Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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Jim Cymbala, in his book “Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire”, details the miraculous growth of the Brooklyn Tabernacle because of its dedication to prayer. In 1972 he was asked to pastor part-time a small church in a shabby two-story building on Atlantic Avenue in New York City. The location was bad. The
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 1, 2005
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In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey tells the following story as he rode the NY subway one Sunday morning:
“People were sitting quietly- some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes close. It was a calm, peaceful scene,” wrote
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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The sign in the window read: “Boy Wanted”. Young John Simmons, though he was lazy, saw his opportunity and applied. He was quickly hired by elderly Mr. Peters. The pace was leisurely so he enjoyed the job. Toward the middle of the afternoon however, he was sent up to the attic — a dingy place full
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Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
“A salesman, driving on a lonely country road one dark and rainy night, had a flat tire. He opened the trunk- no tire wrench. The light form a farmhouse could be seen dimly up the road. He set out on foot through the driving rain. Surely the farmer would have a tire wrench he could borrow, he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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February 24, 1993, in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case: Lamb’s Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District. A group of Christians wanted to show a film after hours in a public facility. Apparently, religious hostility has reached the point in this nation where, because
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 11, 2006
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Possessed of a good income, guaranteeing the supply of every need, it is of little moment that God has pledged himself to provide all needful things for those who seek his kingdom first. Environed by troops of faithful friends, like so many successive lines of defence entrenched in the strong
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Baptist
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 15, 2006
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In 1915, Colonel T. E. Lawrence was traveling across the desert with some Arabs. Things were desperate. The food was almost gone, and the water was down to its last few drops. Their hoods over their heads to shelter them from the wind which was like a flame, and which was full of the stinging
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Baptist
Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 9, 2006
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Men who have in the past exerted the greatest influence for good in the world had, as a rule, pious mothers. The mother of George Washington, the man in whose principles we glory today, made it a practice each morning to spend an hour in prayer, devotion, and Bible study before attempting to
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Jeremy Morford on Jul 27, 2006
In my younger, more foolish days, there was a game that I liked to play that my wife didn’t like very much. We’d be driving down the highway, when I’d notice that the fuel gage was getting close to empty. My wife’s preference at this point, was for me to stop at the nearest gas station, while I
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Holiness
Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
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ILL: FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.
John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
We need to understand that when we share our faith, we cannot get discouraged when others do not accept Christ, because there are those in this world that will NEVER accept Christ…
I recently read an account of a young Christian in the military who tells about sharing his faith with another
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Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
“TWICE MINE”
Little JOHNNY had spent hours building a small sail boat, crafting it down to the finest detail. He carried his new boat to the edge of the river and then carefully placed it in the water. How smoothly the boat sailed! Little Johnny sat in the warm sunshine, admiring the little boat
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Story that occurred During WW I and the British liberation of Palestine.
British were coming up from Beersheeba chasing the Turkish soilders out of the land. In the pursit, the British army outdistanced the camel train that was carrying their water.
Soon their water bottles were empty and slowly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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CECIL B. DEMILLE told this wonderful experience: "Many years ago I was commissioned by David Belasco to write a play, ’The Return of Peter Grimm.’ The play was being written for David Warfield, and the story hinged upon the continuation of life after death.
"I got the inspiration for that story
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Here is a poem that was given to me by a member of my creative worship team that expresses what I am trying to tell you.
I Am Thankful
For The Wife
Who Says It’s Hot Dogs Tonight,
Because She Is Home With Me,
And Not Out With Someone Else.
For The Husband
Who Is On The Sofa Being A Couch
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2007
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Everything we do needs to be a part of our service to God. A young boy by the name of James had a desire to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He planned on becoming rich and famous by making and selling cheese and began with a little buggy pulled by a pony named
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Art Good on Aug 14, 2007
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A man spread vicious rumors and harmful gossip about another man. In this small village the judge not only presided over cases where the law was broken but also over cases involving unethical or improper conduct.
So the man who had spread the malicious gossip was brought before the judge. The
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Wesleyan
Contributed by John Braland on Aug 21, 2007
VIDEO: YOUTUBE: Joshua Bell; Washington Post in Metro DC, Length 2:44
Gene Weingarten from the Washington post writes: "HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L’ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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