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  • Thankfulness/Contentment  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,970 views

    THANKFULNESS/CONTENTMENT: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their ...read more

  • Some Early Settlers Were Traveling Together ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,473 views

    Some EARLY SETTLERS were traveling together across the western prairies of the United States. One day they were horrified to see a fire fanned by strong wind coming their way. As the flames raced closer and closer, one man, to the amazement of the others, set fire to a large patch of grass ...read more

  • Becoming Contagious Christians

    Contributed by N A on Jun 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,528 views

    "We as individual Christians and collective churches need to recalibrate our sights on the target God has gen us: spiritually lost people. If people matter to God, then they'd better matter to us, too ... Deep in every true Christian, there is an awareness that we are on this planet for purposes ...read more

  • Have You Ever Noticed What Often Happens When A ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,454 views

    Have you ever noticed what often happens when a light burns out? Many times when a light is turned on for the last time it produces a sudden burst of light (even burning brighter than it normally does) until the element burns into darkness. A sudden explosion of light is followed by the search ...read more

  • When We Let Go Of Money, We Are Letting Go Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 20,044 views

    When we let go of money, we are letting go of part of ourselves and part of our security. But this is precisely why it is important to do it. It is one way to obey Jesus’ command to deny ourselves.… When we give money, we are releasing a little more of our egocentric selves and a little more of our ...read more

  • A Rural Village Was Located In An Area Inhabited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,932 views

    A rural village was located in an area inhabited by parrots. One day a falcon landed on a windowsill. The owner of the house caught it. The villagers had never seen such a bird. They decided to trim back its feathers. They cut its talons. The beak was the next to go; it was filed down so that the ...read more

  • In The United States, You Can Be Fined $5000 And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,226 views

    In the United States, you can be fined $5000 and imprisoned for up to a year for breaking an eagle’s egg, you can be imprisoned and fined for stealing a sea turtle egg, and yet our babies are being killed daily with little outcry. It is time we contact our legislators and tell them there must be a ...read more

  • President John F. Kennedy In A Speech That He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Holderman on Jul 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,605 views

    President John F. Kennedy in a speech that he was never able to deliver due to his assassination, wrote these words: "We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and ...read more

  • This Week In Preparation For This Sermon I Came ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 2, 2004
     | 1,361 views

    This week in preparation for this sermon I came across statistics for how much Proctor and Gamble spends on TV advertising each year. Guess how many of their dollars go to television? You couldn’t guess if you tried. They spend $3 Billion each year. To put that figure in perspective, it’s 50% more ...read more

  • Being A Father Continues To Teach Me About ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 24, 2006
     | 896 views

    Being a Father continues to teach me about patience. It is an ongoing lesson. I can remember thinking, “When will he start walking? When will he talk? When will she say my name? When will he learn some manners? When will he learn to be polite?” As we together develop and grow in our love for God ...read more

  • A Rural Village Was Located In An Area Inhabited ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,151 views

    A rural village was located in an area inhabited by parrots. One day a falcon landed on a windowsill. The owner of the house caught it. The villagers had never seen such a bird. They decided to trim back its feathers. They cut its talons. The beak was the next to go; it was filed down so that the ...read more

  • Once, As An Experiment, The Great Scientist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,047 views

    Once, as an experiment, the great scientist Isaac Newton stared at the image of the sun reflected in a mirror. The brightness burned into his retina, and he suffered temporary blindness. Even after he hid for three days behind closed doors, still the bright spot would not fade from his vision. I ...read more

  • In His Excellent Book On A Christian's Place In ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
     | 1,429 views

    In his excellent book on a Christian’s place in tomorrow’s world, Wild Hope, Tom Sine urges Christians to take change seriously. He writes, “If we don’t begin in our lives, professions, and churches to anticipate both the new challenges and the new opportunities the twenty-first century brings us, ...read more

  • Rick Warren ("Purpose Driven") Accurately ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,636 views

    Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven”) accurately observes: “We can measure our servant’s heart by how we respond when others treat us like servants. How do you react when you’re taken for granted, bossed around, treated as an inferior…? Unfortunately, a lot of our service is often self-serving. We serve ...read more

  • The Hope Of 3:16  PRO

    Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,119 views

    THE HOPE OF 3:16 I don’t know about you, but I will be glad to turn the calendar to a new decade in a few weeks. An ongoing war on two fronts, the Great Recession draining our family resources, the growing immorality of our country, tragic accidents and gruesome killers all over the news. The ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,874 views

    Corrie Ten Boom on Prayer It was Corrie Ten Boom who asked, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?” I am afraid for too many of us it is the spare tyre, the source we look to only when our journey has ground to a halt, but really, it ought to be our steering wheel, and Jesus teaches us ...read more

  • Too Fast

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Nov 1, 2010
     | 4,432 views

    TOO FAST There was football team who never won a game, so one day before practice the coach decided to have a talk with them. He told them, "Men, our offense is bad, our defense is horrible, and our special teams are the worst I have ever seen, so today we are going back to the basics and start ...read more

  • God's Plan For Pain!" Matthew 16:21-28 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 6, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,365 views

    “God’s Plan for Pain!” Matthew 16:21-28 Key verse(s): 25:“‘For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.’” “And whatever you do, make sure you don’t hurt yourself!” The tractor tire was heavy; definitely a two man job. Perched on the back of his ...read more

  • Scarcely A Thought  PRO

    Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,187 views

    SCARCELY A THOUGHT “We are too busy making money, paying our bills, trying to scramble to the top of the heap, and facing life’s challenges in general… Our attention is fastened almost solely upon this world, and ...read more

  • May The Spirit Of Christmas Ignite In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,958 views

    "May the spirit of Christmas ignite in the hearts of patriotic Americans a determination to redouble efforts at recapturing control of our national destiny, so that our children and their children may know, as we have known, the joy of true ...read more