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  • It Was On A Saturday Evening After The Open Air ...  PRO

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,697 views

    It was on a Saturday evening after the open air meetings we usually had and we all gathered for a revival service in a hall within the institution we resided in. That evening the Holy Spirit visited the congregation and the hall could not contain the crowd anymore. Many left the hall and could be ...read more

  • Precious At The Bottom

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Aug 30, 2008
     | 3,638 views

    Precious At the Bottom A Persian legend tells us that a certain king needed a faithful servant and had to choose between two candidates for the office. He took both at fixed wages and told them to fill a basket with water from a nearby well, saying that he would come in the evening to inspect ...read more

  • When Queen Elizabeth Was A Little Girl, She ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 2,437 views

    When Queen Elizabeth was a little girl, she threw a tantrum. Her nanny said, “Do you know who you are?’ “Of course, “ she replied, “ I am Elizabeth.” “No,” scolded her nanny, “you are the heir apparent to the throne of the British Empire and the future Queen of England.” To that the ...read more

  • A Church That Has Passion Is A Church Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 7,603 views

    A church that has passion is a church where "Discouraged folks cheer up, dishonest folks fees up, sour folks sweeten up, closed folk, open up, gossipers shut up, conflicted folks make up, sleeping folks wake up, lukewarm folk, fire up, dry bones shake up, and pew ...read more

  • Your Death And My Death Are Mainly Of ...

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,650 views

    "Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us, and those who ...read more

  • I Would Rather Be Ashes Than Dust I Would ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,730 views

    "I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to ...read more

  • Unconverted Ministers

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 2,019 views

    UNCONVERTED MINISTERS Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is ...read more

  • Tumbleweeds And Mesquite Trees  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,903 views

    TUMBLEWEEDS AND MESQUITE TREES Have you seen those old movies about the wild West? Near the end, the good guy and the bad guy stand facing each other at opposite ends of the only street in town. The local folks, knowing what will happen, clear the street. They slam doors and shutter windows. The ...read more

  • An Indian Christian, Sandhu Singh, Made A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,727 views

    An Indian Christian, Sandhu Singh, made a perceptive statement when he said, "One day I was sitting on the banks of a river. I took from the water a round stone and I broke it. Inside it was perfectly dry. That stone had been lying in the water for a long time but the water had not penetrated ...read more

  • Then We Can Have A Revival

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,157 views

    If all the sleeping folk will wake up, If all the lukewarm folk will get fired up, If all the dishonest folk will confess up, If all the disgruntled folk will cheer up, If all the depressed folk will cheer up, If all the estranged folk will make up, If all the gossipers will shut up, If all true ...read more

  • Revival — If?  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,184 views

    Revival -- If? If all the sleeping folk will wake up, If all the lukewarm folk will fire up, If all the dishonest folk will confess up, If all the disgruntled folk will cheer up, If all the depressed folk will cheer up, If all the estranged folk will make up, If all the ...read more

  • How To Hug

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 3,440 views

    HOW TO HUG A man walked by a book store, and in the window saw a book with the title How to Hug. Being somewhat of a romantic, he went in to buy the book. To his disappointment, he discovered that it was a volume of an encyclopedia covering the subjects "How" to "Hug." Everyone knows that the ...read more

  • God Wants To Trade

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
     | 2,828 views

    God wants to trade your dry barren ground for a fertile garden ; He wants to trade your weeds for beautiful flowers ; He wants to take our anxiety and give us assurance (everything is all right) ; He wants to give us faith instead of fear ; He wants to take your curses and give you blessings ; He ...read more

  • In America, Every Day Is A New Beginning, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 6,292 views

    "In America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in the act ...read more

  • Frank Boyd On Revival

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
     | 2,904 views

    FRANK BOYD ON REVIVAL Frank M. Boyd, an early Pentecostal instructor, said, "He expected all the students to be more filled with fire and love and zeal and more filled with the Spirit when they left than when they came. He said that when men had the Word without the Spirit they were often dead ...read more

  • On A Flight To A Large City, I Was Able To Tune ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    On a flight to a large city, I was able to tune in the tower on the radio as we were landing and overheard a flight controller telling a pilot to remain in a holding pattern because there was a plane coming in that needed to land immediately. The pilot replied that he thought he could land and ...read more

  • George Washington Helps Exhausted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 4,351 views

    George Washington Helps Exhausted Soldiers He could have others serve Him while he was on earth, but he said, The “Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45) What did the God of the universe who was fully in control of all things do? John 13:4-5 – ‘he got up from the meal, ...read more

  • It Had Been A Long Flight And The Crew Was Tired. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 308 ratings
     | 2,393 views

    It had been a long flight and the crew was tired. This was even made more apparent by the rough landing. This particular airline had a policy that the pilot must stand by the door as the people exited to thank them for flying with the airline. The pilot was dreading this because of the landing ...read more

  • A Letter Written During World War Ii

    Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Nov 6, 2006
     | 1,406 views

    ILL> A letter written during world war 2 Dear son, I wish I had the power to write The thoughts wedged in my heart tonight As I sit watching this small star And wondering were and how you are You know, son, it’s a funny thing How close a war can really bring A father, who for years with pride, Has ...read more

  • Preaching Fluff Versus Quality

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 8, 2017
     | 4,485 views

    I once lived in a town where there were two preachers who were polar opposites. The one was very charismatic and enthusiastic. But, he did not preach the Bible. I asked him one day why he didn't preach the Bible. His answer was that the people could read their Bibles at home. He preached ...read more