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  • Joy In Church  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
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     | 9,086 views

    JOY IN CHURCH Then there’s the story about a little boy in church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet and well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the chair, turn around, look at the people behind him and smile at them. His smile was ...read more

  • Created To Be Used  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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     | 3,056 views

    CREATED TO BE USED In his book The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted Engstrom wrote these words: "I was cleaning out a desk drawer when I found a flashlight I hadn't used in over a year. I flipped the switch, but wasn't surprised when it gave no light. I unscrewed it and shoot it to get the batteries ...read more

  • Facing The Truth: Beverly Sills

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010
     | 2,041 views

    fACING THE TRUTH: BEVERLY SILLS Confession is admission of something; it is an act of disclosure. Here's a story in the Ladies’ Home Journal as once quoted in The Reader’s Digest: Being general director of the New York opera took a toll on Beverly Sills; she ballooned into obesity. "It made me ...read more

  • Just ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2010
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     | 5,465 views

    JUST REMEMBER... The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember... NOAH was a drunk.... ABRAHAM was too old... ISAAC was a daydreamer.... JACOB was a liar... LEAH was ugly... JOSEPH was abused... MOSES had a stuttering problem... GIDEON was afraid... SAMPSON had long hair, and was a ...read more

  • William Doherty On How Marriages End Up Down ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
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    William Doherty on How Marriages End Up Down River William Doherty begins his book Take Back Your Marriage with a powerfully true illustration. His office is located in St. Paul, Minnesota, not far from the farthest point north on the Mississippi River. He describes the river’s powerful but silent ...read more

  • Hard Places Cannot Be Mended

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Sep 30, 2010
     | 2,342 views

    HARD PLACES CANNOT BE MENDED How many of you have read the Pilgrim’s Progress? This is a classic allegory of the Christian journey. The main character, Christian, is on a journey from the city of Destruction to the Celestial City, and along the way him and all the other pilgrims come across ...read more

  • How To Be A Servant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,122 views

    HOW TO BE A SERVANT You need to answer a very important question this morning. Are you more interested in being served or being a servant? A first grade teacher asked her students, "What do you do to help at home?" One little girl said, "I dry the dishes." One of the boys said, "I sweep the ...read more

  • Master Your Emotions

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 26, 2012
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     | 3,048 views

    Master Your Emotions John Maxwell relates the story of Bobby Jones, a legendary golfer who won a major tournament at twenty-one. By age twenty-eight, he had already won the grand slam and retired. Jones had an uncle who said that by the time he was fourteen, Bobby was probably already the best ...read more

  • We Humans Tend To Come To Blockages And Stop. ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 28, 2012
     | 2,544 views

    We humans tend to come to blockages and stop. The other day I was using a vacuum cleaner, the nice new yellow one here at the hall, I turned it on and it worked (tuned it on made all the right noises). But it had no suck. It had become blocked and jammed with hay where the hose met its body, thanks ...read more

  • Two Old Men Were Sitting On A Park Bench. One Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,867 views

    Two old men were sitting on a park bench. One of the men said, “You know as I get older I can’t remember things the way I used to.” The other man said, “I used to have that problem too until I took this memory course. It’s a very simple technique, based on associating words with names, places and ...read more

  • A Woman Took Her Husband To The Doctor's Office. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,033 views

    A woman took her husband to the doctor’s office. After his checkup, the doctor said, "Your husband is suffering from a very serious infection." The husband, who was hard of hearing said, "What did he say?" His wife said, "He says your sick". The doctor went on. "But there is hope. You just need ...read more

  • Attributes Of A Servant…  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,698 views

    Attributes of a Servant… 1. Humility In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It ...read more

  • Maybe We Need To Set Up Appropriate Boundaries ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,452 views

    Maybe we need to set up appropriate boundaries especially when people transgress our boundaries. This is not an act of condemnation but of self-preservation so that we can live out the love of Christ. When I worked at Pizza Hut as a shift manager, I got a call from a customer where we made a ...read more

  • A Young Fellow By The Name Of Sammy Liked To Hang ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 22, 2007
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     | 871 views

    A young fellow by the name of Sammy liked to hang out at Mom and Pop’s Grocery Store. Pop didn’t know what Sammy’s problem was, but the other boys would tease him all the time, calling him "Slow Sammy", and punching him on the shoulder as they passed. To mock him for being slow, they would offer ...read more

  • You Can't Get There From Here

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
     | 1,416 views

    You Can’t Get There From Here A young man, new in town, was looking to take his car in for some bodywork. He didn’t know the exact location of the body shop, but set out to find it on his own. After an hour or so of searching to no avail, he decided to stop in at a gas station and ask for ...read more

  • Sin Has Become Commonplace Among God's People. We ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,867 views

    Sin has become commonplace among God’s people. We have become somewhat hardened to it, given the constant exposure we have to it through modern media. Sin is a problem in the life of a Christian, and unconfessed sin will hinder the prayer life of anyone. Consider the following example of a young ...read more

  • The Lyrics Of Renowned Worship Leader Scott ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,773 views

    The lyrics of renowned worship leader Scott Wesley Brown in his contemporary praise song, “He Will Carry You” affirm that we can depend on the Jesus through the ministry of the Holy Spirit to always renew our faith, our hope, our courage, and our joy even in the presence of grief, loss, and ...read more

  • The February Edition Of The Forward / ...

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
     | 1,973 views

    The February edition of the Forward / Northwestern Lutheran had an article in it titled, “Let’s learn from the elephants.” The article was an interesting story about a herd of African elephants. In an attempt to thin out this herd, the authorities killed off a number of the older males and moved a ...read more

  • There Is An Advertisement For A Company Called ...

    Contributed by Stephen Robinson D on Feb 4, 2008
     | 2,177 views

    There is an advertisement for a company called Staples. There pitch is that they take hard office work that would normally be to hard to do in one day and they say If you will bring it to Staples they will fix it up and MAKE IT EASY for you. There logo is an EASY button that you press and when you ...read more

  • While Pastoring A Church In North Louisiana I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,182 views

    While pastoring a church in north Louisiana I was helping a friend with a problem he had with a car. He was a mechanic by trade and profession. His wife made the best biscuits you ever put in your mouth. Having stopped at the right time several times before I knew when she set them on the table. He ...read more

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