Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 13, 2011
GOD BLESS AMERICA: BE SPECIFIC
The blind man's first request is for Jesus to have mercy on him. Jesus asks him specifically, "What do you want me to do for you?" He answers specifically, "Lord, I want to see."
"God bless America," is a very general prayer. It may be as specific a prayer as
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Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 19, 2011
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HOLY SPIRIT: THE FORGOTTEN GOD
ALL the ruthless Ninevites from the commoner to the King of Assyria repented and God did not send destruction. But why did these ruthless people listen to Jonah who was just one man? I have been struggling with this very question and asked God to help me speak to you
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Contributed by Scott Carson on Nov 20, 2011
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GOD'S PROMISES AND URBAN LEGENDS
Do you really believe that being godly is great gain and not financial gain, but something that really matters and lasts? If you believed that, wouldn’t it change your life?
Most people believe that if you smoke, you’ll get lung cancer. Many of you quit smoking
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS AROUND YOU
Inscribed upon the Ruskin's Memorial, at Friar's Crag Keswick, England are these words:
"The Spirit of God is around you in the air you breathe. His glory in the light you see, and in the Fruitfulness of the earth and joy of His creatures. He has
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"GOD'S NOT GOING TO JUDGE ME"
Life magazine once interviewed dozens of people. One person they talked to was a prostitute, age 24, in White Pine County, Nevada. She said, "I don't think about my feelings a lot, instead I lie in my bed and think onto Him. I meditate because sometimes my words don't
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Attempt great things for God
Expect great things from God
--Motto of Father of
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Contributed by James Webster on Jan 14, 2012
GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND THE JUMP DRIVE
Most of you know I keep most of my office work in the corner of the family room in the parsonage since we moved back. Most of my study I do early before anyone gets up. However, for the past couple of weeks I have been coming over to the church office early
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 18, 2012
MAKE GOD YOUR FOCUS
There is a little Anglican Church on the edge of Chichester. UK. I went there with a school to speak & lead their Harvest Festival Service.
As you entered the foyer there was a table, and on the table was a plate containing a Latin inscription. (Many Anglican Church buildings
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Brethren
Contributed by Samuel Reyes on Apr 9, 2012
CONSECRATED TO GOD FROM YOUTH
“Los más grandes hombres de la iglesia cristiana fueron vidas consagradas a Dios desde su juventud.
-Juan Wesley era un estudiante en Oxford cuando fundó el Club Santo.
-Martin Lutero tenía 27 años cuando abrazo el pasaje y fue inspirado en todo su ministerio por el
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Free Methodist
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ILUSTRATION
God gave me a dream one night, I was on the platform preaching in a large church with a pie shaped auditorium, and there were people there I knew and people I didn’t know. The presence of the Lord had inhabited the place and the glory was falling. God told me, this was my pastorate.
Go
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Gordon Douglas on Mar 4, 2008
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GOD IS MY CO-PILOT -
A few years ago someone coined the phrase,
God is my co-pilot.
There were bumper stickers available… other types of signs.
Having flown a lot I never did fully understand that phrase.
Do you know what the co-pilot does?
He takes over when everything is going well…
Or he
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Charismatic
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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DELIVERANCE SHOWED GOD'S PROTECTION (V. 28a)
God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a business opportunity
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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DID GOD CREATE EVIL?
Does evil exist? The university professor challenged his students with this question. Did God create everything that exists? A student bravely replied "Yes, he did!"
"God created everything?" The professor asked.” Yes sir", the student replied.
The professor answered, "If
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008
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The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
WHAT GOD CAN DO
A young boy traveling by airplane to visit his grandparents sat beside a man who happened to be a seminary professor. The boy was reading a Sunday school take-home paper when the professor thought he would have some fun with the lad. "Young man," said the professor, "If you can
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GOD GAVE ME THE LIGHT
I remember back when I graduated from college and was beginning to interview for ministry positions. I was being looked at by three churches, but I wanted God to be able to guide in where I would go, so I agreed to go to the first church that would give me the official call.
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
Finding God’s will with a mentalist: Pick a number between one and ten. Multiply that number by two. Add eight to the new number. Divide that number by two. Now subtract your original number from this result. Remember that number. If
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