Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007
A young boy was leaving for Iraq and on his last night at home he went out with his friends. Arriving home about 11:30 he made his regular stop at the refrigerator. The mother and father were in bed upstairs, and as always did not feel right until they heard him come in. The mother said to the
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place in her life she could
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
Sin sickens the body
An illustration of this
Mother calls that dinner is ready
Mom ,dad, brother and sister sit down to this wonderful meal that mom has fixed
Everything is fine until brother asks Dad can I use the car tonight?
And sister says, no you can’t use the car tonight
You used the car last
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2001
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I remember years ago when the pastor was delivering a sermon on salvation, He told a story about a coloring book his mother bought him when he was in the first grade.
He didn’t want to be called a sissy, so he started on the first page and scribbled until it looked horrible. He had reached page
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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SING TO THE CHILDREN
A tradition that Evelyn Knowles has chosen for posterity is to sing to her babies. The very first time she held each of her newborn grandchildren cheek to cheek and heart to heart, they heard their grandmother softly sing-- Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells
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Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 13, 2013
WE ARE MEANT TO STRUGGLE
You remember the story of the little boy who was playing outdoors and found a fascinating caterpillar. He carefully picked it up and took it home to show his mother. He asked his mother if he could keep it, and she said he could if he would take good care of it.
The
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Contributed by Joel Santos on May 9, 2006
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CARROTS, EGGS OR COFFEE
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as though just as one problem was solved, a new one
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 26, 2002
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(adapted from John Gillmartin) One of the vilest corruptions of the Civil War was the hiring of surrogate enlistees. The rich abused the blessings of wealth by hiring others to defend their nation for them. In many cases the surrogate had no choice; he was either in debt to the coward who hired
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
"All of us need to do more to win every person possible to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We must do everything we can to reach as many people as we can. These are ones for whom Christ died and need to be brought to the blessed cross of Calvary. Don’t be afraid that you’re
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Contributed by Myron Loss on Jun 9, 2006
Fanny Crosby was blind since six weeks old and saw her sickness as a gift from God. “O what a happy soul I am! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I will be. How many blessings I enjoy that
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 17, 2008
The bottom line: if we are going to have God's blessing. If God is to lavishly pour out his goodness in our personal and corporate lives, it includes our response to our financial resources and our willingness to purify our behaviour in this regard. People that do not take God's instruction
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Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008
How can you praise when you feel down? Look back to where you have been and recall the blessings and miracles, recall what God has already done in your life and through your life. Then put on the garment of praise for those things and in a short period of time of praising and giving thanks
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Contributed by Tim Gresham on Jan 10, 2004
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A little girl became restless in church as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy,
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