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  • Si Quieres Algo, Dilo! (Translation Follows)

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Mar 22, 2010
     | 1,634 views

    Si quieres algo, dilo! (Translation follows) Por nuestras palabras hemos creado cuadros en nuestra imaginación, en nuestro pensamiento y comenzamos a gravitar hacia lo que hemos dicho. Debemos pintar buenos cuadros. Yo siempre pinto un buen cuadro de mi mismo, Digo “Gerardo” estás lleno de salud, ...read more

  • I Imagine Many Of You Have Heard The Old Joke — ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Samelson on May 7, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,309 views

    I imagine many of you have heard the old joke — or at least some version of it — about the man who’s walking along the street one night and comes across one of the neighborhood children inching along on his hands and knees down on the sidewalk beneath a streetlight. The man asks the boy, “What’s ...read more

  • We Are To Work While We Wait. A Gardener For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by E. Lee James on Oct 19, 2001
    based on 162 ratings
     | 3,693 views

    We are to work while we wait. A gardener for a large estate in northern Italy was conducting a visitor through the castle and the beautiful, well-groomed grounds. As the visitor had lunch with the gardener and his wife, he commended them for the beautiful way they were keeping the gardens. He ...read more

  • Mother Teresa Visited Australia. A New Recruit To ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
     | 3,426 views

    Mother Teresa visited Australia. A new recruit to the monastery in Australia was assigned to be her guide and “gofer” during her stay. The young man was so thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this woman. He dreamed of how much he would learn from her and what they would talk ...read more

  • Love My Enemies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,063 views

    LOVE MY ENEMIES Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years suffering in a Communist prison, reminds all believers with less than ideal circumstances that “if the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart love Him, you can resist all tortures.” He says, “God will not judge ...read more

  • There Is No Situation I Can Get Into That God ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,629 views

    There is no situation I can get into that God cannot get me out. Some years ago when I was learning to fly, my instructor told me to put the plane into a steep and extended dive. I was totally unprepared for what was about to happen. After a brief time the engine stalled, and the plane began to ...read more

  • John & Margie Cooper Were Married In 1941. They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,047 views

    John & Margie Cooper were married in 1941. They settled down on a farm with high hopes of becoming the nation’s largest onion growers. But 4 years later after Margie had given birth to 2 children, she fell victim to polio and spent the majority of her time years completely bedridden. Gone were all ...read more

  • I've Been Reading This Week About The True Story ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 2, 2006
     | 1,250 views

    I’ve been reading this week about the true story of Juan Tomaylla (‘Tried by Fire’, ISBN in the UK 1-85424-638-0 or ISBN in USA 0-8254-6236-3). Juan was a humble Christian taxi driver in Peru and on 10 July 1993 he was falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. For the first two days he was ...read more

  • Those Who Don't Understand The Food That God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Stefanski on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,027 views

    Those who don’t understand the food that God gives, those who don’t see how deep their need is for it, also consider the Gospel and Sacrament as ’fleeting’, and they seek some new ’rush’ in worship, desiring an emotional high, no matter how lacking in nutrition such a meal is. It’s like the ...read more

  • Cranky And Grumpy  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 18, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,793 views

    Max Lucado suggested this scenario.. You came home cranky because a deadline got moved up. She came home grumpy because the day-care forgot to give your five-year-old her throat medicine. Each of you was wanting a little sympathy from the other, but neither got any. So there you sit at the dinner ...read more

  • I Remember When I First Began In The Ministry. I ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,106 views

    I remember when I first began in the ministry. I was a young Marine Sergeant living in Yuma, Arizona. I had gotten involved with a retired Pastor. He and I would lead a chapel service every Sunday at various retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and at rescue shelters. I was ...read more

  • Sgt. Juanita Wilson Was On Patrol Outside ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,993 views

    Sgt. Juanita Wilson was on patrol outside Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded beneath her vehicle. She was trying to help her driver after the explosion when she felt something unusual. When she looked down, her hand was gone. Less than two years after her injury, she is demonstrating her ...read more

  • This Past Week I Went Up To Visit Oscar Norris. ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 2, 2007
     | 633 views

    This past week I went up to visit Oscar Norris. Oscar, who is blind, has been keeping really busy. He lives with his niece who loves to quilt and weave. Everything is made truly by hand. She makes her own dyes from nature. She takes wool from sheep and spins her own yarn. In years past Oscar ...read more

  • I Close With A Story From Becky Tirabassi Whose ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
     | 965 views

    I close with a story from Becky Tirabassi whose wrote the article posted at Christianity Today.com I spoke of earlier that illustrates one young man’s desire to be free in Christ. While speaking at Oregon State, ‘in front of 1,000 students,’ she wrote, ‘near the end of my message, a young man ...read more

  • Kevin Garvey Has A Thriving Business In Broward ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,374 views

    Kevin Garvey has a thriving business in Broward County, Florida. For years, he was the only trapper licensed by the county to remove nuisance alligators. In 2000, he received 616 alligator complaints and removed 97 animals. As of the end of July 2001, he had already received over 1,500 complaints ...read more

  • You Know There Are Some Things That I Hate  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,252 views

    You know there are some things that I hate Like deviled eggs, there is nothing about deviled eggs that I like I don’t like the smell, the looks, or especially the taste Its safe to say I hate deviled eggs Some people dislike boxing or NASCAR or competitive eating as a sport Some hate bell bottom ...read more

  • I Was Using Pot And Drinking. I Gravitated Toward ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 3, 2008
     | 1,115 views

    I was using pot and drinking. I gravitated toward rock and eventually into heavy metal and thrash, because this music fed my negative emotions. In fact, there were specific songs that I couldn’t hear for several years later without having a response that put me emotionally back in that place. By ...read more

  • Time For Jesus

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,265 views

    Time for Jesus Suppose you walked into your kitchen one morning and found Jesus sitting at the table. What would you do? Would you say: "Jesus! I'm thrilled to see You! I just wish I had time to talk, but right now I'm running late for work. When I get home tonight, we'll have a nice visit"? ...read more

  • Temple Of Greed

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
     | 3,798 views

    TEMPLE OF GREED Stanford Kurland ran Countrywide Mortgage through 2006. Then after the mortgage crisis began (for which Kurland may be partially responsible) he opened up PennyMac, a company that says they will help bail out the mortgage industry by buying the troubled mortgages at a reduced rate ...read more

  • How To Get To Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 1,937 views

    HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN Bishop Fulton Sheen, in his autobiography "Treasure in Clay," wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching: I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then ...read more