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  • Produce It Anyway

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    PRODUCE IT ANYWAY Automobile genus Henry Ford once came up with a revolutionary plan for a new kind of engine which we know today as the V-8. Ford was eager to get his great new idea into production. He had some men draw up the plans, and presented them to the engineers. As the engineers studied ...read more

  • Excuses, Excuses

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 24, 2011
     | 7,787 views

    EXCUSES, EXCUSES We live in a word of excuses. Here are some complied by the Readers Digest that have been offered for not showing up for work: "I dreamed I was fired, so I didn't want to get out of bed." "I was up all night arguing with God." "A raccoon stole my work shoe off my porch." "I ...read more

  • The Unexpected Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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     | 3,874 views

    THE UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS When I was in seventh grade, like so many youth at that age, music became a huge part of my life. I was awakened to the sounds of music of Elton John’s Greatest Hits, SuperTramp's Breakfast in America and Led Zeppelin 2. So my hope and dream was to build a stereo system ...read more

  • The Difference Between Life And Death  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
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    THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH In his book Winning Life’s Toughest Battles, psychologist Julius Segal wrote about the 25,000 soldiers who were held by the Japanese in POW camps during World War II. "Forced to exist under inhumane conditions, many of them died. Others, however, survived and ...read more

  • Orphans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2014
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    Rubel Shelly tells of his friends Rich and Patty White, who traveled to a 3rd world country to adopt a little girl named Olona. After 2 years of effort and paperwork, the Whites stood before a judge who read words from an official document: “Inasmuch as Olona Morgan is orphaned and unwanted by ...read more

  • In 1937, Napoleon Hill Wrote A Development / ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2015
     | 3,624 views

    IN 1937, NAPOLEON HILL wrote a development / self-help book: THINK AND GROW RICH. Hill discussed a man that invested all his and his family’s money into a GOLD MINE. The man worked and worked. He was so excited, he was going to make millions of dollars and become rich and famous. For weeks the man ...read more

  • Lost Sheep

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Aug 9, 2019
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     | 3,619 views

    When the sheep strayed, the shepherd left the 99 and searched for the lost one. I was that lost sheep, I got saved at an early age, and loved the lord with all my heart. Everything was great in my life, I married the girl of my dreams, then my world fell apart. In 1968, I got a letter from ...read more

  • Satisfied Mind

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007
     | 2,868 views

    Satisfied Mind (By Rhodes & Hayes)(Starrite Music) How many times have you heard someone say "If I had his money, I could do things my way?" Little they know that it’s so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Once I was winning in fortune and fame Everything that I ...read more

  • Empty

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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     | 3,711 views

    George Foreman instead March 1977. A few days before his fight with Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico. George stood on the hotel balcony and wondered about the meaning of life. He had come a long way in 28 years from poverty to wealth. He was the heavyweight Champion of the world. Yet in spite of his ...read more

  • Friday The 13th

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,286 views

    The number 13, for example: The Turks so disliked that number that they practically removed it from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Many buildings don’t have a 13th floor. And according to information I had a number of years ago, some ...read more

  • Nizhizaka Hill Is The Place In Nagasaki, Japan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    Nizhizaka Hill is the place in Nagasaki, Japan where the 26 martyrs were executed on 15 February 1597, 400 years ago. They went to their deaths singing Psalm 113. Paul Miki was preaching. Contrary to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan’s expectation the Christians’ faith was strengthened. ...read more

  • In The Closing Days Of World War Ii, Allied ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 1,745 views

    In the closing days of World War II, Allied bombings of the munitions factories around Essen, Germany, became more and more frequent and fierce. When the air raid sirens sounded, armed guards would rush to bomb shelters, leaving the slave laborers (often Jewish and female) to huddle in the rubble ...read more

  • Dr. J. Harold Smith Tells The Story Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,988 views

    Dr. J. Harold Smith tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, who refused to give her heart to Christ at a revival meeting he once preached. During the invitation time, he felt impressed of the Spirit to extend the altar call. He noticed this young lady, who was obviously under conviction, ...read more

  • Christmas: A Season Of Stress?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,289 views

    Christmas: A Season of Stress? The picture the Bible gives us of the first Christmas is one of peace and serenity. You can see it with your mind’s eye: There are the shepherds, gathered around a campfire under a clear, starlit sky, quietly talking among themselves about their flocks, their ...read more

  • In The Early 1700's A Congregation Of Some 300 ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 29, 2008
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     | 2,323 views

    In the early 1700’s a congregation of some 300 Hussites, Anabaptists, Calvinists and various disciples of non-conforming Christian doctrines came together seeking refuge on the estate of Count Zinzindorf in Saxony, East Germany also called Moravia. Like the Count who was 27 years old at the time ...read more

  • Ivan The Great Was The Tsar Of Russia During The ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
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     | 2,773 views

    Ivan the Great was the tsar of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. He brought together the warring tribes into one vast empire. As a fighting man he was courageous. As a general he was brilliant. He drove out the enemies and established peace across the nation. Ivan was so busy waging his ...read more

  • Brian L. Harbour, Rising Above The ...

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 9, 2002
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    [illustration, Brian L. Harbour, Rising Above the Crowd.] The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, ...read more

  • Unsatisfied  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,357 views

    UNSATISFIED French author, Guy de Maupassant was one of the greatest writers of short stories the world has ever known. Within ten years he rose from relative obscurity to fame. Just what he thought he’d always wanted. His material possessions showed a life of affluence…a yacht in the ...read more

  • Gene A. Smith, An American Historian, Authored A ...

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 26, 2003
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    Gene A. Smith, an American historian, authored a book entitled, “When The Cheering Stopped.” The book told of Woodrow Wilson, and the events surrounding WW1. Upon the end of the war, people were optimistic. They believed that the last war had been fought. The dream was that the world had at ...read more

  • Moms On The Go For The Lord Strengthen Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 15, 2003
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    Moms on the go for the Lord strengthen their children¡¦s individual personalities.They allow their children to soar into what God designed them to be. This poem expresses this act well: Before I was myself, you made me, me by Nicholas Gordon: Before I was myself you made me, me With love and ...read more

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