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  • An Increasing Number Of People In America And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    An increasing number of people in America and around the world don't believe in God. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found 20% of Americans ages 18 to 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the rate of 20 years ...read more

  • Moving The Fence

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    MOVING THE FENCE Millard Erickson wrote, "The church is the repository of grace...it possesses the gospel, the good news of salvation" During World War II, some American soldiers took the body of their buddy to a local cemetery. The priest stopped them saying, "You can't bury your friend here if ...read more

  • Good Soldiers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    GOOD SOLDIERS I am told as a young man Winston Churchhill was in a heated battle. The war planes were dropping bombs all around the soldiers assignments. Several died, but many were running away and hiding and not following commands. One soldier ran past Winston Churchhill. The soldier asked if ...read more

  • Sin Breaks Fellowship With God. A Little Girl ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
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    "Sin breaks fellowship with God. A little girl committed a certain offense, and when her mother discovered it she began to question her daughter. Immediately the child lost her smile and a cloud darkened her face as she said, "Mother, I do not feel like talking." So it is when our fellowship ...read more

  • Jim Cymbala Stated In His Book Breakthrough ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 29, 2007
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    Jim Cymbala stated in his book Breakthrough Prayer, “The God who delights to show mercy is near, waiting for us to call on his name” (page 54).He adds "Today prayer for personal guidance is almost a lost art. Our tendency is to run around doing what we think best and then ask God to bless our ...read more

  • A Young Man Entered A Beautiful Cathedral Which ...

    Contributed by James Cloud on Aug 4, 2007
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    A young man entered a beautiful cathedral which was so ornately decorated that the very sight of it could make the hardest of sinners cry in repentance. He made his way down the aisle of the church and found it surprisingly empty except for a solitary worshipper bowing before a peculiar looking ...read more

  • Propitiation And Jewish Roots

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 30, 2019
     | 1,796 views

    Modern Jews, like Jews centuries before Christ, believed their suffering atoned for sing.Faithful Jews even today are encouraged to offer a prayer when seriously ill or near death called the Viduy (or Vidui) prayer: "I acknowledge before You, Lord my G-d and the G-d of my fathers, that my ...read more

  • In 1904 The Atlanta Newspapers Reported An ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 9, 2008
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    In 1904 the Atlanta newspapers reported an amazing revival of prayer sweeping the city. On November 2nd the Supreme Court of Georgia closed so people could attend prayer meetings. Stores, factories, offices and even saloons followed suit. "For two hours at midday all Denver was held in a spell . . ...read more

  • President Bush Speaks Words Of Hope At Memorial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    President Bush Speaks Words of Hope at Memorial Convocation, April 17: People who have never met you are praying for you. They’re praying for your friends who have fallen and who are injured. There’s a power in these prayers, a real power. In times like this, we can find comfort in the grace and ...read more

  • I Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and you discussed my hunger. Thank you. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar to pray for my release. I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance. I was sick and you knelt and ...read more

  • Bud's Last Chance

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
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    Bud's Last Chance Bud wasn't a church-going man. His wife was. She was panicked when she called me one day. "Pastor Brian, please come quickly, Bud's in trouble." Now, I had been visiting Bud in the hospital for some time and he had never shown any desire for the Lord…but he did now. I was ...read more

  • June 25, 1963 The Supreme Court Struck Down ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 10, 2008
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    June 25, 1963 the Supreme Court struck down legislation that would allow school prayer. The case was Engel V. Vitale. It was a 22 word prayer that went like this: "Almighty God we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country". ...read more

  • Forgive Us Our Christmases

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    FORGIVE US OUR CHRISTMASES Have you ever stopped to watch the Christmas rush go by? Christmas struggles are humorous because they touch at the very center of where we live. A little girl was pushing the limits of her mother's very last nerve. Mom was nearing the end of a hectic season of ...read more

  • John Ortberg In His Book The Life You've Always ...

    Contributed by Eric Schall on Oct 23, 2006
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    John Ortberg in his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted takes a chapter and deals with the unexpected suffering in this life that we all come up against. He tells this story: “A couple come in for counseling. They desperately want to have a baby. They have waited and prayed for twelve anxious, ...read more

  • Perhaps One Of The Most Striking Examples Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Perhaps one of the most striking examples of the place of prayer in revival happened in Coleraine in 1859: "A schoolboy in class became so troubled about his soul that the schoolmaster sent him home. An older boy, a Christian, went with him, and before they had gone far, led him to Christ. ...read more

  • Shortly After Dallas Theological Seminary Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Shortly after Dallas Theological Seminary was founded in 1924, it almost came to the point of bankruptcy. All the creditors were going to foreclose at noon on a particular day. That morning they met in the president’s office with Dr. Chafer for prayer that God would provide. In that prayer ...read more

  • From Rustle Of Angels  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
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    From Rustle of Angels p88 In the book Rustle of Angels Jeanette Gable tells her experience. She was very fearful about her upcoming surgery. She told the doctor, but he didn’t give her any medication for her anxiety. As she was in the holding area awaiting surgery she began to literally shake ...read more

  • Saved By Sickness From Niu Shooting

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 21, 2008
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    Saved by Sickness from NIU Shooting The church member, a grandfather, received a phone call one evening this past week from his granddaughter who was sick and asked for prayer. The godly grandfather prayed and prayed in faith for healing. But she got worse in the night. Early the next morning ...read more

  • If I Should Wake Before I Die

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE A father knelt down beside his little boy’s bed. It was time for prayers, hugs and kisses, and tucking in. The little boy began the childhood prayer he had repeated so many times before: now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die ...read more

  • If I Have Seen Everything....  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2016
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    IF I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING.... Evangelist Jack Taylor was alone in his hotel room in Houston, Texas after a Southern Baptist Convention meeting. He felt exhausted in ministry. He cried out to God in prayer, "Lord, if I have seen everything You have for me in my ministry.......then take my life ...read more