Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2001
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That was Lee Risler’s problem according to the Associated Press1. Mr. Risler, a 53-year-old sandal maker, was driving from his high desert home in Lucerne Valley, California to Hermosa Beach to sell his wares at a craft fair, when the accident occurred. For some reason, Risler’s van veered off
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Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001
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Fishing Story
Story # 1:
Jimmy an orphan from a foster home, is fishing by himself on the end of a pier. Full of curiosity like most ten year olds, he leans over the edge to look at an insect crawling next to him and falls into the water. Unable to swim, he frantically splashes and screams,
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Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
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FOR YOU, MOTHER
This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf full of Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here."
This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains
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Pentecostal
Max Lucado describes the choice Joseph made to be obedient by comparing it to going out on a limb for God. He claims,
Quote from Max Lucado (TAKEN OFF A SERMON TAPE):
Joseph was perched firmly on his branch in the tree. It was thick, reliable and perfect for sitting. It was so strong that he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
FOCUSING ON THE LIGHT
"We were on shipboard," relates a captain's wife, "lying in a Southern harbor. We were obliged, first to make our way ashore. The waves were rolling heavily. I became frightened at the thought of attempting it, when one man came to me, saying, 'Do not be afraid: I will take
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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VISITED BY ANGELS
Dr. Ralph Harlow tells the story getting away with his wife Marion for a few days to visit family and of walking with his wife through the woods of Ballarvale, MA as Spring was breaking forth. The path that he and Marion were on was spongy as they walked along a beautiful creek.
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Methodist
Contributed by James Dina on Jul 19, 2020
Do not hinder prayer. Those that live without prayer in the world, live without God in their lives. “Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name.” (Jeremiah 10:25). To restrain prayer is worse than not to pray. The latter indicate only
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2003
Studies of young criminals have found that more than 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes. Children from broken families are nearly twice as likely as those in
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Secularism is to live as though God does not exist. We believe in Him, but thats as far as it goes Our home life, business life, social life are conducted along lines which leave God outBut the ultimate course of
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 16, 2012
He didn't bring us this far to leave us;
He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown.
He didn't build his home in us to move away;
He
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2009
When I went to Vietnam I was still married to Jayne—I had the relationship—but I longed to have fellowship with her. When I came home and could hold her in my arms, I rejoiced not simply in the
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Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Feb 12, 2012
THANK YOU, SENSEI DON
Dr. Don Sisk, the former president of the mission board I'm with, BIMI, tells of winning an old "papa-sahn" to Christ, the father of one of the ladies in his church. He had such a grateful spirit for Dr. Sisk, whom they referred to as "Sensei Don" which means "Teacher Don."
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