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  • Patience In Waiting

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,992 views

    PATIENCE IN WAITING Here’s one I am sure you can relate to. You’re in a hurry to get somewhere and your wife or girlfriend, or kids don’t share your sense of urgency. There you are waiting at the door or in the car for them to get ready to go. Now what are you experiencing inside? Are you ...read more

  • Somebody Once Wrote A Book ‘men Are From Mars And ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 4, 2009
     | 1,822 views

    SOMEBODY ONCE WROTE A BOOK ‘MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS WHICH REALLY SPEAKS ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT MEN AND WOMEN REALLY ARE. I THINK IT STANDS OUT THE MOST ON THE WEDDING DAY ITSELF. THE BIG DAY ARRIVES AND THE HUSBAND TO BE WAKES UP, RELAXES MIGHT HAVE A FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST THEN ...read more

  • Moving To Sydney From The Whitsunday's In ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 2, 2010
     | 1,861 views

    Moving to Sydney from the Whitsunday's in Australia is like moving to a new country - it has a culture of it's own which is vastly different. Moving into a new ministry also has it's challenges and so I can identify with Abram as God brought him out of his comfort zone in Ur of the Chaldeans to the ...read more

  • I Just Want The Site

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 1,492 views

    "I JUST WANT THE SITE" London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer ...read more

  • Underdoing Personal Responsibility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,553 views

    UNDERDOING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Craig Groeschel, a well known pastor and author of the "Christian Atheist" says: "As Christians, we can be tempted to 'overdo faith.' I put that in quotes because it would be more accurate to say it's 'underdoing personal responsibility.' There's really no way ...read more

  • Stop Or Slow Down  PRO

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on May 6, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,193 views

    STOP OR SLOW DOWN Pastor John Hagee told us a story of a driver that refused to stop at a STOP sign; he was then pulled over by a cop. The cop told him that the reason he pulled him over was because he refused to stop at a STOP sign. He replied that he slowed down, the cop then explain to him that ...read more

  • Why Did God Make Mothers?

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 10, 2011
     | 2,259 views

    WHY DID GOD MAKE MOTHERS? Consider these answers given by elementary-age children to the following questions. "Why did God make mothers?" "Mostly to clean the house." "To help us out of there, when we were getting born." "How did God make mothers?" "God made my Mom just the same like he made ...read more

  • River Of God

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 5, 2011
     | 1,817 views

    RIVER OF GOD Ever since moving to the valley, my eyes have been drawn to the mountains and the river. There’s days in the summer months when I ride my bike to the river, and gaze at the its powerful flow. It’s fascinating for me to watch the river at different stages. Sometimes it looks ...read more

  • Rooted For Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,172 views

    ROOTED FOR LIFE There was once a farmer who went to town to purchase seeds for his farm. As he was returning home, one of the squash seeds he had purchased fell from his pocket onto the ground. It happened that within a few feet was another seed of a different type. The place where the two seeds ...read more

  • The Impact Of Optimism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
     | 4,882 views

    THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more

  • They Refused To Be Rescued  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,897 views

    THEY REFUSED TO BE RESCUED On August 30, 2005 Coast Guard Lieutenant Iain McConnell was ordered to fly his H46 helicopter to New Orleans and to keep that machine flying around the clock for what would turn out to be a heroic rescue effort. None of his crew were prepared for what they were about to ...read more

  • The Servant And The Child

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
     | 2,930 views

    THE SERVANT AND THE CHILD Think about the differences between a servant and a child: The servant is accepted and appreciated on the basis of what he does, the child on the basis of who he is. The servant starts the day anxious and worried, wondering if his work will really please his master. ...read more

  • Travelers Vs. Tourists

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Mar 29, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,324 views

    TRAVELERS VS. TOURISTS Canadian Pastor Mark Buchanan in his book "Your Church is Too Safe" points out the radical difference between a traveler and a tourist. "A traveler literally means 'one who travails.' He labors, he suffers, endures. A traveler -- travailer - ...immerses himself in a culture, ...read more

  • A Fork In The Road

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,333 views

    A FORK IN THE ROAD Several artists were asked to illustrate their concepts of temptation. When their paintings were unveiled, some of them depicted man's attempt to achieve fame and fortune at any cost. Others pictured mankind’s struggle against the alluring desires of the flesh. The ...read more

  • Are You Ready To Rescue The Perishing?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
     | 4,445 views

    ARE YOU READY TO RESCUE THE PERISHING? I read a story of a man that got saved as a young, adult. He was so excited about Christ for the first couple of weeks, he told everybody the difference Jesus had made in his life. One Sunday night he was at his church and they sang this song, "Rescue the ...read more

  • Match Made In Heaven

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 16, 2012
     | 2,282 views

    There is a story about a couple that went to heaven and in this life they loved each other, but from a distance. So when they got to heaven, they decided to get married. They said to Peter, "Pete, we want to get married." And Peter says, "You have got eternity, why don't you think of it for 50 ...read more

  • Solving Problems; It's In The Angle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 15, 2015
     | 5,288 views

    “With 900 million members worldwide and growing, Facebook is building its first European data storage facility—60 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Lulea, Sweden. The reason: natural air conditioning. Some Internet “server farms” spend as much to cool the machines as power them. Facebook’s Nordic ...read more

  • Suppose Two Women Were Planting A Vegetable ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,313 views

    Suppose two women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, she drove in ...read more

  • Prove Your Own Selves  PRO

    Contributed by Tommy Hames on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,301 views

    PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES When I was a senior in high school I owned a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. I loved that car. It was metallic gray with red, orange and yellow pin stripes down the side. I went everywhere in that car. I even used it to carry a carload of kids to school every day, despite its size. ...read more

  • On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 2, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,993 views

    On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That Flies!--John 6:18-19) Now is the time of year when most of the flowers in my wife’s flower beds have wilted and sagged. The frost has struck more than once, making even the hardier mums droop a bit. The time of blossoming has passed for most of the ...read more

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