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  • Servant Of God

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jan 11, 2021
     | 3,740 views

    There was once a servant of God, who had gotten very depressed and tired and went to sleep. He had a vision of an ugly, unlikable frog coming towards him. In the beginning, he didn’t like it. However, the frog followed him, and, whenever he turned around, it was behind him. Finally, when man of ...read more

  • God’s Design Is For A Man And Woman To ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 113 ratings
     | 4,295 views

    God’s design is for a man and woman to enter into a permanent, intimate relationship with one another. A relationship like Eddie and Mary enjoy. Let me read you a letter that Eddie wrote to Ann Landers: Dear Ann Landers: On Aug. 14, 1945, the war ended in the South Pacific. That was the day I ...read more

  • God’s Power In Creation, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,686 views

    [God’s Power in Creation, Citation: Christianity Today (4-23-99), reprinted in "To Illustrate Plus," Leadership Journal (21.1), p. 69] Patrick O’Boyle recalls the late-1940s Hyde Park "Speakers’ Corner" appearances of Frank Sheed, the Catholic author and publisher: Sheed could be devastating with ...read more

  • Waiting For God Is Not Laziness. Waiting For God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 14,432 views

    Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; ...read more

  • Waiting For God Is Not Laziness. Waiting For God ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 21, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,067 views

    “Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; ...read more

  • Peace With God Brings The Peace Of God. It Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,033 views

    "Peace with God brings the peace of God. It is a peace that settles our nerves, fills our mind, floods our spirit and, in the midst of the uproar around us, ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,258 views

    THE LOVE OF GOD: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • Starving For God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 23, 2020
     | 3,524 views

    BEATITUDE #4 - "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." “What Jesus is talking about is no mere reference to hunger which could be satisfied by a mid-morning snack. The thought is that of STARVATION. Are you longing for God like that? ...read more

  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 10,376 views

    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

  • God's Will Prevails

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2008
     | 2,347 views

    God's Will Prevails David Aikman, formerly of Time magazine, in 2002 spent three months researching the state of Christianity in China. He tells an incredible story. The Chinese church after fifty years of persecution and repression is thriving. When the Communists took control of China five ...read more

  • God's Chair

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 26, 2011
     | 3,377 views

    GOD'S CHAIR When I was small, I used to play a game with my friends called musical chairs. Do you remember it? The object of the game was to be in possession of a chair when the music stopped. All through life it often seems we’re caught up in this game. There are different kinds of chairs and in ...read more

  • God Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,293 views

    Notice what Malachi says; “…A child HONORS his father, and a servant HONORS his master. I am a father, so why don’t you respect me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me? But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’ You have shown it by ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2009
     | 2,689 views

    “Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?” Here is where we have to back up just a step and remember who Paul is talking about and who he is talking to. When he says that God will, with Christ, freely give us all things, the 'us' consists of all those who are referred to in verse 28 and in ...read more

  • God Is With The Righteous

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Feb 19, 2012
     | 3,244 views

    GOD IS WITH THE RIGHTEOUS Listen to a partially embellished STORY of the SERVANT who escaped to Abraham... The sun was just rising in the east. Abram's entourage had grown significantly since Lot departed. They had settled in the land of Mamre the Amorite, finding water and shade in the forest, ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 11, 2004
     | 6,844 views

    The Love Of God A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • The Vow To God

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Nov 12, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,217 views

    A businessman was traveling on a plane for the first time. He had always been terrified of flying but his next appointment required him to do so. The flight was going well when suddenly the plane shuddered. The pilot came over the intercom and announced that the engines on the right side had ...read more

  • Stealing God

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 20, 2019
     | 3,142 views

    A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, who were mischievous. They were always getting into trouble, and their parents knew that if any mischief occurred in their town, their sons were probably involved. The boys' mother heard that a Pastor in town had been successful in disciplining ...read more

  • The Love Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,666 views

    THE LOVE OF GOD The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests. But it is a personal, intimate thing too. God does not love populations, He ...read more

  • In Front Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 3,326 views

    IN FRONT OF GOD I read the story of a man who took a slip of paper and wrote upon it only three letters spelling "G-O-D." He showed it to his friend, who was plainly overcome with greed and the worship of wealth. He took a coin, and after having placed the coin over the slip of paper, asked his ...read more

  • The Sovereignty Of God

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Apr 19, 2009
     | 5,730 views

    THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD The Sovereignty of God. What do we mean by this expression? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the god-hood of God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that God is God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing ...read more