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  • A Fasting Story

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
     | 6,448 views

    A FASTING STORY Barbara Gordon tells about her first time fasting. (I don’t want to lose my reward) She fasted one day a week for 9 weeks. She was lead to pray for 9 individuals that had requested prayer. At the end she said, "God moved in many ways during that time. While most of the answers ...read more

  • Lou Gehrig Was Such A Clumsy Ball Player That The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 1, 2009
     | 2,206 views

    Lou Gehrig was such a clumsy ball player that the boys in his neighborhood would not let him play on their team. But he was committed. He did not give up. Eventually, his name was entered into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Woodrow Wilson could not read until he was ten years old. But he was a ...read more

  • Martha Ballard: Revolutionary Helper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,875 views

    MARTHA BALLARD: REVOLUTIONARY HELPER Historian Laurel Ulrich received a Pulitzer Prize for her book The Midwife's Tale. The book was based on the diary of Martha Ballard, who lived during the American Revolution. Martha was a midwife who traveled by canoe, horse, or sometimes on foot to assist ...read more

  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 6,307 views

    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • When My Hat Is Here...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,955 views

    WHEN MY HAT IS HERE... So, it’s not true that you can be just as good a Christian without going to church. You can’t simply say "Well, I’m there in Spirit… but I don’t have to be there in body." It’s kind of like the true story of an incident that took place at a University. This university had a ...read more

  • I Can Remember Things In My Life That Struck Me ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 6, 2010
     | 883 views

    I can remember things in my life that struck me as if something had changed and would never be the same again. Things that may strike some as a little strange, moments when everything just sort of toppled on a point of balance and fell into a new place. Things would never be the same again. Like ...read more

  • Send Us Some Eternity

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 30, 2010
     | 1,738 views

    SEND US SOME ETERNITY An English postal worker was in charge of letters inadequately addressed. One Christmas season he discovered a card from his own daughter to Santa. It said, "We're very sad at our house this year. My little brother went to heaven last week. You needn't leave me anything. But ...read more

  • One-And-A-Half Degrees Off

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,925 views

    ONE-AND-A-HALF DEGREES OFF On October 31, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 departed from Anchorage, Alaska, for a direct flight to Seoul, Korea. Unknown to the crew, however, the computer engaging the flight navigation system contained a 1 1/2 degree routing error. At the point of departure, the ...read more

  • Be Like Mike...?  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,702 views

    BE LIKE MIKE...? Gary Thomas, in his book Authentic Faith, describes a friend of his named Mike. He met Mike when he went to college. Mike was a leader among students. He had everything: a contagious personality, athletic ability, good looks, and natural appeal. And everybody wanted to be around ...read more

  • Satisfied

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 31, 2011
     | 2,669 views

    SATISFIED News flash: I like food! You know -- with a dash of seriousness -- it doesn't take a master chef to see that I've had a love-affair with food for some years. I'm like a lot of Americans; I often eat more than I need in order be "satisfied." A number of years ago, I went to ...read more

  • Do You Believe The Easter Story?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,707 views

    DO YOU BELIEVE THE EASTER STORY? I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left--a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning ...read more

  • Understanding "Ask, Seek, Knock"

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Oct 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    UNDERSTANDING "ASK, SEEK, KNOCK" Imagine you are looking for someone – let’s say it’s your long lost friend from high school. The first step is to ask around from people who might know him and where he lives, what he’s doing, how you might locate him. Now that might satisfy your curiosity, but if ...read more

  • You Can't Turn Off Time

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 17, 2011
     | 3,625 views

    YOU CAN'T TURN OFF TIME James W. Moore says, "One of the greatest comedy acts in the history of show business was the beloved husband and wife team of George Burns and Gracie Allen. In real life, Gracie Allen was a bright, wise businesswoman, but she always played the part of a naive, off-the-wall ...read more

  • Excuses, Excuses

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 24, 2011
     | 8,379 views

    EXCUSES, EXCUSES We live in a word of excuses. Here are some complied by the Readers Digest that have been offered for not showing up for work: "I dreamed I was fired, so I didn't want to get out of bed." "I was up all night arguing with God." "A raccoon stole my work shoe off my porch." "I ...read more

  • Skydiving Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    SKYDIVING SACRIFICE The strength of sacrifice; in May 2002 Robert Bonadies and his fellow instructor Jim Olko were preparing to skydive, along with a novice - Cindy Hyland, in Connecticut. The jump was to be from 12000 ft, falling at 120 mph, which would take just 68 seconds with no parachute. ...read more

  • Leadership

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,299 views

    I remember hearing a story about a famous film producer. As a child, he had a fight with another boy and lost. While his mother was bathing his black eye, he told her how it was entirely the fault of the other boy. It was the other boy who had started the fight, he claimed. His mother said ...read more

  • Sacrifice Stats

    Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,151 views

    It’s Memorial Day weekend. It is seen by many as the beginning of summer. Lake Lanier will be filled with boaters and swimmers and campers and picnickers who will celebrate fun on this holiday weekend. But, the truth of Memorial Day is that it is not a celebration. It is a commemoration; a ...read more

  • Two Minutes

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 12, 2022
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     | 1,765 views

    Two Minutes to Eternity Marshall Shelley tells the story of his son's short life - just two minutes.The baby boy was born with a "chromosomal abnormality" called Trisomy 13. After the delivery, the doctor passed the baby to his mom. He was a healthy pink; Then he began to turn ...read more

  • Remembering Our Heavenly Connection

    Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
     | 815 views

    In one of the YouTube videos, Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his observation that humans, unlike most animals, sleep on their backs, naturally facing the sky. This position may have fostered a deep connection with the heavens. However, from a Christian perspective, this curiosity and upward gaze might ...read more

  • Dr. James Engel Gives Some Prophetic Advice On ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
     | 2,084 views

    Dr. James Engel gives some prophetic advice on building bridges from one generation to the next - the following insights are from the website (www.ChristianLeadershipAlliance.org): i. Don’t oppose this new generation! Don’t oppose each other’s generation. 1. They are not the enemy they are God’s ...read more