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  • Revival Is The Workings Of God.

    Contributed by David Tack on Sep 19, 2010
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    Revival is the workings of God. Faithfulness to the ordinary with expectations to the extraordinary should be considered when dealing with the astounding workings of our miraculous God. By ordinary I mean: Bible preaching, prayer, and evangelism are fundamental necessities. Faithfulness in these ...read more

  • Be Successful—serve God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 4,503 views

    BE SUCCESSFUL--SERVE GOD Our commitment in the service of Lord in very important in building the body of Christ. And I challenge you to commit your life in the ministry: Confidently, wholeheartedly and absolutely for the glory of God. In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were ...read more

  • Immorality Of Greek Gods

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 10, 2011
     | 2,515 views

    IMMORALITY OF GREEK GODS Xenophanes, a 6th century BC Greek philosopher, complained about the immorality of the gods, stating that Homer attributed to the gods "all that is shameful and disgraceful among men; they steal, commit adultery, and deceive one another." It is no wonder that Paul found ...read more

  • The Touch Of God At Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,828 views

    THE TOUCH OF GOD AT CHRISTMAS This is from a 60 Minutes broadcast from a few years ago. It’s an excerpt of what Harry Reasoner said around Christmas time that I want you to hear. Listen carefully – he said: Eleven years ago I did a little Christmas piece and it seemed like a good idea to repeat ...read more

  • God Only Knows

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 3,690 views

    GOD ONLY KNOWS William Phelps taught English literature at Yale for forty-one years until his retirement in 1933. One year just before Christmas he was marking an examination paper, Phelps came across the note: "God only knows the answer to this question. Merry ...read more

  • Akiane: The Gift Of God

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 3,623 views

    AKIANE: THE GIFT OF GOD Akiane Kramarik is only 12-years-old, but she has abilities far beyond her years. Her mother chose to give birth to her underwater at the family home on July 9, 1994 in Mount Morris, Illinois. The family now lives in Idaho. Akiane speaks four languages, writes poetry, plays ...read more

  • Remembering God's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 13,102 views

    Michelle Johnson writes, “Sometimes we need to take a look at where we’ve been with God to really understand His faithfulness and love for us. She was staying with her son at the hospital following a serious surgery. On that particular morning, she was exhausted by their stay, and her steps were ...read more

  • Enoch Walking With God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,934 views

    ENOCH WALKING WITH GOD Unity Baptist’s pastor shares from His sermon "Faith: Enoch-walking with God in faith" on sermoncentral.com shares: "Picture in your mind, if you will, Enoch, walking with God in the coolness of the evening, just as night and day are meeting and lengthened shadows begin to ...read more

  • God, Coaching And Discipline

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    GOD, COACHING AND DISCIPLINE Tom Landry the famous coach of the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday said: "The role of the coach is to make people do things they don’t want to do to achieve the results they want to achieve." As soon as I heard that, I thought of God. Isn’t that ...read more

  • Thank God For The Delusion!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
     | 2,663 views

    Someone told a reformed alcoholic that his experience wasn't valid; that his religion was a delusion. He said, "Thank God for the delusion; it has put clothes on my children and shoes on their feet and bread in their mouths. It has made a man of me and it has put joy and peace in my ...read more

  • Spend Time With God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 1, 2025
     | 416 views

    Moses after spending 40 days with God on the mountain, found out that God can be seen on a daily basis. So he pitched up a tent outside the camp to meet God on a daily basis. Some things are learned by spending time with God that are not learned anywhere else. Spending time with God teaches us ...read more

  • God Moved The Mountain

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Aug 7, 2025
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    A small church was growing very fast. Every Sunday, more and more people were coming to worship. But there was one big problem—there was no proper parking lot. Many people had to park far away and walk a long distance to the church. The pastor and the church members started praying. They asked God ...read more

  • Barna: God's Truth

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2012
     | 1,837 views

    BARNA: GOD'S TRUTH George Barna from his book Turning Vision Into Action states, "Abraham was successful until God showed him that material wealth was poverty in eternity. Moses had it made as the adopted son of the Egyptian pharaoh, but he discovered that the finest clothing, the best education ...read more

  • Tonsillitis: Growing With God

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 8, 2011
     | 3,477 views

    TONSILLITIS: GROWING WITH GOD I remember when I was growing up as a small boy I had problems with my tonsils. During the winter months I would get tonsillitis and that would turn into strep throat. Mom and Dad would take me to Dr. Newsom in Pilot Mountain. He would always give me a shot of ...read more

  • A View Of God's Glory

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 5, 2008
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     | 7,369 views

    QUOTE: Charles Spurgeon, A View of God’s Glory. “Now, what attribute is God about to show to Moses? His petition is, “Show me thy glory.” Will God show him his justice? His holiness? His wrath? His power? No. Hear the still small voice – “I will make all my goodness pass before you.” Ah! ...read more

  • Spoiled Child Of God

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
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     | 4,887 views

    SPOILED CHILD OF GOD Have you ever noticed a parent spoiling his child by allowing him to freely roam, disobey, be out late at night without accountability, talk back to him, etc? At times, parents are fearful of losing their child’s love if they restrict their activity or don’t give in to their ...read more

  • God's Persistent Love  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
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     | 7,548 views

    GOD'S PERSISTENT LOVE For more than 40 years, each week a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door and slipped a love note underneath. Because of an argument years before, she refused to speak to the man. Finally, after writing 2184 love letters with no response of any kind, the 74-year-old man ...read more

  • God's Rich Grace

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 10, 2011
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     | 3,347 views

    GOD'S RICH GRACE NPR Radio reported this week (July 5, 2011) that a well known Hindu temple in southern India has revealed vast treasures and hidden secrets. The temple itself was well known and previously unguarded. It had been there for hundreds of years (since 1566) and open to the public. ...read more

  • God Pursues You  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 10, 2013
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,500 views

    GOD PURSUES YOU God is constantly initiating and seeking man to come to him. Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued." C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind ...read more

  • God Showing Through  PRO

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 9, 2010
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     | 2,161 views

    GOD SHOWING THROUGH One Sunday morning a little girl on her way home from Sunday school in the car said to her parents, "I don't understand." Her parents said "What don't you understand, sweetheart?" She said "Well, our Sunday school teacher today told us that God is inside of us!" "That's right ...read more