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  • All Because Of Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
     | 1,994 views

    ALL BECAUSE OF PRAYER It’s a wonderful story about prayer, about a faith that can sustain people in good times and in bad times," said President Bush Monday, summarizing the tale of Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry, the two Shelter Now workers held by the Taliban for three months. As Mercer and ...read more

  • My Dilapidated House  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,018 views

    MY DILAPIDATED HOUSE On his eightieth birthday, John Quincy Adams was walking slowly along a Boston street. A friend asked him "How is John Quincy Adams today?" The former president replied graciously, "Thank you, John Quincy Adams is well, sir, quite well, I thank you. But the house in which ...read more

  • The Evangelist, Lieghton Ford Was Speaking At An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 2,462 views

    The evangelist, Lieghton Ford was speaking at an open-air crusade in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Billy Graham was to speak the next night and had arrived a day early. He came incognito and sat on the grass at the rear of the crowd. Because he was wearing a hat and dark glasses, no one recognized him. ...read more

  • Let Me Quote A Great Man Of God, Chuck ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,535 views

    Let me quote a great man of God, Chuck Swindoll. "The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on Life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, ...read more

  • William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,358 views

    ILL: William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s ...read more

  • Sometimes My Daughter Olivia Wakes Up In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 1,758 views

    Sometimes my daughter Olivia wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to use the bathroom. It’s my job to get up and take her there, so I get out of bed to find her at outside her room. She takes my hand as we go to the bathroom, which is about 6 feet from her door. Does she need my hand ...read more

  • Celebrities Tend To Misbehave In Tiresome And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,047 views

    Celebrities tend to misbehave in tiresome and predictable ways--tantrums, affairs, addictions--and we tend to think they’re spoiled. But one psychiatrist, Cornell’s Robert B. Millman, says they’re not spoiled, they’re sick. The affliction is Acquired Situational Narcissism. ASN develops when ...read more

  • Anyway  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,385 views

    Quote. (John Maxwell) Do It Anyway! People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. – Love them anyway! If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. – Do good anyway! If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies. – Succeed anyway! The good you do ...read more

  • In The Movie "Return Of The Jedi" Luke Skywalker ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Oct 24, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    In the movie "Return of the Jedi" Luke Skywalker is learning to be a Jedi from the Jedi Master, Yoda. Luke is performing an exercise of mind over matter when he fails the exercise. Yoda tells him to raise his X-Wing fighter from the murky water where it sank upon his arrival on Degoba. He says ...read more

  • A Woman Took Her Husband To The Doctor's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Oct 29, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,505 views

    A woman took her husband to the doctor’s office. After his checkup, the doctor said, "Your husband is suffering from a very serious infection." The husband, who was hard of hearing said, "What did he say?" His wife said, "He says your sick". The doctor went on. "But there is hope. You just ...read more

  • Stress And Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,858 views

    Traits characteristic of the stress-prone: 1. Plans day unrealistically 2. First to arrive, last to leave 3. Always in a hurry 4. Makes no plan for relaxation 5. Feels guilty about doing anything other than work 6. Sees unforeseen problem as a setback or disaster 7. Is always thinking about ...read more

  • An Honest Question  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,006 views

    AN HONEST QUESTION Ravi Zacharias, in "Questions I Would Like to Ask God," writes: I have often referenced the quote by the talk show host Larry King, in his response to a particular question: "If you could select any one person across all of history to interview, who would it be?" Mr. King’s ...read more

  • Almost Fifteen Years Ago, My Family And I Visited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,668 views

    Almost fifteen years ago, my family and I visited China. We had a relative in Canton, who was responsible for distribution of food. When we visited him, we were treated to the best in everyway. In China, whether you think it is fair or not, relationship, or guanxi, is everything. People are not ...read more

  • If You Watch The Game Today I Want You To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 1,753 views

    If you watch the game today I want you to remember this story about Jerry Rice. He was the longtime star for the San Francisco 49ers, considered one of the greatest receivers in the history of football; he played for the 49ers for 15 years, 1985 to 2000. Tonight he will be playing for the Raiders. ...read more

  • A Vanished Friend  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Apr 3, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,455 views

    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end. Yet days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face; For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And ...read more

  • Nothing Else  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,361 views

    NOTHING ELSE In his book, I Shall Not Want, Robert Ketchum tells about a Sunday school teacher who asked her group of children if any of them could quote the entire twenty-third psalm. A little four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher ...read more

  • Story Of Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,613 views

    STORY OF SHEEP In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t jump back again, and the ...read more

  • When I Was A Freshman Down At Sdsu, I Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 23, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,238 views

    When I was a freshman down at SDSU, I was visiting my grandparents outside Watertown for Christmas. One of my uncles and I had spent hours the night before discussing the fact that I had given my life to Christ a couple months before that. But one night my grandmother was playing some Christmas ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe (The Bible Exposition Commentary, ...

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Jan 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,781 views

    Warren Wiersbe (The Bible Exposition Commentary, Vol. 2) tells the story of Harry, a salesman who came out of the manager’s office with a dismal look on his face. “You didn’t get fired, did you?” the secretary asked. “No, it’s not that bad. But he sure did lay into me about my sales ...read more

  • Over The Past Few Months Stephanie And I Have Had ...

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 26, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,973 views

    Over the past few months Stephanie and I have had to do much planning for our wedding. We have picked out tuxedos, she has picked out her dress and the brides maids dresses, we had to determine who was going to be in the wedding and the list goes on and on. There are many things involved in ...read more

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