Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
Illustration: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Anonymous Quote: Hope looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst in them. Hope opens doors where despair closes them. Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot be done. Hope draws its power from a deep trust in God. Hope “lights a candle” instead of
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At six weeks of age, Fanny Crosby was blinded, but even as a youngster she determined not to be confined by the chains of darkness. In time, she became a mighty force for God through her hymns and Gospel songs.
The secret is this: when you have the single mind of purpose, you look on your
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
It can be looked at as Episode III in a trilogy of parables
Episode I is the Lost Sheep
It could be called A New Hope for the lost sheep is found and comes home
With a new hope of continuing on
Episode II, The Lost Coin could be called The Cleaning Lady Strikes Back
For she turns her house upside
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Contributed by Robert Bravo on Jul 1, 2007
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Years ago, before the day when she was moth-balled and transformed into a floating museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, one of the largest, most powerful battleships that the world has ever known, the USS Missouri, was cruising off the coast of Nova Scotia in a gale wind blowing and whipping the waves into
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FOCUSING ON THE LIGHT
"We were on shipboard," relates a captain's wife, "lying in a Southern harbor. We were obliged, first to make our way ashore. The waves were rolling heavily. I became frightened at the thought of attempting it, when one man came to me, saying, 'Do not be afraid: I will take
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Contributed by Jim Luthy on Nov 12, 2002
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A song by the late 70’s, early 80’s rock group Styx describes the place many people find themselves spiritually these days. Listen to the words and see if any of these words or phrases correlate with your spiritual experience:
Another year has passed me by, still I look at myself and cry What
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WHEN PATIENCE IS REQUIRED!
A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o’clock in the morning by a loud pounding on their door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger in the pouring rain is asking for a push. “Not a chance” says the husband- “It’s three o’clock in the morning!” He
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Contributed by Louis Bartet on Aug 29, 2007
On the morning of October 2, 2006, a troubled milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded himself inside the West Nickel Mine Amish School, ultimately murdering five young girls and wounding six others. Roberts committed suicide when police arrived on the scene. It was a dark day for the Amish
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002
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Ralph Waldo Emerson hit the nail on the head when he said:
THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something —have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart—but it will out.
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