Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 17, 2001
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You may have heard the story about evangelist Dwight L. Moody who was quite perturbed when a brother in Christ at one of his meetings continued to pray on and on and on. The man became so lost in his own eulogy on the Almighty that people in the audience became restless. As Moody saw no end in
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 14, 2001
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It’s reported that a preacher in Redrock, Mississippi prayed this sermon: “Oh Lord, give Thy servant this mornin’ the eyes of the eagle and the wisdom of the owl; connect his soul with the gospel telephone in the central skies; ‘luminate his brow with the Sun of heaven; possess his mind with love
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 20, 2003
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Alexander Whyte, the Scottish preacher, always began his prayers with an expression of gratitude. One cold, miserable day his people wondered what he would say. He
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Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 21, 2003
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Illus.: Taken from Ronald Dunn, "Don’t just
stand there, pray something." pg48-50
-Ronald Dunn tells the story of a trip he and his family took to a local fair. At the time he had three kids and he also had his brothers child, which made four. The tickets for the rides were
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jun 4, 2003
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My sheep hear my voice and come to me!
Someone once asked a banker how he trained his staff to recognise counterfiet notes:
The banker said, thats simple, I have them handling the real thing all day, so
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 13, 2003
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According to the “Almanac for Farmers & City Folk,” the largest number of collect calls is made on Father’s Day. Today, your Heavenly Father is calling out to you. He’s been trying to get through for some time. Long before you thought of Him, He thought of you. But He’s not calling collect. He
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Dec 28, 2003
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The two main excuses most people give for not praying is that they don t have time and they don t have a place to go. Susanna Wesley, who was the mother of John and Charles Wesley back in the 1700 s had 19 children. If anybody had an excuse for not praying but a need to pray it was her. Susanna
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Contributed by David Haun on Apr 4, 2004
Just this past week, an acquaintance stopped by our table at a restaurant to tell us of an illness in her family. I asked if she would like me to pray. She said yes, and we prayed there at the table. Later, after our friend had left, another person came up to our table and indicated she had seen
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Readers’ Digest has a section called All in a Day’s Work where people write in humorous things that happen at work. Here’s a good one: Confiding in a co-worker, I told her about a problem in our office and my fear that I would lose my job. She was concerned and said she would pray for me. I
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Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can
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Contributed by C.a. Mccracken on Mar 22, 2005
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Leonard Ravenhill said this in his book “Why Revival Tarries”
“No man is greater than his prayer life…Poverty–stricken as the church is today in many things, she is most stricken here, in the place of PRAYER.
We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few PRAYERS.
The
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 28, 2005
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Andrew Murray once said about this “Christ’s servants have the spiritual power to use the Name of Jesus only insofar as they yield themselves to live only for the interests and thework of the Master. The use of the name always supposes the surrender of our
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 21, 2005
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Julie Andrews said, “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” Newt Gingrich said, “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” And Walter Elliott said,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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I had been teaching my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines from the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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And one particular four-year old prayed, "And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in
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