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  • And He Was Changed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,541 views

    AND HE WAS CHANGED In 1918, a notorious criminal named Tokichi Ichii was sentenced to hang. While in prison in Tokyo, he was sent a New Testament by two missionaries, Miss West and Miss McDonald. After a visit from Miss West, he began to read the story of Jesus’ and crucifixion. When he reached ...read more

  • Praying For Change  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Sunstrom on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,106 views

    PRAYING FOR CHANGE “To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we ...read more

  • Principles For Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,719 views

    Principles for change: A. People must have reasons for change 1. They must see the value to them of the change 2. The plan must be understood by them 3. They must be involved in the process B. People must be prepared for change, don’t just drop it on them. Introduce the ...read more

  • Changing Audiences

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 2,469 views

    CHANGING AUDIENCES We have let the world define greatness for us. Our society has built itself on the philosophy of the devil instead of on the wisdom of God. As long as we believe Satan’s big lie that our lives are insignificant unless we are on top, we will live in constant state of ...read more

  • A Change Of Policy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
     | 3,229 views

    A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

  • Biblical Change  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,437 views

    Biblical Change "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your ...read more

  • A Change In Hope

    Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Nov 20, 2008
     | 7,902 views

    A CHANGE IN HOPE Ben was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 16 years old. Hope is the one thing that kept his parents, Kevin and Laura moving forward. Hope is what kept them from giving up. His younger sister, Bethany, always kept her sights on the silver lining. He went through a series ...read more

  • Prayer Changes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,093 views

    PRAYER CHANGES THINGS A lady was out hitting all the local garage sales when she came across an old needlepoint picture that read, "Prayer Changes Lives." She bought it, took it home and began to look for just the right place to hang the new picture. Finally, she decided that it went well in the ...read more

  • Changing The Label On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    CHANGING THE LABEL ON SIN Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman told of a distinguished minister, Dr. Howard, from Australia who preached very strongly on the subject of sin. After the service, one of the church deacons came to counsel with him in the study. "Dr. Howard," he said, "we don’t want you to talk as ...read more

  • Change Of Perspective

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
     | 236 views

    Without God, even the smallest problem can become a Goliath. With God, a challenge like Goliath becomes a small problem. There is a change of perspective when do things with God. What appears big and large becomes small because God is so powerful that everything shrinks ...read more

  • Refuse To Change

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 5, 2025
     | 305 views

    I RATHER CHOSE INSANITY THAN CHANGE? I REFUSE TO CHANGE. I EXPECT THE WHOLE WORLD TO CHANGE! WHY SHOULD I CHANGE? CHANGE? THERE IS A WARNING OF TERRIBLE COST TO THOSE THAT REFUSE TO CHANGE. There was a huge oil tanker that carried over a million barrels of oil across the ocean. One dark, ...read more

  • Never Change A Winning Game. Always Change A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,419 views

    Never change a winning game. Always ...read more

  • Prayer Doesn't Change God, It Changes Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,225 views

    PRAYER DOESN'T CHANGE GOD, IT CHANGES ME In a scene from Shadowlands, a film based on the life of C.S. Lewis, Lewis has returned to Oxford from London, where he has just been married to Joy Gresham, an American woman, in a private Episcopal ceremony performed at her hospital bedside. She is dying ...read more

  • Men Do Change, And Change Comes Like A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 2,365 views

    "Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy ...read more

  • Change Will Come Into Our Lives When We Change ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 7, 2009
     | 1,752 views

    Change will come into our lives when we change the way we look at people, when we have the same love and ...read more

  • Travel Has Changed  PRO

    Contributed by Harold White on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 6,687 views

    Travel has changed: More than two hundred years ago George Washington traveled from Virginia to Washington D.C. by horseback. It could take him ten days traveling at a speed of twenty five miles per day. Today astronauts can enter a space shuttle and travel at twenty five thousand miles per hour. ...read more

  • Changed Whiskey Into Furniture  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 21, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,735 views

    Changed Whiskey into Furniture An alcoholic, who became a believer, was asked how he could possibly believe all the nonsense in the Bible about miracles. “You don’t believe that Jesus changed the water into wine do you?” “I sure do, because in our house ...read more

  • Changing The Price Tags  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,596 views

    CHANGING THE PRICE TAGS One year, my best friend and I devised what we thought was a brilliant and creative plan for mischief. We decided to break into the basement of the local five-and-dime store. We did not plan to rob the place (Sunday School boys would never do that sort of the thing); ...read more

  • Praying 'til They Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
     | 4,973 views

    PRAYING TIL THEY CHANGE “George Mueller, the founder of a great Christian orphanage work in England in the 1800’s, was a powerful man of prayer. He knew the importance of keeping at prayer evne when the answer seemed delayed. When he was young he began praying that two of his friends might be ...read more

  • Select Stats On Change

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,881 views

    Select Stats on Change: In the 1950’s: -a car cost $1,220 -gas $0.23 -College Tuition- $525 -round of golf @ Pebble Beach $2 -Coke, Hershey bar, coffe- $0.05 -stamp $.03 -Annual Salary for a teacher $2,640 -computer $500,000 It took the radio 40 years to reach 50 million domestic users. It took ...read more