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I Want All Of You To Try Something. Don’t ...

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 30, 2010

I want all of you to try something. Don’t speak. Just listen and observe. Look at the person next to you. Look into their eyes. What do you see? What do you feel? Do you see concern or confusion? Is it laughter or happiness? Is it pain, anger, or love? Can you see something about what the ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

Denomination: Lutheran

An Unread Note Costs A Commander His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010

An Unread Note Costs A Commander His Army During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental [A]rmy had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:9

Tags: Leadership Listening

If I Have Seen Farther Than Others, It Is ...

Contributed by Billy Nale on Apr 16, 2011

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-40

Tags: Leadership Listening

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Going Deaf?

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jul 2, 2011

ARE YOU GOING DEAF? Fed up with people telling him he was going deaf, a man went to get his hearing tested. After examining the man, the audiologist place a clock on a desk and asked the man if he could hear it ticking. The man replied; "Yes I can." The audiologist then placed the clock at the ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

Denomination: Brethren

What Did She Just Say?

Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 22, 2022

To be honest, I don't always hear what I'm supposed to hear. I do have ears, but sometimes they are not working in such a way as to benefit me. Often, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage will talk to me about something, and then at the end of that, she will ask me a question of which I ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 133:1

Tags: Listening, Relationship

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Real ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009

REAL LISTENING The story is told of a grandmother, a mother and a little boy--three generations--who went into a restaurant and sat down to order. The waitress took the grandmother’s order, the mother’s order, then turned to the little boy and said, "What would you like?" The mother immediately ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

Life Is My College. May I Graduate Well, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life is my college. May I graduate well, and ...read more

Tags: Learning

Life Is Short And We Never Have Enough Time For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, ...read more

Tags: Learning

Life Is Pleasant. Death Is Peaceful. Its The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. Its the ...read more

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You Don't Get To Choose How You're Going To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only ...read more

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Life Is At Its Noblest And Its Best When Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life is at its noblest and its best when our effort cooperates with Gods grace to ...read more

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The Life Of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the ...read more

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The Art Of Living Lies Less In Eliminating Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than ...read more

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God Asks No Man Whether He Will Accept Life. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take ...read more

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We Sleep, But The Loom Of Life Never Stops; And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is ...read more

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Life Is Not Lost By Dying; Life Is Lost Minute ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all ...read more

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Life More Often Teaches Us How To Perfect Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how ...read more

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Live Such A Life, That If Every Man Were Such A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Live such a life, that if every man were such a man as you, and every life a life like yours, ...read more

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Life Is Like Playing A Violin Solo In Public And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the ...read more

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We Must Be Willing To Get Rid Of The Life Weve ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must be willing to get rid of the life weve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin ...read more

Tags: Learning