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  • The Last 3 Days Have Been Painful. Literally ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 1, 2010
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    The last 3 days have been painful. Literally painful! I was playing with my grandson and crawling, on my knees, through tunnels that we made out of the cushions on the lounge – our secret castle to hide in (I know, castles aren’t normally secret but this one was). The next day I felt the pain ...read more

  • A Little Girl's Alphabet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
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    A Little Girl’s Alphabet Prayer A father walked by his daughter’s bedroom door which was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused and listened. He was puzzled though to ...read more

  • Have You Hugged Your Child Today? How Can You Hug ...

    Contributed by Aurora Alonso on Sep 14, 2010
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    Have you hugged your child today? How can you hug someone if he or she is not close to you? You need to be close up in order to give them a hug, right? Well , God wants to give us a BIG BIG Hug, but i ask you Has God Hugged You today? If not Why? Is it because you have not gotten close enough to ...read more

  • Let God Put It Together

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    LET GOD PUT IT TOGETHER One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was open just enough that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside ...read more

  • The Magnitude Of The Request

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2011
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    THE MAGNITUDE OF THE REQUEST Napoleon and his soldiers overcame an island in the Mediterranean Sea. They had fought for many days to take the island and finally succeeded. After the capture of the island at the price of many lives, Napoleon and his generals gathered for a celebration. As they were ...read more

  • The Right Name Opens Doors  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 15, 2011
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    THE RIGHT NAME OPENS DOORS Mark Roberts wrote of a time when he visited the Capitol as a guest of Congressman John Campbell. As long as he was with the congressman, he could walk freely around the Capitol, entering many areas that were reserved "for authorized personnel only," reserved for members ...read more

  • Come To Jesus "Messy"

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 30, 2011
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    COME TO JESUS "MESSY" My autistic son Chase has this ritual where he has to look at every clock in the house at :50 on the hour. It starts at 6:50, 7:50 till 8:50 at night. I once got tired at night when Julie was at a bible study and tried to get Chase to bed early. I changed the upstairs clock ...read more

  • What Is Not God's Will

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 7, 2011
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    WHAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL Sometimes we want things we know is not God's will. Jay Kesler wrote of a time when he caused an auto accident. He prayed that it did not happen, but it did. I know how the young Jay Kesler felt. I've done things that I wanted to undo and said things that I wanted to ...read more

  • God Bless America: Be Specific

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 13, 2011
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    GOD BLESS AMERICA: BE SPECIFIC The blind man's first request is for Jesus to have mercy on him. Jesus asks him specifically, "What do you want me to do for you?" He answers specifically, "Lord, I want to see." "God bless America," is a very general prayer. It may be as specific a prayer as ...read more

  • Dave Fredrick's -- From The Vineyard - 30-Second ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 29, 2011
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    Dave Fredrick's -- From the Vineyard - 30-Second Healing Prayer Exercise Welcome! We are going to begin by taking a little time to pray for physical healing. If you are here for the first time, I promise you, it looks nothing like TV! No one is going to yell at you, push you, or anything else ...read more

  • Praying He Prayed  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Mar 28, 2012
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    "PRAYING HE PRAYED" The Characteristic of the prayer of Elijah was his FERVENCY. He prayed fervently. He used that particular Hebrew idiom - "praying he prayed." In other words when he prayed he got down to business. Remember that the prayer of a righteous man is of great force when energized - ...read more

  • Pray First In Community

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
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    PRAY FIRST IN COMMUNITY Daniel Henderson: "In our culture of rugged individualism we have come to the conclusion that it is better to pray alone than with others.  Unfortunately, most of us never learn to do either one very well.  Like most disciplines of ...read more

  • Restore Your Passion

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
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    RESTORE YOUR PASSION Two strangers, a man and a woman, meet for the first time and instantaneously a spark of interest is ignited. They begin meeting once a week for dinner. But that isn’t enough. Their growing interest in one another demands more contact. Result: their telephone bill soars. They ...read more

  • Listening To God Compared To Listening To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2012
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    LISTENING TO GOD COMPARED TO LISTENING TO THE DOCTOR We should treat prayer for what it is, a two way conversation with God, and learn to be quiet long enough for him to get a word in edge ways. Nicky Gumbel, in his book Questions of Life compares it to a visit to the doctor, he writes “Suppose I ...read more

  • Look Up In Your Heart  PRO

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012
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    LOOK UP IN YOUR HEART A.W. Tozer reminds us, "You may be still with arthritis so that you can’t even get on your knees to pray, but you can look up in your heart, for prayer isn’t a matter of getting on your knees. Prayer is the elevation of the heart to God and that is all a man needs to praise, ...read more

  • There's A Man Named George Raindrop, An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a man named George Raindrop, an interesting name. He Wrote a book called "No Common Task." It’s got one interesting event in it that I want to relate it to you. In the book he tells about a nurse and how this nurse taught a man to pray and literally changed the man’s entire life. ...read more

  • It Takes More Than Just One Pastor In The Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It takes more than just one pastor in the church to maintain a spiritual hospital where lost souls can be born again, receive a powerful thirst for the Word of God and learn to say “Jesus teach me to pray.” Jesus knew this and that is why in today’s Scripture He exhorts us to pray for laborers for ...read more

  • The Pastor Of New Spring Community Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Pastor of New Spring Community Church in Anderson, South Carolina wrote about a burden that was upon his heart in regard to the unBiblical way churches function today. He wrote, “If you operated an airplane like most churches operate today, you would have a pilot and his crew in the cockpit, ...read more

  • Faith Is Like This – You Are A Paratrooper. You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Faith is like this – You are a paratrooper. You learn how to pack your chute. You crease the silk in just the right way, making sure that all the lines of the chute are not tangled. You fold it and pack it perfectly. You get in the plane and you fly to the drop zone. You hook up and wait for the ...read more

  • Robert Lewis Was George Washington's Private ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ROBERT LEWIS WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON’S PRIVATE SECRETARY. DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESIDENCY, HE SAID THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY WITNESSED WASHINGTON’S PRIVATE DEVOTIONS, BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. HE SAW HIM IN A KNEELING POSTURE, WITH AN OPEN BIBLE BEFORE HIM; AND HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED SUCH WAS ...read more