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  • How To Evangelize Jehovah's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
     | 4,068 views

    How to Evangelize Jehovah’s Witnesses David Reed has much experience to draw from when teaching Christians to evangelize Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was a preacher and elder there for many years. Now his book, Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse is in its 32nd printing and has sold more than ...read more

  • I Am…  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,367 views

    I am… BLESSED when I come in and BLESSED when I go out (Deut 28:6) SAFE wherever I go (Psa 91:11) REDEEMED from the hand of the enemy (Psa 107:2) The SALT of the earth (Matt 5:13) The LIGHT of the world (Matt 5:14) VALUABLE! (Matt 10:31) Exercising my AUTHORITY over the enemy (Luke 10:19) VALUABLE ...read more

  • If I Had It, I Would Give It...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 2,347 views

    IF I HAD IT, I WOULD GIVE IT... Once, a man said, "If I had some extra money, I'd give it to God, but I have just enough to support myself and my family." And the same man said, "If I had some extra time, I'd give it to God, but every minute is taken up with my job, my family, my clubs, and what ...read more

  • In His Book, A Hunger For Healing, Keith Miller ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
     | 2,471 views

    In his book, A Hunger For Healing, Keith Miller shares a situation that illustrates the challenge for those who want to get out of their life’s ruts. It was an observation of a conversation between a newcomer to a 12 Step group that Miller was in and a long-time member of the group. The new member ...read more

  • I Have A Friend Who Had An Accident And Now Lives ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
     | 1,045 views

    I have a friend who had an accident and now lives in constant pain. I ring him up occasionally and seek to encourage him. He loves God but is totally incapacitated. What do you say? How can you provide them with a window of hope? Job expresses his frustration to his friend for his insensitivity to ...read more

  • Culture's Collaborators  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 3, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,795 views

    Tim Woodroof: We live in a world that has shaped our priorities, skewed our perspectives, and taught us what to value. Rather than permitting God to challenge those values--to confront and replace them--a great deal of energy is expended in the attempt to win God’s approval and support of the ...read more

  • Raising Cain

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 26, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 846 views

    Cain was so angry he would not be talked out of his sin—even by God. Eve, however, had to be talked into her sin by Satan; but Cain “belonged to the evil one” (1 John 3:12). It is as if he could not wait to destroy his brother—a natural man’s solution to his own failure. God’s advice was that ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 22, 2008
     | 3,432 views

    Joni Eareckson Tada In 1967, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the neck down. She has had no feeling or movement in her arms or legs. She uses her mouth to paint and write. God used her greatly. She has been a great witness for God and an encouragement to many. She has ...read more

  • Our Praying Should Be Like The Story Of Jacob ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
     | 2,539 views

    Our praying should be like the story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32. They wrestled all night and toward morning, Jacob had the angel in a full Nelson grip. The angel said, “Jacob, let me go.” The mighty Angel of God could have tossed Jacob off in a heartbeat, but God was teaching Jacob ...read more

  • By The Death Of Jesus Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Robertson on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,868 views

    Oswald Chambers once said, “We trample the blood of the Son of God if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation for the forgiveness of God... is the death of Jesus Christ... There is absolute reinstatement into God by the death of Jesus Christ and by no ...read more

  • There Is No Substitute Or Shortcut To Gain The ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 15, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,803 views

    There is no substitute or shortcut to gain the measure of God you desire in your life. Time before God in His presence releases the store house of heaven that is full of blessings and opens the flood gate of revelation you desire! Intimacy with the living God is the hall mark of every great man or ...read more

  • Sin Is Like A Vacuum Cleaner

    Contributed by Daniel J. Little on Nov 15, 2011
     | 2,614 views

    SIN IS LIKE A VACUUM CLEANER SIN we said, is stretching our will and our actions past the limits of God’s laws. The result is not unlike pulling a vacuum cleaner beyond the length of its cord, you still have the machine (your body) but now it is disconnected from the power that makes it behave ...read more

  • The Fear Of Man Is Being More Impressed With ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,462 views

    "The fear of man is being more impressed with man's reaction to our actions than with God's reaction. That's bondage. When we have the fear of God upon us, we are impressed only with God's reaction. We are freed from the concern of what people think. That's freedom! That's release! That's great ...read more

  • John Wesley, The Founder Of The Methodists, ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
     | 1,559 views

    John Wesley, the founder of the Methodists, realized that if he went longer than 3 hours without praying to God and reading his word, then he began to think and act like the world rather than think and act like Jesus. So every three hours, he stopped what he was doing to be with God. This helped ...read more

  • Faith Is The First Step You Must Take To Receive ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,718 views

    Faith is the first step you must take to receive mercy from God. Faith is not just believing God exists, it is acting on that belief. It is staking your entire eternity on the offer God ...read more

  • Repent And Turn  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 9, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,866 views

    Repent and Turn Repent and turn! God calls today; Oh, do not close thine ear, I pray! Listen! It is the voice of love – Grieve not that tender heart above. Repent and turn! Now is the hour, The time of God’s redeeming power; Tomorrow it may be too late. Just now wide open is the gate. Repent ...read more

  • On Tuesday Night, We Went Around To A Friend's ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 13, 2010
     | 1,110 views

    On Tuesday night, we went around to a friend's place with a group of young leaders to share with them some insights – you know, from the vast accumulated wisdom of our years (Just joking – more like from the mistakes we have made). They did something so precious to us – they gathered around at the ...read more

  • It Was Enough

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 8, 2011
     | 2,691 views

    IT WAS ENOUGH This past Sunday morning I had an encounter with God. I had a bad headache (from God to keep me home) so I did not go with Julie and the boys to church. I got my bible out and then started praying. I felt the Lord flood my soul and then I felt like laying prostrate on the floor and ...read more

  • Prayer For Those In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,862 views

    “Prayer for Those In Authority” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority… This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of ...read more

  • Spiritual Health Checks

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,827 views

    Spiritual Health Checks (Hungry for God's Word) A healthy Christian will not find his strength or determine his weakness in the size of the church he attends. Healthy Christians gain strength to overcome the flesh, the world, and the devil by what is written in Acts 2:42, "They devoted ...read more