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  • Prayer And Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE "Life is war. That’s not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief. It is ...read more

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  • Never Mind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    NEVER MIND ME A good many years ago, during a Massachusetts winter, a brother and sister were walking on the ice. He was 9 and she was 11. They hit a thin patch and fell through. Kicking to the surface, they yelled for help. Summoned by their screams, a man came running, dived into the icy water ...read more

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  • How Will You Ever Learn?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2009
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    HOW WILL YOU EVER LEARN? I heard the story of a nine-year-old girl who returned from Sunday School and as her father was sitting down with his newspaper after a delicious Sunday lunch, she asked him some questions. "Daddy, why did God make all the leaves green?" He thought a moment and replied, ...read more

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  • The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THE POWER OF GOD Hudson Taylor: "Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with ...read more

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  • Running The Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    RUNNING THE OTHER WAY Bob Vernon, a 37 year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department talked about this in his book: L.A. Justice, "Our department tried to demonstrate to rookie officers the value of their bullet-proof vests by placing them on mannequins and then shooting round after round at ...read more

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  • The Need Of A Clarion ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THE NEED OF A CLARION VOICE Sanders wrote in his epic book Spiritual leadership, "The church has always prospered most when it has been blessed with strong and spiritual leaders who expected and experienced the touch of God in their service. The lack of such men is a symptom of the malaise that ...read more

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  • Resentment: Swing At Everything  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    RESENTMENT: SWING AT EVERYTHING One year Dave Hagler was working as an umpire in a rec-baseball league in Boulder, Colorado. Unfortunately, Dave got pulled over for speeding one day. He tried to talk the officer out of giving him a ticket. Dave asked for leniency since it could make his insurance ...read more

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  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

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  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    MINDLESSNESS In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin, who was born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, France. Calvin went into self-exile in Geneva because France was opposed to the Reformation. The reason I mention this is because of the remarkable work that Calvin did in Geneva. ...read more

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  • Before You Lead Me, Where Are You Going?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    BEFORE YOU LEAD ME, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I heard the story of the woman driving through a snowstorm just outside of Denver. She was completely lost and struggling under the hazardous weather conditions. She was relieved when she happened upon a snowplow. Since she was lost she decided to follow ...read more

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  • Unknown Inheritances  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    UNKNOWN INHERITANCES A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch with his ...read more

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  • Alexander The Great On Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON HOPE Jesus is a sign of hope, and the friend of those who will not let hope die. He must increase, and we must decrease. The Macedonian king, Alexander the Great, was about to launch a great campaign. It would be trying and difficult. It would mean slogging across the ...read more

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  • Prayer For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Prayer for Compassion Then we can pray a prayer like David Mains prayed years ago. He was once pastor of the Circle Urban Church, an inner city church in Chicago, and one day, in the course of his ministry among such great need, he prayed, “Lord, let me see the world as you see it, and break my ...read more

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  • Baptism Is A Sign Of Submission To The Lordship ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Baptism Is A Sign of Submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ When the early Christians declared their faith in baptism, they would shout out, “Jesus is Lord!” Baptism has always been a sign of submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. William Barker tells of a machinist at Ford Motor Company ...read more

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  • Fanny Crosby Gained Spiritual Insight From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Fanny Crosby Gained Spiritual Insight from Blindness Fanny Crosby was only six weeks old when she developed a minor eye inflammation. It was a simple thing to treat even in 1820, the year she was born. All the doctor had to do was apply some poultices to her eyes with a little medication. Only the ...read more

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  • I'd Rather Have You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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    I'D RATHER HAVE YOU A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other's company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him ...read more

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  • Salt Enhances The Flavor Of African ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
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    Salt Enhances the Flavor of African Food Two thousand years ago salt was used primarily for two reasons, to preserve and to season. And while preservation was the most critical in a practical sense the flavouring benefits of NaCl or sodium chloride can never be underestimated. A number years ago ...read more

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  • Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt On Rock And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt on Rock and Survives The first beacon of the Eddy Stone Lighthouse for the English Channel off the coast of Plymouth was placed there over 250 years ago to warn ships of the dangerous reefs. Winstanley, the architect who built it, was so confident of it’s strength ...read more

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  • Leper Requests To Sing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    Leper Requests to Sing "Count Your Many Blessings" A man named Jack Hinton was on a short-term mission’s trip to the island of Tobago. He was leading worship at the leper colony there and there was time for one more song, so he asked if anyone had a request. A woman who had been facing away from ...read more

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  • A Sunday School Teacher Asks Her Class What They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    A Sunday School Teacher Asks Her Class What They Were Thankful For A Sunday School teacher asked her class what they were thankful for. A little girl said "I’m thankful for my bedroom. My younger brothers have to share a room. But I get to have a room all for myself! I thank God for my ...read more

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