

  • Impact Of Prayer In The Life Of David ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 3,473 views

    Impact of Prayer in the Life of David Wilkerson Several years ago, a pastor of a small church in rural Pennsylvania decided to convert the two hours a night he spent watching TV into prayer time. Soon after that, there were some gang members in New York City who had been involved in a brutal, ...read more

  • Blessing People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,967 views

    BLESSING PEOPLE Reggie McNeal tells the story of one man who decided to bless the baristas at the Starbucks he frequents. When he asked them the question, “How can I ask God to bless you?” they were somewhat taken aback. Slowly but surely, they warmed up to him and the employees started to come ...read more

  • An End In Mind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,259 views

    AN END IN MIND Dr. Ari Kiev of Cornell University observed that from the moment people decided to concentrate all their energies on a specific objective, they began to surmount the most difficult odds. He concluded, "The establishment of ...read more

  • What God Calls You

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,342 views

    WHAT GOD CALLS YOU One of our elders in the Lord said, "You may decide to call yourself a pastor or an apostle or an evangelist, but in the book of God, which is the only book that matters, He writes that you are a ...read more

  • How Do You Look At It?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,235 views

    How Do You Look at It? A shoe manufacturer who decided to open the Congo market sent two salesmen to the undeveloped territory. One salesman cabled back: "Prospect here nil. No one wears shoes." The other salesman reported ...read more

  • Rev. Billy Graham, Noted Evangelist, Said This ...

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,061 views

    Rev. Billy Graham, noted evangelist, said this in 1975: “When I decided to preach a sermon on angels, I found practically nothing in my library… I soon discovered that little had been written on the subject in this ...read more

  • Someone Gave Brett A Knife For Christmas. His ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 9, 2008
     | 618 views

    Someone gave Brett a knife for Christmas. His dad took it out and found that it could cut the hair on his arm like a razor. So his dad decided to hold on to the knife for Brett’s good. In the same way, God does ...read more

  • Daniel Still Prayed To God Openly Because ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 18, 2009
     | 2,227 views

    Daniel still prayed to God openly because Daniel’s love for God was more important to him than pretending he didn’t care about God. Daniel thought it was better to die than to pretend. Daniel ...read more

  • In A Prayer Letter To His Supporters Billy Graham ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Britt on Feb 6, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,840 views

    In a prayer letter to his supporters Billy Graham told this Story: there was a mother in an African nation who came to Christ and grew in her commitment and devotion to the Lord. As so often happens, however, this alienated her from her husband, and over the years he grew to despise and hate her ...read more

  • The Best Years Of My Life

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,366 views

    THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE Man at a seminar heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man's wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone's attention. The young ...read more

  • A Preacher Was At A Seminar And Heard The ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
     | 2,207 views

    A preacher was at a seminar and heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man’s wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone’s attention . The young preacher liked ...read more

  • The Wrong Oil  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,305 views

    THE WRONG OIL Phil (a member of our congregation) owns a stunning sports car. It's a Viper. It's a thing of beauty. And it has a powerful engine with 10 cylinders. Most of us common folks have cars with 6 and 8 cylinders... but this car has TEN cylinders. I'm pretty sure it can take you anywhere ...read more

  • There Was A Group Of Scientists Who Got Together ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 23, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,185 views

    There was a group of scientists who got together one day and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell God that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, “God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you. We’re ...read more

  • In 1932 Herbert Taylor Was Assigned The Job Of ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,851 views

    In 1932 Herbert Taylor was assigned the job of saving an aluminum products company from bankruptcy. The company’s products were better than their competitor’s. Their sales people were no better than their competitors’. So he decided that their company would be known for the character, ...read more

  • One Day God Was Looking Down At Earth And Saw All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,041 views

    One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the evil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down to Earth to check it out. So he called one of His best angels and sent the angel to Earth for a time. When the angel returned she told God, yes it is bad on Earth, 95% is bad and 5% ...read more

  • Former President Ronald Reagan Once Had An Aunt ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,124 views

    Former president Ronald Reagan once had an aunt who took him to a cobbler for a pair of new shoes. The cobbler asked young Reagan, “Do you want square toes or round toes?” Unable to decide, Reagan didn’t answer, so the cobbler gave him a few days. Several days later the cobbler saw Reagan on the ...read more

  • I Was Watching Lord Of The Rings This Past ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 6, 2007
     | 1,511 views

    I was watching Lord of the Rings this past week, and there was this wonderful scene where Frodo, the Hobbit, is discouraged because of all the adversity he was going through. As they sit deep in the Mines of Moria, Frodo says to Gandalf, “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this ...read more

  • Two Kinds Of Giving

    Contributed by T D on Dec 28, 2010
     | 3,023 views

    TWO KINDS OF GIVING I have witnessed in my years of ministry people come to church and when they do not like a decision of the leadership or the minister, they decide to stop giving as a protest or decide to shift their giving to missions in order to inflict pain on the ministry of the church. ...read more

  • Willie Nelson Apparently At One Time Owned A Golf ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 177 ratings
     | 3,817 views

    Willie Nelson apparently at one time owned a golf course. He said the great thing about owning a golf course was that he could decide what par for each hole was. He pointed at one hole and said, ...read more