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  • Child-Speak

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,483 views

    CHILD-SPEAK Someone had noticed that the word "father" appears in the dictionary just before the word "fatigued" and just after the word "fathead." So to all us fatigued, fathead fathers, Happy Father's Day! *** One time a little boy was asked to define Father's Day and he said, "It's just like ...read more

  • Let Me Make Sure That We Clear Up A Few ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,083 views

    Let me make sure that we clear up a few misunderstandings about forgiveness. Before we can build, we have to blast. We have to blast away the erroneous thoughts on what forgiveness is not. · When you forgive a person, this does not mean you are immediately healed. · When you forgive a person, this ...read more

  • Getting The Unexpected/Disappointment  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 12, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,864 views

    GETTING THE UNEXPECTED/DISAPPOINTMENT: A wife woke up one morning and said, “Honey, I just had a dream that you bought me a new gold necklace. What do you think it means?” “I don’t know, but Valentine’s Day is coming soon. Tuesday, you’ll know,” He replied. A few nights later, she again woke ...read more

  • Shalom  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,127 views

    SHALOM. Shalom is a word hard to translate, the total meaning is very hard to express in English. Shalom means total well being. Shalom is not possible if we are hiding anger, wrath, hurt, disappointment. Shalom, total -- complete -- well being, comes in attitudes that ...read more

  • Sometimes Even The Best Of Us Don't Get Along ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,060 views

    Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should. I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave ...read more

  • What An Orphan Boy Learned About John 3:16 On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 12,462 views

    What An Orphan Boy Learned About John 3:16 on Christmas Eve In far away cold country a number of years ago there was a young orphaned boy selling papers on a cold, freezing Christmas Eve afternoon. Toward the close of the afternoon the little boy went up to a policeman and said, "Sir, I’m real ...read more

  • Communication Is Character

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
     | 3,309 views

    COMMUNICATION IS CHARACTER Roger Ailes who works for Fox News says: "You are the message. What does that mean exactly? It means that when you communicate with someone, it’s not just the words you choose to send to the other person that make ...read more

  • "When We Give Our Hearts To Christ In Salvati...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    “When we give our hearts to Christ in salvation, we experience “peace with God” (Romans 5:1); but the “peace of God” takes us a step farther into God’s blessings. This does not mean the absence of trials on the outside, but it does mean a quiet confidence within, ...read more

  • Ever-Flowing Stream Of Grace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,654 views

    Ever-flowing Stream of Grace (Gives Strength) Gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak: Isaiah 40:31 says, "But those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength." "Wait on the Lord" (qawah) is one word, an active verb in the original Hebrew writings, and is the ...read more

  • Blood Is Thicker Than Water  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,296 views

    BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER At some point or another you may have used this familiar phrase - Blood is thicker than water. The context in which we use it is to describe the meaning that blood-related families are more important than anyone else. R. Richard Pustelniak, congregational leader for the ...read more

  • Fresh ...

    Contributed by Shawn Kelly on Oct 19, 2008
     | 5,676 views

    FRESH START Colossians 3:12 - 17 12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ...read more

  • [015] A Message From A Poem - All About Me But What About The Lord?

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 18, 2024
     | 579 views

    [015] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - ALL ABOUT ME BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LORD? This is a very serious poem even though it is written in a partly informal way. The title says it all. “Everything revolves around me, and the Lord should be grateful for the time I give to Him.” Of course that attitude is ...read more

  • What Kids Need  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,933 views

    WHAT KIDS NEED Today’s kids desperately need Dads who: . . . play catch, enjoy tea parties or wrestle because the heart of a child is there and they set out to capture it. . . . laugh till their belly hurts and tears fall from their eyes while secretly creating deep friendships and memories that ...read more

  • Mary A Fijian Woman In The Island Of Vanua Levu ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,960 views

    Mary a Fijian woman in the Island of Vanua Levu was SO sick that she could no longer walk But her husband carried her to the bus and they were heading for a local witch doctor in the Last desperate hope that she could be made well. They had to change bus at the cross roads near the village I was ...read more

  • Again – So Much Of What Jesus Teaches Is Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 20, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,262 views

    AGAIN – so much of what Jesus teaches is just nuts according to the world… he taught THAT… • The way up is down • The way in is out • The way first is last • The way of success is service • The way of attainment is relinquishment • The way of strength is weakness • The way of security is ...read more

  • Graham: I Would Read The Bible More

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,826 views

    GRAHAM: I WOULD READ THE BIBLE MORE In an interview with Newsweek on 14 Aug 2006, Billy Graham, then aged 88, was asked what would he do if he could live his life over again. The article writes: If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and ...read more

  • I Am His!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 3,593 views

    "I AM HIS!" President Theodore Roosevelt, was a charismatic figure who made quite an impression on people. One journalist, William Allen White, wrote of his first meeting with Roosevelt in 1897: "He sounded in my heart the first trumpet call of the new time that was to be... I had never known ...read more

  • Lucado Says God's Standard Is Perfection  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,396 views

    Author Max Lucado writes: All of us occasionally do what is right. A few predominately do what is right. But do any of us always do what is right? According to Paul we don’t. "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom. 3:10, NKJV). Some may beg to differ. "I’m not perfect, Max, but I’m better than ...read more

  • In One Of Our Celebrated Greek Tragedies, ...

    Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
     | 2,782 views

    IN ONE OF OUR CELEBRATED GREEK TRAGEDIES, ORESTES, WHO HAD SLAIN HIS MOTHER AS A JUDICIOUS ACT BECAUSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER PARAMOUR, SHE HAD MURDERED HIS FATHER, AGAMEMNON, 1. ON HIS RETURN FROM TROY, IS REPRESENTED AS PURSUED BY THE FURIES. M. IN HIS DISTRESS, APOLLO ADVISES HIM TO GO ...read more

  • David C. Pack Gives Us The Following Thoughts To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 22, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    DAVID C. PACK gives us the following thoughts to ponder about Predestination. 1. “Is this true? Is this what the Bible actually teaches when it makes reference to predestination? Did God actually pre-plan every sin, every act of immorality and every crime that has ever been committed? Is God the ...read more