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  • A Few Weeks Ago I Visited My Family Physician, ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Jun 2, 2007
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    A few weeks ago I visited my family physician, Dr. Stuckert. After a few minutes in the waiting room the nurse took me back. The first thing she did was weigh me, then she took my temperature. Then she asked, why I had come to see the doctor. I told her, I was having headaches for the last ...read more

  • Wayne A. Lamb In 100 Meditations On Hope, Shares ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued to look the storm in the face, as if to say, ‘Shake me off; I sill have ...read more

  • A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Speaker, Jill Briscoe tells this story: Not too long ago I was babysitting one of our three, 3-year-old grandchildren. In our family, we had twins and a single birth all within 24 hours. We call them Search, Destroy, and Demolition. I was to baby-sit Demolition. As I waved good bye to his parents, ...read more

  • One Day Bill Morris Went Out Hunting In The Woods ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 10, 2007
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    One day Bill Morris went out hunting in the woods just outside Prince George in British Columbia, Canada. It had been a slow day and he hadn’t found any game to shoot. Suddenly, he heard a noise behind him. He whirled around and saw two ferocious looking bears coming towards him. He quickly ...read more

  • Above It All

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
     | 1,215 views

    When the problems in my life seem to get the best of me when the mountains that I face are all that I can see that’s when I call His name that’s when I look above to a place within His presence where I’m surrounded by His love He is above it all that’s where I long to be for when I’m at His ...read more

  • Little By Little Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    LITTLE BY LITTLE LIGHT In verses 4-5, John says, "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." Have you ever been driving on a two-lane highway at night and the car coming toward you doesn't dim their lights? ...read more

  • Avoiding The Rocks

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    AVOIDING THE ROCKS Alan was my prayer partner at a previous church and he tells the story of going white water rafting on a Christian retreat. He said he always got stuck being the captain of the boat and sure enough for the 4th year in a row, he was named captain. So his job was to direct the men ...read more

  • A Close Encounter

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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    A Close Encounter As the great hunter stalks his prey thru the sultry jungle of Africa, the prey is running for his life; but to no avail because nothing escapes the skills of the great white hunter. The prey is trembling with fear as the hunter closes in. Can you see the evil leer in the ...read more

  • On Facebook I Have Noticed That You Have The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
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    On facebook I have noticed that you have the opportunity of reading your HOROSCOPE for some kind of guidance each day. Apparently it was Empedocles, a fifth century BCE Greek philosopher, who started it all off when he originated the terms FIRE, EARTH, AIR, AND WATER associating them with a persons ...read more

  • Stop Being Everybody's Victim By John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
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    Stop Being Everybody’s Victim by John Powell, The late US syndicated columnist Sydney J. Harris accompanied his friend George to his favorite newsstand. George greeted the man selling the newspapers courteously, but in return he received gruff service. He barely acknowledged his customer and never ...read more

  • So I Can See You Come

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 6, 2010
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    SO I CAN SEE YOU COME Some years ago in Dayton, Ohio, a very young little girl came to know the love of Jesus Christ. She became an earnest Christian. She loved her father very much, but her father was not a Christian and he had no concerns for the affairs of the Body of Christ. Each evening as ...read more

  • Outlived His Children

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 15, 2010
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    OUTLIVED HIS CHILDREN His weather worn face looked like ancient parchment stretched over a wire mesh skeleton and his eyes, haunted with memories, looked straight through me into my soul. As I gave my devotion that day I could tell that he understood the anguish Abraham must have felt as God said, ...read more

  • Thief And Parrot

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Aug 7, 2025
     | 99 views

    One night, a thief broke into a big, rich house. He wanted to steal expensive things. He looked around and started putting gold and jewelry into his bag. As he walked through the house, he suddenly heard a voice say: "Jesus is watching you." The thief stopped. He looked around but didn’t ...read more

  • I Read A Humorous Story About A Woman Who Fell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005
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    I read a humorous story about a woman who fell out of a second-floor window and landed in a slow-moving garbage truck. Half-buried in the litter, she tried without success to get the truck-driver’s attention. A foreign diplomat standing on the sidewalk saw her and quipped, “another example of how ...read more

  • The Use Of Cash For Payments Over $100 May Soon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    The use of cash for payments over $100 may soon be come illegal and virtually all paychecks will be required to paid via direct deposit. Its all part of a federal program in the works by the FDIC. This could have serious negative impact on churches that don’t typically issue a receipt for cash ...read more

  • Charitable Misgivings: The Senate Finance ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Charitable Misgivings: The Senate Finance Committee is calling for more oversight of the nations 3 million U.S. tax exempt organizations. One likely outcome is regular review of tax-exempt status. “Charities ought to periodically justify that they are doing the job they said they were doing when ...read more

  • How Difficult The Task To Quench The Fire And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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    How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking! How often are the laurels worn by those who have had no share in earning them! But ...read more

  • Remember The Movie, The Field Of Dreams. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
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    Remember the movie, The Field of Dreams. A farmer made a baseball field in a Iowa cornfield. And one of the scenes of the movie shows cars lined up coming to the field. Isaiah picture people from every nation streaming to the Light of Israel, which is Jesus Christ. The Lord address spiritual ...read more

  • Story Is Told About An Old Farm Couple Who Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 17, 2003
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    Story is told about an old farm couple who were driving along in their pickup and she says, “We never sit all snuggled up in the truck like we used to.” He looks over at her and replies “I haven’t moved” When we discover as a church or as individual ...read more

  • Charles Cooley, Regarded By Many As One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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     | 820 views

    Charles Cooley, regarded by many as one of the most brilliant American sociologists, propagated a concept called the “looking-glass self.” This view essentially states that a person’s self-concept is largely determined by what he/she believes the most important person in his/her life thinks about ...read more