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  • God Cares For Us—every Part Of Us. He Wants Us To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 29, 2008
     | 3,414 views

    God cares for us—every part of us. He wants us to be whole—complete. This includes a physical well-being. Instead of a story I want to show you a video about a special act—a physical act—that was done for another person. It shows us what it is like to follow ...read more

  • 3 Temptations Satan Uses Against Us

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
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     | 970 views

    Eve’s descent into depravity is an illustration of James 1:14-15: “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” This is the Bible’s description of sin’s slippery ...read more

  • Our Faith In Jesus Christ And Our Love For Him ...

    Contributed by Larry East on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,570 views

    Our faith in Jesus Christ and our love for Him shows how much we love God. Let me illustrate. Let’s say that you tell me that you love me and that you care about me. But one day, my car won’t start, and I’ve got a really important appointment that I can’t miss. Now let’s suppose that I send my ...read more

  • Our Daily Bread

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,339 views

    Our Daily Bread A guy from Tyson Foods arranges to visit the Pope. After receiving the papal blessing he whispers, "Your Eminence, do we have a deal for you. If you change The Lord’s Prayer from "give us this day our daily bread…" to "give us this day our daily chicken…" we will donate $500 million ...read more

  • He Is Our Strength

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Oct 12, 2021
     | 3,110 views

    My beautiful mama was always so strong, a tower of strength, courage and faith that stood like a beacon for our family. Psalm 46:1 says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. As I meditated on this, I remembered a time when I was about 3 years old or so. I saw myself ...read more

  • Our Deepest Need

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 3,114 views

    OUR DEEPEST NEED Several years ago in an interview during his battle with cancer, theologian Francis Schaeffer said, "The only way to be foolishly happy in this world is to be young enough, well enough, and have money enough--and not give a care about other people. But as soon as you don’t have ...read more

  • Our Dependence On God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,661 views

    OUR DEPENDENCE ON GOD “It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, ...read more

  • Our Personal Rainbow

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Nov 27, 2006
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    Our Personal Rainbow And did you know that God gives each of us our own personal rainbow? No two people will see the same rainbow. A rainbow is formed by a raindrop that acts like a prism, separating sunlight into its individual color components. If you stand looking at a rainbow, and someone ...read more

  • Help Us Start Anew

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 31, 2007
     | 1,227 views

    Forgive us, Lord, for failures past, Then help us start anew With strength and courage to obey And closely follow ...read more

  • Our Prayers Ascend

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 9, 2005
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    Our prayers ascend to heaven’s throne Regardless of the form we use; Our Father always hears His own ...read more

  • Honoring Our Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,840 views

    HONORING OUR FATHERS I believe there is something in us--a law written on our hearts--that says, "Honor your father and mother." That’s how it’s stated in the Bible, but you’ll find it in all of the world’s religions. The ancient Chinese Analects advise, "surely proper behaviour to parent and ...read more

  • Our Image Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2009
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    OUR IMAGE OF GOD Brennan Manning said, "It is always true to some extent that we make our images of God. It is even truer that our image of God ...read more

  • At War With Our Vices

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
     | 1,598 views

    AT WAR WITH OUR VICES On July 4, 1776 fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Citing numerous abuses of the law and the oppressive and unjust rule of the king of England, these men pledged their honor, their lives and their livelihood to the cause of justice and freedom. We have ...read more

  • Love By Our Personalities  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 6, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 1,875 views

    Most of us define love by our personalities: (1) Sanguines (influencers)--- warmth, expressiveness, and intensity of feeling (the heart) (2) Cholerics (doers) —good works, provision, and services given (help) (3) Phlegmatics (relaters)—loyalty,listening, guiding, ...read more

  • Remember Our Survivors  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    REMEMBER OUR SURVIVORS Can you hear me? Can you hear my friends and I? We’re crying out to you from underneath the rubble and debris, from down under the dust and stones... please tell us that we have not been left alone- please comfort our souls to know that though we cannot return, that you will ...read more

  • Slaves To Our Words  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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    SLAVES TO OUR WORDS Noted statesman Sir Winston Churchill once said: "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." Churchill's words echo those penned by King Solomon almost three millennia ago. We're all guilty from time to time; I know I am. There's been times ...read more

  • What's The Use  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 20, 2002
    based on 146 ratings
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    WHAT'S THE USE There was an old man that lived in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. The old man had a big family. One day one of the old man’s grandsons approached him with a problem. The Grandson said, "Pap, I read the Bible and I don’t understand it, and what I understand I forget as soon as I ...read more

  • Using Food  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 4, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 3,281 views

    Mark Buchanan writes; “Fasting churns the stuff up from the depths. Is there anger in me? I can usually control that with a burger and fries Am I resentful, irritated, overly ambition, fearful? I can smoother that with pizza. Am I depressed or embittered, suffering from a sense of life’s ...read more

  • One Of Us?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,901 views

    ONE OF US? One of 1995’s biggest singles was Joan Osborne’s “One of Us.” The song earned 7 Grammy Award nominations, and made a virtually unknown singer an overnight sensation. It’s a song of spiritual questioning and about conceiving of God in a modern age. These are some of the words of that ...read more

  • Us Magazines

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,465 views

    Magazines Hit Wall: A National Endowment for the Arts study finds that book reading has increased 10% since ’92 and fewer than 47% read any form of literature in the previous 12 months. The Audit Bureau of Circulations data shows that U.S. magazines grew nicely from 245 million copies in ’70 to ...read more