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  • Joel Osteen From His Book "Your Best Life Now" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 28, 2006
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    Joel Osteen from his book “Your Best Life Now” stated, “Until you learn how to enlarge your vision, seeing the future through your eyes of faith, your own wrong thinking will prevent good things from happening in your life. God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessings into old attitudes… ...read more

  • Work From Home Only 23% Of U.s. Employees Work ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 922 views

    Work From Home Only 23% of U.S. employees work from home or have that option; 59% of workers believe telecommuting at least part-time is the ideal work situation. This includes the 38% who think a mix of coming into the office and working from home is preferable and the 21% who say working at home ...read more

  • Our Mistakes Wont Irreparably Damage Our Lives ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Our mistakes wont irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. It is said that in making Persian rugs the artist stands before the rug while a group of boys stands behind to pull the thread after the artist starts it. If one of the boys makes a mistake, the artist adjusts the pattern ...read more

  • Whose Jeans?  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 9, 2010
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     | 1,284 views

    WHOSE JEANS? After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself, especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. "I can wear my old jeans again!" Her husband looked at her ...read more

  • 10 Most Used Excuses

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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    10 MOST USED EXCUSES 1. I forgot. 2. No one told me to go ahead. 3. I didn't think it was that important. 4. Wait until the boss comes back and ask him. 5. I didn't know you were in a hurry for it. 6. That's the way we've always done it. 7. That's not in my department. 8. How was I to know ...read more

  • Grey Hairs

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    GREY HAIRS A little girl sat on the bed pestering her mum with questions while mum was in a hurry to get changed and go out. Watching her mother looking in the mirror and plucking out the grey hairs on her head she asked, "Mummy, why do you have some grey hairs?" Her mother replied, "Because ...read more

  • Only One Happy New Year

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    ONLY ONE HAPPY NEW YEAR One New Year’s Eve at London’s Garrick Club, British dramatist Frederick Lonsdale was asked by Seymour Hicks to be reconciled with a fellow member. The two had quarrelled in the past and never restored their friendship. Hicks said to Lonsdale, "You must get reconciled. It ...read more

  • The Organist At St Paul's Cathedral (London) ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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    The organist at St Paul's Cathedral (London) caught sight of Felix Mendelssohn (German composer, 1809-47) in the congregation. He sent the great composer a note inviting him to play the organ after the service. Mendelssohn agreed. The congregation, already shuffling out of the pews to go home, ...read more

  • Trials, Troubles, And Polished Gems

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
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    TRIALS, TROUBLES, AND POLISHED GEMS There is a Chinese proverb, "A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made better without trials." Sure it doesn't feel good to go through abrasive moments of trials and problems. Sometimes they are recurring. Remember this, my Christian friend; life ...read more

  • Telling Lies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
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    TELLING LIES A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy. Both of them had been really naughty. But as the time approached for their mother to pick them up, the little girl said to her grandmother, "Are you going to tell Mummy?" The ...read more

  • There Was An Ot Professor Who Taught Young People ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 5, 2012
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    There was an OT professor who taught young people that were preparing for the ministry. At the beginning of the class he would take off his coat and bow. He would bow to the class of his students. Some of his faculty members were upset at this gesture. And he said, "I bow to them because you ...read more

  • Good News, Bad News

    Contributed by Ken Miller on Feb 22, 2013
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    GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking if the price of your paintings would go up after you died. When I told him they ...read more

  • Palm Sunday Funny

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2021
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    It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5 year old Sammy stayed home from church with a babysitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Sammy inquired as to what they were for. 'People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by,' his father ...read more

  • Long Ago A Poor Woman From The Slums Of London ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
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    Long ago a poor woman from the slums of London was invited to go with a group of people for a holiday at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean before, and when she did see it, she burst into tears. Those around her thought it strange that she should cry when such a lovely holiday had been ...read more

  • A Little Girl Asked Her Father Why Firemen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little girl asked her father why firemen stayed in the firehouse all day and polished their engines and other equipment. He explained that they did this to pass the time while waiting for fire calls. Many Christians likewise stay close to the familiar surroundings of the church community, ...read more

  • Ucla Sociologist, James Wilson, Has Observed An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    UCLA sociologist, James Wilson, has observed an interesting fact about city life: The crime rate escalates on those streets where broken windows are not repaired. His study showed that the failure to replace windows makes an announcement to the public by saying the standards have been lowered and ...read more

  • I Think Of David Livingstone, The Pioneer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I think of David Livingstone, the pioneer missionary to Africa, who walked over 29,000 miles. His wife died early in their ministry and he faced stiff opposition from his Scottish brethren. He ministered half blind. His kind of perseverance spurs me on. As I walk, I remember the words in his diary: ...read more

  • One Day A Rich Man Went Fishing. He Had All The ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Sep 21, 2007
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    One day a rich man went fishing. He had all the latest and finest equipment. Hours later he had caught nothing. He walked on up the river and came upon a small boy with a stick and a bent hook. The boy had a fine string of trout over his shoulder and he was about to go home. The man questioned the ...read more

  • From The Top 10 Comebacks Of All Time

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    From the Top 10 Comebacks of all time: The Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers met during the 1972 NFL playoffs. Going into the fourth quarter, San Francisco had a comfortable 28-13 cushion. The Cowboys’ quarterback was replaced in the fourth period by some guy named Roger Staubach, who ...read more

  • In The 1968 Olympics In Mexico City, Tanzanian ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Nov 12, 2007
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    In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tanzanian runner John Stephen Ahkwari was the last runner in the marathon. He came in about an hour and a half after the winner, practically carrying his leg, as it was so bloodied and bandaged. When asked, “Why did you keep going?” He said, “You don’t ...read more