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  • To Be Like Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 17, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,450 views

    MY DESIRE, TO BE LIKE JESUS; MY DESIRE, TO BE LIKE HIM. HIS SPIRIT FILL ME, HIS LOVE O’ERWHELM ME, IN DEED AND WORD, TO BE LIKE HIM.” --Lillian Plankenhorn, 1946 Is that your heart’s prayer? How can one ever be like Jesus? The secret to being ...read more

  • Serving Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,136 views

    Serving Jesus • A certain family in a Southern Baptist Church had been inactive for years. • The family simply never went to church any more and every effort to get them to attend had failed. • One day one of the sons, name John, was bitten by a rattlesnake. The father immediately sent for the ...read more

  • Only Jesus Can Give This Kind Of Forgiveness!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 405 views

    Bruce Goodrich was being initiated into the cadet corps at Texas A & M University. One night, Bruce was forced to run until he dropped -- but he never got up. Bruce Goodrich died before he even entered college. A short time after the tragedy, Bruce's father wrote this letter to the ...read more

  • Prayer For New Year

    Contributed by Samuel M on Jan 4, 2025
     | 254 views

    Let you find Christ in greater measure this year satisfying your needs, nourishing your heart, guiding and leading you through still and dark waters. Let not a day pass by without seeing the face of Jesus. Let Jesus become real to you and everything else fade away. Let his face be the first thing ...read more

  • The Prayer Of Grandma Jones

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
     | 5,275 views

    THE PRAYER OF GRANDMA JONES I'd like to tell you the story about an old lady that everybody called "Grandma Jones." She had a close relationship with Jesus. And she knew that Jesus wanted her to be a soul-winner. She wanted to lead others to Christ. However, Grandma Jones was pretty much home ...read more

  • Time For Jesus

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,104 views

    Time for Jesus Suppose you walked into your kitchen one morning and found Jesus sitting at the table. What would you do? Would you say: "Jesus! I'm thrilled to see You! I just wish I had time to talk, but right now I'm running late for work. When I get home tonight, we'll have a nice visit"? ...read more

  • A Prayer For Wells Of Salvation

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 29, 2008
     | 2,109 views

    A prayer for wells of Salvation: Lord God, amighty God I ask by your creative power that you would open the hearts of all who hear and read these words to your son Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus I pray that we would let you into our hearts by faith and surrender to you and Lord I ask as you promise that ...read more

  • Prayer Customer Service  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
    based on 217 ratings
     | 3,440 views

    Good afternoon, I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Pleae remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box. It will ...read more

  • The Answer To My Prayers

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 5, 2021
     | 1,535 views

    I don’t see as many vending machines around as I used to see. The ones I see now, you can pay with your phone or your smart watch. In the old days, all the vending machines had the food on metal coils that would rotate and move the food forward when you make your selection. Sometimes, that item ...read more

  • Mistaken For Jesus

    Contributed by Grant Macdonald on Nov 14, 2011
     | 3,129 views

    MISTAKEN FOR JESUS Jeff Walling tells the story of Darrel. Darrel was a forty year-old youth worker. One service a month, the youth in his church went to Hokem Manor, which was an old age home. The old people would be wheeled in for the service. Some of them were aware, and others of them weren't. ...read more

  • A Prayer For A Nation At War  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 19, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,181 views

    A PRAYER FOR A NATION AT WAR Our Father in Heaven, We thank You that You know exactly what is going on here on earth. We sinful human beings constantly find ourselves confused, distressed, and alarmed because of our own behavior and that of others. What miseries result from our sinful ...read more

  • Do Not Hinder Prayer

    Contributed by James Dina on Jul 19, 2020
     | 2,187 views

    Do not hinder prayer. Those that live without prayer in the world, live without God in their lives. “Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name.” (Jeremiah 10:25). To restrain prayer is worse than not to pray. The latter indicate only ...read more

  • A Little Girl's Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 15, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 8,881 views

    A LITTLE GIRL’S PRAYER 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 the baby alive, as we had no incubator (we had no electricity ...read more

  • Hottubs And Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 26, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,030 views

    HOTTUBS AND JESUS “The other day ...as I sat there savoring hot tubness, cracking small jokes and adjusting to the feel of being bubbled over from all angles, it struck me that the hot tub is the perfect symbol of the modern route in religion. The hot tub experience is sensuous, relaxing, floppy, ...read more

  • But Jesus Walked  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,877 views

    BUT JESUS WALKED On his sixteenth birthday a son approached his father and said, "Dad, I’m sixteen now. When I get my license, can I drive the family car?" His dad looked at him and said, "Son, driving the car takes maturity, and first, you must prove that you are responsible enough. And one way ...read more

  • Allah Or Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Dec 15, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,791 views

    Allah or Jesus? Last month I attended my annual training session that’s required for mai ntaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths who explained their belief ...read more

  • Jfk And Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,684 views

    JFK AND JESUS Several years ago, in the Tufts University Daily paper, Ananda Gupta wrote an article arguing that the parts of the bible that promote a belief in the resurrection were “not good history.” His based his argumento on what he called "a typical standard for reliable history -- ...read more

  • The Song Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    THE SONG OF JESUS One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother ...read more

  • Jesus Swooned?  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,070 views

    JESUS SWOONED? One lady wrote in to a question and answer forum. "Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered." "Dear Bewildered, Beat your preacher with a ...read more

  • Jesus' Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,927 views

    JESUS’ WORDS There is a hopefulness in life as we hear and become empowered by Jesus’ words. A Sunday School teacher illustrated this concept of hopefulness in life by drawing on the blackboard two pathways. In the middle of one she placed a large rock, covering the entire path. At the end of ...read more