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  • Leave Your Guilt Behind—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,209 views

    LEAVE YOUR GUILT BEHIND--COMMUNION MEDITATION In their book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey write: "Amputees often experience some sensation of a phantom limb. Somewhere, locked in their brains, a memory lingers of the nonexistent hand or leg. Invisible toes curl, ...read more

  • Today, Is Father's Day "Happy Father's Day!" I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,454 views

    Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate… PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1 One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib. ...read more

  • The Bike Before Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 19, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 2,422 views

    [The Bike Before Christmas, unknown] ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our house Not a creature was sleeping, not even my spouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with screws. (If you can’t find the nails, what else do you use?) The children were restless, awake in their ...read more

  • I Know A Family That Is Very Wealthy And Well On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,704 views

    I know a family that is very wealthy and well on its way toward embracing the principles that have just been laid out. This is a Roman Catholic family that has inherited a vast fortune. These people live just outside a Midwestern city and, as you might expect, make their home on a large estate ...read more

  • The Word "Fool" Doesn't Get As Much Use Now As It ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,012 views

    The word “fool” doesn’t get as much use now as it once did. If one of my mates does something profoundly stupid I don’t usually cry out “you fool”. I might say “you are such an idiot” or “what a goose”. I’m sure many people you know would use much more colourful language than that. Fool is one of ...read more

  • The Gift

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 21, 2007
     | 9,052 views

    THE GIFT A professor of mine from seminary told us this story: When he was a young man, all of 23, he had the opportunity to take a summer tour of Europe as a graduation present, he was from a well to do family. He traveled about Europe by train, boat and sometimes by bicycle. Finally he ended up ...read more

  • God Is My Corner

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,199 views

    From George Foremans book -God is my corner “Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.” After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide. ...read more

  • I Recently Met A New Friend We'll Call Mike

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,271 views

    I recently met a new friend we’ll call Mike Mike told me his testimony Mike believed he was saved Was going through life as a saved man, but not really on fire for God Things that should have negatively affected him, his friends behavior, his environment , didn’t He just ignored those things and ...read more

  • Stories & Stats On Alcohol

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,842 views

    STORIES & STATS ON ALCOHOL A pastor was preaching on alcohol one Sunday, and to finish up his sermon with some passion he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I would throw it into the river!" Then with a little more passion and fire he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world I would ...read more

  • A Blessed Moment

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
     | 3,325 views

    A Blessed Moment I want to share a personal story with you that meant the world to me. I have seldom felt so loved and appreciated by my father as on our last trip visit our parents in Paraguay just a few months ago. I share this story because I want families. And, you might say that it is even a ...read more

  • Attitude Can Be Changed Simply By Humbly Coming ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 24, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,015 views

    Attitude can be changed simply by humbly coming to God, ready to receive what He offers, even if it's not the answer we expected. The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the ...read more

  • The Parent Trap: The Joy Of Having A Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,977 views

    THE PARENT TRAP: THE JOY OF HAVING A DAD Anyone ever seen the original The Parent Trap with Hayley Mills done in 1961? Have you seen the remake from 1998? In the remake Lindsay Lohan plays the twins and Dennis Quaid is the father. If you know the story then you’ll remember that identical twins, ...read more

  • How Much Land?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,877 views

    HOW MUCH LAND? In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything. The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own ...read more

  • God's Word In A Mental Hospital

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,336 views

    GOD'S WORD IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL I think you'll agree that all true and sincere spiritual movement in your life has been caused and created by the word of God. I served for one year as a part-time chaplain at a mental hospital. One of my duties there was to help people suffering from chemical ...read more

  • The Carnival Ride

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,340 views

    Some years ago, while our family was vacationing in the high Sierras, we decided to visit a small county fair near the town of Quincy. There weren't many people there that morning. In fact, we were about the only ones visiting the carnival rides. So when I climbed into the Tilt-O-Wheel with my ...read more

  • Growth Takes Time

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2018
     | 4,546 views

    GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN… GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE… Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected. Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider… There is a tree that grows in ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Damaged Lock

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 20, 2019
     | 1,982 views

    Moving from one place to another is always a challenge, no matter how many times you’ve gone through this “process”! My wife and I recently made a move and learned a strange, but interesting lesson—one that was valuable for us, too. As sometimes happens, there is too much stuff and not enough ...read more

  • The Room  PRO

    Contributed by Ely Lambert on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,122 views

    The Room In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features save for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, ...read more

  • What’s Pete Got To Do With Anything?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 20, 2021
     | 1,796 views

    If there's anybody that can be conned, it's Yours Truly. It's not so much that I'm stupid; I'm just naïve. I believe when somebody says something, they mean exactly what they say. So, if you can't swindle me, you might as well hang it up and get a real job. I must ...read more

  • These Old Bones Of Mine

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 20, 2023
     | 1,078 views

    I had a frightening experience the other day. I know I must be getting old because things that never frightened me before frighten me. I also see things I never saw before. Going into the bathroom one morning, I looked in the mirror, and my grandfather looked back at me. I almost passed out. With ...read more