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  • My Two Year Old Son Sebastian Has Been Really ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,029 views

    My two year old Son Sebastian has been really taking off with new words lately. He loves his 110 pound St. Bernard and walks around looking for his “pu-ppy” all day long. He is exploding every day with new words. I think my favorite new word of his though has to be “wow!” Just this week, I ...read more

  • Love My Enemies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    LOVE MY ENEMIES Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years suffering in a Communist prison, reminds all believers with less than ideal circumstances that “if the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart love Him, you can resist all tortures.” He says, “God will not judge ...read more

  • A Life Of Resolutions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,223 views

    A LIFE OF RESOLUTIONS Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. Throughout his lifetime he would add to this list until, by his death, he had 70 resolutions. He put at the top of his list: "Being sensible that I am ...read more

  • Mary Had A Little Lamb By Mary And Marbeth ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 11, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,255 views

    Mary Had a Little Lamb by Mary and Marbeth Rosenthal Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. (Micah 5:2) Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall — Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. (Isaiah 7:14) Mary ...read more

  • Unaware Of The Treasure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,890 views

    UNAWARE OF THE TREASURE "The Mystery of the Missing Owner" read the headline on an unusual section of the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, February 6, 2005. The supplement was actually a legal notice published by the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office seeking to give money away to rightful owners--the ...read more

  • Lucado On John 3:16

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
     | 2,913 views

    LUCADO ON JOHN 3:16 Max Lucado describes John 3:16 this way in his book "3:16 The Numbers of Hope" pages 8, 9: "A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to ...read more

  • Setting Your Faith Aside

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 4, 2011
     | 2,011 views

    SETTING YOUR FAITH ASIDE Have you ever thought you could separate from God ... just for a little while ... and then later on turn back to God? Unfortunately we all do this ... in big ways or small ways. Any time we decide to live a life INDEPENDENT of God, we run a big risk. I remember a ...read more

  • Who Is Really Lost?

    Contributed by Pastor Norman Bailey, Overseer on Aug 12, 2018
     | 4,443 views

    Sometimes in life we are so quick to judge others when they have short comings. It may be true that we may know folk that have short comings in life. They may make wrong choices in life and end up trouble. It is our responsibility to always pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Everybody is ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Steiner on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,092 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Micah 5:2 Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall -- Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the ...read more

  • This Is Seen By The Names Of Those That She ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 24, 2007
     | 1,567 views

    This is seen by the names of those that she raised alongside of Jesus. Now we generally believe that these children were the siblings of Jesus. Joseph and Mary’s children but not all followers of Jesus adhere to this. Some believe that James for example was a cousin. The idea is that Mary remained ...read more

  • Growth Types

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on May 10, 2008
     | 3,835 views

    GROWTH TYPES George G. Hunter III has a shrewd mind after God's heart, and he has identified several areas of growth that must all occur in a working church: - Internal Growth: this kind of growth takes place in the lives of people who are already coming to the church. When ...read more

  • On The Enemy: Be Encouraged

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 7, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,809 views

    ON THE ENEMY: BE ENCOURAGED 1. When the devil brings up your past, bring up his future. 2. The man who is fully surrendered to the Lord will never deliberately surrender to the Enemy. 3. When adversity is most ready to strike us, God is most ready to strengthen us. 4. The devil is an equal ...read more

  • Faith Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,680 views

    FAITH IS AN ADVENTURE Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure. I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. This happened ...read more

  • B) Albert Ackley Series Of Evangelistic Meeting, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    B) Albert Ackley series of Evangelistic meeting, when young Jewish man asked “Why should I worship a dead Jew?” … Ackley searched it out, and would resolve “He lives I tell you, he is not dead…I can prove it by my own experience: "I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that he is ...read more

  • Being Ready

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Oct 1, 2016
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     | 16,484 views

    Being Ready Luke 12: 32-38 This illustration is about not being afraid for the return of the Master. When I was a young boy in the Fourth Grade at Yost Elementary School, our teacher, Mrs. Conley, would periodically leave the room and say, “I’ll be back in a few minutes. Just work quietly at ...read more

  • John Wesley's ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 3, 2008
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    John Wesley’s Diary: July 7, 1739. — I had an opportunity to talk with him (some preacher friend) of those outward signs which had so often accompanied the inward work of God. I found his objections were chiefly grounded on gross misrepresentations of matter of fact. But the next day he had an ...read more

  • What I Learned At The Recycling Center

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 21, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,678 views

    Recycling centers have always been something that fascinated me. Usually these companies are in buildings that were themselves built for another purpose, but were, well, “recycled” as places where we can take aluminum cans, newspapers, and so forth. Besides, we managed to save enough aluminum cans ...read more

  • Revivals In The Bible

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 20, 2023
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     | 2,969 views

    A revival is a return to spiritual health after a long period of sin, darkness and apathy. It is a restoration of the soul of an individual, family, church or nation back to right relationship with the Lord. Some of these recorded revivals listed by the author are more evangelism than revival, ...read more

  • F. Andresh Czonka, An Immigrant From Hungary Now ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,461 views

    F. Andresh Czonka, an immigrant from Hungary now a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Illinois: Americans are afraid. I see the fear in their eyes; I hear it in their voices. They lock their doors. They lie to protect themselves. I feel so bad for the country. But I feel so bad for the ...read more

  • Jim Cymbala (As Described In His Book Fresh Wind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,593 views

    Jim Cymbala (as described in his book Fresh Wind Fresh Fire) looked around a saw a small rag tag group of church goers surrounded by a city of muggers, transvestites, drug addicts and more, and realized he was in trouble. He was overcome by his own inadequacy to lead the church, as well as his ...read more