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  • Pray For Health 35% Of U.s. Adults Use Prayer For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,607 views

    Pray For Health 35% of U.S. adults use prayer for health reasons, according to the Archives of Internal Medicine. Of these, 75% prayed for “wellness” (staying healthy and warding off illness) and 22% used prayer to help cure specific conditions. 69 % of those thought prayer had been very helpful. ...read more

  • She Has Used Up Husbands The Way Each Of Us ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 27, 2008
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    She has used up husbands the way each of us uses up unsatisfactory water. We keep trying all these ways to cure our souls. We try this self-help book. We try that therapist. We try this drug. We try that drink. We try this husband. We try that wife. But, ultimately, we have no husband. ...read more

  • 89% Of U.s. Moms Use The Internet At Least Twice ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,876 views

    89% of U.S. moms use the Internet at least twice a day, and 90% have been using it for more than seven years. 86% say search engines are the most efficient way to find info, claims a Microsoft and ROI Research study. 70% use search engines to gather info before making any online purchase. 57% use ...read more

  • What Lies Behind Us And What Lies Before Us Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,940 views

    What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters ...read more

  • Most Of Us Know How To Say Nothing; Few Of Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Most of us know how to say nothing; few ...read more

  • Brethren, If We Will Do God’s Work In ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
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    Brethren, if we will do God’s work in God’s way at God’s time with God’s power, we shall have God’s blessing and the devil’s curses. When God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil will open the door of hell to blast us. God’s smile means the devil’s frown! Mere preachers may help ...read more

  • Listening For God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    LISTENING FOR GOD President Franklin D. Roosevelt got tired of smiling that big smile and saying the usual things at all those White House receptions. So, one evening he decided to find out whether anybody was paying attention to what he was saying. As each person came up to him with extended ...read more

  • Pocket God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,209 views

    POCKET GOD Have you heard about Pocket God? It’s one of the top-selling video game applications for Apple’s iPhone. Here’s the game description found on iTunes: "What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you ...read more

  • Engaging God's Power

    Contributed by David Owens on Mar 14, 2011
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    ENGAGING GOD'S POWER Spiritual growth and success is a partnership with God. Paul captured this idea in Philippians 2:12-13, where he wrote: "continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." We work ...read more

  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

  • Dependent On God

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
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    DEPENDENT ON GOD In the past few decades, there were some huge storms that hit our nation of which were Hurricane Pamela, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few... (and, yes, not to bias about gender, there was big bad Hurricane Andrew, too). Here in the islands, we have had our share of storms as ...read more

  • The Only Time Jesus Did Not Use "father" In Prayer!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 8, 2022
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    “Father” is probably the most common term we use in prayer, and rightly so, because that is how Jesus addressed His prayers, using the phrase more than 70 different times. The only prayer Jesus ever prayed without using the name, "Father", was when He was on the Cross and cried out, “My ...read more

  • Is God In Residence?

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
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    IS GOD IN RESIDENCE? I once saw a poster of a valentine-shaped heart with a castle on top of it. There was a flag with a slogan, oversized and coming out of the top of the castle. The slogan read: "Joy is the banner flown from the heart when the King is in residence." Well, stupid me, I didn’t ...read more

  • River Of God

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 5, 2011
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    RIVER OF GOD Ever since moving to the valley, my eyes have been drawn to the mountains and the river. There’s days in the summer months when I ride my bike to the river, and gaze at the its powerful flow. It’s fascinating for me to watch the river at different stages. Sometimes it looks ...read more

  • May Those Who Love Us, Love Us; And Those Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,385 views

    “May those who love us, love us; and those who don’t love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn’t turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so ...read more

  • Dancing With God

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
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    DANCING WITH GOD One of my very favorite stories is told by Gertrud Mueller Nelson in To Dance with God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration. It’s the first thing she says at the beginning of Chapter 1: "Some years ago, I spent an afternoon caught up in a piece of sewing I was doing. The ...read more

  • Dl Moody Was A Great Evangelist From Chicago. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Cox on Nov 4, 2000
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    DL Moody was a great evangelist from Chicago. He went to England once and met a young man there that wanted to preach in his church. Moody agreed thinking that he would never see him again. To his dismay he recieved a letter that said the young man would be in his town shorlty and wanted to take ...read more

  • What Is Not God's Will

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 7, 2011
     | 1,771 views

    WHAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL Sometimes we want things we know is not God's will. Jay Kesler wrote of a time when he caused an auto accident. He prayed that it did not happen, but it did. I know how the young Jay Kesler felt. I've done things that I wanted to undo and said things that I wanted to ...read more

  • God And The Rabbit

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    GOD AND THE RABBIT When I was a 4th grader, I went on a spiritual retreat. We had worship one night and the counselor sent us to go find a private spot where we could pray individually. I went by a large tree away from everyone else. As I began to pray and pour my heart out to God, I heard a ...read more

  • Is There Really A God??  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Weimeschkirch on Aug 15, 2005
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     | 3,402 views

    Is There Really A God?? 93 million miles from the blistering surface of the sun hangs the planet earth. A rotating sphere perfectly suspended in the center of the universe. The ultimate creation from an infinite mind. An unbelievable intricate complex design. A supernatural testimony, an ...read more

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