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  • Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    POWER OF THE TRANSLATED WORD OF GOD This is a strategy still used today, because it works and this is how it is still used today: A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first ...read more

  • To Know God's Will, Follow The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    To Know God’s Will, Follow the Guide In A Slow and Certain Light, Elizabeth Elliot tells of 2 adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rainforest East of the Andes. It was the first time they are trekking the forest but they sought no advice, just a few phrases to ...read more

  • God's Forgiveness And The Jump Drive

    Contributed by James Webster on Jan 14, 2012
     | 3,924 views

    GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND THE JUMP DRIVE Most of you know I keep most of my office work in the corner of the family room in the parsonage since we moved back. Most of my study I do early before anyone gets up. However, for the past couple of weeks I have been coming over to the church office early ...read more

  • God Held My Hand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,230 views

    GOD HELD MY HAND As a child my parents took me to church You see for me they didn’t have to search. And when at my grandparents house we all went together. In rain, snow, heat and all kinds of weather. Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, work was all we knew Of the outside world we had no ...read more

  • God Redeems A Child's Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2011
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    GOD REDEEMS A CHILD'S DEATH These are bad things God allows in order to reveal Himself and accomplish some larger good that supersedes or overcomes the bad. Imagine the following scenario: Three little boys walk into a large electrical compound in Okinawa when the workmen momentarily walks to his ...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

  • Coming To Grips With The Sovereign Will Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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     | 3,878 views

    COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE SOVEREIGN WILL OF GOD I want to tell you a story about my friend, Jim Pence. Jim is an author who has written several books. But his first novel was titled "Blind Sight" and was published by Tyndale a number of years ago. Jim wrote this book, but he really didn't think it ...read more

  • Jim Rhodes: God's Complainer  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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    Jim Rhodes: God’s Complainer Driving through Mineral Wells, Texas, one afternoon in 1994, Jim Rhodes noticed many buildings standing vacant due to the shutdown of a local military base. "I always complain to God about things that bother me," says Rhodes, "so I asked him, ’Why aren’t these buildings ...read more

  • The Kingdom Of God Is Like A Home

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
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    THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE A HOME The father and son never could get along. The boy was constantly in trouble and the father was harsh in his attempts to correct him. F: What have you done this time? S: What difference does it make? You always take the other side no matter what I say. F: If you ...read more

  • This Really Illustrates The Point Of God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by D Todd on Apr 22, 2004
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     | 2,502 views

    This really illustrates the point of God’s Provision and how He works through us. I go to the grocery store and get a pie. You will have to try which one works best for you. I like to use apple or the frozen kind that leaves lots of left over crumbs and pieces in the bottom of the pan. I take ...read more

  • Our God Is Still Able

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 14, 2009
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    OUR GOD IS STILL ABLE An officer in the first World War gives this account of God’s willingness and ability to save men from shot and shell when they pray. A German machine gun crew had their gun trained on an angle of our trenches where troops frequently passed back and forth and the casualties ...read more

  • Judgment For Yawning: Is God Fair?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    JUDGMENT FOR YAWNING: IS GOD FAIR? It’s a given that some judges in the American legal system are more severe than others. But Circuit Judge Daniel Rozak-—from Will County, Illinois—-may be the only federal judge who has sentenced a man to prison because of a yawn. That’s right. In August of ...read more

  • God Stands By His Promises

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 28, 2011
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    GOD STANDS BY HIS PROMISES Oswald Chambers once wrote, "Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust that never dreams that He will not stand by us." Missionaries Dick and Margaret Hillis found themselves caught in China during the Japanese invasion. The couple lived with their two children in an ...read more

  • When My Wife And I First Got Married, We Moved To ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 23, 2007
     | 1,083 views

    When my wife and I first got married, we moved to St. Louis where I started seminary. It was a stressful time the first year. I started learning Greek and Hebrew and learned the fine art of being married. I had enough time in my schedule to clean the house, do the dishes and do the laundry while ...read more

  • When I Took My First Church As A Pastor Fresh Out ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2007
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     | 1,647 views

    When I took my first church as a pastor fresh out of Bible College. I visited with a man who frequently attended the church. When I met with him to talk about the church and my new leadership he asked a request of me. He said, “If you agree with the following then I will continue to attend the ...read more

  • Here Be Dragons. Here Is God.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
     | 4,083 views

    "HERE BE DRAGONS. HERE IS GOD." 2 Timothy 3:1-7 Matt. 8:23-26; 16:24-26 John 16:33 Psalm 107:23-30 We all remember Hurricane Katrina and the damage it inflicted on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It’s only a memory now, but it left terrible devastation and painful memories that still remain. The ...read more

  • God Restores Banged-Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    GOD RESTORES BANGED-UP PEOPLE Gary Inrig’s story in his book, Quality Friendships: Years ago, one family had a son who was in the Korean War. They had not heard from him for 10 months and were very concerned. Time went on and the war ended. Finally their son called home. The mother was excited. ...read more

  • Free Gas: God Knew

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 6, 2011
     | 1,822 views

    FREE GAS: GOD KNEW Yesterday we had an "event" at church. We were told to come with comfortable clothes and that was all the direction we received. When we got to church, the pastor said, "OK folks, today we are going to the gas station up the street. We are going to give $25.00 of gas to 150 cars ...read more

  • God Moment: Wow Impact

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
     | 2,346 views

    GOD MOMENT: WOW IMPACT Chilly Chilton is the Sr. Pastor of Real Church in the inner city of Detroit. His church people have to listen 3 times a day to the Muslims call to prayer as it is broadcasted through the air waves. Chilly founded Real Church in June 2004. His community is called Hamtramck. ...read more

  • I Will, With God's Help

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
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    I WILL, WITH GOD'S HELP I read a marvelous story remembered by Reverend Mary Moore Roberson. She writes: "Some years ago, I served on the lay staff of my home parish under the supervision of the priest charged with pastoral care. Barbara took to appearing, first at the door to his office and ...read more

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