Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Gypsy Smith, a British Evangelist, during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century said the way to have a revival is to draw a circle around yourself, get down on your knees and
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Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
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There is a wonderful moment near the end of “The Return of the King” when the four hobbits are stunned that the newly crowned king of men, Aragorn, kneels to honour them. I take this as an illustration of the literal
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Independent/Bible
I have witnessed and experienced miracles in my life. Most have been spiritual and emotional, but some, like the healing of the arthritic pain in my left knee during a prayer service, have been physical. Healings are exhibitions of
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Catholic
Contributed by John Beehler on Apr 16, 2003
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There are exceptions, but almost every team goes through some lean years where they, in a word, stink. They don’t have the talent and, more importantly, no leadership. Kind of like the 1971 NBA Championship series when Willis Reed, the NY Knick center, had a knee injury. The rest of the team
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 2, 2006
Chalmers Illustration
The other day I was reading a story from Graham Twelftree’s book ‘Get the Point Across’ about two African chiefs who came to the missionary Chalmers and asked for Christian teachers for their villages, but he apologised saying he didn’t have anyone to send.
Two years went by
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Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 28, 2012
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
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Salvation Army
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Prayer made Abraham Lincoln the man he was, and for the same reason. He said on more than one occasion, “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 29, 2004
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Gail Devers
The 1992 Summer Olympics featured two tremendously poignant moments. American sprinter Gail Devers, the clear leader in the 100 meter hurdles, tripped over the last barrier. She agonizingly pulled herself to her knees and crawled
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 3, 2008
It is said of Robert Murray McCheyne, a godly Scottish minister of the last century, that his face carried such a hallowed expression that people were known to fall on their knees and accept Jesus Christ as Savior when they looked at him. Others were so attracted
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Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
2. John Stephen Akhawri
a. Tanzania, Mexico City Olympics, 1968
i. Badly cut and dislocated knee, asked why he did not retire from the race…
b. “My Country did not send me to Mexico to City to start the race, They
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Adventist
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W.A. Criswell was pastor of a country church when he was in college. He had a family in his church named Davison. They were some of the finest people. One day he complimented one of the Davisons on their love and loyality to Christ. He said, "Tell me why the Davisons are so devoted and active for
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2001
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I once read that during the Korean War, a group of believers were in a little chapel when communist soldiers barged in with machine guns. One of the soldiers said, "Everybody, get up!" So they got off their knees. He said, "Line up against the wall!" They did. Then that soldier ripped a picture of
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Contributed by Ethan Sayler on Aug 5, 2002
Dr. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, once shared that his father, a pastor of a 15 member church in Sulfur, TX, was known as the man with no leather on the toes of his shoes. The reason he had no leather on the toes of his shoes was that he spent three or four hours a day
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Charles Donley on Dec 29, 2003
As dads, we often say that we are doing things now for the good they will bring in the future. If you turn your young one over your knee, you say “I’m doing this for your own good”. When we teach our kids to save, we want them to be good stewards of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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