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  • Sometimes I Find Myself Like The Little Boy ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,761 views

    Sometimes I find myself like the little boy reasoned in his prayer to God. He told God that "Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am." We get so caught up in ...read more

  • There Are Three Classes Of People In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,612 views

    There are three classes of people in congregations today, unblessed, uncommitted and the committed. Unblessed do not believe sufficiently in God's wisdom to run their lives completely; they know it means surrender and commitment. The uncommitted aren't rebels, but they are the ones who are ...read more

  • Noah Walked With God Because His Life Was Lined ...

    Contributed by Chris Gowen on Jan 17, 2010
     | 5,941 views

    Noah walked with God because his life was lined up with God's ways. No one can walk together except they be agreed. Two men were trying to get a piece of furniture through a doorway. After much frustration and energy was expended, the men stopped and looked at each other with a puzzled look. It was ...read more

  • What A Difference A Change Makes  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on May 5, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,409 views

    WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CHANGE MAKES Once upon a time there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a tower. Now the prince had a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small animals to send a message to the maiden. ...read more

  • The Truth About Romance—according To Kids  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 1, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,494 views

    THE TRUTH ABOUT ROMANCE--ACCORDING TO KIDS How Does a Person Decide Who to Marry? "You flip a nickel, and heads means you stay with him and tails means you try the next one." Kally, age 9 "You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like if you like sports, she should like it that you ...read more

  • You Call This A Gas ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,596 views

    YOU CALL THIS A GAS STATION! One day a lady pulled into a self serve gas station to fill up her car. She got out of her car, hurried over to the pump, lifted the nozzle to her gas tank, and tried to pump the gas. Nothing happened. Belatedly she realized that this was one of those gas stations ...read more

  • Object Lesson: New Socks

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 13, 2009
     | 3,800 views

    OBJECT LESSON: NEW SOCKS One of the things that our church does is that we give out new socks to some of the homeless men and women. You walk around and sleep here and there, and even if you take care of yourself and shower, your socks get dirty. When you’ve been wearing probably the same clothes ...read more

  • Love Is The Pursuit Of Relationships.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 28, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,277 views

    Love eh, the most excellent way, how do we sum this up. What is the main point I’d like to make about love? Well it’s this, “Love is the pursuit of relationships.” Well what would that look like? Let me tell you about a couple of young men who were born in the same town back early in the last ...read more

  • 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 3,636 views

    8 SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER When I was in high school I used to be terrified of my girlfriend’s father, who I believe suspected me of wanting to place my hands on his daughter’s chest. He would open the door and immediately affect a good-naturedly murderous expression, holding out a ...read more

  • In 1899 Four Newspaper Reporters From Denver, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 11, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 5,251 views

    In 1899 four newspaper reporters from Denver, CO, set out to tear down the Great Wall of China. They almost succeeded. Literally. The four met by chance one Saturday night, in a Denver railway depot. Al Stevens, Jack Tournay, John Lewis, Hal Wilshire. They represented the four Denver papers: the ...read more

  • I Served A Church That Had A Wonderful Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,169 views

    I served a Church that had a wonderful young married couple. He was 30, she was 26 and they had two beautiful children. The oldest would come up and set with me while I was preaching. The husband worked for the State and had a good job that he enjoyed. She worked for a large nationwide company ...read more

  • A Couple Of Years Ago I Heard A Story Of A Boy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,028 views

    A couple of years ago I heard a story of a boy named Jeremy. He was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been slowly killing him all his young life. One Sunday morning in early Spring Jeremy’s Sunday school teacher told the children the story of Jesus, ...read more

  • Something's Happening...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
     | 1,657 views

    Something's Happening... This last week I began reading a book by James Rutz. James wrote this book to make the Christian church aware that God is moving all across the world. His observations are a wakeup call to the American Christian and churches in America. Listen to some of his ...read more

  • Can We Love Someone We Find Unloving? Galatians ...

    Contributed by Clifford Good on Jul 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,729 views

    Can we love someone we find unloving? Galatians 5:13-14 says that we are given freedom to serve one another in love. Whenever I take a trip I come home with lots of stories that come out of the things I see and the people I meet. Here is a story from the last trip to highlight this point about ...read more

  • There Are Many Things I Don't Enjoy. One Of Them ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,989 views

    There are many things I don’t enjoy. One of them is taking my vehicle to the dealership to have it serviced. Then there’s the wait for a ride back to the office (or sit in the waiting room drinking terrible coffee). I lose the rhythm in my day. This past week was an absolute nightmare on ...read more

  • Patience  PRO

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,341 views

    Patience This past week I read about a first-grade teacher who was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess, so they got more and more restless and hyperactive as the day wore on. The teacher couldn’t wait for the bell to ring at 3 ...read more

  • Failure To Disembark

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,470 views

    FAILURE TO DISEMBARK There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business engagement and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o'clock in the morning. Since he was a heavy sleeper he found ...read more

  • Let Me Close Off With A Baptism I Was Able To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 1,839 views

    Let me close off with a baptism I was able to witness in Lexington. A man after the service was baptized, he was in a wheel chair, he had MS. Before he was baptized into Christ, he shared this story. He said that he was so pumped about being baptized that he woke up at 4 in the morning. And ...read more

  • Elevator Magic  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,479 views

    ELEVATOR MAGIC An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] ...read more

  • Sorry You're Too Late

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,452 views

    A young man, after a revival service, came up to the visiting evangelist and they were getting ready to put up everything for the night. The young man had left after the invitation, under conviction, he had returned at the conclusion of the service and went up to the evangelist and he said, "Sir, ...read more

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