Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
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THE EMPTY GIFT
"I was enjoying 1st grade to the fullest until one day in December when the little girl behind me set "it" on her desk. It was the tiniest Christmas present imaginable, less than an inch on each side with white glossy paper tied up with a sliver of red cellophane. Immediately I was
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 17, 2024
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In Bihar, India, there is a man named Augustine Jubakumar who leads a mission called Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS). Pastor Augustine and his wife have 4 biological children and 4 adopted children. The stories of their adopted children echo our adoption into God’s family.
One child was
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Jan 26, 2003
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IT DEPENDS WHOSE HANDS IT’S IN
A basketball in my hands is worth about $19
A basketball in Shaquille O’Neal’s hands is worth about $19 million a year.
It depends whose hands it’s in
A baseball bat in my hands is worth about $12
A baseball bat in Jeff Bagwell’s hands is worth $17million a year.
It
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Pentecostal
You have to consider that Lot not always lived in Sodom. When Abraham and Lot first split, the Bible says that Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. Genesis 13:12. Please, don’t miss that; it says that Lot pitched his tent… toward Sodom. It wasn’t’ even in Sodom, it was just in that direction… But by
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Seventh-Day Adventist
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Bucket Theology
Two buckets of water were mentioned in the Bible. Do you remember what Pilate did when he had a chance to acquit Jesus? He called for a bucket and washed his hands of the whole thing. Matthew 27:24: “When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 4, 2006
There is no wonder that God considered us worthy dying for, when one realises how intimately He knows us! His love for you is so deep that he has numbered every hair on your head – and renumbers them when some fall out (Matthew 10:30)!
Around that verse, in verse 29 and then the verses following
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
What do these dates have in common (1248, 1306, 1689, 1792, 1836, 1844, 1914, 1936, 1960, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2011)? They all represent the times in which people predicted that the second coming of Christ would occur. No one, not even Jesus knows the exact time of Christ’s coming.
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Methodist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 11, 2008
Listen for what God may be saying to you about this. Matthew 4:23 “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.”
To help you pray and listen. I have a prayer station set up. Take a
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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Anonymous writer, about an American tourist’s visit to the 19th century Polish rabbi, Hofetz Chaim:
Astonished to see that the rabbi’s home was only a simple room filled with books, plus a table and a bench, the tourist asked,
"Rabbi, where is your furniture?"
"Where is yours?" replied the
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Mennonite
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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W.A. Criswell once said, Jesus said on the cross “It is finished.”
(Luke 19:30) What that means is that salvation is “Something outside of
myself. Something with which I had nothing to do. I add nothing to it. I take
nothing away. I just receive it as a gift from my Lord. And the rest of my
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 1, 2004
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A Leader Is…
Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says:
A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders
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Baptist
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Honey Bees
Bees can show you something about teamwork. On a warm day about half the bees in a hive stay inside beating their wings while the other half go out to gather pollen and nectar. Because of the beating wings, the temperature inside the hive is about 10 degrees cooler than outside. The
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Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Book Tunes Books now come with soundtracks, some come packaged with the book while others are distributed informally. The idea is that as they read, people can listen to music that matches the mood of the books. In some cases, the songs are mentioned in the books themselves; in others, the lyrics
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
A Leader Is…
Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says:
A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders
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Baptist
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The story is told of an American tourist who paid the 19th century Polish rabbi Hofetz Chaim a visit. Astonished to see that the rabbi's home was only a simple room with a few books, a table and a bench, the tourist asked, "Rabbi, where is your furniture?"
"Where is yours?"
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Catholic
Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 17, 2007
Many different dates have been observed as the birthday of Jesus. January 2 was the first we know about. Later May 20 was observed. At different periods Christmas has been on April 18, April 19, March 25, March 28, and January 6. For a long time the Eastern Orthodox Church observed January 6 and it
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