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  • Principles For Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,368 views

    Principles for change: A. People must have reasons for change 1. They must see the value to them of the change 2. The plan must be understood by them 3. They must be involved in the process B. People must be prepared for change, don’t just drop it on them. Introduce the ...read more

  • Death Steals From Us

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
     | 3,169 views

    Death steals from us in this life by suddenly separating us from the people and things we’ve come to care about. It robs us. A little while back, our church office building was broken into by thieves who took some of our equipment. Personally I’ve had my car broken into a couple of times. I’m ...read more

  • Chuck Colson Is Quoted Saying, "Without Ultimate ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,107 views

    Chuck Colson is quoted saying, “Without ultimate justice, people’s sense of moral obligation dissolves; social bonds are broken. People who have no fear of God soon have no ...read more

  • No Titles And No Deeds?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,597 views

    NO TITLES AND NO DEEDS? There was a terrible earthquake in California many years ago. Thousands of homes were destroyed and the state was in chaos. Many people were claiming the homes they lived in as their own. The courthouse and all the titles and deeds were destroyed completely. The gas lines ...read more

  • Perspective: Adapted. The Author Is Linda ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Oct 11, 2002
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    PERSPECTIVE: Adapted. The author is Linda Senese On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools. On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying. On Monday there were people were trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and ...read more

  • 8 Reasons You Should Not Expect An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 1,279 views

    8 REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT AN INHERITANCE I read an article in the New York Times recently that should sober anyone who is planning on receiving an inheritance. It was titled, “8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance.” 1. People live longer and people who live longer spend more of ...read more

  • Fear Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,069 views

    Chuck Colson is quoted saying in regard to justice, “Without ultimate justice, people’s sense of moral obligation dissolves; social bonds are broken. People who have no fear of God soon ...read more

  • Listen My Chile  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,384 views

    LISTEN MY CHILE I know you think you been raised ’cause you grown now but a mama always got to wonder what else can I say to my child who is black? I know what you’re thinking She’s been talkin’ my whole life, it’s time to let well enough alone, to trust me, to let me be, but you know your mama, ...read more

  • Take Hold Of Every Moment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,557 views

    TAKE HOLD OF EVERY MOMENT A friend of mine opened his wife’s drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: "This, - he said - isn’t any ordinary package." He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. "She got this the first time we went to New ...read more

  • Story: In The Late Nineteenth Century In South ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 837 views

    Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of river in which he was ...read more

  • The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 4,311 views

    The Power of Words For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander..." Matthew 15:17-20 In the award winning film The Joy Luck Club, one little girl has the ability "to see the secrets of a chessboard." Her gift enables her to become a ...read more

  • Godly Vision

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 3,912 views

    GODLY VISION The capacity to create a compelling picture of the desired; state of affairs that inspires people to respond; that which is desirable, which could be, should be; that which is attainable. A godly vision is right for the times, right for the church, and right for the people. A godly ...read more

  • A Preacher Told About His Nine-Year-Old Daughter ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,254 views

    A PREACHER told about his nine-year-old daughter who one day JUMPED off the SCHOOL BUS as it stopped in front of her house and SLAMMED her way through the front door. She MARCHED up the stairs into her ROOM and again SLAMMED the DOOR. All the time she was muttering under her breath: ...read more

  • Let Me Pray For You

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
     | 1,665 views

    In their book Dangerous Intersections, Jay Dennis and Jim Henry write about a church in Phoenix that randomly chose 160 people from the phone book. Half of those names they had people in the church pray for daily; the other 80 names were just laid aside. At the end of 90 days of praying, the ...read more

  • Do It Anyway  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,546 views

    DO IT ANYWAY While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10). People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. ………Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior ...read more

  • Author And Pastor Leith Anderson Writes: Several ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 3,771 views

    Author and pastor Leith Anderson writes: Several years ago I was visiting Manila and was taken, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump and saw something beyond belief. Tens of thousands of people make their homes on that dump site. They’ve constructed shacks out of the things other people have ...read more

  • Yet Another Film I Have Seen Recently Is Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 3, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,829 views

    Yet another film I have seen recently is called Pay It Forward, and in that story some year 7 students are set a social studies project in which they are to think of a way that one of them could do something which would change the world. No easy assignments for this class! Yet one of the students ...read more

  • The Yangtze River Bridge, A National Landmark In ...

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Feb 24, 2007
     | 2,074 views

    The Yangtze River bridge, a national landmark in China, is always crowded with traffic including thousands of pedestrians. Because of its busyness, it is a favored spot for people who wish to commit suicide. Since its opening in 1968, over 1000 people have jumped to their deaths into the river 100 ...read more

  • The Yangtze River Bridge, A National Landmark ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,653 views

    . The Yangtze River bridge, a national landmark in China, is always crowded with traffic including thousands of pedestrians. Because of its busyness, it is a favored spot for people who wish to commit suicide. Since its opening in 1968, over 1000 people have jumped to their deaths into the river ...read more

  • On 21 February A German Newspaper -- Badische ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Feb 22, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,987 views

    On 21 February a German Newspaper -- Badische Zeitung -- carried a story of a group of people in Freiburg who started a social help initiative to help the retired people who suffer from extreme sense of loneliness. This group organises for such people memory training, various games, ...read more

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