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  • Healing, God's Way

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 26, 2008
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     | 3,580 views

    Healing, God's Way Healing takes time, patience and determination to persevere through the long process of healing. It’s not easy, but it is the reality of the healing process. Personal Illustration: My own experience with the healing process of my right knee. About two years ago I had a total ...read more

  • Where Is God Working?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 21, 2023
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     | 1,109 views

    Pastor Henry Blackaby, of Faith Baptist Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada began to sense God leading them to an outreach ministry on the college campus. He had never done student work. Their church had never done student work. Their denominational student ministries department recommended ...read more

  • God's Standard For Sin

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 30, 2010
     | 3,091 views

    GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade." I had bad news for him. God has a ...read more

  • God's Relationship With Us.

    Contributed by Rob Roy on Nov 19, 2018
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     | 6,562 views

    My best memory of my Grandfather who died when I was four or five. I was four or five and we loaded up with my four older brothers and mom and dad in our sixty-four brown Chevy Bel Air and headed to my grandparents home. My mom announced to all of us that Grandfather was weak and we should NOT ...read more

  • A Funny Letter To God!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 5, 2023
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     | 1,732 views

    A little boy named Johnny wrote a letter to God asking for one hundred dollars. The local post office didn't know where to send the letter, so they sent it to the White House. The President had a secretary that saw the letter and so she sent the little boy five dollars, thinking that would ...read more

  • Praying The Armor Of God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
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     | 7,111 views

    PRAYING THE ARMOR OF GOD This is a prayer I shared with our congregation after teaching a series on Spiritual Warfare based upon an exposition of Ephesians 6:10-18. "Good morning, Lord. It’s going to be a great day because I am preparing to win spiritual battles for Your glory and ...read more

  • Morning Time With God

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
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    I got my first cup of coffee and slowly moseyed to my front porch. Walking to the banister putting my elbows there I sipped my coffee. I looked around my neighborhood, I kinda live on a small knoll, and it seemed so peaceful. The birds were singing, they were flying around and there was what seemed ...read more

  • Dogs' Letters To God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002
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     | 2,008 views

    Dogs’ Letters to God Dear God, Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not one named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride! I know every breed cannot have its own model, but it would ...read more

  • The Miracle Of God's Presence  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Sep 5, 2002
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    THE MIRACLE OF GOD’S PRESENCE Lisa Beamer reflects on the loss of her dad in her book, "Let’s Roll." “Slowly I began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include ‘good things’, but the whole array of human events. The ‘prospering’ he talks about in the book of Jeremiah is often ...read more

  • Let's Be Like God

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 30, 2008
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    LET'S BE LIKE GOD There’s a fable of a couple living in poor circumstances who were given the opportunity to make four wishes, guaranteed to come true. They could ask for whatever they wanted and they would have them! It seemed too good to be true. They were rather modest at first and asked for ...read more

  • I Thought He Was Talking To You

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 10, 2011
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    I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO YOU At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn't it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" The witness stared out the window, as though he hadn't heard the ...read more

  • God's Loving Son  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2006
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     | 4,140 views

    Illus.: “God’s Loving Son” A certain rich man died and left no heirs. When his household goods were auctioned off, an elderly lady dressed in shabby garments was the only one to bid on the picture of the dead man’s son. It had been greatly cherished by the wealthy father because his only child ...read more

  • Eckerd: On The Hook With God

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 23, 2012
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    ECKERD: ON THE HOOK WITH GOD JACK ECKERD founded the chain of drug stores that bear his name. Eckerd gave his employees Eckerd's shares from his personal stock. By taking advantage of the stock option program offered by Eckerd, his employees benefitted financially in the success of the new ...read more

  • Louis Braille And The Will Of God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019
     | 2,521 views

    I do not know if Louis Braille was a believer, but his life is an example of a sovereign God causing all things to work together for good - In the French Academy of Science there is a rather plain, old shoemaker's awl on display. The story behind the awl is quite extraordinary. To look at it, ...read more

  • Hearing God Correctly

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Mar 25, 2004
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    “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good ...read more

  • Hiding The Word Of God

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 10, 2012
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    HIDING THE WORD OF GOD During World War II, Jewish inmates of the Yanov labor camp in occupied Poland defied their Nazi guards, secretly conducting religious services inside their darkened barracks. To observe their ritual, the Jews had cut religious scrolls into sections, bound the parchment ...read more

  • God Came Near

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Dec 14, 2007
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    QUOTE –GOD CAME NEAR: “They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby. Yet, were someone to chance upon the sheep stable on the ...read more

  • God Is Looking For People With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,101 views

    GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH CONVICITON DEF: an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence In the events of the bridge collapse here in Minneapolis this past week, you have probably heard of countless examples of people acting with conviction. • Ed Nelson M.P.D. - when ...read more

  • In The Spring Of 1851, He Accepted A Newly ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
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    In the spring of 1851, he accepted a newly created teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), in Lexington, Virginia. He became Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery. Despite the high quality of his work, he was not popular as a teacher. His ...read more

  • He's My Father!!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 12, 2022
     | 862 views

    There is an old Roman story which tells how a Roman emperor was once enjoying a great victory. He had the privilege of marching his troops through the streets of Rome with all of his captured trophies, and his prisoners behind him. This emperor was marching with his troops; the streets were lined ...read more

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