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  • Where Am I Going?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,508 views

    Where Am I Going? It’s comforting to hear that even Albert Einstein had a brain cramp now and then. One time, for instance, he was taking a train to an out of town engagement. The conductor stopped by to punch his ticket, but the great scientist preoccupied with his work, explained that ...read more

  • Why Should I Not Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,805 views

    WHY SHOULD I NOT FORGIVE? Deweese Eunick (mother of a 6 year old girl, killed by a 12 year old boy who was wrestling with her) The boy, Lionel Tate was being sentenced for life in prison for this murder. The mother said to reporters on ABC, "It’s more that he’s a human being, you know?" she ...read more

  • I Am Thankful For…  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,215 views

    I am Thankful for......... ....the taxes I pay ....because it means I’m employed. ....the clothes that fit a little too snug ....because it means I have enough to eat. ....my shadow who watches me work ....because it means I am out in the sunshine. ....a lawn that needs mowing, windows ...read more

  • I Was A Member Of The Young And Restless In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,055 views

    I was a member of THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS in THE GENERAL HOSPITAL in the city of DALLAS. I was waiting to see THE DOCTORS. They told me I was at THE EDGE OF NIGHT, my condition was very serious. Suddenly, I realized I had just ... ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I wanted to see ALL MY CHILDREN before I entered ...read more

  • I Remember An Old "Dragnet” ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 6, 2002
     | 2,355 views

    I remember an old “Dragnet” television episode back in the mid ‘60s, when the arguments about the dangers or relative safeties of marijuana use were in full bloom. The main character, Sgt Joe Friday, was expounding to a young suspect the harmful effects and results of heroine sale and use, and how ...read more

  • How I Want To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 19, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 4,999 views

    HOW I WANT TO GO An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his Doctor and his Lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side of ...read more

  • I Got Carried Away  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,952 views

    I GOT CARRIED AWAY The late Danny Thomas lost his life savings of $600.00 at a time when he was out of work. He and his wife, Rosie, had a baby on the way, and they needed money. Danny worked at part-time jobs so Rosie could buy groceries. He also borrowed money from friends. It was a tough time ...read more

  • But I Just Have To Give!  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,085 views

    BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE! Eric Hulstrand writes in Leadership magazine: "While I was preaching one Sunday, an elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head on the end of the pew. Immediately, an EMT in the congregation called an ambulance. As they strapped her to a stretcher and got ready to ...read more

  • And I Am One Of Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,583 views

    AND I AM ONE OF THEM In the third century St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus, "This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide lands, you know very well what I ...read more

  • My Name Is "I Am"  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Preston on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,256 views

    MY NAME IS “I AM” I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is “I AM.” He paused. I waited. He continued, “When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not ‘I WAS.’ When you ...read more

  • I Am The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,488 views

    I AM THE NEW YEAR I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months. All that you sought and didn’t find is hidden in me, waiting for you to ...read more

  • When I Was In The Marines, The Training For ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Neel on Jan 23, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,284 views

    When I was in the marines, the training for commandos included cliff assaults. The theory was that a commando raid should be a surprise, done as quickly and as silently as possible on the area with the lightest defenses. The lightest defense is at the point where attack is least expected. More ...read more

  • Just What I Needed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,800 views

    JUST WHAT I NEEDED One mother described how her teenage daughter taught her the power of listening. One evening after dinner her daughter was especially disappointed and depressed about a situation at school. Although she was tired herself, the mother sat and listened as her daughter poured out ...read more

  • I Was Approached By The Station Manager Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,924 views

    I was approached by the station manager of a local television station in Pensacola, Fl to contribute a 50 second devotional for his program transition period. I was reluctant to agree since I struggled to limit my sermons to even 30 minutes. But feeling impressed by the Lord to accept it I did. ...read more

  • But, I Was Playing Cards  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,038 views

    BUT, I WAS PLAYING CARDS During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on ...read more

  • I'm A Different Person  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,951 views

    I'M A DIFFERENT PERSON “…that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind…” When I still lived in California, and for a while was selling cars until I repented, I worked with a very lovely young woman named Sheri. We became good friends, because we were hired very close to the same time. She ...read more

  • I Was Traveling With Another Preacher To A ...

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 17, 2003
     | 2,160 views

    I was traveling with another preacher to a meeting. Our group met in a restaurant in a large mall in Chicago. After the meeting, we left the mall and could not locate our car. We split up and searched the lot row by row. No car. We decided to call the police and report the car stolen. "First," I ...read more

  • John Newton: I Am  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,959 views

    I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,372 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • Am I True To Myself?  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don’t want to keep on a ...read more