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  • King David's Plea Is In Verse Seven Was  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 10, 2009
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    King David’s plea is in verse seven was “Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” King David needed cleansing from his sins and he knew it. He wasn’t messing about he wanted this issue sorted he knew in all his Kingly finery that the robes, the jewels, ...read more

  • Kyle Idleman On Waiting Until Later

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 19, 2013
     | 4,615 views

    I suspect there are a lot of fans who feel okay about a half-hearted relationship with Jesus, because they have every intention of one day going all in and being completely committed. They don’t feel convicted about not following Jesus because in their minds they know that one day they will. They ...read more

  • Divorce Cost Us All Each Year About 1.2 Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,822 views

    Divorce Cost Us All Each year about 1.2 million couples divorce in the U.S., costing taxpayers an estimated $30 billion in federal and state expenditures. Each divorce costs society $25,000 to $30,000 because of the increased costs of helping people with housing, food stamps, bankruptcies, problems ...read more

  • Equal Leading

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,760 views

    EQUAL LEADING In Bible College, a fellow student asked our instructor why some Christians seem to have such a strong relationship with the Lord and others seem to always struggle. He made the statement that it didn't seem fair to him that some seem to have greater leading because they become so ...read more

  • Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does not ...read more

  • A Hermit Once, Having Renounced The World And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A hermit once, having renounced the world and lost all things, yet found no peace. It seemed to him in his lonely cell that the Lord was asking something more. “But I have given you everything” cried the hermit. “All but one thing,” answered the Lord. “What is it, Lord?” “Your sins.” When we ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
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    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • Norman Wright Describes Four Changes That Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
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    Norman Wright describes four changes that have taken place in family life in recent years. One is the move toward a nuclear family. This is the mother, father and children. In the past, it was common for families to involve the extended members as well. The second change is the selection of the ...read more

  • 65279;there's A Story About A Young Child Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Mar 7, 2004
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    There’s a story about a young child who lay in hospital dying of cancer, withering away to nothing. Her family was devastated. Friends came, from church, from work...and tried to offer solace. They tried but could only come up with unhelpful little sayings that didn’t begin to touch the ...read more

  • He Slipped Away Into Eternity Peacefully The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 9, 2010
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    "He slipped away into eternity peacefully the other day as we stood by his bed. The family and I held hands and prayed as an old man who loved the Lord and loved his family was in that moment absent from the body and present with the Lord. Peace and tears filled the room and I noticed one young ...read more

  • Listen To Some Of These Statistics From The Us ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
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    Listen to some of these statistics from the US bureau on Statistics about the 1990’s. Every 30 seconds there was a divorce in America. Every 4th child in America was born to an unwed mother. STD’s have reached medically defined epidemic proportions. 47% of all children in America now live in homes ...read more

  • The Importance Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF GRATITUDE A few years ago Dr. Nick Stinnett of the University of Nebraska conducted a group of studies called the "Family Strengths Research Project." Stinnett and his researchers identified six qualities that make for strong families. The first quality and one of the most ...read more

  • War Horse: Perseverence

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 8, 2012
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    WAR HORSE: PERSEVERENCE Last week, I watched "War Horse." It's a Steven Spielberg film about a young English boy and his horse. The family is about to lose their farm because dad bought a horse for his son. The father bears a war injury and cannot tend the farm. He spends his last money ...read more

  • Accepting Or Complaining

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
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    ACCEPTING OR COMPLAINING In 2002, Lisa Beamer was interviewed by a writer for Today’s Christian Woman. She was asked "What happened to you on 9-11?" Lisa gave some details of the early part of that day and then says, "As soon as I heard that (it had been her husband’s flight), I cried out 'No!' ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget Reading The Economist Robert ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
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    I’ll never forget reading the economist Robert Heilbroner’s walk-through of what it would take to transform the average American home into the typical dwelling of the majority of the world’s inhabitants. We would have to begin by invading the house of our imaginary American family to strip it of ...read more

  • Thanksliving

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 26, 2008
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    THANKSLIVING Last week I shared with you a story about a young man with bipolar disorder that died while I was a chaplain. For those of you who were with us, do you remember that? How the parents stayed with him and were there for him even though he put them through so much hell. They were there ...read more

  • In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon Macdonald ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
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    In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon MacDonald suggests twenty-six questions to help develop accountability and invite feedback. If we desire to grow, we should submit our selves to a spiritual mentor and answer these questions honestly. 1. How is your relationship with God right now? 2. What ...read more

  • Sin Causes God Pain

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 25, 2013
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    SIN CAUSES GOD PAIN There is a book I read a few years ago, "Theology of the Pain of God" by Kazoh Kitamori, which added to my view about how I see my relationship with God. It is a deep theological book which looks at our relationship with God from the perspective of pain... and not our pain, ...read more

  • Walking In The Confidence Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Walking in the Confidence of God "Personal God" Christians can walk in confidence because the Lord is a personal God: Psalm 147:11 says, "the LORD delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love." Song of Solomon 7:10 presents a wonderful truth in regard to our ...read more

  • I Am Reminded Of A Story I Heard Some Time Ago Of ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 6, 2005
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    I am reminded of a story I heard some time ago of a missionary family who laboured in a certain field (Because it is an Islamic country I will not name it) for over 25 years they toiled for seemingly no fruit, then the whole family was martyred and that seemed to be that, But 70 years on in that ...read more