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  • A Story Is Told Of A Shipwrecked Crew Who Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2000
    based on 76 ratings
     | 9,802 views

    A story is told of a shipwrecked crew who had been drifting for days in a small boat off the coast of Brazil. They were suffering the horrors of thirst but they dare not drink the seawater because the salt would make it even worse. They saw a vessel coming towards them, and called out, "Water, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Young Salesman Was Disappointed About Losing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,319 views

    The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied, "Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Make Them Thirsty

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 2,135 views

    MAKE THEM THIRSTY The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied, "Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • If We Don't Feel Strong Desires For… God, It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,506 views

    “If we don’t feel strong desires for… God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things and there is no room for the great.” (John Piper, ...read more

  • I Sure Do Miss St. Sanity

    Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 17, 2019
     | 1,654 views

    The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and me recently celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary. It sure does not seem we have been married that long. I guess, as you get older, according to my grandmother, time goes faster. If that is true, I must be getting older. We met in September, became ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Attitude Is Everything!  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Sep 21, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,336 views

    Illustrate: Attitude is everything! 1. A chaplain told a young soldier who’s laying on a cot, “Son, you lost your right arm in this war.” The young soldier said, “No, I kept my left arm in this war” 2. A neighbor told her Christian neighbor after a care accident, “Aren’t you mad at God for this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Not Recognizing What Is All Around Us. We Feel ...

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 4, 2006
     | 1,728 views

    Not recognizing what is all around us. We feel helpless by our circumstances, missing the help and truth all around us One ship found itself stranded at sea and unless help came soon, it was certain the crew would all die of thirst. Finally in the distance they saw a ship and frantically ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Natural Says...jesus Says...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    NATURAL SAYS...JESUS SAYS... The natural says that you must be conceived of a man and a woman, yet he was conceived of the Holy Spirit. The natural says that your birth will bring your family joy, yet when He came He brought joy to the world and heaven. (At his birth, and angelic choir erupted in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • The Purpose Of Marriage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE God is the Helper of His people! Does that mean He is inferior to them? Does that mean He is second-rate? No way! He is the Sovereign Creator of the Universe. He is in no way inferior to His creation. So it is with women. Even though God made her to help her man, she is ...read more

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  • The Wife Of Thomas Carlyle (A British Historian ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,299 views

    The wife of Thomas Carlyle (a British historian and thinker) wrote in her diary of her hunger for a word of appreciation and love from her husband. After her death, Carlyle read the diary and with a broken heart, repeated over and over, “If I had only known! If I had only known!” That is ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Training Of Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Training of Arabian Horses The gospel we as Christ-followers are called to proclaim requires that we make sacrifices and at times even suffer a bit, but because of what Christ has already done, the return on such sacrifices is enormous! God’s Kingdom is glorified and expanded! With that in mind, I ...read more

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  • Sharing Our Resources?

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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     | 2,217 views

    Sharing Our Resources? · Number of children who don’t get enough food to fully develop mentally and physically: 500,000,000. · Number of hunger-related deaths every day: 40,000. (World Bank. Leadership, "To Verify.") · Amount of money Americans spend annually on pet ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Loren Mead: The Mission Of God And His Church Is ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
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    Loren Mead: The mission of God and His church is “to see that no pain is unshared, not hurt unnoticed, no hunger untouched, no loss grieved alone, no death unknown, and no joy uncelebrated…The Church is to identify itself with the suffering that creeps into every life, every home, every ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • C.s. Lewis: The Chronicles Of Narnia — Thirsty  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 25, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 3,489 views

    C. Cs. Lewis "The Chronicles of Narnia" "Are you not thirsty?" said the lion. "I’m dying of thirst," said Jill. "Then drink," said the lion. "May I- could I- would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill. The lion answered this only by a look and very low growl. As Jill gazed at its ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • I Have Been Married To The Same Lovely Woman For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2004
     | 2,205 views

    I have been married to the same lovely woman for over 25 years. That’s 25 years of eating together, laughing together, crying together, holding hands, sleeping together in a queen sized bed. A couple of weeks ago she left one Saturday afternoon to spend a Mother-Daughter week in Puerto Valarta, ...read more

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  • Next, We Live In A "Salt Water World". Survivors ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
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     | 2,173 views

    Next, we live in a "Salt Water World". Survivors of naval battles have often told of the hardships on the high seas. The command is given, "Abandon ship!", and all the sailors either launch the life rafts, life boats, or in many cases jump into the water with only a life vest to survive. ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Many Uses Of The Word In ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
     | 1,842 views

    ILLUSTRATION: The many uses of the word in English convince me that grace is indeed amazing—truly our last best word. It contains the essence of the gospel as a drop of water can contain the image of the sun. The world thirst for grace in ways it does not even recognize. . . “The world can do ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Hugging Is The Answer!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,161 views

    HUGGING IS THE ANSWER! Perhaps I feel this way because my wife is affectionately known as "The Happy Hugger." If it’s moving she’ll stop it and hug it, and if it’s not moving she’ll dust it off and sell it! However, there’s another reason I believe hugging is the answer. According to Greg ...read more

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  • I Somehow Sensed That Destiny Was Waiting…a ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Feb 3, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,270 views

    “I somehow sensed that destiny was waiting…a hunger had been birthed in my heart that just wouldn’t go away. The gnawing vacuum of emptiness in the midst of my accomplishments just got worse. I was in a frustrating funk, a divine depression of destiny…I just sensed that something awaited us from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Preaching To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,804 views

    PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN Gordon Hall’s selfless motto: "Duty is ours, consequences God’s." When offered an attractive pastorate his reply came, "No... Others will be left whose health or pre-engagement requires them to stay at home, but I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship. ...read more

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