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  • I Want You To Walk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,807 views

    “I WANT YOU TO WALK” -Arthur Gordon (A Touch of Wonder) relates a story that graphically describes the impact that one life can have on another. The man Gordon spoke of had been stricken with polio at the age of three and his parents had abandoned him in the Depression era. Taken in by a foster ...read more

  • God Wants You To Win

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,589 views

    In addition, God wants you to win. > Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you”—[this is] the Lord’s declaration—“plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Listen, God is pulling for you. He wants you to win as a believer, as a Christ follower. He ...read more

  • If You Want To Communicate Clearly And With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,215 views

    If you want to communicate clearly and with meaning to people in the street, be careful about using in-house talk they don’t understand. Years ago a traveling preacher was riding his horse through the country when he came upon an old farmer at his house. He greeted the farmer and asked, “Are ...read more

  • I Want To Stay With You  PRO

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,018 views

    I Want to Stay With You That reminds me of what happened one Sunday after a Child Dedication service. As a young family was driving away from church after the dedication of their baby, little Johnny, the older brother, cried all the way home in the back seat of the car. His mother asked him three ...read more

  • I Want My Dollar  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,960 views

    I Want my Dollar A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number. The Redneck says, ''I want my $20 million.'' The man replied, ''No, sir. It doesn't work that way. We will give you a million today and then you'll get the rest ...read more

  • Know What You Want

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,272 views

    KNOW WHAT YOU WANT One day a boy’s mother decided she would make hot buttered biscuits as long as her son could eat them. He loved biscuits and always complained that he never got enough. He ate and ate and ate, and she kept pulling them out of the stove. Finally she looked around and saw him ...read more

  • I Just Want Bread  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,815 views

    "I Just Want Bread" There was a beggar who came and sat before a baker. "I want bread," he said. "How wise you are," the baker assured him. "Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery." So he pulled his cookbook down from his shelf and began to tell the beggar all he knew about ...read more

  • I Just Want The Site

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 1,509 views

    "I JUST WANT THE SITE" London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer ...read more

  • What We Really Want

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 22, 2011
     | 1,315 views

    WHAT WE REALLY WANT A woman lay in a hospital bed, her body ravaged by cancer. Day after day her pastor and others prayed for her healing. Each day they could see her silent disappointment that she was not being healed. Then one day she said, "Let's not pray that I'll be healed. God knows that I ...read more

  • If You Want It Bad Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,761 views

    IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH When a person first comes to faith in Christ and gets a taste of His grace, they can’t get enough of the Bible. Pat Summerall, the well-known sports announcer, trusted Christ with his life and overcame alcohol in the late 60’s. As he describes his life with Christ, he ...read more

  • He Wants To Be With His Master

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
     | 3,717 views

    HE WANTS TO BE WITH HIS MASTER Today’s story is about an old country doctor that dates back to the late 1930s when doctors made house calls. Isaac Pender was his name. Everyone in the area for two reasons respected him. First, he was an excellent doctor who provided compassion care for his ...read more

  • I Want To Go Home

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 11, 2011
     | 4,086 views

    I WANT TO GO HOME Fred Smith, an influential Christian businessman was seriously ill in the summer of 2004. He was hospitalized, semiconscious, and not expected to live. Periodically he would mutter, "I want to go home, I want to go home." After an emotional family conference, the family ...read more

  • If You Want To Walk On Water…  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,301 views

    John Ortberg states: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And that’s sobering news to most of us, because we’re into comfort...but water walkers master ...read more

  • That's All I Want

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 2, 2013
     | 1,703 views

    THAT'S ALL I WANT Here, I am prompted to share a humorous yet insightful Church story involving a Sunday school girl. Given the task of reciting the first verse of Psalm 23 before a huge Church crowd (including her anxious parents), this girl is said to have uttered unwittingly out of nervousness ...read more

  • Wanting What You Have

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Mar 10, 2013
     | 3,030 views

    WANTING WHAT YOU HAVE The story was told of a young preacher who was rejected by the other associate ministers of the Church he attended. They said very little to him and would often talk behind his back. One day he went to the pastor and expressed his intentions of leaving the Church and seeking ...read more

  • Adoption: We Want This Child!

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Jan 11, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,721 views

    A young couple visited a boarding care home which housed children for adoption. The care taker brought out all the children who were clean (recently bathed), well dressed, properly schooled in manners; for this couple’s inspection and selection. As they passed down the line and spoke to each child, ...read more

  • Denying The Flesh What It Wants

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 16, 2020
     | 3,991 views

    When you get saved later in life like I did (I was 36), your spirit gets recreated, you’re all in on this salvation deal, but your flesh is still out there in the world, and it don’t know yet the program has changed. It’s like when you go on a diet. You stop eating all the ice cream, and donuts ...read more

  • Without Exception, I Have Found That Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 122 ratings
     | 1,152 views

    "Without exception, I have found that every person who was sincerely happy, radiantly alive, was living for a purpose or ...read more

  • A Cartoon Has Been Found In The Ruins Of Ancient ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 2,931 views

    A cartoon has been found in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time. It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross – but the body has a head of a donkey. Standing to left of this cross is a ...read more

  • The Backwoods Preacher Found A Small Boy All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 17, 2001
    based on 191 ratings
     | 2,054 views

    The backwoods preacher found a small boy all alone, playing in the dirt. “Where’s your father?” the preacher asked. The boy said, “He was hanged last week.” “Where’s your mother?” “She run off.” “Where’s your sister?” “She’s in jail.” “Is there anybody else in your family?” “Yup, I’ve got a ...read more

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