Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 3,248 views
Henry Blackaby, the author of Experiencing God, tells this heart wrenching story about a situation he encountered early in his ministry. He writes, “The first funeral I ever conducted was for a beautiful three-year-old. She was the first child born to a couple in our church, and the first
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Timothy Darling on Mar 19, 2009
I love the tragedy, King Lear. In what I think is Shakespeare’s greatest play, the king divides his kingdom in thirds and decides to give the daughter that loves him most the best portion. When he makes his purpose known, the older two begin flattering him shamelessly. His oldest says,
Sir, I
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Mennonite
Blackaby states this about “Experiencing God” from his book by the same name:
1. Jesus said, “The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name. He will teach you all things” (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit of God will be your personal Teacher. He is the One who will guide you to
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
WHEN GOD TELLS YOU "NO"
Has God ever told me "No"? Yes, many times. Was it easy? Never!
The hardest time was a long time ago. My first son, James Daniel, was born with severe heart defects. I knew that God could heal him and prayed daily for my son's healing. A year later, after open heart
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
When the full truth of God's unconditional grace dawned on Rich Mullins, he was forever changed by it...and his music and concerts were also transformed. Here's what he said to a concert audience in 1995: "However badly you think of yourself, God is crazy about you. God is in love with you.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 5, 2008
based on 6 ratings
| 3,162 views
"In God's Eyes," by Candace Carteen of Portland, Oregon.
By the time I was ten, I was totally ashamed of my father. All my friends called him names: Quasi-Moto, hunchback, monster, little Frankenstein, the crooked little man with the crooked little cane. At first it hurt when they called him
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
based on 116 ratings
| 5,511 views
Monk Story
There is a story told of an old monastery that had fallen upon hard times. It was once a great order, but as a result of waves of anti-monastic persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the rise of secularism in the nineteenth, all its branch houses were lost and it
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
based on 5 ratings
| 4,840 views
Thank God, not everyone lets the negatives of life keep them from accomplishing what God wants them to do.
On June 18, 1999 Gary and Gloria Sloan, Southern Baptist missionaries, who had been on the field of Mexico only six months, were enjoying a birthday celebration for their daughter, Carla, at
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Charles Hines on Jun 12, 2007
based on 5 ratings
| 5,898 views
I love the 23rd Psalms where it says "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. all the days of my life." I imagine two angels, one named goodness and one named mercy, and everywhere I go they follow me, and protect me. I had the chance to experience this first hand. I was travelling to
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 3, 2011
WHO WOULD SERVE GOD WITHOUT HEAVEN?
Consider this statement from Paris Reidhead: "Lord Jesus, I’m going to obey you and love you and serve you and do what you want me to do as long as I live even if I go to hell at the end of the road because you are worthy to be loved, obeyed and served."
Do we
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
* SOUL SURFER: FULFILL GOD'S DESTINY
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ.
Bethany
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Matthew Redder on May 17, 2018
based on 1 rating
| 16,037 views
Some time ago I returned from a missions trip completely full of faith and ready to set the world on fire with the love of Christ. During my first church service back in the states I was asked to close our service in prayer. I joyfully obliged and went whole-heartedly into prayer full of faith and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
Take courage and have faith, God is with us, is in control, he might shake the nations and bring disasters, but God is God, the silver is his, the gold is his and all the glory is his, rejoice and trust. Remember God loves us and whatever we do that will not change, he is there arms wide open
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sermon Central