Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 8, 2008
An evangelist accompanied a missionary on a missionary trip overseas. While there, one of the natives that had given his life to the Lord asked the evangelist, "Preacher, if the Lord gave you two houses, would you give one of them to the Lord?" "Certainly," the evangelist replied. The native
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2007
"A Californian magazine ran a survey of over 600 ex-Muslims who now follow Jesus, and concludes: "Although dreams appear to play a minor role in the conversion of Westerners, over 25% of these ex-Muslims affirmed that dreams and visions played a vital role in their conversions…" [source:
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 26, 2003
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THE GOSPEL OF GRACE?
Put bluntly: the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works – but our lives refute our faith.
By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor
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Evangelical Free
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I heard a story about a visitor to a mental hospital for the criminally insane. The visitor was shocked to see that only 3 guards were supervising more than 100 dangerous inmates. He asked the guide, “Don’t you fear these people will plot an escape and overpower
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 11, 2007
Terry Teachout says, "We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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GIVING QUESTIONS
What is harder for people to give these days: time, money, or possessions? Why?
What is the biggest internal barrier for people investing what they have already have for God?
What is the biggest external barrier for people investing what they have already have
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Church Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth Graham, says, worship is not a one-day-a-week event. It is a lifestyle. It is an attitude that says, "Here am I, Lord, send me" That was Issiah’s response after He had seen the Lord “High and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
As Philip Yancey in his book entitled “Prayer” says:
“Jesus taught a model prayer – the Lord’s Prayer but otherwise gave few rules. His teaching reducees down to three principles: Keep it honest, keep it simple and keep it up
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 5, 2006
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I try to start each morning by saying that Jesus Christ is Lord of my spirit, Lord of my mind and Lord of my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2002
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For most of his life, Hudson Taylor was haunted and depressed both by his desire to see the Chinese saved and his fear of responsibility. In many instances, he trusted God for what at the time were remarkable requests: In 1881, he asked for another 70 missionaries within three years, and he got 76.
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All of us face distractions so there are lessons here for all of us. The songwriter says though I’m tossed about with many a conflict and many a doubt, fightings within and fears without, O Lamb of God I come to you. So what’s the answer? Come to Jesus. Feel fear? Come to Jesus. Feel
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Baptist
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 25, 2008
A friend convinced Phil to go deep-sea fishing, something he had never done before. Now that he was in the middle of the ocean, he felt sure this was the dumbest thing he had ever done. Who would have believed that seasickness could be so awful? With every pitch and roll, Phil wondered if he could
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
The number 13, for example:
The Turks so disliked that number that they practically removed it from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894).
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
Many buildings don’t have a 13th floor.
And according to information I had a number of years ago, some
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
Speak, Lord
Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears.
Show me where to go and tell me what to say;
Give thy Word to light my path and point the way.
Yes, Lord, Thy command is heard.
Yes, Lord, I obey Thy Word.
I don’t ask for riches, I don’t ask for fame,
I don’t ask that honor be
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Lord,
Thank you for this Thanksgiving Day. Thank you for all the many many blessings you bestow on us each and everyday. Thank you for the little things we over look from day to day. Lord, I pray you feed the ones today less fortunate. Draw up real close to them and let them know how very precious
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Thomas Aquinas the famous medieval theologian once wrote:
The Lord’s Prayer is the most perfect of prayers... In it we ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desired. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for
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