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  • Hide And Seek With God  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 30, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,232 views

    When God reveals He is blessing us: When He hides He is building us I used to play hide and seek with my Children: Part of the fun was hiding where they could easily find me: GOD IS LIKE THAT HE ...read more

  • God Comes First  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,461 views

    GOD COMES FIRST If you’ve never been, I suggest you go sometime to Jamestown, VA. It is one of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the new world, & it has been carefully restored so that we can see what life was like 350 years ago. At Jamestown, you’ll discover many interesting things ...read more

  • God Of Second Chances  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,724 views

    Part of a song by Anointed- if you say you’re sorry for all the stuff you do Know that he is ready with a second chance for you Praise the Lord He’s the God of Second Chances You’ll be floored how His love in life enhances You can be restored from your darkest ...read more

  • Calling Others To God

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
     | 2,201 views

    CALLING OTHERS TO GOD A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They ...read more

  • Calling Others To God

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
     | 1,634 views

    CALLING OTHERS TO GOD A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They ...read more

  • The God Of Unmatched Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,279 views

    A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set outside the father’s house, ...read more

  • God Came Near

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,233 views

    “For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more

  • Keeping Company With God  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jul 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,749 views

    Philip Yancey writes in his book, Prayer, that “… Keeping company with God also includes expressing the times of trial and frustration. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye keeps up a running dialogue with God, giving credit for the good things but also lamenting all that goes wrong. In one scene he ...read more

  • Be Rich Toward God  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,896 views

    Be rich toward God. Grandparents are often accused of spoiling the grandchildren Why? The children see grandpa sitting on the floor playing with his toddler grandchildren. The son or daughter is shocked and jealous: "Dad, I’m surprised. You never got down on the floor and played with ...read more

  • Her God Was Able

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,021 views

    Her name will never be in the history books, but it is written in the Book of Life. She was never an item in the newspaper, but she was God’s reporter, telling His good news. She never had much formal education, but like her Lord she taught with authority from her own experience of God’s grace. ...read more

  • That's Not My God

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Aug 27, 2007
     | 1,035 views

    THAT’S NOT MY GOD Years ago I lead this bible study for a group of men, it was a great to study with these guys. We had this one guy who every time he saw something in a passage that did not correspond to his philosophy of life he would say, “That’s not my god, he would never do that, my god would ...read more

  • God Tells Me  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,468 views

    A little girl had a dad who was a pastor. “Daddy, how do you know what to preach on Sundays?” “God tells me,” responded the dad. “Then daddy, why do you crinkle up so many sheets of paper and toss them into the waste basket?” We are much better off saying, “I think God wants me to tell you this” ...read more

  • God Came Near

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Dec 14, 2007
     | 3,067 views

    QUOTE –GOD CAME NEAR: “They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby. Yet, were someone to chance upon the sheep stable on the ...read more

  • Praising God In Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Karen Wheat on Feb 8, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,642 views

    Illustration About Praising God in Worship There’s the story of a church in an old town that was very sophisticated, dignified, and quiet. One day a visitor showed up in worship. When the preacher began to preach and say something like God is a good God, the visitor would shout, “Praise the Lord,” ...read more

  • God Is My Corner

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,161 views

    From George Foremans book -God is my corner “Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.” After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide. ...read more

  • The Living God Is My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,982 views

    The living God is my ...read more

  • Spurgeon On Trusting God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,481 views

    SPURGEON ON TRUSTING GOD Charles Spurgeon writes: "There is One who cares for you. His eye is fixed on you, His heart beats with pity for your woe, and His omnipotent hand shall bring you the needed help. The darkest cloud shall scatter itself in showers of mercy. He, if you are one of His ...read more

  • Deprived Of God's Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,509 views

    DEPRIVED OF GOD’S LIGHT I was reading in one of the CIA espionage or spy books I love to read, and the writer was discussing the strange effects we suffer when we are deprived of sunlight during the winter months. Drs. Michael Terman and Jamie Rifkin wrote: "During the cold war with Russia, B-52 ...read more

  • Connected To God's Love

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Apr 10, 2009
     | 5,956 views

    CONNECTED TO GOD'S LOVE A water pipe was designed to carry water. I have learned that when you hook the pipe to the water, and turn on the water, the water flows through the pipe and out of the other end. When ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,667 views

    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

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