Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
FROGS IN A CREAM BOWL
Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.
One was an optimistic soul.
But the other took the gloomy view.
"We’ll drown," he lamented without much ado,
and with a last despairing cry,
he flung up his legs and said "Goodbye."
Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin,
"I can’t
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Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 27, 2025
A story from drought-stricken Texas captures the boldness of true intercession.
For months no rain had fallen. Desperate believers called a Friday-night prayer meeting.
One farmer stopped for fuel on the way. In the back seat lay an umbrella.
The station attendant mocked, “Why carry that? It
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My daughter, Jennifer, once sent me a prayer she wrote:
“I pray for:
• Wisdom – to understand my man;
• Love – to forgive him;
• Patience – for his moods;
Because,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Brandon A. Bradley told his story in Pray magazine last year: “I am a surgical assistant—the surgeon’s right-hand man. At one point in my career, I lost my passion. I wanted a job with spiritual significance, and I prayed for that. Imagine my shock when God led me to a position in plastic surgery.
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Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004
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Billy Sunday, the great Evangelist of yesteryear wrote, “I am a Christian because God’s Word says so, and I did what He told me to do, and I stand on
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
Illustration: Many of us are like the little boy who told his mom he was going to grow up to be a preacher. He said, “I figure I’ll have to go to church all my
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2008
"We cannot be profoundly influenced (or encouraged) by that which we do not know. The comfort and strength of God's Word will avail us not at all if we do not know it"
Source: Hughes, R. K. (1993). Hebrews: An
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Strike while the iron is hot. Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron red-hot in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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A couple of weeks ago, our small group got together for a movie night. We watched “Unbreakable,” the latest movie from the writer and director of “The Sixth Sense.” In this movie, Bruce Willis discovers that he has a special gift, but he doesn’t yet know how to use it. So his new friend, played by
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
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GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE
The latest movie from the writer and director of “The Sixth Sense” is titled “Unbreakable.” In this movie, Bruce Willis discovers that he has a special gift, but he doesn’t yet know how to use it. So his new friend, played by Samuel L. Jackson gives him this advice: “Go
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2002
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ILL: William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 24, 2003
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When Dr. Stephen Olford was pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City he had the opportunity of leading his brother who had been an agnostic most of his life to the Lord, as he lay in the hospital desperately ill. One day Dr. Olford was called to come to the hospital quickly and visit
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a famed astronomer born in Poland on February 19, 1473. He was a mathematician whose accomplishments changed men’s ideas of the universe. Also he was a well-known writer. Although highly educated in astronomical science, he was much more-he was a child of God who had learned
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