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  • Sacrificial Love:  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,648 views

    SACRIFICIAL LOVE: (Poem by Ruth Bell Graham) Had I been Joseph’s mother I’d have prayed protection from his brothers "God, keep him safe. He is so young, so different from the others." Mercifully, she never knew there would be slavery and prison too. Had I been Moses’ mother I’d have ...read more

  • Does He Show?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,719 views

    DOES HE SHOW? One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,996 views

    CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa ...read more

  • Preparing For Large Christmas Eve Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 18, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,676 views

    Preparing for large Christmas Eve family gathering, a mother had been giving out orders like a drill sergeant: "Pick up your things! Don’t get your clothes dirty! Put away those toys." Well, her 4-year-old daughter had been underfoot all day, so she sent her to the next room to play with their ...read more

  • From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 18, 2008
     | 1,913 views

    From Reader’s Digest: After booking my 90-year-old mother on a flight from Florida to Nevada, I called the airline to go over her needs. The woman representative listened patiently as I requested a wheelchair and an attendant for my mother because of her arthritis and impaired vision. I also ...read more

  • When God Forgives, He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 4,762 views

    “When God Forgives, He Forgets” How different God’s pardon is from ours! So often we forgive as did the mother of the little girl who had been good a whole week, and asked mother for a favor. “I know” was the answer, “that you have been good all this week, but you know your were bad last week.” In ...read more

  • Sibling Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,241 views

    SIBLING REVENGE The desire to "get even" seems to be a part of the human psyche. It is like the story of a mother who heard her seven-year-old son screaming. She runs into the next room to see what is wrong, and discovers her two-year-old daughter is pulling the hair of her brother. The ...read more

  • Elvis Growing Up

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jan 13, 2012
     | 2,821 views

    ELVIS GROWING UP Elvis once said, "We were an affectionate family. My mother was the most wonderful person in the world. I always felt a little bit lonely--maybe a better word would be 'incomplete'--when I was little. But I could tell my mother about it, how I felt and then the feeling would go ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,436 views

    Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa minister to these ...read more

  • I Watched One Woman In Her Sixties Lean Over And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
     | 1,799 views

    I watched one woman in her sixties lean over and kiss the body of her mother who was nearly 90 when she passed. Both were committed Christians and loved one another deeply. Fighting back the tears, the daughter kissed her mother ...read more

  • Father's Day Is The 4th Most Important Retail ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,852 views

    Father’s Day is the 4th most important retail gift holiday, after Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentines. 55% of Americans celebrate the day with a gift, according to new Unity Marketing research the typical gift-giver ...read more

  • Rates Of Serious Child Abuse Are Lowest In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,320 views

    Rates of serious child abuse are lowest in intact families; 6 times higher in step-families; 14 times higher in always-single-mother families; 20 times higher in cohabiting biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when the mother is ...read more

  • According To A Pew Research Study, Adults Of All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,744 views

    According to a Pew Research study, adults of all ages consider unwed parenting to be a problem for our society, and 71% say births to unwed mothers is a "big problem." 69% say a child needs both a mother and a father to grow up ...read more

  • Father's Day Calls

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,798 views

    FATHER'S DAY CALLS THE ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY reported that the volume of long-distance calls made on Father’s Day is growing faster than the number on Mother’s Day. The company apologized for the delay in compiling the statistics, but explained that ...read more

  • Overwhelm Us Lord In Your Love, A Heart ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
     | 2,252 views

    Overwhelm us Lord in your love, a heart overwhelmed is transformed, a transformed heart loves, Love overwhelms our surroundings, Transformation ...read more

  • What Is Christmas? It Is Tenderness For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,804 views

    "What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings ...read more

  • I Enjoy Observing Christians Celebrate Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,086 views

    "I enjoy observing Christians celebrate their Christianity. For a Jew rooted in Judaism, Christians rooted in their identity are a blessing, not a problem. ... What this Jew ...read more

  • Some Years Ago On A Hot Summer Day In South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 30, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,469 views

    Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he ...read more

  • Greg A Pioneering Pastor Under All Kinds Of ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 8, 2010
     | 1,586 views

    Greg a pioneering pastor under all kinds of financial constraints & his vehicle is getting older & needs updating. He has 5 kids & needs something better than what he’s got. His mother, who is a Christian & really hears from God has been praying for Greg. She calls him one day & asks Greg what kind ...read more

  • A Look At The Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,407 views

    A LOOK AT THE PARADE The parade route begins near the twin towns of Bethpage and Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem and winds into the Holy City. The Grand Marshal is an unlikely hero – a rustic from a blue-collar town up north, the son of a woodworker. In keeping with his “common man” ...read more