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  • All My Days With You

    Contributed by Samuel M on Mar 14, 2025
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    Note: A small understanding from Moses’s life Lord Jesus, as long as Moses was on earth, you were staying with him on earth. You found a home on earth in Moses’s tent of meeting. Lord Jesus, you are always looking for someone with whom you can stay on Earth. Lord Jesus, since you don’t have ...read more

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  • See The Lamb Of God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Mar 19, 2025
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    When we are going through difficult times( or testing) and still remain obedient to God’s word, we will find, see (the lamb of God) and receive a greater (or deeper) revelation of the lamb of God. When Abraham was about to offer his only son as a sacrifice, he saw the ram caught in the thicket. ...read more

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  • Change Of Perspective

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
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    Without God, even the smallest problem can become a Goliath. With God, a challenge like Goliath becomes a small problem. There is a change of perspective when do things with God. What appears big and large becomes small because God is so powerful that everything shrinks ...read more

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  • Lord Jesus Intervene

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
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    Lord Jesus, if you do not come into our battles, the war will be one-sided. The enemy will triumph, and there will be a lot of destruction. If you arrive late, we will be totally destroyed. Dear Lord Jesus, Let my ...read more

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  • Seek God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
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    The Christian life can be summarized in two lines: "Always preparing to meet God" and "Meet God." ...read more

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  • Seeking God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 8, 2025
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    For performing a miracle or plan, God sometimes sends his angels, but to a person who seeks God, God comes directly (in person or through his presence) to meet him. He does not send an angel, but He comes directly. He will remove the fascination of supernatural things or creatures but turn your ...read more

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  • Unbroken Preachers

    Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 8, 2025
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    These days, pulpits are filled with lot of called unbroken preachers who lack the wilderness experience. These unbroken preachers are making a lot of noise. There's a lot of boasting, hype, and selfish ambition. Their preaching lacks the voice of the Lord. Preachers with wilderness experience ...read more

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  • Repent Of Vain Words

    Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 13, 2025
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    These days on the pulpits, there are lot of fancy unnecessary words, self- boasting, manipulation, putting down people and misuse of words. The preachers speak lot of words in vain. They do not speak with reverence or fear of God. A preacher who knows or encounters God will rightly use his words. ...read more

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  • How God Fulfils His Promises In Our Life?

    Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 24, 2025
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    Every true promise of God passes through the stage of death before its fulfilled. The stage of death- is where we lose all hope, and the fulfilment of the promise looks impossible. The mere thought of the promise becomes burdensome. Sometimes we will forget the fact that we have such a wonderful ...read more

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  • Midnight Cry

    Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 30, 2025
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    There is a cry rising across the land. Every ear can hear this cry. This cry is heard in every nation, city and village. The cry is - "Behold the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him". The cry is resonating so much in the atmosphere- The bridegroom is coming; the bridegroom is ...read more

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  • Luther: Asleep In Christ

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 1, 2025
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    (Martin Luther quotes about death.) “What is our death but a night’s sleep? For as through sleep all weariness and faintness pass away… so at the Last Day we shall rise again as if we had only slept a night.” Source: It’s widely reproduced in quotation databases such as AZ Quotes and Luther’s ...read more

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  • Something Somewhere

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
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    I once read a novel about a father and son wandering through a burned, ashen world. Everything alive was gone. They survived on scraps, dodging others who had turned to cannibalism just to stay alive. When they finally reached the sea, the boy looked out over the gray horizon and asked, “What’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • The Anchor That Holds

    Contributed by Samuel Shamaun on Jan 20, 2026
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    A pastor once visited a small fishing village and noticed many boats tied securely at the shore. During a storm, the waves were strong, and the wind was fierce. Some boats drifted dangerously, but others remained steady and unmoved. Curious, the pastor asked a fisherman why some boats stayed safe ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • The Open Door

    Contributed by Samuel Shamaun on Jan 20, 2026
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    A man once stood outside a house, knocking on the door. He knocked again and again, but no one answered. Finally, he noticed there was no handle on the outside of the door. The door could only be opened from the inside. This illustration reflects the way Jesus approaches our hearts. The Bible says ...read more

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  • I Shook Every Gift Under The Tree

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 18, 2026
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    Do you remember what it was like to be a kid at Christmas? For me it conjures up memories of pure excitement, seemingly always counting down to Christmas morning. Maybe you were staring at the tree, eyeing that one special gift, that one that was wrapped just right, the box the perfect size, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • All That I Am Or Hope To Be, I Owe To My Angel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my ...read more

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  • I Do Hope Your Christmas Has Had A Little Touch ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this ...read more

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  • Great Outline On The Hope We Have In Christ's Return

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 4, 2023
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    The Hope (literally, the "certainty") of Christ's Return and His Glorious Appearance is a… * living hope (1Pe 1:3) * blessed hope (Titus 2:13) * joyful hope (1Th 2:19) * comforting hope (1Th 4:13-18) * hope of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Secure In My Pocket

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jul 28, 2014
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    My phone was secure. I had it shoved far down into my pants pocket. There was no way it could fall out; no way could I lose it. I denied it at the time but I saw the signs. They read “Please put any items that you do not want to lose in the bins or lockers before getting on the ride.” I chose to ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Some Years Ago I Was In A Discussion With A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    Some years ago I was in a discussion with a member of the so-called Unity Church of Christianity. He said he believed the same thing I did - Unity - Jesus is the Way-Shower. We follow His example of a good life. Christianity – Jesus is the Way to God. Jesus gives us new life by dying for our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal