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  • One Of The Ways That Children Change A Marriage ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
     | 1,412 views

    One of the ways that children change a marriage is easy to identify: they require us husbands to grow up and become their daddies. Unfortunately, some husbands are not willing to pursue this change. Many children grow up in homes where daddy often acts like a big baby. I know a guy who accuses ...read more

  • You Know When You Are Growing Old When...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 1,916 views

    You know when you are growing old when... * Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work, * Your knees buckle and your belt won't. * Your back goes out more often than you do. * You know all the answers but no one asks the questions. * Your mind makes agreements your body can't keep. ...read more

  • Every Child Is An Artist. The Problem Is How To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 921 views

    Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an ...read more

  • Shake It Off And Step Up  PRO

    Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 270 ratings
     | 4,017 views

    SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that ...read more

  • Showing Up Each Day  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 193 ratings
     | 3,031 views

    Erma Bombeck writes; For the first 4 or 5 years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition -- not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon, with 3 kids in tow, I came out of a supermarket pushing a ...read more

  • Hooking Up, Hanging Out  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,191 views

    HOOKING UP, HANGING OUT Scholars from the Institute for American Values conducted a survey, "Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Looking for Mr. Right," that asked 1,000 college women about courtship in the new millennium. The survey found that courtship—dating a male with the hopes of ...read more

  • Children Lined Up In The Cafeteria Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,001 views

    Children lined up in the cafeteria of a religious school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The teacher made a note: "Take only one, God is watching." At the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate ...read more

  • Emptied Out And Filled Up  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 28, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,072 views

    EMPTIED OUT AND FILLED UP D. L. Moody said, “I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God’s law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition ...read more

  • Who Came Up With This?  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,987 views

    WHO CAME UP WITH THIS? A woman was in the mall doing her Christmas shopping. She was tired of walking through every aisle of every store to find just the right present. She was stressed out by the mounting debt on her credit card. She was tired of fighting the crowds and standing in lines for the ...read more

  • Learn When To Shut Up  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,665 views

    1) Learn when to Shut Up . It is commonly known in the world of advertising that the most successful ad campaigns don’t try to change people: they try to reflect how people are already feeling. Advertisers know that consumers won’t respond to an ad unless the ad is a response to them. This is why ...read more

  • Nondisparagement Clauses Are Popping Up In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,238 views

    Nondisparagement Clauses are popping up in employment contracts. Here is an example; “Employee agrees not to make any derogatory comments in any format, whether written, electronic, or oral, to the press, or any individual or entity regarding the company that relates to the company’s business or ...read more

  • A Click And A Pop-Up Menu! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 28, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,976 views

    A Click and a Pop-Up Menu! (06.30.05--Direction--John 21:15-19 ) Just being in love is not enough especially when you are considering spending the rest of your life in that condition. Internet romance is on a real boom swing around the world. Only a few short years ago anyone who “dated” on ...read more

  • Cleaning Up Our Wounds

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,292 views

    CLEANING UP OUR WOUNDS Moira, Stephen and I love watching ‘Casualty’ on BBC1. We were catching up on an old episode this week, so please turn away if you’re squeamish! (But I won’t show you my scars!) A lady had an open wound in her foot. As the nurse rolled back her thick socks to reveal the ...read more

  • God Restores Banged-Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 7,598 views

    GOD RESTORES BANGED-UP PEOPLE Gary Inrig’s story in his book, Quality Friendships: Years ago, one family had a son who was in the Korean War. They had not heard from him for 10 months and were very concerned. Time went on and the war ended. Finally their son called home. The mother was excited. ...read more

  • Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
     | 6,395 views

    TAKE UP YOUR CROSS Christiana Tsai was a Christian woman who developed an eye disease that made it impossible for her to see light directly and was virtually blind. She had to wear very dark glasses. Yet, she did not withdraw into her own room and say how tough she has it. No, she used her ...read more

  • Keeping Them Up In The Air

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2009
     | 904 views

    KEEPING THEM UP IN THE AIR A pet store delivery truck driver was traveling down the road. Every time he came to a stoplight, he would get out of the truck and grab a 2 X 4. Then he’d run to the back and start beating on the truck’s back doors. This went on for several miles, and nobody could ...read more

  • There Are Always Reasons For Giving Up. There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,281 views

    There are always reasons for giving up. There is no such thing as failure except to those ...read more

  • Wake Up Little Susie

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Sep 14, 2009
     | 3,187 views

    "Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers. It is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a ...read more

  • Keep Up Your Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,154 views

    Keep Up Your Spiritual Guard The 4,000-mile-long Great Wall of China was built to keep invaders from the north. The first wall was constructed by Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, who lived between 259 - 210 BC. But in AD 1644 the Manchus broke through the Great Wall and overran China. They ...read more

  • Church Cake Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,455 views

    CHURCH CAKE COVER-UP It was time for the annual cake sale at a Presbyterian church not much different than our own. Ms. Billings always made the most beautiful cakes...she was expected to make another one this year. However, Ms. Billings was a very busy woman with the time she spent with her ...read more

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