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  • In You Mind Put Yourself On The Western Prairie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2007
     | 911 views

    In you mind put yourself on the western prairie in the summer of 1866. Imagine being asleep at night when you are awaken by the smell of burning weeds. That prairie brush fire smoke would strake fear into your heart. It is impossible to out run the fire. It moves fast as the wind and wide as ...read more

  • Many Of Us Live Our Lives Like Monopoly. You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
     | 1,475 views

    Many of us live our lives like MONOPOLY. You know how the game works. Players accumulate property, build houses and hotels, and then wait for the other players to land on their property so they have to pay up. Eventually you hope to bankrupt everyone else and have all the money and property. ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been In Front Of A Camera When The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,783 views

    Have you ever been in front of a camera when the flash went off and you were blinded for a moment? This is the way some problems hit us. We are blinded by the problems that seem overwhelming to such a degree that we don’t know what to do. We can’t see anything. We can’t see past the problem or the ...read more

  • A Survey Was Made Of 4000 Laymen In 114 ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 6, 2004
     | 1,297 views

    A survey was made of 4000 laymen in 114 evangelical churches across the U.S. They were asked, "Do you feel the preaching on Sunday relates to what’s going on in your life?" Over 83% saw virtually no connection between what they heard on Sunday morning and what they ...read more

  • Revival Is The Visitation Of God Which Brings To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,855 views

    Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic ...read more

  • A Survey Was Made Of 4000 Laymen In 114 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,437 views

    A survey was made of 4000 laymen in 114 evangelical churches across the U. S. They were asked, “Do you feel the preaching on Sunday relates to what’s going on in your life?” Over 83% saw virtually no connection between what they heard on Sunday morning and what they ...read more

  • A Survey Was Made Of 4000 Laymen In 114 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,275 views

    A survey was made of 4000 laymen in 114 evangelical churches across the U.S. They were asked, "Do you feel the preaching on Sunday relates to what’s going on in your life?" Over 83% saw virtually no connection between what they heard on Sunday morning and what they ...read more

  • Dont Let The Urgent Take The Place Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,887 views

    "Dont let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. Oh, the urgent will really fight, claw, and scream for attention. It will plead for our time and even make us think weve done the right thing in calming its nerves. But the tragedy of it all is this: When you and ...read more

  • See To It That When Morning Breaks You Go To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,428 views

    "See to it that when morning breaks you go to God for sustenance for your spiritual life. That will make you strong against the allurements of the Devil. So many people turn out to face the temptations of the day spiritually unfed, spiritually hungry, and therefore they are attacked by all kinds of ...read more

  • Toyohiko Kagawa, The Japanese Christian Who ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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     | 1,041 views

    Toyohiko Kagawa, the Japanese Christian who spent his life working with and for the poor, was speaking at Princeton. When he finished his talk, one student said to another, "He didn’t say much, did he?" A woman sitting nearby leaned ...read more

  • Toyohiko Kagawa, The Japanese Christian Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,083 views

    Toyohiko Kagawa, the Japanese Christian who spent his life working with and for the poor, was speaking at Princeton. When he finished his talk, one student said to another, "He didn’t say much, did he?" A woman sitting nearby leaned ...read more

  • We Do Have To Fall. His Eye Is On The Smallest ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 29, 2009
     | 1,398 views

    We do have to fall. His eye is on the smallest bird, he knows the amount of hairs on our head. What we need to do is open our hearts and make Him Lord of our spirits, Lord of our minds and Lord of our bodies. Let the ...read more

  • Scarlet Cord

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 1, 2025
     | 487 views

    The scarlet cord in the window which Rahab used to save the spies, is the same cord that saved Rahab and her family and brought her out of her old life. The sacrifices we make for God's plans are the scarlet cord which will bring us out ...read more

  • Our Body. Makes Me World Conscious. If We Are ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,140 views

    Our Body. Makes me world conscious. If we are walking down the street, how do people recognize you? Do they know you by your spirit? By your soul? No, by your body which includes your face. In 24 hours the average adult accomplishes much: Your heart beats 103,689 times Your ...read more

  • Many Of Us In This Congregation Have Parents Who ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 25, 2007
     | 738 views

    Many of us in this congregation have parents who are deceased. Have you reflected and given thanks for the positive impact they had on your life? One year we put flowers on the altar in memory of my wife’s parents. Barbara wrote a tribute to them and shared it with you. For the funerals of each ...read more

  • Cheap Grace

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
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     | 5,812 views

    CHEAP GRACE (defined and adapted from Dietrich Bonhoeffer) a). Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. b). Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth, the love of God ...read more

  • Footprints  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    Footprints One night a man had a dream. He dreamed that he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, ...read more

  • Sexual Addiction Is From The Dark Side And Those ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2005
     | 2,074 views

    Sexual Addiction is from the dark side and those who struggle with it need deliverance. This is only possible by surrendering your life over to the Lord Jesus Christ – Lets look at the symptoms of a sex addict: 1. Sexual acting out despite serious consequences and repeated attempts at ...read more

  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,042 views

    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Did Not Know What Was Wrong. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    There was a man who did not know what was wrong. He seemed to fail at everything he attempted. His parents had been wealthy, so he had inherited a considerable amount of money. However, he failed everything he tried on his own. Now he was almost broke, and his wife was leaving him because (as she ...read more