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  • Mvp Praises God For World Series

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    MVP PRAISES GOD FOR WORLD SERIES A number of years ago, Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named "The most valuable player of the series." One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the 9th ...read more

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  • Mother's Face

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 28, 2008
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    MOTHER'S FACE Calvin Miller reminds us of the fable of the little girl whose mother's face was hideously scarred from an early injury. As the little girl grew, made friends, and gained her own identity, she became more and more ashamed of her mother's horrid appearance. As she walked down the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I Want My Dollar  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    I Want my Dollar A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number. The Redneck says, ''I want my $20 million.'' The man replied, ''No, sir. It doesn't work that way. We will give you a million today and then you'll get the rest ...read more

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  • Robinson Crusoe

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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    Robinson Crusoe Could you, could I do as well as Robinson Crusoe? When Robinson Crusoe was wrecked on his lonely island, he drew up in two columns what he called the evil and the good. He was cast on a desolate island, but he was still alive--not drowned, as his ship's company was. He was ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Count Your Blessings—no, Really!

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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    Count Your Blessings--No, Really! It was a typical Indiana spring day. Outside the house, it was raining. Inside the house...it was raining. Water slowly dripped from the ceiling, reminding me that when you replace your own roof, there's nobody to get mad at when it leaks. I should be a pretty ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Thanksliving

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 26, 2008
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    THANKSLIVING Last week I shared with you a story about a young man with bipolar disorder that died while I was a chaplain. For those of you who were with us, do you remember that? How the parents stayed with him and were there for him even though he put them through so much hell. They were there ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • A Few Years Ago Dr. Nick Stinnett Of The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008
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    A few years ago Dr. Nick Stinnett of the University of Nebraska conducted a group of studies called the "Family Strengths Research Project": Stinnett and his researchers identified six qualities that make for strong families. The first quality and one of the most important to be found in strong ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Holy Father, We Gather Together To Ask Your ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008
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    Holy Father, We gather together to ask your blessing this Thanksgiving Day; God bless America, land that I love; You stand beside us in times of need, as of September 11, giving Peace and Love to all; Stand beside her and guide her, through the night with the Light from above; Your ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • In A Recent Experiment, Psychologists Asked ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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    In a recent experiment, psychologists asked undergraduates to complete a survey that included a happiness scale and measures of gratitude and thankfulness. Then over the next six weeks, the participants wrote down, once a week, five things for which they were grateful. It had a dramatic effect on ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • People Matter

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 13, 2012
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    PEOPLE MATTER During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: 'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely, this was some kind of joke. I had seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • The Right Use Of The Eyes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    THE RIGHT USE OF THE EYES A bishop of the early church, who was a remarkable example of the virtue of contentment, was asked his secret. The venerable old man replied: "It consists in nothing more than making a right use of my eyes. In whatever state I am, I first of all look up to heaven and ...read more

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  • Never Satisfied

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2013
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    NEVER SATISFIED Some people are never happy. A Jewish lady's grandson is playing in the water, she is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is wading. The water recedes and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • It Is Gratitude That Prompted An Old Man To Visit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
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    It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old man, and he would feed them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Parents Who Expect Gratitude From Their Children ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Parents who expect gratitude from their children (there are even some who insist on it) are like usurers who gladly risk ...read more

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  • Too Often Our Gratitude Is Dependent Upon The ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Roy on Jan 29, 2001
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    Too often our gratitude is dependent upon the circumstances of life. A beautiful hymn was written by Martin Rinkart during the thirty-year war to help us look beyond our circumstances and see the hand of God. Rinkart was a pastor in Saxony, Germany as the turbulent years of the war dragged on. For ...read more

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  • In Fact, Our Relationships Are More Important To ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Jan 20, 2010
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    In fact, our relationships are more important to us than any anything else. Example Evidence for this, if we need it, can be found in such things as the last messages sent or spoken by those who knew they were about to die in the 9/11 plane crashes. The final messages were all expressions of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • For Blessings Already Received

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 23, 2012
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    FOR BLESSINGS ALREADY RECEIVED "Returning thanks for blessings already received increases our faith and enables us to approach God with new boldness and new assurance. Doubtless the reason so many have so little faith when they pray is because they take so little time to meditate upon and thank ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Great Thanksgiving Illustration

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 14, 2021
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    Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • As President Washington Proclaimed The 26th Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
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    As President Washington proclaimed the 26th of November 1789 to be a day of thanksgiving. The last paragraph reads as follows: "And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Caddy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
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    THE CADDY Two golfers stepped up to the first tee on the St. Andrews course in New York. The older golfer was a kindly man who played a thoughtful, deliberate game. The younger golfer was full of pride and impatience. On the first hole he sliced, lost his ball in the tall grass, hit another one, ...read more

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