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  • The More Loving One

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011
     | 1,545 views

    THE MORE LOVING ONE Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it if stars were to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot ...read more

  • World Records

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jul 18, 2011
     | 3,969 views

    WORLD RECORDS Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, and Quasimodo were all talking one day. Sleeping Beauty said, "I believe myself to be the most beautiful girl in the world." Tom Thumb said, "I must be the smallest person in the world." Quasimodo said, "I absolutely have to be the ugliest person in the ...read more

  • Muffet And The Yoke  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 25, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,557 views

    MUFFET AND THE YOKE Ron Hutchcraft comments, "Once upon a time, there was a heifer named Muffet. She lived on a little dairy farm in the Ozarks. So did my wife - who wasn't my wife then. She was the farmer's young daughter then, and she tells me that Muffet had a harder life than some of the other ...read more

  • The Lord's Prayer...?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 15, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,503 views

    THE LORD'S PRAYER...? Two men were drinking in a bar when the topic of conversation got round to religion. One man turned to his friend and said; “I bet you don't even know the Lord's Prayer." "Wait a minute," said his friend, "I do too know the Lord's Prayer." So his friend pulled out a £20 and ...read more

  • A Friend In Montana Told Me About A Sheepherder ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 13, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,470 views

    A friend in Montana told me about a sheepherder who discovered oil on his land and became enormously rich. One of the first things he bought was a Rolls Royce limousine, the kind usually driven by a chauffeur who sits in front of a glass partition. When the sheepherder brought this splendid car in ...read more

  • Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2012
     | 2,021 views

    COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was written by Robert Robinson. He wrote it early in his life. In stanza three, Robinson speaks of being "prone to wonder, prone to leave the God I love". This seems to be a forecast of his later life, when he lapsed into sin, ...read more

  • Baptism Long Ago

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,494 views

    BAPTISM LONG AGO Centuries ago the circumstances of one's baptism would come on Easter eve at midnight. In the semidarkness, he or she would disrobe and descend into the waters to be immersed three times, in the name of the Father, then the Son, and finally the Holy Spirit. The newly baptized ...read more

  • On Your Knees

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 1, 2012
     | 2,077 views

    ON YOUR KNEES A young stranger to the Alps was making his first climb, accompanied by two stalwart guides. It was a steep, hazardous ascent. But he felt secure with one guide ahead and one following. For hours they climbed. And now, breathless, they reached for those rocks protruding through the ...read more

  • So The Blind Could See  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 27, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,788 views

    SO THE BLIND COULD SEE There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her ...read more

  • A Woman Sees A Father Shopping With A Fussy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 3, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,338 views

    A woman sees a father shopping with a fussy two-year-old in his grocery cart. “Be patient, Billy,” he whispers. “You can handle this, Billy. It’s okay, Billy.” The woman said to him, “I don’t mean to interrupt your shopping, but I just had to tell you how wonderfully loving and patient you are ...read more

  • Standing Up On The Inside  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 17, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,842 views

    STANDING UP ON THE INSIDE A five year old girl was having one of those trouble-filled days with her mother. It seemed they spent the day arguing back and forth. Finally the mom had enough. "Jenny, go sit in the corner, right now! Don’t get up until I tell you to!" Jenny went to the corner and sat ...read more

  • Daddy Has All Of Me

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 29, 2014
     | 6,160 views

    DADDY HAS ALL OF ME! Alan Redpath had two daughters who loved to swarm him as soon as he came home at night. As he came in the door one evening, his little girls ran to be the first to hug Daddy. One grabbed his leg and hugged him with all of her might. He snatched the other daughter up in his ...read more

  • Pure Love Brings Joy

    Contributed by Christopher Sweeney on May 19, 2017
     | 4,095 views

    Many of you may have experienced this but I have from my two nephews and my time in youth ministry that there are times when you are having the worst days and then a child will run up to you and give you a hug or say I love you and everything goes away. Why, why is it that a hug can help erase the ...read more

  • Betty's White Cake Is For Whoever

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,689 views

    I walked into the kitchen one afternoon and saw a big white cake that had just been frosted. I love white cake. It’s my favorite. And my wife Betty can really make a mean one. So I found Betty and asked her, “Who is that white cake for?” She looked at me and shrugged, “Whoever.” Now she didn’t ...read more

  • There Is The Story Of A Lady Who Had Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,363 views

    There is the story of a lady who had just completed university She had been offered a job with an accounting firm She is a mother of three who were at the time were 12, 15 and 18 but just before she takes up the position she has a regular check up and her doctor discovers she has cancer not long ...read more

  • Children Have A Way Of Controlling Our Life Do ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,003 views

    Children have a way of controlling our life do they not – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle. After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica. With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica you gave me ...read more

  • A Black American Baptist Preacher From Richmond ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,768 views

    A black American Baptist preacher from Richmond was attending a Baptist convention in Mississippi. A Mississippi preacher, reading the Scripture lesson for a morning session, read: “Now the Kingdom of Heaven was likened unto ten Virginians which took their lamps and went forth to meet the ...read more

  • The Decisions We Make Should Reflect The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,114 views

    The decisions we make should reflect the relationship we have we the forgiver. Imagine that you are a stamp collector, and that over the years you have collected a large number of very valuable stamps. Now imagine your house on fire. You are inside with your dog, your faithful companion for the ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard The Phrase "Like A Dog ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,538 views

    Have you ever heard the phrase “Like a dog worrying a bone.” Its an old English phrase that contains the picture behind the word worry. A dog will shake, chew, gnaw and lick and bite on a bone for hours, trying to wear it down. It’s a compulsion. The dog will work and work on that bone unless ...read more

  • God Can Use You  PRO

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,828 views

    ILLUS: God can use you The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember... Noah got drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too ...read more