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  • A Beginners Guide To Giving Thanks

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 21, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,194 views

    You would think giving thanks would come easily and naturally but, for me and I suppose others, it often times doesn’t. So, with the season of Thanksgiving upon us I thought I’d write this little guide for my benefit and hopefully for yours. Give thanks for the good things This is the easy one. ...read more

  • Shake It Off And Step Up  PRO

    Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 270 ratings
     | 4,382 views

    SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that ...read more

  • The Phrase That Helps Remind Me Of Not Giving In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 10, 2009
     | 2,071 views

    The phrase that helps remind me of not giving in to weariness (and we all get tired) is: Keeping on Keeping On. Again this is not praying the same prayer in order to wear God down, it is being consistent, constant, and unwavering even when we don’t feel like it. I’m sure the widow wanted to give up ...read more

  • Light Up Your World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,184 views

    LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD There is a mere strip of sand called Castle Island near the eastern end of the Bahamas archipelago. Few people are aware of it - and, as tiny and isolated as it is, Castle Island is important for the lighthouse that is its sole source of humanity! One day, a young man was ...read more

  • I Don't Remember  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 29 ratings
     | 5,358 views

    I DON'T REMEMBER A young nun once claimed to have had a vision of Jesus. Her bishop decided to test her truthfulness and ordered that the next time she had a vision she should ask Christ what the bishop’s primary sin had been before he became a bishop. Some months later the nun returned and the ...read more

  • Don't Change Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,603 views

    DON'T CHANGE ME Elie Wiesel, the eloquent Jewish author, once told this story: “A just man comes to Sodom hoping to save the city. He pickets. What else can he do? He goes from street to street, from marketplace to marketplace, shouting, ‘Men and women, repent. What you are doing is wrong. It will ...read more

  • Don't Move The Piano  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 10, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,113 views

    A new preacher at the local church walked into the auditorium of His new church. He thought it would be best to move the piano from the right side of the stage to the left side of the stage, so he moved it. Soon after he was fired for the disruption caused by the new ...read more

  • If Called To Be A Missionary, Dont Stoop To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 3,273 views

    "If called to be a missionary, dont stoop ...read more

  • Dont Flatter Yourself That Friendship ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,521 views

    "Dont flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,671 views

    When things go wrong as they sometimes will; When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill; When the funds are low, and the debts are high; And you want to smile, but have to sigh; When care is pressing you down a bit- Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Success is failure turned inside ...read more

  • Don't Negotiate With Satan!  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,989 views

    Don’t Negotiate With Satan! A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. As the hunter was about to pull the trigger the bear spoke in a soft soothing voice, "Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot? What do you want? Let’s negotiate the matter." Lowering his rifle, the hunter ...read more

  • Don't Look Back

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
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     | 3,493 views

    Don’t look back During the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles I remember seeing the 110 meter high hurdles. The favorite to win was an American named Greg Foster. “ABC” even did one of their three minute features on him. When the gun went off and the runners charged toward the hurdles Greg Foster ...read more

  • This World Is Not Ours; Don't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,338 views

    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 ...read more

  • Don't Trust Feelings  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 40 ratings
     | 7,565 views

    DON'T TRUST FEELINGS I read of a helicopter pilot who flew from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific told this story. He said, "I was flying the helicopter back to the ship when a blinding fog rolled in. Flying at a low altitude, I knew that a single mistake would plunge my crew and me into the ...read more

  • I Don't Understand The ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,885 views

    “I Don’t Understand the Bible...” Three types of people are described in 1 Corinthians 2 and 3: the natural man, the spiritual man, and the carnal man. The natural or unsaved person is spiritually dead and blind. He cannot understand the things of God. “The god of this age has blinded the minds ...read more

  • They Don't But You Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,830 views

    THEY DON’T BUT YOU DO Consider the story of Oswald Golter. After ten years service as a missionary in China, Oswald Golter was on His way home. His ship stopped in India, and while waiting for the connecting boat home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. They were ...read more

  • Don't Get Caught  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,773 views

    DON'T GET CAUGHT So often people do what is wrong as long as they know they won't get caught. I've seen surveys where people were asked about doing certain things like stealing and having an affair if they were assured they would never get caught. Would they do them? Amazingly, some of the ...read more

  • Don't Ignore The Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,713 views

    DON'T IGNORE THE CHILD Recently, I read the story of a traveler in China who remarked on the fact that all the time he was there, some two and a half years, he never saw a single monument or tombstone marking the grave of a child. This is very remarkable, remembering the people's ancestor and ...read more

  • I Don't Remember  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,903 views

    "I DON'T REMEMBER." Some will accept that they are going to heaven but not that they are forgiven while they still live on this earth. Bruce Larson tells the true story of a Catholic priest living in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who once carried a secret burden of long-past sin buried ...read more

  • Don't Listen To Her

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,586 views

    DON'T LISTEN TO HER A car tooling down the country road sputtered to a complete stop near a field filled with cows. The driver, getting out to see what was the matter, noticed a cow looking at him. "I believe it’s your radiator," said the cow. The startled man ran to the nearest farmhouse and ...read more