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  • Seeing The Face Of God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 1, 2025
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    The world does not need more churches or preachers; but it needs people who can see the face of God. Seeing the face of God means seeing or experiencing the attributes and natures of God. A person who sees or experiences Jesus' nature and displays it in his life is the need of the world. The ...read more

  • Obedience Matters To God

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 788 views

    So many churches in our day have been captivated by church growth techniques and have made attendance the measure of success. I have got bad news for these folks – God’s measure of success is the ...read more

  • Full Armor Of God

    Contributed by John Bright on Oct 3, 2025
     | 276 views

    Our defense is provided by the Full Armor of God found in Ephesians 6. I would recommend this article: https://www.gotquestions.org/full-armor-of-God.html (I also want to recommend the YouVersion Bible App for your smart phones or computers. Good studies there on the Full Armor of God) Here’s a ...read more

  • The House God Moved

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 12, 2025
     | 241 views

    The story of that little church in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, still stirs my heart. In 1874 the congregation built a modest wooden building, but the land they truly wanted had been refused by its owner. Two years later a storm struck the town, the kind of storm that tears apart homes and ...read more

  • Word Of God - Is Alive

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 28, 2026
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     | 158 views

    The Scriptures are clear ... Crystal clear Quote ... "For the word of God .... is living" Unquote (Hebrews 4:12) The Scriptures, .... the Word of God, .... is unlike any other book you have ... in your home ... or that is in the library. The Library of Congress lays claim ... to be ...read more

  • Connected To God's Love

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Apr 10, 2009
     | 6,745 views

    CONNECTED TO GOD'S LOVE A water pipe was designed to carry water. I have learned that when you hook the pipe to the water, and turn on the water, the water flows through the pipe and out of the other end. When ...read more

  • Jesus: The Image Of God

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 2, 2009
     | 3,149 views

    JESUS: THE IMAGE OF GOD If you are old enough to remember, or watch the old series Dragnet on the Nickelodeon channel, you will see at the end a greasy hand come out with a hammer and a die. The hammer hits the die, and when the hammer and die leave, the mark ’VII’ is left in the stone. Although ...read more

  • With God, There Is No P.s.

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jun 9, 2009
     | 2,150 views

    WITH GOD, THERE IS NO P.S. Nothing can stop the love of God. In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which was placed a huge slab of granite and then a slab of marble was cemented on top. The rocks were fastened with heavy steel clamps. It belonged to a woman who did not believe in the ...read more

  • Song – God Bless ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    SONG – GOD BLESS AMERICA. An eerie quiet fell over the battlefield near the French city of Verdun. It was Nov. 11, 1918, and the guns were abruptly silent. Some of the soldiers sank to the ground; others stared into space. Some began to shake. The Great War was finished, but the men could not ...read more

  • Made In God's Image

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
     | 2,868 views

    MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE This is what is meant by God’s image, in the words of Elmer Towns: a. Intellect. The ability to think, abstractly, i.e., put words to ideas, think in cause-effect relationships, remember, etc. Man has the ability to know the difference between right and wrong. b. Emotions. ...read more

  • Higher Standard Of God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 6, 2009
     | 2,519 views

    HIGHER STANDARD OF GOD Paul very much emphasized that we are responsible to others. Not responsible for them but to them. We are held to a high standard (at least we should be) by our own conscience, by others, and by God. Too often we make excuses such as not knowing that something was ...read more

  • God's Love Is Everything

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009
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     | 3,818 views

    GOD'S LOVE IS EVERYTHING The Pope tells us that "For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, 'God is love'...: everything has its origin in God’s love, everything is shaped by it, ...read more

  • Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,948 views

    FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

  • Mother, Is The Moon God's ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 28, 2009
     | 4,180 views

    “Mother, Is the Moon God’s Light?” A mother and her little four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was afraid of the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, alone with the child, felt fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a ...read more

  • As Long As God Is Awake  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,008 views

    AS LONG AS GOD IS AWAKE A mother and her little four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was afraid of the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, alone with the child, felt fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a glimpse of the ...read more

  • Our Image Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2009
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     | 2,847 views

    OUR IMAGE OF GOD Brennan Manning said, "It is always true to some extent that we make our images of God. It is even truer that our image of God ...read more

  • God Answers Persistent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,125 views

    God Answers Persistent Prayer Sharon Atwell tells the story of her daughter Kate in June of 2000 having a backache and diagnosed with leukemia. She went through chemo but by August she had a seizure and was unconscious. While getting treated at St. Jude an infection attacked her brain. Only six ...read more

  • The Use Of God's Gifts

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 9, 2009
     | 2,710 views

    THE USE OF GOD'S GIFTS How much did Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys spend on the New Texas Stadium? 1.15 billion dollars. They joke that there is a hole in the top of the stadium so that God can watch his favorite team play. I’m not so sure Mr. Jones doesn’t believe that. We look at ...read more

  • Brainerd: Honor To God  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
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     | 3,387 views

    BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: "I do not go to heaven to be ...read more

  • Process-Oriented God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
     | 2,232 views

    The following thoughts are from Sy Rogers: God is event and process oriented – Most Christians are only event orientated. But the development of a baby is a process caused by one passionate event in the bedroom. Birth is an event but there is a process of growth and maturity. God will not zap a ...read more