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Power Must Be Led By Love. Love Must Mold Power ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002

Power must be led by love. Love must mold power into a ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Church Of God

Where Does Your Ministry Rely Upon God's Power?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 15, 2023

David Platt in his book Radical has a chapter entitled "Beginning at the End of Ourselves -- The Importance of Relying on God's Power (Subsection entitled - “Dependent on Ourselves or Desperate for His Spirit”) Platt went on to say, "This is where I am most convicted as a pastor. I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8-11, Ephesians 5:18

Tags: Holy Spirit, Church, Power, Pastors, Pentecost, Repentance  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moody's Dying Words  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 21, 2011

MOODY'S DYING WORDS "Earth recedes. Heaven opens before me. If this is death, it is sweet! There is no valley here. God is calling me, and I must go." "No, no, Father," said Moody's son, "You are dreaming." "I am not dreaming," replied Moody. "I have been within the gates. I have seen the ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

H: The Aspirate Word

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 22, 2013

H: THE ASPIRATE WORD When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him.....No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be AbraHam, for I have made you a father of many Nations.- Genesis 17:5 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her ...read more

Tags: Restoration

Denomination: *other

Famous Last Words

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 31, 2021

FAMOUS LAST WORDS..... 1. Charles Gussman was a writer and TV announcer, who wrote the pilot episode of Days of Our Lives, among other shows. As he became ill, he said he wanted his last words to be memorable. When he daughter reminded him of this, he gently removed his oxygen mask and whispered: ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Tags: Paul, Death, Farewell, Last Words

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ten Word Sermon

Contributed by Kevin Barron on Aug 31, 2018

The shortest sermon I know is only ten words. It was preached by my grandfather to a small, country congregation on the story of the Good Samaritan (Mark 10:35-45). He read the account of an outsider who demonstrates true neighbor love by stopping on the road to care for a bleeding and badly ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-45

Tags: Compassion, Good Samaritan

Denomination: United Methodist

The Power Of Daily Scripture Reading

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

ian Hardin tells the story of traveling a lot for work with his friend Bobby. As they travelled, he’d read the Bible aloud to him. But he wasn’t reading the Bible to gain deep insights… or to solve theological quandaries. He was just reading it… yet even then, it often said something that got stuck ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9

Tags: Scripture, Scripture Reading

Denomination: Methodist

Howland Spencer Wrote An 8 Word Poem, "How ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Haselhuhn on May 15, 2001

Howland Spencer wrote an 8 word poem, “How odd Of God To choose The Jews.” And God did choose ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Patriarchs Abraham

Denomination: Lutheran

Are You All Ears For God?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2024

A missionary translator was endeavoring to find a word for “obedience” in the native language. This was a virtue seldom practiced among the people into whose language he wanted to translate the New Testament. As he returned home from the village one day, he whistled for his dog and it came ...read more

Tags: Hearers Of The Word, Hearing God, Listening, Obedience, Voice Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thank God For The Delusion!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021

Someone told a reformed alcoholic that his experience wasn't valid; that his religion was a delusion. He said, "Thank God for the delusion; it has put clothes on my children and shoes on their feet and bread in their mouths. It has made a man of me and it has put joy and peace in my ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:1-7

Tags: Changed Life, Forgiveness, Salvation, Word Of God, New Life, New Birth  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Have Too Many High-Sounding Words, And Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that ...read more

Tags: Words

The Investigation Of The Meaning Of Words Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The investigation of the meaning of words is the ...read more

Tags: Words

Words Are Not As Satisfactory As We Should Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and ...read more

Tags: Words

But Words Are Things, And A Small Drop Of Ink, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes ...read more

Tags: Words

Avoid A Strange And Unfamiliar Word As You Would ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Avoid a strange and unfamiliar word as you would ...read more

Tags: Words

I Consider Looseness With Words No Less Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than ...read more

Tags: Words

Words Fascinate Me. For Me, Browsing In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words fascinate me. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being ...read more

Tags: Words

I Try To Catch Every Sentence, Every Word You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary ...read more

Tags: Words

Broadly Speaking, The Short Words Are The Best, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the ...read more

Tags: Words

Some Of Mankinds Most Terrible Misdeeds Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some of mankinds most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of ...read more

Tags: Words