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The first time I visited an older person who was a shut’in I was scared to death. What could I do to help them, they were about to die and could barely understand me. Besides being scared I did not know if it was worth the time to go out to their house. But I decided to do it. I came in and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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As I shut the door of the office after me, it seemed as if I met the Lord Jesus Christ face to face. It seemed to me that I saw Him as I would see any other man. He said nothing, but looked at me in such a manner as to break me right down at His feet. I fell down at His feet, wept aloud like a
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Contributed by Steve Greene on Dec 29, 2005
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A Wise Mother And Christ’s Picture
A mother visited her boy at college. Upon entering his room, her eye swept across the walls, which were covered with more than a dozen suggestive pictures. Her heart was grieved, but she said nothing.
Several days later, the mailman delivered a package to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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As I shut the door of the office after me, it seemed as if I met the Lord Jesus Christ face to face. It seemed to me that I saw Him as I would see any other man. He said nothing, but looked at me in such a manner as to break me right down at His feet. I fell down at His feet, wept aloud like a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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What is carnality? According to the Greek dictionary, it means to have the nature and characteristics of the flesh (or more simply, it means "fleshly"). What, then , is the flesh? Sometimes it refers to the whole material part of man (1 Corinthians 15:39; Hebrews 5:7), and based on this meaning,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2007
You never know what your witness to the Gospel might be accomplishing. I shared the Gospel with a man over a 5 year period getting to the point of “popping the question” several times. Each time I offered “You can accept Christ right now!” He hesitated “No I’m just not ready.” I felt like I was
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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FEELINGS ASIDE
A man once came to a preacher and said, "I was filled with joy in the meeting yesterday. Now it has all gone—all—and I do not know what to do. It is as dark as night."
"I am so glad," was the preacher's reply.
He looked at the servant of Christ with astonishment and said, "What
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
ABRAHAM'S WORSHIP
The Jews have a legend that when Abraham started on his journeys he saw the stars in the heavens and said, "I will worship the stars." But before long the stars set. Then Abraham saw the constellations—the Pleiades and the rest of them—and he said, "I will worship the
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 29, 2012
A FAR, FAR BETTER THING
In Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, the young Frenchman Charles Darnay was condemned to die by the guillotine. When Sidney Carton learned of his friend’s situation, he determined to lay down his life in place of his friend. He determined to do this, not because he
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Independent/Bible
A brief excerpt from the Biography* of D.Livingstone that immortal missionary to Africa captures the essence of his ministry…on how he had modeled it on His master.
‘They (people to whom he ministered) had decided to go to Kolobeng, too, for they felt that they could not live without their white
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Main Idea: Jesus took our place of punishment.
Verse: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Illustration: One time there were two brothers. One brother murdered a man and came home with blood all over his clothes. The
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Charismatic
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
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Jesus is saying this is how my kingdom will come
Consider the meaning here:
The kingdom starts from a small beginning, the leaven is small but it changes the whole, the death of one man in the overall sea of humanity is small, but it changes everything
The kingdom works unseen, you cannot see the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 9, 2007
“He Left It All”
A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a towering
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Christian Church
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