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  • I Had Some Friends With A Three-Year-Old Son. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Dec 11, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,704 views

    I had some friends with a three-year-old son. For family fun, they liked to play the game Memory. It consisted of a bunch of cards arranged on the floor face down. Those playing took turns, trying to turn over matching pairs of cards. If you got a match, you kept them and went again. The ...read more

  • Faith Involves Resting Securely On God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Chan on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,448 views

    Faith Involves Resting Securely on God’s Revelation –Entering the Ark. Noah’s faith in become a verb is completed with his entrance into the Ark with his family. It inspires me to learn that Noah was so confident about God’s promise and power that he went into the Ark with his family. It is one ...read more

  • Count The Cost - "Think For A Moment Of The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,718 views

    Count the Cost - “Think for a moment of the most worthless, unnecessary purchase you have made in recent years. Perhaps it was an electric shaver that now sits in the garage or an article of clothing that will never be worn. It is important to realize that this item was not purchased with your ...read more

  • History Tells Us That The Early Church Could Not ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 23, 2006
     | 1,823 views

    History tells us that the early church could not help themselves but tell of the resurrection of Jesus. I don’t know how many of you have seen the film ‘Liar, Liar’ starring Jim Carrey? The Film was made about 6 years ago and Jim Carrey plays a lawyer who tells lots of lies. He gets lots of results ...read more

  • A Little Over 3 Months Ago, Little Matthew (Well, ...

    Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,341 views

    A little over 3 months ago, little Matthew (well, not exactly little) came into our family. My niece left him with my elderly parents to care for since she could not. When I heard what had happened, I traveled back to Oklahoma to assess the situation Seeing my 80 year old parents care for this BIG ...read more

  • Honor Of Death

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2009
     | 3,405 views

    HONOR OF DEATH I have had the privilege to be with several people and their families when they have breathed their last breath. It is an incredible privilege to be present for those who make the transition into God’s kingdom. I also count it a privilege and honor to visit with people and their ...read more

  • Forgiving Flowers

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 9, 2011
     | 3,636 views

    FORGIVING FLOWERS Fifteen years ago in Houston, a man named Ron Flowers accidentally shot school teacher Deirdra Washington through a car window during the course of a failed drug deal and was sent to prison for 35 years. Her family was consumed, destroyed by grief and anger. For 14 years Flowers ...read more

  • Have Any Of You Been Confronted With A "Good ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
     | 1,755 views

    Have any of you been confronted with a “good news, bad news” situation lately? I heard about a man who got a call from his doctor. The doctor said, “Your test results are in, and I’ve got good news and bad news for you.” The man said, “Okay --- give me the good news first.” The doctor ...read more

  • Someone Shared With Me A Story This Week Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,694 views

    Someone shared with me a story this week of a young boy who witnessed a Baptism at his local Baptist Church. And he heard how the minister described it made that person part of the family of God. This got the young boy to thinking and so the next morning he decided to baptize the family cats. He ...read more

  • I Remember Attending A Promise Keeper Meeting In ...

    Contributed by Mike Watson on Jun 23, 2007
     | 1,255 views

    I remember attending a Promise keeper Meeting in Denver Colorado when I was give the chance to hear Tony Evans speak to 70,000 plus men gathered together in the Broncos football arena. As I sat there in sure amazement I was challenged by the message that he spoke. He said, If we are going to ...read more

  • Contrast The Poor Example Of King Jehoiachin ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007
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    Contrast the poor example of King Jehoiachin with that of the British Royal Family during World War II. King George Vi and his wife Queen Elizabeth remained in Buckingham Palace throughout the War rather than fleeing to the countryside for safety. During the German Blitzkrieg of London from ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Cut Out A Little Story From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,079 views

    Years ago, I cut out a little story from Reader's Digest that speaks volumes about a personal relationship with God: John Dulmage said during Sunday mass at the church where his mother attends, the priest told of a conversation he had had with a young parishioner. When the priest asked the little ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Young Canadian Man, His Wife, ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 878 views

    Many years ago a young Canadian man, his wife, his two children and another young man were pursued by a large pack of wolves When about to be overtaken, they shot some of the wolves This stopped the pack for a short time while they devoured the fallen beasts Again about to be overtaken they cut ...read more

  • Cohabitation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,190 views

    COHABITATION STUDIES The Australian Institute of Family Studies had a Family Formation Project cited in this government report. The study found that after five years of marriage, 13 percent of those who had cohabited were divorced, compared to 6 percent of those who had not cohabited - that ...read more

  • The Dog Gone Story!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,701 views

    THE DOG GONE STORY! Many years ago before airplanes and the great jets of today, people had to travel by ships. These great ocean going vessels were very slow sailing across long distances. The King of Greece made the decision to travel to the USA. The King had heard of the vast land and how God ...read more

  • H. Page Williams Wrote A Book Called Do Yourself ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,072 views

    H. Page Williams wrote a book called Do Yourself a Favor: Love Your Wife. I wish there were some way to make it required reading for church membership. In it he said, "I asked one wife what it was that her husband was doing that caused her to want to leave him, and her reply was ’Nothing.’ ...read more

  • Jim Rhodes: God's Complainer  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,390 views

    Jim Rhodes: God’s Complainer Driving through Mineral Wells, Texas, one afternoon in 1994, Jim Rhodes noticed many buildings standing vacant due to the shutdown of a local military base. "I always complain to God about things that bother me," says Rhodes, "so I asked him, ’Why aren’t these buildings ...read more

  • Whom Does A Mother Serve?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,760 views

    WHOM DOES A MOTHER SERVE? Mother...a quiet servant of necessity...doing the work no on would notice or thank her for--no one, that is, except Him to whom it could be offered as a daily sacrifice of ...read more

  • In The Book, "Children's Letters To God: The New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Larsen on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,150 views

    In the book, “Children’s Letters to God: The New Collection”, a little girl named, Nan, writes this letter: “Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There ...read more

  • Who Can Ever Forget Winston Churchill's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,757 views

    “Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the ...read more

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