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  • Prayer Meeting Week After Week With A Woman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Prayer meeting week after week with a woman praying every week this prayer: "Lord, please get rid of the cobwebs in my life." Every week, the same prayer, without fail. Over and over again. Finally, one of the men in the prayer meeting got so fed up, he offered up his own ...read more

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  • The Window  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 2, 2008
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    THE WINDOW Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked ...read more

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  • A Wise Heart ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Wise Heart Cry James, the half brother of Jesus, gives the Christian a powerful truth, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). The Body of Christ is called to make disciples and this calling is ...read more

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  • Sin's ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Sin’s Birthplace “But each one is tempted when by his own evil desire he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1: 14, 15) Before you can win a war you must know your enemy, understand his ...read more

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  • Heart Of ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Heart of Temptation “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God… does [not] tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

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  • A ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 16, 2009
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    Absence A strange silence I have never heard As I walk a path alone, An unfamiliar moment When I realize you are gone. As I look around to notice That the roads have all been changed For there’s one that now is fading At a place I called your name. So I must go on without you With the memories ...read more

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  • Absence

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 18, 2009
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    Absence A strange silence I have never heard As I walk a path alone, An unfamiliar moment When I realize you are gone. As I look around to notice That the roads have all been changed For there's one that now is fading At a place I called your name. So I must go on without you With the memories ...read more

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  • The Late Great Irish Anglican Archbishop Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late great Irish Anglican archbishop of Dublin and poet, Richard Chenevix Trench (1807 - 1886), wrote: "Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will avail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take! What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and ...read more

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  • Would You Look At That...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 10, 2009
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    "WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT..." The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people mumbling, "Would you look at that old man walking, suffering on his feet, while that strong young boy is totally capable of ...read more

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  • The Years Of Old Age...are Indeed Formative ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The years of old age...are indeed formative years, rich in possibilities to unlearn the follies of a lifetime, to see through inbred self-deceptions, to deepen understanding and compassion, ...read more

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  • Propaganda Is That Branch Of The Art Of Lying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in dearly deceiving your friends ...read more

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  • The Tongue Is But Three Inches Long, Yet It Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a ...read more

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  • Be Warm And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    BE WARM AND FILLED! What does it mean that God has placed Christ’s church in our hands? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, ...read more

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  • Asking For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    ASKING FOR GUIDANCE I heard a great joke this week about a man who himself had a great joke to share. He was in a dimly lit restaurant and he leaned over to the lady at the table next to him and said, "Hey, would you like to hear a very funny blond joke." The lady replied, "I’m 6’3" blonde and am ...read more

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