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  • The Privilege Of Praying To God As Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    The Privilege of Praying to God as Our Father The great preacher, teacher, and well-known speaker, Rev. Haddon W. Robinson, in his book entitled "What Jesus Said About Successful Living: Principles from the Sermon on the Mount for Today," writes, "In the Old Testament, the Israelites did not ...read more

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  • God's Word And Daniel Webster

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    GOD'S WORD AND DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster testified: "If there be anything in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents for instilling into my mind an early love for the Scriptures. From the time that, at my mother's feet or on my father's knee, I learned to ...read more

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  • The Love Of God On An Asylum Wall

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2011
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    THE LOVE OF GOD ON AN ASYLUM WALL Pencilled on the wall of a narrow room of an asylum were these familiar words: "Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made; Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above Would drain ...read more

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  • Our Thoughts About God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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    OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT GOD A.W. Tozer said this, "Whatever comes to our mind when we think of God is the most important thing about us." We are all theologians, because theology is really simply the study of ...read more

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  • Airport Security And The Presence Of God

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 23, 2011
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    AIRPORT SECURITY AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD Airport inspections are more thorough than they used to be, and lines are longer. They also have X-ray machines for the checked baggage. Fortunately the standards aren't so stringent for that category, so you may arrive at the other end still owning a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • God Redeems A Child's Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2011
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    GOD REDEEMS A CHILD'S DEATH These are bad things God allows in order to reveal Himself and accomplish some larger good that supersedes or overcomes the bad. Imagine the following scenario: Three little boys walk into a large electrical compound in Okinawa when the workmen momentarily walks to his ...read more

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  • God's Word In A Mental Hospital

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
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    GOD'S WORD IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL I think you'll agree that all true and sincere spiritual movement in your life has been caused and created by the word of God. I served for one year as a part-time chaplain at a mental hospital. One of my duties there was to help people suffering from chemical ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Greek Words For God's Love

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2011
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    GREEK WORDS FOR GOD'S LOVE The Hebrew words for love are more meaningful than the Greek ones, especially two of them. aheb, "...The intensity of the meaning ranges from God's infinite affection for his people to the carnal appetites of a lazy glutton..." (Theological Wordbook of the Old ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Running The Race God's Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
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    RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S WAY Joni Eareckson Tada recently told a story commenting on Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." She writes, "My husband, Ken, serves ...read more

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  • God Can Shake Anyone

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 24, 2011
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    GOD CAN SHAKE ANYONE Yesterday around 2:00 pm I had to take some pain medicine for my shoulder. Being a hypochondriac is no fun!! About two minutes after I took the medicine my chair started to shake. I felt my pulse, thinking maybe the medicine was causing some weird reaction. I know I’m weird. ...read more

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  • How Big Is Your God?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? Tony Campolo was once confronted by an atheist who was one of his students. The young man told Campolo, "For me to believe in God, I have to have a God that I can understand." And Campolo replied, "God refuses ...read more

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  • God's Promises And Urban Legends  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Nov 20, 2011
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    GOD'S PROMISES AND URBAN LEGENDS Do you really believe that being godly is great gain and not financial gain, but something that really matters and lasts? If you believed that, wouldn’t it change your life? Most people believe that if you smoke, you’ll get lung cancer. Many of you quit smoking ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Attempt Great Things For God

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 30, 2011
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    Attempt great things for God Expect great things from God --Motto of Father of ...read more

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  • Make God Your Focus

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 18, 2012
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    MAKE GOD YOUR FOCUS There is a little Anglican Church on the edge of Chichester. UK. I went there with a school to speak & lead their Harvest Festival Service. As you entered the foyer there was a table, and on the table was a plate containing a Latin inscription. (Many Anglican Church buildings ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Historical Impact Of The Word Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    HISTORICAL IMPACT OF THE WORD OF GOD In every genuine revival among God’s people the revealed word of the Lord has had a large place. It was so in Josiah’s day, and in the awakening under Hezekiah. It has been so throughout the Church period. It was the recovery of the Word that brought about the ...read more

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  • God's Taking My Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 23, 2013
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    GOD'S TAKING MY PICTURE I heard a story of a little girl who walked to and from school daily. The weather one morning was questionable and clouds were forming, yet she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Julie Hadden: Precious To God

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
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    JULIE HADDEN: PRECIOUS TO GOD Julie Hadden, Winner of Season 4 of the TV show the Biggest Loser, told her story in a 2009 issue of Guideposts: I went to the auditions and made it on the show. Our first challenge was a race across California's Mojave Desert. First two contestants to get to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • God Will Stop Making Worlds...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 29, 2013
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    GOD WILL STOP MAKING WORLDS... I remember singing years ago in the choir of Evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman that she would say, "God will stop making worlds to ...read more

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  • William Temple On Worshiping God

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 6, 2014
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    WILLIAM TEMPLE ON WORSHIPING GOD A devout Saint (William Temple) summed up worship thus: "Worshiping God is nothing but opening our hearts to the love of God, quickening our conscience to the Holiness of God, purging our imagination with the beauty of God, ...read more

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  • In The Beginning God Created The Heavens And The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 14, 2007
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    “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” so read the American astronauts – Andres, Lovell and Borman as they gazed in Awe at the earth from their orbit around the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. These three men experienced a deep ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist