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  • P ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 23, 2009
     | 1,311 views

    Powerless! Dr. Joe McGee sent the following story that might make you watch for the floor sweeper the next time you are in the hospital! “In a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed on Sunday morning at about 11:00 AM. Regardless of their medical condition, death ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
     | 2,734 views

    PROBLEM-SOLVING Now frankly, you know as well as I do when we want to solve a problem, we are not always the best at it, and sometimes by trying to solve a problem we just create another one. I love the story Reader’s Digest told of some men who were laying carpet in a woman’s living room. ...read more

  • P = ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 12, 2010
     | 813 views

    P = Power R = Relationship A = ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,789 views

    PROMISES A Wall Street clerk went for a tuna sandwich one snowy noon and returned to work and found $37.1 million in negotiable certificates of deposit in a pouch dropped by a courier. The clerk turned them over to his supervisor, who notified the securities company. The man received a $250 reward ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 757 views

    PRISONERS The U.S. has less than 5% of the world’s population, yet nearly 25% of its prisoners. It has 751 people in prison or jail for every 100,000 people. The only other major industrialized nation that even comes close is Russia, with 627 prisoners for every ...read more

  • Persistent Sowers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,738 views

    PERSISTENT SOWERS During a particular drought several years ago, much of the seed that had been planted did not come up. The seed that did produced runty plants that promised a scanty yield, if any at all. Grass burned up in the intense heat, and the cattle nearly starved. Many farmers were forced ...read more

  • The Persistence In Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 6,712 views

    The Persistence in Forgiveness After sixteen years as a missionary on the continent of Africa. David Livingstone returned Scotland to address the students at Glasgow University. His body had been ravaged by some 27 fevers that had overtaken him during his years of service. One arm hung useless at ...read more

  • Persistent, Tenacious Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,537 views

    PERSISTENT, TENACIOUS PRAYER Our praying should be like the story of Jacob wrestling the angel in Genesis 32. They wrestled all night and toward morning, Jacob had the angel in a full Nelson grip. The angel said, “Jacob, let me go.” Now, I think it was like WWF, it was a fixed fight. The mighty ...read more

  • Our Persistent Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 7, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,147 views

    OUR PERSISTENT PRAYER Billy Graham said, “Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask.” Have faith in the God of the dream; let’s ask God to bring the dream to completion. God’s answer is ready; ...read more

  • God Answers Persistent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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     | 7,122 views

    God Answers Persistent Prayer Sharon Atwell tells the story of her daughter Kate in June of 2000 having a backache and diagnosed with leukemia. She went through chemo but by August she had a seizure and was unconscious. While getting treated at St. Jude an infection attacked her brain. Only six ...read more

  • God's Persistent Love  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,743 views

    GOD'S PERSISTENT LOVE For more than 40 years, each week a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door and slipped a love note underneath. Because of an argument years before, she refused to speak to the man. Finally, after writing 2184 love letters with no response of any kind, the 74-year-old man ...read more

  • 16,743 Yards Of Persistence  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,176 views

    16,743 YARDS OF PERSISTENCE God has always honored persistence. I have always appreciated Emmitt Smith. I was glad to see him set the NFL rushing record last Sunday. He isn’t as flashy as Walter Payton or Barry Sanders, and he never possessed true break-away speed. But his strength lies in his ...read more

  • With God, There Is No P.s.

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jun 9, 2009
     | 2,149 views

    WITH GOD, THERE IS NO P.S. Nothing can stop the love of God. In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which was placed a huge slab of granite and then a slab of marble was cemented on top. The rocks were fastened with heavy steel clamps. It belonged to a woman who did not believe in the ...read more

  • J. P. Morgan's Will

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
     | 11,400 views

    J. P. MORGAN'S WILL When Mr. J. P. Morgan, the American financier, the multimillionaire, died some years ago, it was found that the year before his death, he had made his will. It consisted of about 10,000 words and contained thirty-seven articles. He made many transactions--some affecting ...read more

  • E.s.p.  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,490 views

    E.S.P. I heard about a man who asked his wife to balance the checkbook. He came home that night to find she had four neatly typed pages, detailing all the expenses of the past months--the milkman, the cleaners, the grocery store, and many others. One entry read, "E.S.P. $24.21." "What does that ...read more

  • Persistence Is An Important Factor In Prayer. ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,913 views

    Persistence is an important factor in prayer. But persistence is a valuable commodity for every area of your Christian life, not just prayer. God blesses those who persist. So whatever you may be facing right now, don’t give up! If you’re ever tempted to give up, just remember the composer Brahms. ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • George Mueller On Persistence In Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
     | 5,693 views

    GEORGE MUELLER ON PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER George Mueller: "It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray alright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believing, continue in prayer until we obtain an ...read more

  • Paul Tournier On Persisting In Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
     | 4,692 views

    PAUL TOURNIER ON PERSISTING IN PRAYER Paul Tournier, the great psychiatrist and Christian counselor, tells in one his essays about the first time he tried to pray for a solid hour. He says that he set his watch on the table and began to pray, and after what he thought was a good while, checked the ...read more

  • Raymond P. Murray—wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,783 views

    Raymond P. Murray- Wanted The great want of this age is men: Men who are not for sale; Men who will condemn wrong in friend or foe- in themselves as well as others; Men whose consciences are as steady as the needle to the pole; Men who will stand for the right though the heavens totter and the ...read more