Contributed by David Browne on Dec 9, 2000
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The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied, "Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 6, 2001
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One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
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The year was 1934. The place was Charlotte, NC. The evangelist was Mordecai Ham. The city was deeply moved by God, and a farmer’s son named Billy Graham was saved in that revival. The secret was that a group of business men gathered at Billy Graham’s father’s farm and prayed for revival for an
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 29, 2002
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While driving to church on Easter Sunday two years ago, I told my children the Easter story.
"This is the day we celebrate Jesus coming back to life," I explained.
Right away, my 3-year-old son, Kevin, piped up from the back seat, "Will He be in church today?"
[Christ’s Alive and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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There was a little boy who was kneeling by his bed with his mom to say his nighttime prayers. He began to shout to the top of his lungs, “Dear God, I’ve been real good this year so please let me get a new bicycle for my birthday.” His mom said, “Son, God’s not deaf; you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2003
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The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied, "Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
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A fifteen-year-old boy came bounding into the house and found his mom in bed. He asked if she were sick or something. He was truly concerned. Mom replied that, as a matter of fact, she didn’t feel too well. The son replied, “Well, don’t worry a bit about dinner. I’ll be happy to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2005
Bob Woods tells the story of a couple who took their son, 11, and daughter, 7, to Carlsbad Caverns. As always, when the tour reached the deepest point in the cavern, the guide turned off all the lights to dramatize how completely dark and silent it is below the earth’s surface. The little girl,
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
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The Emperors club is a movie about this clash between doing what is right and what will increase power and significance. The teacher has a young Senator's Son (Cedrick), who is a leader. After a brief turn in the right direction Cedrick decides to cheat to win the schools greatest honor. As
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Contributed by Ben Randall on Feb 4, 2007
When Woody Hays came to coach football at Ohio State, he had been coaching at Denison University in Ohio, and his new surroundings took him by surprise.
He says that when he stood in the 86,000 seat stadium of OSU it shook him. - He brought his young son with him, who was holding his hand
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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Watchman Nee:
"An obedient will and a harmonious will are very different. Obedience is related to actions, whereas harmony is related to character. The obedient will of a servant is seen in carrying out every order of his master.
"But the harmonious will is shown in the son who knows the father’s
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Pentecostal
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A friend of mine was comfortable as the senior pastor in a local church in the Midwest. The church paid well, took great care of his family, and he was positioned to advance in his denominational movement. However, one night he attended a camp service and was listening to a missionary speaker and
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Holiness
Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 2, 2010
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WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?
"As to my sin, I hear its harsh accusings no more when I hear Jesus cry, 'Why hast thou forsaken me?' I know that I deserve the deepest hell at the hand of God's vengeance; but I am not afraid. He will never forsake me, for he forsook his Son on my behalf. I
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "It is… in the Book of Proverbs that the high place which the mother occupied in the Hebrew's estimation is specially indicated. Her teachings are constantly enjoined as being of equal weight with those of the father. The first verse after the introduction to
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Contributed by David Tack on Mar 28, 2011
Jesus Christ: The carpenter, who offended so many, is the disguised Son of God, full of majestic power and condescension. We marvel, not that He performed miracles, but rather that He performed so few. He who could have stormed the citadels of men with mighty battalions of angels, let men spit
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2007
One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2007
One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have
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