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  • The Focus Of The Prayer Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012
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     | 4,818 views

    THE FOCUS OF THE PRAYER OF JABEZ In the year 2000, Bruce Wilkinson of Walk Through the Bible Ministries turned the obscure character in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 into an international phenomenon with his little book, The Prayer of Jabez. Not only did it become a runaway hit and a longtime New York Times ...read more

  • Eragon Vs. Galbatorix

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 17, 2020
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    Years ago I read through a children’s series called Eragon. Eragon was going to face a strong and evil sorcerer named Galbatorix who had taken over the land through murder and violence. Finally, after battle upon battle to get to him, Eragon was able to confront Galbatorix deep within his lair. ...read more

  • Sharing Your Personal Testimony

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 19, 2025
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    Preparing Your Personal Testimony - Sharing how you came to know God personally is one of the most powerful ways you can help friends grasp how much God loves us. If someone asked you to share today, would you find it challenging to explain how you came to believe in God, or what he means to ...read more

  • Unwanted Items—the Ark Of The Covenant

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 16, 2025
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    Unwanted Items—The Ark of the Covenant Introduction: To “frame” this illustration, we’d need to look at a couple of chapters in 1 Samuel. In chapter 4, the writer tells us of Israel’s decision, foolish as it was, to bring the Ark of the Covenant out of the Tabernacle and down to the battlefield. ...read more

  • Misapplied Scriptures: Genesis 6:3

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 14, 2023
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    Introduction: There is any number of Scriptures that have been used out of context or simply misapplied over the years. A Christian magazine listed about a dozen of these back in the early 1980’s and, I must say, some of the author’s insights were something I had never thought of before. Maybe I ...read more

  • Here's How Several Elementary School Students ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 1,277 views

    Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? • He used ...read more

  • Recognition Of An Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Recognition of an Enemy Romans 8:12-14, "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because ...read more

  • Jesus Is...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    JESUS IS... In Genesis He is the Seed of the Woman. In Exodus He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus He is our High Priest. In Numbers He is the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night. In Deuteronomy He is the Prophet like unto Moses. In Joshua He is the Captain of our Salvation. In ...read more

  • You've Probably Noticed; When Two People Get In A ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
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    You’ve probably noticed; when two people get in a wreck, a drunk and a Christian, who lives? Who walks away from that wreck? It’s the drunk! And what happens to the Christian? Is he instantly killed or languishes in a nursing home for years? Whys is this? Among all other kids in my home town, my ...read more

  • I Am Reminded Of Herman Melville's Description Of ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
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    I am reminded of Herman Melville’s description of the pulpit in Moby Dick. It’s actually a description of a real pulpit in the Whaler’s Chapel that a Jewish friend went out of his way to show me in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It reads: Its paneled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, ...read more

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1,

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
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    2 Corinthians 7:1,“Let us cleanse ourselves” - that means we would do a good job if we were just as fond of straightening our own selves out as we are to find the faults of others. It is God’s Holy Spirit that will do the work but we must enter in to an active cooperation with God on this matter. ...read more

  • Make It Right

    Contributed by David Moore on Aug 5, 2010
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    MAKE IT RIGHT The great evangelist D.L. Moody told a story of a lady in the north of England who said that every time she got down before God to pray, five bottles of wine came up before her mind. She had taken them wrongfully one time when she was a housekeeper, and had not been able to pray ...read more

  • The Unending Wish

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
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    THE UNENDING WISH When I was a boy, my dad asked me if I could have one wish be granted, what would it be? We played that game as a family, and every time my brother or one of my sisters thought of a better wish than I thought about, I would change my wish. Then my dad unplugged all the fun by ...read more

  • One Critic Said He Had Gone To Many Churches And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2001
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    One critic said he had gone to many churches and heard the preacher say, "Don’t try to impress God with your works" or "Don’t attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don’t try to keep the rules and regulations and thus win your way." He looked around at nearly ...read more

  • Haddon Robinson Says It Best, "With Him The Calf ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lisa Degrenia on Oct 7, 2002
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    Haddon Robinson says it best, "With Him the calf is always the fatted calf; the robe is always the best robe; the joy is always unspeakable; and the peace passes understanding. There is no grudging in God’s goodness. He does not measure His goodness by drops like a druggist filling a ...read more

  • A Mother Of A Five-Year-Old Girl Was Startled To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 24, 2003
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     | 1,535 views

    A mother of a five-year-old girl was startled to find her going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word "God" wherever appeared on the page. Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, "Why are doing that?" The ...read more

  • Relationships  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 6, 2004
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    In the 60’s Simon and Garfunkel wrote this I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an ...read more

  • When The Author Walks On The Stage The Play Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    "When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right...something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise...it will be too late then to choose your side. There ...read more

  • If Your Heart Takes More Pleasure In Reading ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    “If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His ...read more

  • 52-62% Of All First Marriages Will Eventually ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on May 18, 2006
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    • 52-62% of all first marriages will eventually end in legal divorce. Untold others will experience emotional divorce and unsatisfying relationships. • 60% of all remarriages eventually end in legal divorce. • 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults. • 65% of ...read more