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  • There Is A Story Of A Man Who, Resisting The Cost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    There is a story of a man who, resisting the cost of oats that he fed his mule, decided to gradually substitute sawdust in its diet. Everything went fine for a while – but by the time the mule was satisfied with sawdust, he died.” When people start feeding themselves on worldly desires and ...read more

  • Do You Remember From Watching Sesame Street "One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Do you remember from watching Sesame Street “One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?” If you are a Christ follower and you are in the company of non Christ Followers you are ...read more

  • You Must Tell Them A Recent Study Finds When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    You Must Tell Them A recent study finds when donors were asked why they did not give online, the single most common reason donors gave (after not having a computer) was that they were unaware the option existed. The finding mirrors similar studies of other forms of giving, where when ...read more

  • J. Gordon Once Said, "I Have Long Since Ceased To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    J. Gordon once said, “I have long since ceased to pray, “Lord Jesus, have compassion on a lost world!” I remember the day and the hour when I seemed to hear the Lord rebuking me for making such a prayer. He seemed to say to me, “I have had compassion upon a lost world, and now ...read more

  • John Tyler, After Death Of William Henry Harrison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    John Tyler, after death of William Henry Harrison … When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge ...read more

  • Computers And Spouses Today 8 In 10 Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Computers and Spouses Today 8 in 10 Americans are more dependent on their computers than 3 years ago, claims a Kelton Research study. 65% of consumers are spending more time with a computer than with their spouse. “As computers become increasingly pervasive in our lives, our relationships with them ...read more

  • While Fewer Canadians Are Getting Married, It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    While fewer Canadians are getting married, it remains the single most common foundation on which Canadians build a family. According to the ’06 census, there is a married couple living in nearly 70% of all families. Even so, common-law and same-sex couples are on the rise, with the number of ...read more

  • I Was Woke Up At 4am One Morning And Could Only ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008
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    I was Woke up at 4am one morning and could only think of one possible person to pray for. I felt no real burden or annointing. I did and went back to sleep. I asked them about it. They said they were thinking of crashing their car into a tree to kill ...read more

  • Resolved, To Live With All My Might While I Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Resolved, to live with all my might while I do live. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time, to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. Resolved, never to do anything which I should despite or think meanly of in another. Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge. ...read more

  • I Would Rather Be Ashes Than Dust I Would ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to ...read more

  • There Are Five Billion People On Earth, And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "There are five billion people on Earth, and I should guess that at any given moment one or two billion of us are speaking. And I should further guess that virtually nothing anyone says is memorable....There are times, however, when someone turns a phrase that seems so clever or so apt or so ...read more

  • Habitual Offenders

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
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    HABITUAL OFFENDERS In the world of criminal prosecution, sometimes an individual has a track record of crime; if so, they may try to prosecute him/her as a "habitual offender." As a result, the individual will spend more time in jail because the courts have decided that crime is a way of life for ...read more

  • An Athlete's Desire Is To Participate In A ...

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Oct 23, 2009
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    An athlete’s desire is to participate in a contest and win that contest for him or her self or the team whichever the case may be. But in order for them to be effective in a contest they must practice. Without practice they don’t have much of a chance to win. So they spend countless hours ...read more

  • Teens Admire...?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
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    TEENS ADMIRE...? Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, ...read more

  • While The Liturgy Daily Builds Up Those Who Are ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 3, 2010
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    While the Liturgy daily builds up those who are within into a Holy Temple of the Lord, into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit, to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ, at the same time it marvelously strengthens [our] power to preach Christ, and thus shows forth the Church to those who ...read more

  • Turning – Story Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
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    Turning – Story of Wabush Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and thus, only on one road leading out. If someone would travel the ...read more

  • Which Horn?  PRO

    Contributed by Gale Lambert on Aug 23, 2010
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    WHICH HORN? A young city boy went to the farm to spend time with his grandfather. While setting on the porch swing, the young lad noticed a cow behind the fence and asked grandfather, "What is that on the other side of the fence?" The grandfather replied, "A cow." "What is that on the cow’s ...read more

  • Our Words

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    OUR WORDS Did you know that the average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking? That’s what the statistics say. If all of our words were put into print, the result would be this: A single day’s words would fill a 50-page book, while ...read more

  • Labor Prompted By Love

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
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    LABOR PROMPTED BY LOVE Bernard Newman tells how once he stayed in a Bulgarian peasant’s house. All the time he was there the daughter was stitching away at a dress. He said to her, "Don’t you ever get tired of that eternal sewing?" "Oh no!" she said. "You see, this is my ...read more

  • Now I Understand  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 24, 2012
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    NOW I UNDERSTAND It reminds me of an older lady, who had no affinity for contemporary worship, who was complaining about a particular song used in the worship service at her church. A fellow worshipper responded, "Why, that is not a new song -- it is a very old song! David sang that song to Saul." ...read more