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  • Six Year Old's Prayer

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Sep 9, 2006
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    7. SIX YEAR OLD’S PRAYER Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son had asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,094 views

    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • In 1989, A Terrible Earthquake Almost Flattened ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    In 1989, a terrible earthquake almost flattened Armenia. It killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. One father rushed to his son's school and found the building flat as a pancake. Standing there in tears, he remembered a promise he had made to his son, "No matter what, I'll always be ...read more

  • Why Blood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,389 views

    WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

  • Precious Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 10,232 views

    PRECIOUS BLOOD Several years ago in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, George and Vera Bajenksi’s lives were changed forever. February 16, 1989. A very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. "There’s been an accident..." It involved their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of ...read more

  • Pray And Read Your Bible

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012
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    PRAY AND READ YOUR BIBLE A man was in prison and was in need of some money. He wrote his mother and asked her to send five hundred dollars immediately. Soon after, he got a package in the mail. It was a Bible. On the top of the Bible, there was a letter that said, "Son, I love you. Pray and read ...read more

  • Joe Bayly, A Christian Author And Leader, Had A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    Joe Bayly, a Christian author and leader, had a son named Tim who was not following the Lord. This caused great tension in the home until one day Joe told his son he had to move out. Taking Tim aside, he said, "Tim, you're not living for God and you need to leave our home." Tim left, but his ...read more

  • The Kingdom Of God Is Like A Home

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
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    THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE A HOME The father and son never could get along. The boy was constantly in trouble and the father was harsh in his attempts to correct him. F: What have you done this time? S: What difference does it make? You always take the other side no matter what I say. F: If you ...read more

  • On February 24, 1948, One Of The Most Unusual ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 13, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
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    "On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place in Ohio State University’s department of research surgery. A stony sheath was removed from around the heart of Harry Besharra, a man thirty years of age. When only a boy he had been shot accidentally by a ...read more

  • On February 24, 1948, One Of The Most Unusual ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,084 views

    On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place in Ohio State University’s department of research surgery. A stony sheath was removed from around the heart of Harry Besharra, a man thirty years of age. When only a boy he had been shot accidentally by a ...read more

  • There Is A Picture Mounted On One Of The Original ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2007
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    There is a picture mounted on one of the original Norman pillars of our Church here at St Nicholas’ Church in New Romney, Kent, England. You will find it on the pillar closest to the war memorial at the back of Church and it is about a game of Chess. In the picture, Faust is engaged in a ...read more

  • Personal Property In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 1,830 views

    PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE BIBLE Larry Burkett, the founder of Christian Financial Concepts, points out that the bible--with more than 700 references to money--says more about economics than many other subjects. He writes: "Money is such an important subject that nearly two-thirds of the parables ...read more

  • Margaret: The Hard Soil

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 13, 2011
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    MARGARET: THE HARD SOIL Each week I give a devotion in each of the 8 dining areas of the Shalom Centre and Margaret (not her real name) is there, with ears which will not hear. Her heart is a fortress, cold, hard, defensive. The gates are huge, old and impenetrable, bolted with fear and pride that ...read more

  • Excuses, Excuses

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Excuses, Excuses In Luke 14:16 - 24, Jesus teaches using the "Parable of the Great Banquet." In it, Jesus shares about a man who was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. It was the custom then, as it is today, to send out invitations to such a special event quite a long ...read more

  • A Little Boy Forgot His Lines In A Sunday School ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 9, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,278 views

    A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday School presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the ...read more

  • A Little Boy Forgot His Lines In A Sunday School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,871 views

    A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." ...read more

  • A Circuit Riding Preacher Entered One Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    A circuit riding preacher entered one church building with his young son, and dropped a coin into the offering box in the back. Not many came that Sunday, and those who did didn’t seem too excited about what was said. After the service, the preacher and son walked to the back, and he emptied the ...read more

  • Many Times Our Prayers Are So Selfish. A Mom ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    Many times our prayers are so selfish. A mom was headed to McDonald’s with her 5 year old son one day, and as they drove they passed a car accident. The mother had a practice of encouraging her children to pray for those who might be hurt, so the mom pointed and said to her son, “We should pray.” ...read more

  • Vance Havner Said, "At The Nicene Council, An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Vance Havner said, "At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or did not limp on a leg lamed by torture for their Christian faith." Oswald Chambers in Christian Discipline said, ...read more

  • The Talmud From Babylonian Talmud, Tractate ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 4, 2007
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    "The Talmud from Babylonian Talmud, tractate Sanhedrin page 96b which is the beginning of the major section in the Talmud that deals with the teachings of the Rabbis about the Messiah. The first section deals with Bar Nafle, the Son of the Clouds, which is a name that is given to the Messiah. This ...read more