Contributed by Kent Kessler on May 12, 2007
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That reminds me of a story of a mother who invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn’t know what to say," the girl replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," the mother answered. The little girl
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 6, 2009
Billy Graham told the following story: “Once while flying between cities on the African continent, I began to share my faith in Christ with some reporters who accompanied me. None seemed interested in hearing the Gospel. Suddenly the plane entered a very turbulent storm. The plane shook and began
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
60 FOR 60
I have a suggestion: Try 60 for 60. Say that with me, "60 for 60." For sixty days, set your watch or whatever device to softly chime at the top of the hour, and let that be a reminder to say a quick prayer. It might even give you the chance to tell others what you are doing. Every sixty
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "It is… in the Book of Proverbs that the high place which the mother occupied in the Hebrew's estimation is specially indicated. Her teachings are constantly enjoined as being of equal weight with those of the father. The first verse after the introduction to
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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HUMILITY?
Dr. Harry Ironside was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this venture and when he returned
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Brethren
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
David Seamands, a counselor, says this:
"Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God’s grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that love,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 24, 2011
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PASSING THE TEST
A man recounts a time when he had to enter the military while the draft was still in place:
I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?"
"What
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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HE KEPT CALLING
In 1975, my aunt Marsha McCarthy divorced Ralph McCarthy. Marsha left Southern California and followed her parents to Joplin, Missouri.
She was employed as the Secretary at College Heights Christian Church and raised three children on her own. The stress was
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How do your eyes see it?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
so you are a Mother?
I see alot different than you do,
you see the mud all around you,
Ha! I see the diamond in you.
You compare yourself to others,
and say I can never acheive that level.
I say, you are beyond where most ever
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 31, 2006
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"During the mighty movements of the Holy Spirit in the Moody-Sankey meetings in Dublin, the worldly father of C.T. Studd was gloriously saved. He invited some of his worldly companions to come to his home so that he could tell them the wonderful news. When one wealthy English sportsman arrived at
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Baptist
Contributed by Shane Hart on Aug 10, 2006
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Who Is To Blame
We read in the paper and hear on the air
Of killing and stealing and crime everywhere.
We sigh and say, as we notice the trend,
“This young generation... Where will it end?”
But can we be sure it is their fault alone?
Are we less guilty, who places in their way
Too many things that
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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In Bill Moyers’s book A World of Ideas II, Jacob Needleman remembers,
"I was an observer at the launch of Apollo 17 in 1975. It was a night launch, and there were hundreds of cynical reporters all over the lawn, drinking beer, wisecracking, and waiting for this 35-story-high rocket.
"The
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Nov 23, 2005
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A man urgently needed to get to town. So he went to a neighbor who happened to be a pastor and asked to borrow his horse. The pastor obliged but told the man that there were some special instructions required for riding this particular horse. The preacher said, “since we need to begin our
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
“But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.”
Ingmar Bergman is a celebrated Swedish filmmaker. He tells the story of how one day he was listening to the works of classical composer Igor Stravinsky. As he was listening to the music, he began to daydream about a 19th-century cathedral.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Robert Bruce was king of Scotland during the 12th and 13th Century. He had been at war with the King of England. The King of England sent an army to Robert Bruce’s palace to kill him. Robert Bruce, having suspected what might happen, left his home and fled into the forest. When the army came to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A family was sitting around the dinner table one evening waiting for their dad to get in from work. Finally, he came in late because it had been a rough day. When he came in, he sat down at the table and offered thanks for the food. As soon as he finished his prayer, he began to complain and
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