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  • Famous Businessman Practices ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,045 views

    Famous Businessman Practices Tithing One Famous Business man: About a 100 plus years ago a young man had to leave home because his family could not afford to feed and house him. On his way to his future he met an old friend who was captain of a canal boat. The Captain asked where he was off to. He ...read more

  • Mama's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,043 views

    MAMA'S PRAYERS E. V. (Ed) Hill, who pastored Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, tells the story of how "Mama’s" love and prayers changed his life. During the height of the Depression, Hill’s real mother, who had five children of her own, didn’t have enough food to go around, so ...read more

  • A Man's Daughter Had Asked The Local Minister To ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
     | 981 views

    A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. "I guess you ...read more

  • You Perhaps May Have Heard The Story Of Mr. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,028 views

    You perhaps may have heard the story of Mr. Whitefield, who made it his wish wherever he stayed to talk to the members of the household about their souls—with each one personally. But stopping at a certain house of a Colonel, who was all that could be wished for except a Christian, Whitefield was ...read more

  • I Recently Met A New Friend We'll Call Mike

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,232 views

    I recently met a new friend we’ll call Mike Mike told me his testimony Mike believed he was saved Was going through life as a saved man, but not really on fire for God Things that should have negatively affected him, his friends behavior, his environment , didn’t He just ignored those things and ...read more

  • I Want You To Be Challenged By This Story About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,301 views

    I want you to be challenged by this story about Jackie, a fairly new Christian who walked into a major discount store in Portland. In the prescription area she noticed a woman leaning on the counter obviously very sick. Jackie felt an impulse to pray with the woman but, as 90% of us would do, she ...read more

  • One Day I Looked At Myself—at The Self That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 122 ratings
     | 3,364 views

    One day I looked at myself—at the self that Christ can see; I saw the person I am today and the one I ought to be. I saw how little I really pray and how little I really do; I saw the influence of my life—how little of it was true! I saw the bundle of faults and fears I ought to lay on ...read more

  • John Wesley, The Founder Of The Methodist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,619 views

    John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement in 18th Century England presents this perspective on prayer in his sermon “On Prayer”: When we say our prayers… if we do it for any selfish reason, it is not acceptable to God. The purpose of your praying is not to inform God, as though he didn’t ...read more

  • An Elderly Widow, Restricted In Her Activities, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,239 views

    An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are ...read more

  • One Of The Affects Of The London Bombings For Me ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Aug 31, 2005
     | 1,800 views

    One of the affects of the London bombings for me has been to make me realise how precious people actually are, pray to see them through God’s eyes, and the thought that one minute they are here and the next blown away without possibly learning of Jesus or receiving even a small compassionate smile ...read more

  • An Elderly Widow, Restricted In Her Activities, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 2,208 views

    An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: “Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are ...read more

  • The Day Before I Preached This Sermon, I Found ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007
     | 1,594 views

    The day before I preached this sermon, I found out that my son’s class was studying the Buddhist faith. The teacher was going to have students bring a mat to class and get in the position and meditate like a Buddhist. When I raised concern and objected to my son praying to any god besides the one ...read more

  • Q ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 16, 2009
     | 1,157 views

    QUOTE: “I tell the Lord my troubles and difficulties, and wait for Him to give me the answers to them,” said one man of God. “And it is wonderful how a matter that looked very dark will in prayer become crystal clear by the help of God’s Spirit. I think Christians fail so often to get answers to ...read more

  • A Poem By Ruth Walsh Pierces My ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 1,718 views

    A poem by Ruth Walsh pierces my heart. I was naked, and you questioned my lack Of modesty in my appearance. I was imprisoned, and you debated The legal aspects of interference. I was penniless, and you discussed Tax-deductable donations from your wealth. I was sick, and you thanked the Lord, For ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 12, 2010
     | 887 views

    The Pianist An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: “Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for ...read more

  • Shed The Load

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
     | 1,708 views

    SHED THE LOAD A missionary in the Philippines was driving in a large flat back truck. He saw a local farmer who he knew walking with a really heavy load tied to his back. The load was obviously heavy and weighing him down, so the missionary stopped and told the farmer to jump on board the truck. ...read more

  • Keeping Christ In A Cradle

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,775 views

    KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no ...read more

  • Alvin Slaughter: I'm Convinced More Now Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,151 views

    Alvin Slaughter: I’m convinced more now than ever That we don’t serve a god of the mundane But God of the supernatural You see, when we worship him in faith He will always meet us at the point of our needs Dry, fleshly worship is not enough Get ready, get ready to be completely drenched and ...read more

  • God Pursues You  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 10, 2013
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,997 views

    GOD PURSUES YOU God is constantly initiating and seeking man to come to him. Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued." C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind ...read more

  • An Elderly Widow, Restricted In Her Activities, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,900 views

    An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are ...read more

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