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  • Life Giving Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,601 views

    LIFE GIVING LOVE Here is Ruth, a young widow, who chooses a life of singleness, not because she has no choice, but out of love for Naomi. She could have returned to her own people like Orpah, and would no doubt have been able to remarry and live a normal life, but she gave that up, for the time ...read more

  • Give Me Liberty!!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,652 views

    GIVE ME LIBERTY!! "If we wish to be free...we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us...It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next ...read more

  • What Will You Give?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 14, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,568 views

    [illustration] The story is told of a prince and his family who were captured by an enemy king. When brought before the enemy king, the prisoner was asked, "What will you give me if I release you?" "Half of my wealth," was the prince’s reply. "And if I release your children?" "Everything I ...read more

  • Give Thanks In All ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 5,055 views

    Give Thanks in All Circumstances (I Thessalonians 5:18) Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, ...read more

  • Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,015 views

    Will Gives Out First I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school. I could not understand how some of these guys did it. they could run and be fine at the finish line. I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the great ...read more

  • Gives Us Sight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,841 views

    GIVES US SIGHT An obstetrician approached an anxious father in the waiting room of a New York City hospital and said, "I am sorry to inform you, but your baby lived but two hours after his birth. We did everything we could to save his life." As the sympathetic doctor was about to leave, the quick ...read more

  • Giving: George Muller

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,869 views

    GIVING: GEORGE MULLER George Muller pastored his first church at the age of 25 (1830) and was paid $275.00 a year. He learned through the next five years to trust God for His provision. George Muller began a ministry in 1835 for orphaned children based entirely upon God for support. April, 1836 ...read more

  • Giving, Greed And Salvation

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
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    GIVING, GREED AND SALVATION A very old rich skinflint in declining health finally gets serious about his eternal state. He goes to the local pastor and asks what he can do to account for the fact that he’s never given God much time or given the church a dime. The pastor just looks at him with that ...read more

  • Love Gives Itself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,422 views

    Thomas Merton: “Without love, almsgiving is no more important an action than brushing your hair or washing your hands, and the Pharisees had just as elaborate a ritual for those things as they had for alms, too, because all these things were prescribed by law, and had to be done so. “But love ...read more

  • It Is The Passion That Is In A Kiss That Gives ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the ...read more

  • Love Gives To The Limit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    LOVE GIVES TO THE LIMIT The late great Scots Church of Scotland theologian, educator, author, and radio and television presenter, William Barclay (1907 - 1978), once said, "Love never calculates; love never thinks how little it can decently give; love’s one desire is to give to the uttermost ...read more

  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
     | 4,356 views

    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more

  • Wanting To Give Up

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 1, 2011
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     | 3,173 views

    WANTING TO GIVE UP "In 1965 a divorced mother of two found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris's steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the name 'Chris Steak House' ...read more

  • Give Thanks In Everything

    Contributed by James Dina on Dec 6, 2020
     | 3,335 views

    "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18) If it is the will of God that we should give thanks in everything, then we should reduce our complain lest we go against His will. COMPLAINING IS CONTRARY TO THANKSGIVING. In ...read more

  • I Give Up!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 1,231 views

    Many years ago, executives of the Time-Life publishing organization discovered that the company’s profit margin had shrunk to an alarmingly low level. To cut costs, they decided to eliminate hundreds of works to be replaced with machines. The name of each subscriber was put on a separate little ...read more

  • Cost Of Giving In To Temptation

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 14, 2024
     | 856 views

    Illustration: Cost of Giving in to Temptation There is a cost when we give into temptation. Here I have a sample of a wall. This is a wall of sheetrock. Looks good when painted. Most houses are made of this. What do you think would happen if I take this hammer and knock a hole in it? ...read more

  • A Reason To Give Thanks

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Nov 24, 2024
     | 713 views

    Do you remember Erma Bombeck, the homemaker who spun humorous anecdotes about suburban family life into a column syndicated to about 700 newspapers, television commentary, speeches across the country and books with titles such as “The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank,” “Just Wait Till ...read more

  • The Excellence Of Giving With Joy

    Contributed by Saumiman Saud on Feb 19, 2025
     | 381 views

    THE EXCELLENCE OF GIVING WITH JOY Heavenly Father, You are so good to me, You gave Your Life to redeem my sins. Oh Lord, give me the opportunity to give to others as well. Sometimes I think about giving, but my faith is so weak, I'm still afraid that if I give, I will be in want. Forgive me, ...read more

  • A Professional Carpet-Layer Stepped Back To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    A professional carpet-layer stepped back to survey a newly installed carpet. Reaching into his shirt pocket for a cigarette, he realized the pack was missing. At the same time he noticed a lump under the carpet in the middle of the room, about the size of the missing cigarette pack. There was no ...read more

  • Headaches, Back Pain, And Arthritis Cost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,603 views

    Headaches, back pain, and arthritis cost businesses $60 billion a year reports Geisinger Health Systems. (Foster ...read more