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  • A Little Gift Is On The Way  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Swift on Dec 2, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,185 views

    A LITTLE GIFT IS ON THE WAY A lady waited until the last minute to send her Christmas cards. She rushed into a store and bought a package of 50 cards without really looking at them. She rushed home, signed and addressed 49 of them without really looking at them. On Christmas Day when things had ...read more

  • John Kevin Hines Is One Of A Handful Of People ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
     | 3,236 views

    John Kevin Hines is one of a handful of people who have survived an attempted suicide jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. He claims to have told himself that if any one of the people he rubbed shoulders with on the way to the bridge noticed he was distraught, and asked him what was wrong, he wouldn’t ...read more

  • Light Brings Joy

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 7, 2010
     | 2,676 views

    Light brings Joy I remember the very first winter after I became an accountant. I would leave home while it was still dark. Sit in an office in artificial light until lunch time. Pop out for a sandwich, bring it back to my desk, eat it there. Then by the time I left at 5 or 6 it was already ...read more

  • Not "If"

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
     | 2,970 views

    NOT "IF" Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God. "O ...read more

  • Dwayne Roberts: "We Must Understand That The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,932 views

    Dwayne Roberts: "We must understand that the greatest treasure is waiting in front of every believer. We've all seen reality shows. I'd even guess that you have imagined winning a million dollars. You may not have phrased it exactly like this, but the question comes down to, 'What would it be like ...read more

  • Shed The Load

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
     | 1,824 views

    SHED THE LOAD A missionary in the Philippines was driving in a large flat back truck. He saw a local farmer who he knew walking with a really heavy load tied to his back. The load was obviously heavy and weighing him down, so the missionary stopped and told the farmer to jump on board the truck. ...read more

  • William Carey: When God Pleases

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 3,862 views

    WILLIAM CAREY: WHEN GOD PLEASES In 1786 William Carey, a shoemaker/pastor from Northamptonshire, was burdened by the needs of the worlds people. He stood before a counsel of representatives at a ministerial meeting in Northampton. He explained his burden to share the gospel, the good news of Jesus ...read more

  • Letter Of Reference

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 2,824 views

    LETTER OF REFERENCE There's a story about a Jewish man; * Who applied to work for First International Bank of Israel; * That bank asked for a letter of recommendation; * And the young Jewish man put down his Rabbi to be the reference. * The Rabbi wrote, 'His father came from the distinguished ...read more

  • Who Needs Your Help?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,697 views

    WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP? Of the 2,000 passengers on the Titanic, 1517 were lost. At the time the Titanic went down, another ship, the California was only 30 miles away. The Titanic’s operator frantically sent out SOS repeatedly; but the wireless set on the California was closed because there was only ...read more

  • Beware Of Attachments

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,206 views

    BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS Felipe Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore in September 2008. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead, the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the hose, he had lost so much time that he finished ...read more

  • The Martyrs For Christ

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 1, 2011
     | 2,561 views

    THE MARTYRS FOR CHRIST James the son of Zebedee was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first of the apostles to die, during the Easter season in about the year A.D. 44. Matthew was slain with the sword in a city in Ethiopia. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria until he expired. Luke was ...read more

  • Pecans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
     | 8,965 views

    We might be used by God to produce fruit we will never see. Takes time to take a fruit tree from a sapling to a mature, fruit producing tree. Down South, a young man, walking along a dirt path, comes upon an old man bowed to the ground planting pecan trees in a field. He stops and asks the old ...read more

  • A Strange Funeral In The Backyard

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 12, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 886 views

    A Backyard Neighbor Funeral Mr. Green peered over his fence and noticed that the neighbor’s little boy was in his backyard filling in a hole. Curious about what the youngster was up to, Mr. Green asked, “What in the world are you doing, Jimmy?” Tearfully, little Jimmy replied, “My special little ...read more

  • Joyless Christians

    Contributed by N A on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,960 views

    JOYLESS CHRISTIANS A little girl once went to visit her grandmother in the country. Things were fine until Sunday. This lady went to a very old-fashioned church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, ...read more

  • It Was Related That Once When The Duke Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 5,733 views

    It was related that once when the Duke of Wellington remained to take communion at his parish church, a very poor old man went up to the opposite aisle, and reaching the Communion table, knelt down close by the side of the Duke. (Immediately, tension and commotion interrupted the silence of the ...read more

  • We're Like The Little Boy Who Was Sitting In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 126 ratings
     | 1,625 views

    We’re like the little boy who was sitting in church one day. The preacher was going on and on about how great heaven would be. He talked about the streets of gold and the angels and about seeing God face to face. He concluded his message by asking the members of the congregation to raise their ...read more

  • A Man Often Walked Through A Cemetery On His Way ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 27, 2001
    based on 221 ratings
     | 4,074 views

    A man often walked through a cemetery on his way home. One night, though, unaware that a new grave had been dug in his path, he tumbled in. For some time he struggled to get out of the 7 foot deep grave, but finally gave up and settled down for the night. An hour later, a farmer out possum ...read more

  • There Is A Story (Perhaps Apocryphal) Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 1,702 views

    There is a story (perhaps apocryphal) of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson. In his advanced years, Boswell reflected on the most important day of his life. He said it occurred one day during his youth, when his father had invited him to go fishing. While most of his childhood days ...read more

  • A Church Educational Worker Was Sent To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Byrd on Jul 12, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
     | 2,821 views

    A church educational worker was sent to a community once to help a Sunday school take a religious census. In one home, he was asking the mother of the house the routine questions: “Are you a church member?”, “What church?”, etc. When he came to the question, “Are you a Christian?” the lady ...read more

  • Story: Andrew Carnegie, The Famous Steel Magnate ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 18, 2001
    based on 72 ratings
     | 1,529 views

    Story: Andrew Carnegie, the famous steel magnate of the 19th Century had a sister who complained that her sons were always asking for money but never replied to her letters. So Carnegie bet her £100 that he could get them to reply within a week. So he sat down and wrote to each of his nephews ...read more