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  • Impatience  PRO

    Contributed by Norm Story on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,111 views

    Once upon a time long ago, you had to turn on the TV set well before your show started so there would be time enough for the tubes to warm up. I see people today pacing impatiently, even a little upset that the microwave popcorn is taking so long. Or do you ever tap your fingers impatiently ...read more

  • Let Me Make Sure That We Clear Up A Few ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 1,855 views

    Let me make sure that we clear up a few misunderstandings about forgiveness. Before we can build, we have to blast. We have to blast away the erroneous thoughts on what forgiveness is not. · When you forgive a person, this does not mean you are immediately healed. · When you forgive a person, this ...read more

  • Rest If You Must, But Don't Quit!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,234 views

    REST IF YOU MUST, BUT DON’T QUIT! Unknown WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, AS THEY SOMETIMES WILL, WHEN THE ROAD YOU’RE TRAVELING SEEMS ALL UPHILL, WHEN YOUR FUNDS ARE LOW, AND THE DEBTS ARE HIGH, AND YOU WANT TO SMILE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGH, WHEN CARE IS PRESSING YOU DOWN A BIT, REST IF YOU MUST, BUT DON’T ...read more

  • Arabian Horses Go Through Rigorous Training In ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 3, 2009
     | 933 views

    Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The trainers force the horses to do without ...read more

  • Don't Quit  PRO

    Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 19, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,540 views

    DON'T QUIT When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, and you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer ...read more

  • If You Ever Seen The Movie "Cast Away" With Tom ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,855 views

    If you ever seen the movie “Cast Away” with Tom Hanks then you probably know who Wilson is. The story goes that Hanks plays the part of Chuck Nolan, a fast paced FedEx executive who gets stranded when his plane goes down in the middle of the South Pacific. In trying to survive, he started a fire ...read more

  • There's A Bit Of Verse In The Form Of A Prayer ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
     | 1,082 views

    There’s a bit of verse in the form of a prayer that I think is appropriate: Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind, Steady my hurried pace with the eternal reach of time, Give me amid the confusion of the day the calmness of the everlasting hills, Break the ...read more

  • Don't Quit

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 17, 2008
     | 3,163 views

    DON’T QUIT When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, and you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer ...read more

  • Burning The Cargo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
     | 2,789 views

    BURNING THE CARGO There’s a story of two paddleboats that left Memphis about the same time, travelling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they travelled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the other. Words were exchanged. Challenges were ...read more

  • Dragged Through Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,474 views

    DRAGGED THROUGH LIFE We live in a very tense, uptight, and fast-paced world filled with hurry. A Tahoma, Washington newspaper carried the story of Tattoo the basset hound a while back. Tattoo didn’t intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut the dog’s leash in the car door and took ...read more

  • Families Can Live In The Same House And Never See ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Nov 9, 2006
     | 821 views

    Families can live in the same house and never see each other. The sad thing is, you wake up to a beautiful HOME, a nice manicured LAWN, two cars in the GARAGE—something you WORKED HARD all of your life to get. Now the house is COLD, EMPTY, the children GONE and the HUSBAND and WIFE hardly ...read more

  • I Tithe—he'll Find Me.  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 1, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,387 views

    "I TITHE--HE'LL FIND ME." Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. You can fill in the blanks as to how they got there. So they are on the clichéic deserted island, one palm tree, nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ...read more

  • Entranced  PRO

    Contributed by Cajun Pauley on Jun 23, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,044 views

    Entranced <i> By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was going.– Hebrews 11:8 HCSB </i> There once was an old Christian who was often entranced by his love for the Lord. One summer evening, ...read more

  • Goodbye Ginger!" 1 Corinthians13: 8-13: Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,112 views

    “Goodbye Ginger!” 1 Corinthians13: 8-13: Key verse(s): 12: “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” Yesterday, on a bright and sunny autumn day, Ginger died. Ginger was one of my ...read more

  • Don't Quit! Don't Quit!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,262 views

    DON’T QUIT! DON’T QUIT! Many years ago I was visiting a lady named Deanna in the resthome, she had a copy of this little poem, I borrowed it and made a copy. I ask you to ponder these words: DON’T QUIT (author unknown) When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,444 views

    POEM: DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometime will, when the road your trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but please ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
     | 2,558 views

    POEM: DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometime will, when the road your trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but please don’t quit. Life is queer with it’s twist ...read more

  • Several Years Ago There Was A Well-Known ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,727 views

    "Several years ago there was a well-known television circus show that developed a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done "live" before a live audience, One evening, the tiger trainer went into the cage with several tigers to do a routine performance. The door was locked behind ...read more

  • Never Tired—communion Mediation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,588 views

    NEVER TIRED-- COMMUNION MEDIATION One of the young men fighting in Operation Enduring Freedom is Michael High, a 20-year-old control fireman aboard the carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The sailor from Machesney Park, Illinois has a young wife, who is expecting their first child. Michael’s mom, ...read more

  • As I Was Driving One Foggy Night, I Topped A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Byerly on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,262 views

    As I was driving one foggy night, I topped a hill and I could see through the fog for a moment. What an awesome sight! The clouds were scurrying along at a rather quick pace, accross the face of the huge moon that seemed to softly light up the entire sky. Quite a change from driving in that fog ...read more

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