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  • Pitchers Need Their Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    PITCHERS NEED THEIR TEAM Behold, a team went forth to play a game of baseball. Just as the umpire was saying, "Batter up," the catcher for the home team arrived and took his place behind the plate. The center fielder didn’t show up at all but sent his regrets. The third baseman likewise failed to ...read more

  • All I Need To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    ALL I NEED TO KNOW A Sunday school teacher gave his class an assignment to learn the 23rd Psalm by next Sunday, because each was going to recite it to the whole church. A little boy named Bobby, just couldn’t get it all in his head, he struggled all week long. Finally Sunday comes and the church ...read more

  • Andrew Jackson Needs To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 4,679 views

    ANDREW JACKSON NEEDS TO REPENT I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright. He became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. Cartwright personally baptized over 12,000 people during his ministry. He was a Circuit rider and spent most of his ...read more

  • Everyone Needs This List To ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
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    Everyone Needs this List to Live. * The most destructive habit: Worry, * The greatest Joy: Giving, * The greatest loss: Loss of self-respect, * The most satisfying work: Helping others, * The ugliest personality trait: Selfishness, * The most endangered species: Dedicated ...read more

  • Hope Needs A Foundation

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    HOPE NEEDS A FOUNDATION A little over a month before he died, the famous atheist Jean-Paul Sartre, when trying to resist strong feelings of despair, would often say to himself, "I know I shall die in hope." ...read more

  • Our Deepest Need

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    OUR DEEPEST NEED Several years ago in an interview during his battle with cancer, theologian Francis Schaeffer said, "The only way to be foolishly happy in this world is to be young enough, well enough, and have money enough--and not give a care about other people. But as soon as you don’t have ...read more

  • Our Need For Pain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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     | 2,964 views

    OUR NEED FOR PAIN There is no tougher dilemma in the Christian life than the problem of pain. It could be the pain of broken relationship, the pain of rejection, or the pain of insults. Or it could just be plain old physical pain. Nothing tests the faith like pain. It was physical pain that ...read more

  • The Cure We Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
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    THE CURE WE NEED A man limps into a hospital to have his foot X-rayed and is asked to wait for the results. Some time later an orderly appears and hands the man a large pill. As he’s handed the pill, a mother with a small child in need of immediate attention enters and the orderly disappears with ...read more

  • Everyone Needs A Savior

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 25, 2011
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    EVERYONE NEEDS A SAVIOR Billy Sunday was a famous baseball player in the early part of the last century. He was dramatically converted to Christ, and became then even more famous as an evangelist. In preparation for a city wide mission in a large American city, Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the ...read more

  • What Is Needed For Joy?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    WHAT IS NEEDED FOR JOY? Max Lucado tells the following story about Robert Reed: "I have everything I need for joy!" Robert Reed said. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can't bathe himself. He can't feed himself. He can't brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. ...read more

  • What Will You Need?

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 25, 2011
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    WHAT WILL YOU NEED? Let's suppose for a moment you are in a place you have never been before. You have no idea how you got there. A person comes out and tells you, "You must go into that room and choose one of four things to take with you on your journey when you leave this place. You may not ask ...read more

  • We Need Models

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 15, 2011
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    WE NEED MODELS Peter tells us not only that Jesus Christ is the model but what are the tools and pieces to put together so that this model is complete and working for God's glory and our security in our lives. I remember getting a model car for a birthday present when I was about 12. It was a ...read more

  • The Inner Need For Excellence

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 3, 2012
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     | 2,748 views

    THE INNER NEED FOR EXCELLENCE Years ago during a speaking engagement, I stayed in a hotel in Dallas. It was late at night, and after flipping channels for a while, I landed on ESPN, which is how I learned that tennis legend Martina Navratilova had just won a grueling match in Florida earlier that ...read more

  • Our Greatest Need

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 20, 2012
     | 3,474 views

    If we were to go out on the streets and ask people at random, “What is your greatest need?” we would probably get a number of different responses. We wouldn’t be surprised in this economy if we got several answers of people needing a job so they could provide for their home and family. If people ...read more

  • Everything We Need

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013
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    EVERYTHING WE NEED The story is told about an American company which opened a new plant in Central America because the labour was plentiful and inexpensive. Everything went well until the villagers received their first pay cheque; afterward they did not return to work. Several days later the ...read more

  • Giving Out Of Need

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 3,712 views

    “Hunger also changes the world when eating can’t be a habit, then neither can seeing.” - Maxine Hong Kingston It had been a tough year and it didn’t appear to be getting any easier. She wasn’t working and he wasn’t working much. They had two teenage children to feed and bills to pay. The car ...read more

  • The Great Need For A Savior

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 2,401 views

    Main Idea: Sin is a big problem and that is why we need a great Savior. Verse: “We all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath…” (Ephesians 2:3 NKJV). Illustration: How often do you sin in your ...read more

  • Who Needs Twitter!

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 20, 2019
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     | 2,900 views

    We all want our lives to matter, and we believe they only matter if they are noticed by someone. I wonder if this desire for a witness isn't what fuels a lot of blogs, Facebook, and especially Twitter. We want someone, anyone, to take notice … to care about us … to watch us and by their ...read more

  • You Need Mercy!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 30, 2020
     | 3,028 views

    One day, a woman who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer. She was very excited to see the photo, but when she looked at it, her face dropped. She turned to the photographer and stated rather sharply, “This is not right! This is not ...read more

  • People Need To Be Scared

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
     | 2,478 views

    PEOPLE NEED TO BE SCARED As Christians today we tend to blend in with the world. We don’t want to be seen as a fanatic. We should want to be considered a fanatic. The shorten form of the word fanatic is fan, Which in sports or entertainment is a compliment. We are not ashamed to be considered a ...read more

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