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  • Answered Prayer On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    ANSWERED PRAYER ON A PLANE WELLINGTON, New Zealand--Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound in New Zealand, admiring the beautiful panoramic view. Then there was a cough. "Bless you, Owen." "For what, Grant?" "Your cough." "I didn’t cough." "Oh." Then ...read more

  • Prayer Changes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,878 views

    PRAYER CHANGES THINGS A lady was out hitting all the local garage sales when she came across an old needlepoint picture that read, "Prayer Changes Lives." She bought it, took it home and began to look for just the right place to hang the new picture. Finally, she decided that it went well in the ...read more

  • On Prayer--Part ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ON PRAYER--PART 2 Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament in the seventeenth century, who is now most famous for his diary. "Prayer is not a lazy substitute for work. It is not a shortcut to skill or knowledge. And sometimes God delays the answer to our prayer in ...read more

  • Trust The Prayer

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 2, 2021
     | 3,926 views

    A TRUSTING PRAYER Did you hear about the young preacher that graduated Bible School? He accepted a small country church to be the pastor. It was the only church that would have him. He was the only candidate that would go to the small church. So they were matched up pretty well. His first ...read more

  • 14 Years Ago Florida State’s Sports ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 16, 2010
     | 1,810 views

    . 14 years ago Florida State’s sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver last year: Playboy magazine had selected him for its preseason All-America football team. But quicker than he snaps the ball, the 6-foot2, 280-pound center said, “No thanks.” he went on to say, “My mind was ...read more

  • Eugene Peterson In His Book "A Long Obedience In ...

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,287 views

    Eugene Peterson in his book “A long obedience in the same direction says this: When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn’t go off and ...read more

  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter 4:1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,420 views

    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1 Believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin’s influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42–43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14–15). SAFELY HOME I am home in Heaven, dear ...read more

  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter 4:1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,876 views

    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1 Believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin’s influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42–43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14–15). Poem: Safely Home I am home in Heaven, ...read more

  • There Was A Man Traveling Through A Certain Area ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 1,576 views

    There was a man traveling through a certain area out west and he ran out of gas. As the economy was bad, he was really struggling. He didn’t have any money and was trying to get home to his wife and kids after interviewing for a job. So he looked in the phone book and called a sister church. The ...read more

  • Jeremy Was A Christian. He Had Been Saved At ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 6, 2009
     | 976 views

    Jeremy was a Christian. He had been saved at the age of 16, baptized, and was a faithful church member. When Jeremy chose a career, he did not pray about it or ask God for direction. He did what seemed obvious to him. When he dated, he was not careful to date only godly Christian women. When he ...read more

  • Bbc America Hosts Nutritionist Gillian Mckeith ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 10, 2009
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    BBC America hosts nutritionist Gillian McKeith who works with unhealthy eaters to break lifetimes of bad habits. BBC introduces their webpage with this introduction: Is your fridge stocked full of fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats OR is it full of fat-filled, overly salted processed ...read more

  • Often People Want To Be Mighty Oaks. They Want To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 4, 2009
     | 1,853 views

    Often people want to be mighty oaks. They want to be seen as strong and tall and be looked up to. We want the attention. We want to be admired. Except we don’t want to take the time to grow strong, deep roots. Jesus says that he want to make it as clear as possible. God is doing a great and new ...read more

  • Follow Me. (Christ's ...

    Contributed by William Akehurst on May 5, 2009
     | 3,983 views

    FOLLOW ME. (Christ’s Steps) It is reported that St. Wenceslaus, King of Bohmia, one winters night, going to his devotions in the snow barefooted, his servant, who endeavoured to imitate his master’s piety, began to faint, through the inclemency of the weather, till the king commanded him to follow ...read more

  • Making ...

    Contributed by Kyle Gray on May 18, 2009
     | 2,165 views

    MAKING EXCUSES Benjamin Franklin: He that is good at making excuses is ...read more

  • Where Our Captain Bids Us ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
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    Where our Captain bids us go, ’Tis not ours to murmur no; He that gives the sword and shield Chooses too the battlefield ...read more

  • Running The Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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     | 5,067 views

    RUNNING THE OTHER WAY Bob Vernon, a 37 year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department talked about this in his book: L.A. Justice, "Our department tried to demonstrate to rookie officers the value of their bullet-proof vests by placing them on mannequins and then shooting round after round at ...read more

  • Let Me Read From A Devotional That I Received By ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 8, 2009
     | 1,443 views

    Let me read from a devotional that I received by Os Hillman: When we first begin our spiritual journey we often make decisions from convenience. Often, we decide what the outcome is that we want and then make decisions based on the perceived outcome. If it is a ...read more

  • We Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,918 views

    "WE ARE HERE" On the Fourth of July 1917, an American Army officer, Charles Stanton, stood in for General Pershing at a ceremony in Paris. The occasion, as the date suggests, was America’s Independence celebration, the Fourth of July. But it was not in America; it was in Paris, 1917, in a city and ...read more

  • Elisabeth Elliot, At Urbana 76, Told Of Her ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
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    Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard. Their mother let him play with paper bags she’d saved if he put them away afterwards. One day she walked into the kitchen to find them strewn all over the floor. Tom was out at the piano with his father singing hymns. When ...read more

  • As A Family We Recently Made Use Of A Disposable ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 14, 2009
     | 1,364 views

    As a family we recently made use of a disposable barbeque. We’ve owned proper barbeques in the past but we haven’t had one for a few years so when my wife suggested a few weeks ago that I should barbeque some burgers in the garden I remembered that we had a few disposable barbeques in the garage. ...read more

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