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  • Six Rules For A Happy Life 1.avoid Fried Meats, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Six Rules for a Happy Life 1.Avoid fried meats, which angry up the blood. 2.If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3.Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4.Go very light on vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ...read more

  • Broken Dreams As Children Bring Their Broken ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Broken Dreams As children bring their broken toys With tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God Because He was my friend. But then instead of leaving Him In peace to work alone I hung around and tried to help With ways that were my own. At last I snatched them back ...read more

  • Oh, I Worry Over This Thing And I Worry Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Oh, I worry over this thing and I worry over that, But I notice when the atmosphere has cleared, That the bad luck I had looked for Didn't come and knock me flat, And I didn't have the trouble that I feared. Oh, I like to start the morning with an apprehensive sigh, For I find a bit of worry to ...read more

  • Yogi Berra ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    YOGI BERRA QUOTES Yogi was a catcher for the New York Yankees. • I really didn’t say everything I said. • You should always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise they won’t come to yours. • Never answer an anonymous letter. • If you come to a fork in the road, take it. • It ...read more

  • Divorce Aftershocks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE AFTERSHOCKS The National Child Development Study in the U.K. tracks 17,000 people born in Britain during the same week in 1958. Comparing those individuals with those born years later, the study revealed those in both generations with divorced parents were more likely to suffer from ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

  • I Wonder To What Extent God Is Telling His ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
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    I wonder to what extent God is telling his disciples that when we want greatness and recognition we need to walk the road of service because it gets our feet on the ground to what really matters about life and what really matters to Him. The road of service removes the vain desires for glory and ...read more

  • There Was A Poor Family In This Little Town. ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 17, 2009
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    There was a poor family in this little town. Brought to the attention of the Baptist minister who got the word to his congregation and provided appropriate clothing to the family asking them to come to church the next Sunday. They agreed. When Sunday came they didn’t show up at the Baptist ...read more

  • The Words I Would Say

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 22, 2009
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    "The Words I would say" By Sidewalk Prophets "Be strong in the Lord and, Never give up hope, You’re going to do great things, I already know, Gods got his hand on you so, Don’t live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don’t forget why your here, Take your time and ...read more

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Thoughts On Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Theodore Roosevelt’s Thoughts on Family Theodore Roosevelt said in 1917, "No other success in life--not being president, or being wealthy, or going to college, or writing a book, or anything else--comes up to the success of the man or woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that ...read more

  • The Frog Future

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
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    THE FROG FUTURE A frog went to see a fortune-teller, Gazing into her crystal ball, she said to frog, "You are going to meet a beautiful young woman. From the moment she sets eyes on you she will have an insatiable desire to know all about you. She will be compelled to get close to you—you’ll ...read more

  • Fiedler's Forecasting Rules

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    FIEDLER'S FORECASTING RULES 1. It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future. 2. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. 3. The moment you forecast, you know you’re going to be wrong--you just don’t know when and in which direction. 4. If you’re ever ...read more

  • Don't Just Admit It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    DON'T JUST ADMIT IT There was a cartoon in which little George Washington is standing with an axe in his hand. Before him lying on the ground is the famous cherry tree. He has already made his smug admission that he did it -- after all, he "cannot tell a lie." But his father is standing there ...read more

  • When No One Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Mar 26, 2011
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    WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING In 1945, Arsenal were playing Russian giants Dynamo Moscow in London when a thick fog descended over the ground. The referee refused to abandon the game as the visitors had come such a long way, but it was impossible to see what was going on. It is said that an Arsenal ...read more

  • Freeing The Quail

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 5, 2011
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    FREEING THE QUAIL At a Farmer’s Market, there was a covey of quail walking around a pole. They had strings attached to their legs and walked in circles hour after hour. A customer purchased the birds and then cut the strings off their legs, giving them their freedom. Yet, in spite of the ...read more

  • Passing The Test

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 24, 2011
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    PASSING THE TEST A man recounts a time when he had to enter the military while the draft was still in place: I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?" "What ...read more

  • Life After Death  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 8, 2012
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    LIFE AFTER DEATH It's good to remember what stories you have told so that they don't come back to haunt you. A young man's boss asked him, "Boy, do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," the young man answered. The boss said, "Well that's good, because about a ...read more

  • When Harry Truman Was Thrust Into The Presidency ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 2, 2012
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    When Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency by the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn took him aside. "From here on out, you’re going to have lots of people around you. They’ll try to put up a wall around you and cut you off from any ideas but ...read more

  • Corporate Discipleship

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 6, 2013
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    CORPORATE DISCIPLESHIP Did you know that there is not a single case of "one-on-one discipleship" in the New Testament? The choice to become and remain a disciple rests with individuals, but discipleship is always nurtured corporately. Discipleship is not a course you go through; it’s a life you ...read more

  • God Is Excellent

    Contributed by Ritchie Guerrero on Oct 25, 2020
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    To realize how God is excellent and Mighty In Power, very simple. Go to a place near you that is called Nature "Tourist Spot" or "Tourist destination", you will see the beauty of creation not even touch by human hands.. I.e Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, Banff, El Nido Palawan, ...read more