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  • Richard Foster: Service  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,665 views

    Richard Foster: “Service that is duty-motivated breaths death. Service that flows out of our inward person is life, and joy and peace. The risen Christ beckons us to the ministry of the towel. Perhaps you would like to begin by experimenting with a prayer that a number of us have used. Begin ...read more

  • West Point's "Harder Right"  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Nov 29, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,229 views

    West Point’s "Harder Right" This quotation is from the "Cadet Prayer." It is repeated every Sunday in chapel services at West Point: "Make us choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be contented with half truth when whole truth can be won. Endow us with courage that is ...read more

  • Pastor Training: The Most Common Types Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,244 views

    Pastor Training: The most common types of training pastors seek are: · Leadership/management skills – 54% · Church growth – 52% · Prayer/spiritual growth/renewal – 49% · Evangelism/outreach training – 45% · Personal skills training – 28% · Discipleship/small group development – 26% · Worship ...read more

  • Mistakes

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 5, 2006
     | 3,070 views

    MISTAKES: “bulletin bloopers” actual mistakes made in actual bulletins: --The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. --Evening massage - 6 PM --Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow. --The third verse ...read more

  • J. Gordon Once Said, "I Have Long Since Ceased To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,344 views

    J. Gordon once said, “I have long since ceased to pray, “Lord Jesus, have compassion on a lost world!” I remember the day and the hour when I seemed to hear the Lord rebuking me for making such a prayer. He seemed to say to me, “I have had compassion upon a lost world, and now ...read more

  • When We Rely Upon Education, We Get What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002
    based on 62 ratings
     | 1,760 views

    -When we rely upon education, we get what education can do; -When we rely upon skill, we get what skill can do; -When we rely upon technology, we get what technology can do; -When we rely upon organization, we get ...read more

  • A Dear Lady Was Asked What She Used To Make Her ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 12, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,158 views

    A dear lady was asked what she used to make her complexion so beautiful. Her answer: “Its all in the make-up.” - for my lips I use truth - For my voice I use kindness - For my eyes, I use compassion - For my hands I use charity - For my figure, I ...read more

  • Mindy Caliguire In Spiritual Friendship Says, ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2007
     | 639 views

    Mindy Caliguire in Spiritual friendship says, “What do you do when you can’t stand the thought of praying, when the words of the Bible seem plastic and false… when you have been doing everything ‘right’ and the bottom falls out? It’s at these times when it is the spiritual friends who throw ...read more

  • Some Time Ago I Was Reading Michael Green's Book ...

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
     | 1,383 views

    Some time ago I was reading Michael Green’s book -’Evangelism in the Local Church’, and one phrase he used has really struck home with me. He said that: ’We have two ears and only one mouth - so why don’t we get our prayers into the same ratio - twice as ...read more

  • Scottish Minister Alexander Whyte Was Known For ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 28, 2008
     | 1,387 views

    Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, "Certainly the preacher won't think of anything for which to thank the ...read more

  • Consider Little Suzie. Little Suzie Was ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 24, 2009
     | 3,120 views

    Consider little Suzie. Little Suzie was finishing her prayer one night and said: Dear God, Please take care of mommy, take care of daddy, take care of my sister and my brother, and please, God, take care of yourself, because if you don’t, we’re all sunk. – Amen! Suzie ...read more

  • When The Body Of Christ Is Rich And ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
     | 2,952 views

    When the Body of Christ is rich and prosperous...she very seldom...I want say never...but very seldom has Biblical REVIVAL...but she often does when she's poor...many times the Children of Israel found this out. But this truth does exist beloved...PRAYER IS THE LANGUAGE OF ...read more

  • More Than Anyone Else Christian Parents Can Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,732 views

    More than anyone else Christian parents can have the most influence on their children, because when Christ died upon the Cross the veil was ripped open so they could enter into the presence of God who sits on the Throne of Grace. The call to pray is from God’s Word and we are given a sure promise, ...read more

  • Compassion In An Inner-City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,491 views

    Compassion in an Inner-City Church Feed the dogs. Touch the dumb, and find faith in places where you least expect it. This is what truly brings pleasure to our Lord, much more than any outward show of self-righteousness. There is church in the inner-city of Chicago that for me demonstrates this ...read more

  • The Lovely Words Of Praise And Faith Found In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,504 views

    The lovely words of praise and faith found in the hymn Now Thank We All Our God would lead us to believe that this hymn was written during a time of victory. Quite the opposite was the case. Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor in Eilenburg, Germany, wrote the hymn during the Thirty Year War which ...read more

  • A Letter Written By Seminary Professor, Dr. R. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,488 views

    A letter written by seminary professor, Dr. R. Scott Clark who teaches at Westminster Seminary California: “Ironically, I warned the students in the doctrine of God class Wednesday and Thursday of last week that they must preach and teach the doctrine of providence to their people before their ...read more

  • Why Worship?  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,318 views

    WHY WORSHIP? We need to let go of our intellectual idea of worship and realize there is more to worship than a sermon; we have to let go of our evangelistic notion of worship and reckon with the fact that worship is not primarily directed toward the sinners who need to be converted; we must let ...read more

  • I Never Will Forget Hearing The Testimony Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 10, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,789 views

    I never will forget hearing the testimony of a pastor whose experience I heard on tape one day in class, when I was in seminary. I do not remember the pastor’s name. But, I can recall most of what he said when he gave the testimony that I am about to share with you. He said, "When I first started ...read more

  • There Are Times When People Are Not Ready For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,874 views

    There are times when people are not ready for what happens, even though they should be ready. My friend Curt Hatch went to Moody Bible Institute. He paid his own way by working at a night job. Curt had to choose, at times, which classes in which he would stay awake. One of those was not a first ...read more

  • Cranky And Grumpy  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 18, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,788 views

    Max Lucado suggested this scenario.. You came home cranky because a deadline got moved up. She came home grumpy because the day-care forgot to give your five-year-old her throat medicine. Each of you was wanting a little sympathy from the other, but neither got any. So there you sit at the dinner ...read more