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  • Opening Illustration: Song And Clip From

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 12, 2010
     | 1,249 views

    Opening Illustration: Song and clip from "Jesus take the wheel." This little clip we just heard reveals how prayer is only a breath away. It’s really more natural to pray than not to pray. Thesis: We need to understand the importance of prayer and the impact of prayer in our lives. The song you ...read more

  • Don't Just Stand There, Pray Something  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 32 ratings
     | 2,507 views

    Illus.: Taken from Ronald Dunn, "Don’t just stand there, pray something." pg48-50 -Ronald Dunn tells the story of a trip he and his family took to a local fair. At the time he had three kids and he also had his brothers child, which made four. The tickets for the rides were ...read more

  • The Following Incident Took Place In 1968 On An ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
     | 2,087 views

    The following incident took place in 1968 on an airliner bound for New York. It was a routine flight, and normally a boring affair. The kind of flights I like -- uneventful. But this one proved to be otherwise. Descending to the destination, the pilot realized the landing gear refused to engage. He ...read more

  • I Hope That They Are Praying As Well Just As Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Baker on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,949 views

    I hope that they are praying as well just as two men did on September 11, 2001. I read this story in this week’s lookout. Two men were on the 81st floor of tower #2 of the World Trade Center, desperately trying to avoid the fate that was claiming so many that day. Stanley Praimnath, an ...read more

  • We Don't Know Her Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
     | 2,842 views

    WE DON'T KNOW HER STORY They called her their troubled one, or their feisty one. She had wild flyaway hair much like that of a punk rocker, but jet-black. And she was only, at the oldest, a couple of weeks old. So small, she looked as if she could fit in one hand. The ICU nurses all took turns ...read more

  • The Orange Blessing

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 2, 2013
     | 5,129 views

    THE ORANGE BLESSING In the late 1800’s while crossing the Atlantic on an ocean-liner, the English Baptist pastor and evangelist F.B. Meyer was asked to preach to the first class passengers. At the captain's request he spoke on "Answered Prayer." An agnostic who was present at the service was ...read more

  • Five Finger ...

    Contributed by John Browning on Jan 31, 2009
     | 3,218 views

    Five Finger Prayer This is so neat. I had never heard this before. This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives. 1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our ...read more

  • President Abraham Lincoln Called For A Day Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer. His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought. And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this ...read more

  • H ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,015 views

    HEALED Tony Campolo tells a story about being in a church in Oregon where he was asked to pray for a man who had cancer. Campolo prayed boldly for the man’s healing. That next week he got a telephone call from the man’s wife. She said, "You prayed for my husband. He had cancer." Campolo thought ...read more

  • Free Gas: God Knew

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 6, 2011
     | 1,822 views

    FREE GAS: GOD KNEW Yesterday we had an "event" at church. We were told to come with comfortable clothes and that was all the direction we received. When we got to church, the pastor said, "OK folks, today we are going to the gas station up the street. We are going to give $25.00 of gas to 150 cars ...read more

  • Unexpected ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,550 views

    UNEXPECTED ANSWERS Sometimes our prayers get answered in very unexpected ways. How exciting that is! Can you remember when you had prayer answered in a way that you never thought of? I would even say that if most of our prayers are answered in a predictable way, we are not praying for the right ...read more

  • Story: In The Late Nineteenth Century In South ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 16, 2010
     | 1,519 views

    Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of the river in which he ...read more

  • A Girl's ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,077 views

    A GIRL’S PRAYER When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said: Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like Thee. I do ...read more

  • Show And Tell

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 10, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 951 views

    A kindergarten teacher gave her class a “show and tell” assignment of bringing something to represent their religion. The first child got in front of the class and said, “My name is Benjamin, and I am Jewish, and this is the Star of David.” The second child got in front of her class and said, ...read more

  • The Brother's Song

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 13, 2012
     | 3,053 views

    THE BROTHER'S SONG Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for his sister. Day after day and night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy's tummy. He was building a bond of love ...read more

  • God Answers Persistent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,267 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

  • I Wish I Had Known Then What I Know Now

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Mar 15, 2012
     | 5,824 views

    I WISH I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Mickey Mantle’s father was right handed and his grandfather was left handed. Between them, they taught him to switch hit. He is widely regarded to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players ever. He was inducted into the ...read more

  • Ugandan Juvenile Jail

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 3,302 views

    Bob Goff tells the story of his longtime friend Charlie. Charlie was one of those guys who measured his life not by what he was but by what he has given up. He was a graduate of law school and then became an FBI agent. He met Bob for coffee and then said he wanted to use his training to help kids ...read more

  • A Good Start Matters

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Mar 19, 2024
     | 399 views

    I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was my sixth-grade field day when all the elementary schools gathered for a series of track and field events at the town’s high school track. It was a sunny New England spring morning and I was representing Glen Forest Elementary School in the 50-yard ...read more

  • The Following Story Was Written By A Missionary ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 26, 2009
     | 2,705 views

    The following story was written by a missionary doctor who worked in Africa. "One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died, leaving us with a tiny, premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping ...read more

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