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  • A Man Wanted To Know The Will Of God For His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 1,290 views

    A man wanted to know the will of God for his life, so took out his Bible, let the pages fall open, closed his eyes and put his finger down on a spot. Looking down at the verse under his finger he found that it said, “Judas went out and hanged himself.” Slightly frustrated he followed the ...read more

  • A Pastor Gets A Humility Check…  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 21, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,887 views

    A pastor gets a humility check… A pastor finally gets an opportunity to speak at a large community association gathering. He feels rather proud that he was asked, so he refuses the check saying that "he felt special enough by being chosen" and that the check should go to a better cause. ...read more

  • Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,507 views

    Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants national research uncovered key reasons employees stay. The 3 most important reasons for staying with an employer are: challenging work, the ability to balance work with family life, and compensation. The 3 least important reasons for staying are: ...read more

  • Pastors Families: According To Recent Ellison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,512 views

    Pastors Families: According to recent Ellison Research for Facts & Trends, 93% of pastors have children, including 43% with adolescents, and 50% whose children are 18 or older. 14% are the child of a pastor. 93% believe there is extra pressure being married to a pastor and 91% feel there is extra ...read more

  • Back When I Was A Teen, We Used The Word "Cool." ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 12, 2007
     | 1,221 views

    Back when I was a teen, we used the word "Cool." It has turned into "Khuuul" but still means the same thing. What you think is "cool" is where your mind is going to be If you think walking closely with God is cool, you are more likely to walk with God… if you feel like your faith was forced upon ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Tv Show, Mash? There's A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 27, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 1,935 views

    Do you remember the TV show, MASH? There’s a recurring scene in which Hawkeye and B.J. have been in surgery for eighteen hours straight. Finally, they finish and drag themselves back to their tent. Just as their heads hit the pillow, we hear the faint sound of helicopters in the distance. And then, ...read more

  • The Concern May Be For An Individual. One Night ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,954 views

    The concern may be for an individual. One night in 1962 in a hotel in Seattle, Billy Graham was sound asleep. Suddenly he awoke with what he later described as "a burden to pray for Marilyn Monroe," the movie actress. When the feeling continued the next day, one of Graham’s associates tries to ...read more

  • What Do We Have To Worry About?

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007
     | 1,789 views

    What do we have to Worry about? Consider the following… 40% of our worries never happen. Anxiety is the result of a tired mind. 30% of our worries concerns past decisions which cannot be changed 12% of our worries centers on criticism by others, meant to make us feel inferior 10% is related to ...read more

  • Nobody Noticed

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 17, 2007
     | 1,994 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for 5 days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proofreader at a New York firm for 30 years, ...read more

  • "David Had Eight Wives, Including Maacah, The...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 12, 2008
     | 2,223 views

    "David had eight wives, including Maacah, the daughter of a king who ruled over the tiny nation of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3). In the Psalms, we read about David’s struggles with God as his son was pursuing him, trying to kill him to steal his throne. But how did Maacah feel about this? Was she ...read more

  • The Truth Is That God, Who Needs Nothing, Wants ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,814 views

    The Truth is that God, who needs nothing, wants us. The Truth is that we–all of us–have discounted that divine presence and desire, perhaps thinking it’s too good to be true. And so, like Peter, the Rock, we turn to God when He invites us to act in goodness, truth and beauty. We listen to Him ...read more

  • I Read Of A Candidate For Ordination Into The ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,849 views

    I read of a candidate for ordination into the ministry. He was having an interview with the bishop on the day before the ordination service. Feeling his unworthiness he said, "Bishop, if you knew how unworthy I am to be ordained by you, you would never lay hands on me." The dear bishop replied, ...read more

  • Your First Love

    Contributed by Charles Worth on May 16, 2009
     | 2,427 views

    YOUR FIRST LOVE Remember your first love? That innocent time in life when you had fallen "head over heels" for someone? Knowing it is the right thing to do you went to her/him and confessed your undying love; only to be told how much they "like" you as a friend. Jesus must feel that way at times. ...read more

  • God's Strange Answers

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,542 views

    GOD'S STRANGE ANSWERS He was a Christian, and he prayed. He asked for strength to do greater things, but he was given infirmity that he might do better things. He asked for riches that he might be happy; he was given poverty that he might be wise. He asked for power that he might have the ...read more

  • Whose Jeans?  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,244 views

    WHOSE JEANS? After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself, especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. "I can wear my old jeans again!" Her husband looked at her ...read more

  • Trials, Troubles, And Polished Gems

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
     | 5,083 views

    TRIALS, TROUBLES, AND POLISHED GEMS There is a Chinese proverb, "A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made better without trials." Sure it doesn't feel good to go through abrasive moments of trials and problems. Sometimes they are recurring. Remember this, my Christian friend; life ...read more

  • Protecting The King

    Contributed by Michael E. Bartee Sr. on Jan 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,330 views

    PROTECTING THE KING Several years ago, as I was traveling through Memphis, TN. I passed by the magnificent mansion, once owned by Elvis Presley. I noticed that at the gates to the entrance onto the property, there was a guard house. It was once occupied to assure that no one could harm "The ...read more

  • The Latched Of Sandals

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 14, 2012
     | 2,632 views

    Albert Barnes’ commentary for John 1:27: “The latchet of sandals was the string or thong by which they were fastened to the feet. To unloose them was the office of a servant, and John means, therefore, that he was unworthy to perform the lowest office for the Messiah. This was remarkable humility. ...read more

  • Just Like Marriage

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 9, 2013
     | 1,839 views

    JUST LIKE MARRIAGE My 7-year-old daughter wanted to take violin lessons, so I took her to a music store to rent an instrument. Hoping she would understand the importance of practicing, I explained that violin lessons were expensive so she would have to work hard. "There may be times when you ...read more

  • Human Dignity

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Nov 28, 2024
     | 445 views

    Human Dignity Scripture: Matthew 6:5-6 I overheard my mum requesting salt from the neighbours. However, there was salt in the house. Why was she requesting salt from the neighbours? I questioned her. She responded to me by saying: Since our neighbours are not wealthy and frequently ask us for ...read more