Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Revival came to north China in 1932 in answer to several years of prayer. At one point, Norwegian missionary Maria Monsen wondered what good her praying could do. She longed to see God’s river of life flood spiritually dry China. Then she realized that the mighty Yangtze River began when the tiny
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
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The Graduates vs. the ACLU
This story took place in Calvert County, Maryland, where a senior named Julie Schenk was asked to lead a prayer at her high-school graduation. Of course, it’s perfectly legal for students, as opposed to school administrators, to lead classmates in prayer. But all too
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
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John MacArthur noted “Perhaps the best way to illustrate the idea of ceaseless prayer is to compare it to breathing. Inhaling and exhaling is so natural for us that it often seems totally involuntary; it’s actually harder to hold your breath than to breathe. The same should be true of prayer for
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Other
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David DePra in his article the Silence of God wrote this about the times when God is silent.
“If you have walked with God for any length of time, you will experience times when no matter how hard you pray, God is silent. He just doesn’t answer. And there is no indication that He ever will. Why
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Benjamin Stan on May 7, 2007
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There is an old Chinese tale about the woman whose son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?" Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home
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Adventist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
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Why do you follow Jesus? Patrick Morley has some important things to say about our answer to this question. "The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is a belief that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in
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Church Of God
Contributed by Philip Cairns on Feb 1, 2002
Nelson Mandela was recently interviewed on Oprah. It was a great interview. Oprah asked him the question - "What was the #1 reason for your success - keeping sane in prison, remaining humble as a leader?" Mandela’s answer was strong and unequivocal - the most important thing, much more important
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Holiness
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 2, 2009
Well, in the Bible, names are very significant and they are significant in other cultures as well. Talking about the Mexican Indians, and somehow or another something of their culture comes up, and the face is very important to an Indian, just as it is in the Orient, we know of course that face is
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Simpson on Feb 19, 2018
After the horrific school shooting in Broward County, Florida on February 14, 2018, several prayer vigils were held in the community. The vigil on Thursday evening ended with a request for everyone to write one specific act of good that they would perform in the coming days and weeks as a way to
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Christian Church
Contributed by Joel Santos on Jun 21, 2006
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The roof of the church hall of a little Swiss church, at the turn of the 20th century, was falling down. So the members of the church held regular prayer meetings in the hall after the service to pray for funds to repair the roof.
There was an old man, known to be very tight with his money, who
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Some people found a beautiful log house in Colorado that was high in the mountains. It had a beautiful view, and they had their heart set on buying it. They prayed about the house, but one thing after another went wrong. The timing was not right, their financing didn’t go through. They had prayed
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There is a story told about a faithful old deacon whose oft repeated prayer expression was, "O Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger."
One prayer meeting night he was leading in prayer when as he intoned this petition, as he so often did, he abruptly stopped praying.
Supposing he had been
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Marianne Unger on Dec 12, 2007
One of my dear friends shared this story with me that I’d like to share with you.
It’s about a mother who asked her child “What is the most important body part?”
When the child was younger, they thought sound was important, so they replied that it was their ears.
The mother said, “No, many
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
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Here are some questions you can ask to zero in on your core values.
• If I knew that tomorrow would be the last full day of my life, how would I spend the day?
• At the end of my life, what do I want to look back and say I’ve accomplished?
• If a list of adjectives were compiled to describe my
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 12, 2007
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Healing - Doctors Have Faith in Faith
A survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians shows that ninety-nine percent of doctors believe a relationship exists between faith and physical healing. Recently, more than one thousand health-care professionals met at Harvard
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Charismatic
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