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  • Loneliness And Belonging

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
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    LONELINESS AND BELONGING Chip Ingram notes: "In his landmark book Bowling Alone, Robert Putman makes the case that loneliness is America’s new epidemic. People are searching for a place to belong. In the 1970s, it wasn’t uncommon for someone to leave a job that paid well and go off into the woods ...read more

  • The Eeyore Syndrome  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    THE EEYORE SYNDROME In the past I have spoken of what I call, "The Eeyore Syndrome"--these are Christians who walk around acting like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. They choose to look at the gloomy side of life. Their eyes are cast down, their countenance is cheerless, and they have no enthusiasm ...read more

  • It Was Enough

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 8, 2011
     | 2,771 views

    IT WAS ENOUGH This past Sunday morning I had an encounter with God. I had a bad headache (from God to keep me home) so I did not go with Julie and the boys to church. I got my bible out and then started praying. I felt the Lord flood my soul and then I felt like laying prostrate on the floor and ...read more

  • Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
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    Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. Robbins 1. The ministry of Spiritual Gifts originates in the New Testament, commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ. After He established His church on the earth and ascended to Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to equip His church with power and ...read more

  • The Next Billy Graham

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 7, 2012
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    THE NEXT BILLY GRAHAM Baptist author and leader Russell Moore said recently: "The next Jonathan Edwards might be the man driving in front of you with the Darwin Fish bumper decal. The next Charles Wesley might be a ... profanity-spewing hip-hop artist right now. The next Billy Graham might be ...read more

  • Prayer Journal Entry Of George Washington  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
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    PRAYER JOURNAL ENTRY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON When George Washington was about 20 years old he wrote this in his prayer journal: "O most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt, in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day. I ...read more

  • A Story For Peace-Lovers  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 21, 2013
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    A STORY FOR PEACE-LOVERS (Narrated by Dorothy S. Mclaren) One morning a little girl, dressed in spotless white, with a lovely bouquet of flowers in her hands, passed by a boy who was playing in the dusty street. The sight of this pretty girl stirred the spirit of mischief in the boy’s heart and ...read more

  • What Is Secret Of Spiritual Success?

    Contributed by Usman Raza on Mar 15, 2015
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    We all have questions in our mind, and the Lord Jesus put these key factors in my heart: 1- Faith in God and in His presence (Romans 3:22), (Psalm 42:5) 2- Walking with Him in His Fear (Deuteronomy 6:13,Proverbs 14:2) 3- Continuous Prayers not just for yourself but for your ministry, the people ...read more

  • No Room In The Inn

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 20, 2020
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    People have no room for Christ because they are full of themselves, full of their own will, full of their own cares, and full of their own sinfulness. They feel they have no time or no need for the Lord. People may deny Christ and scorn Him. Yet, every time they write the date of the year, they are ...read more

  • Every Person Among Us At One Time Or Another Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Every person among us at one time or another has felt the distress of discouragement to tug at our hearts and dampen our spirits. Thomas Edison -- Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Dale Carnegie -- Develop success from ...read more

  • Love Stories Of Over-Comers, Like…  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 21, 2007
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    love stories of over-comers, like… o Johnny Fulton, who was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It didn’t look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in ...read more

  • Augustine, Who Became One Of The Great ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
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    Augustine, who became one of the great theologians and greatest preaching leaders of his day, was a very wild young man. He had a mother who prayed deeply for him all the time. One day, Augustine announced that he was moving to Rome. His mother was devastated. She prayed, "Oh, God, don’t let ...read more

  • Traditions

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
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    TRADITIONS We all have various Christmas traditions. Few of us probably have a tradition quite like the Robynson family’s. In his book Crazy Love, Francis Chan shares their story (their effort to keep Christmas and to exude the true Christmas spirit): This family of five, with three kids under ...read more

  • Opening Illustration: Show The Wine Skin – ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2009
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    Opening Illustration: Show the wine skin – explain the meaning of Jesus teaching here to the church. The teaching is simple – you cannot put new wine in to old wineskins because the old worn out skins will burst and the new wine will be lost. Instead there needs to be new wine and a new skin to ...read more

  • By The Way, I Got A Prayer Handkerchief In The ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 17, 2009
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    By the way, I got a prayer handkerchief in the mail about two-three weeks ago. It was a fundraising approach by an interdenominational group and it cited Acts 19 as its affirmation. They missed the point! Even as the people snuggling together under Peter’s shadow missed the point. The power—the ...read more

  • Financial Wow Miracle

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
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    FINANCIAL WOW MIRACLE Lake City Church - Madison -- God does a financial wow miracle. They were four days away from having to make their quarterly payment of $140,000 for their mortgage. Pastor John Ruck meets with all the finance wizards - bankers, Cpa's, business men. They asked him "How are you ...read more

  • Character: Prototype Plus Pneumatic Force  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 14, 2009
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    CHARACTER: PROTOTYPE PLUS PNEUMATIC FORCE Jesus is the very imprint or prototype of God’s essential reality. The word used in the Greek here is pronounced "kah-rahk-TEER" (sometimes "kah-rahk-TAYR") and it is the word from which we get "character." In the original Greek usage, it meant an imprint ...read more

  • He Writhed On The Floor While Men And Women ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 6, 2010
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    He writhed on the floor while men and women gathered around him hurling their prayers. That’s the best way I can describe it. "Come out in Jesus name!" they said, and he writhed all the more as if in pain, and certainly in turmoil. The voices rose, "Come out you unclean spirit!" I had been ...read more

  • Shoes Pave The Way To The Kingdom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    SHOES PAVE THE WAY TO THE KINGDOM Because Vance is an African American living in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood, he stands out. But what really sets Vance apart is that he is a servant-hearted father who cares not only for his own kids, but also for the many other kids who play in the ...read more

  • Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great ...

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
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    Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great Awakening. It had been said about Rev. Charles Finney that his sermons were chain lightning, flashing conviction into the hearts of the stoutest skeptics. Simple as a child in his utterances, he sometimes startled his hearers by his unique prayers." He ...read more