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  • When You Wait To Buy What You Need – Not Getting ...

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 30, 2004
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    When you wait to buy what you need – not getting weary in doing well – many times you are in place for a miracle. Last month we gave more than what we had in our giving budget. We knew that was what we were suppose to do, but it caused our clothing budget to dip too low and Joanne was telling me ...read more

  • Here Is A Story About How The Joint Efforts Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Al Schifano on May 5, 2005
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    Here is a story about how the joint efforts of many, especially in the world of prayer, can accomplish something great. There was a heavy bronze bell that had sunk to the bottom of a river in China. The efforts of various engineers to raise the bell were unsuccessful. At last, a monk asked for ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Young Boy Who Wanted $100 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    The story is told of a young boy who wanted $100 very badly. He prayed for a long time, but nothing happened. Undaunted by the lack of response, he wrote a letter to God presenting his request once again. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to “God, USA,” not knowing what ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

  • Grace Is For Everyone: 3:10 To Yuma

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 28, 2009
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    GRACE IS FOR EVERYONE: 3:10 TO YUMA One of the main themes that we find in a lot (although not all) of Jesus’ parables is God’s grace. Specifically, they often point towards God’s limitless grace. That was a central part of last week’s parable: Grace demands our response. I want to start with a ...read more

  • An Interesting Thing Happened One Day In A ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 14, 2009
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    An interesting thing happened one day in a church where the great American businessman Samuel Colgate was a member. During an evangelistic campaign a prostitute came forward and confessed her sins. She was broken-hearted and wept openly. She asked God to save her soul and expressed a desire to join ...read more

  • Martha Ballard: Revolutionary Helper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
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    MARTHA BALLARD: REVOLUTIONARY HELPER Historian Laurel Ulrich received a Pulitzer Prize for her book The Midwife's Tale. The book was based on the diary of Martha Ballard, who lived during the American Revolution. Martha was a midwife who traveled by canoe, horse, or sometimes on foot to assist ...read more

  • Commitment And Loyalty To Christ Likened To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
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    Commitment and Loyalty to Christ Likened to a Trapeze Artist John Ortberg (Faith & Doubt, p. 169-170) says the word trapeze describes the bar between the ropes of a trapeze artist in the circus. It’s a Greek word, meaning table. It’s used in the New Testament when Jesus gathers his friends around ...read more

  • Knowing Where To Tinker

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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    KNOWING WHERE TO TINKER Charlie Steinmetz was a dwarf, ugly and deformed, but he had one of the greatest minds in the field of electricity that the world has ever known. Steinmetz built the great generators for Henry Ford in his first plant in Michigan, USA. One day these generators broke down ...read more

  • No Record Anywhere

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    NO RECORD ANYWHERE My friend Dr. Roy Gustafson has the finest illustration of justification I have ever heard. It seems that there was a man in England who put his Rolls-Royce on a boat and went across to the continent to go on a holiday. While he was driving around Europe, something happened to ...read more

  • Commissioning Oath

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 20, 2011
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    COMMISSIONING OATH When I hear the word "commission," the first thing that comes to my mind is the commission military officers receive when they enter into service. Commissioned officers derive their authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the ...read more

  • The Unexpected Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    THE UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS When I was in seventh grade, like so many youth at that age, music became a huge part of my life. I was awakened to the sounds of music of Elton John’s Greatest Hits, SuperTramp's Breakfast in America and Led Zeppelin 2. So my hope and dream was to build a stereo system ...read more

  • Start With Just One

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
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    START WITH JUST ONE Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, tells the story of a 23 year old Sailor that he spent time discipling. He spent many hours with this young man in the Word and the importance of being a witness for the Lord and leading other sailors to Jesus. A month later the ...read more

  • D.l. Moody On Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2012
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    D.L. MOODY ON GRACE D.L. Moody was an American evangelist (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899 - 62 years). Moody said: "Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out." He also said: ...read more

  • My Son Peter Was Born In Poland And Has A Polish ...

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Aug 3, 2012
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    My son Peter was born in Poland and has a Polish passport and yet since he’s my son, he also has an American passport. Depending on the situation, he can use whichever passport he wants and claims he is a citizen of both countries. Some people think that they can do the same with their life here ...read more

  • The Lamp Under The Bed  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 25, 2013
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    THE LAMP UNDER THE BED I heard about a couple who received a set of two horrible bedside table lamps as a wedding present from a distant aunt. Since the lamps were so ugly, this couple didn't want to actually use them, so they put them in storage and bought a nicer set themselves. That worked for ...read more

  • Needs Are Different

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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    Illustration: Needs Are Different Perhaps our understanding for marriage is to give our spouse what we feel is best. Dr. Willard Harley, a Massachusetts psychologist, surveyed the perceived basic needs of men and women in marriage and found that the perceived needs are completely different. ...read more

  • Advent Is About The Coming Of Christ. Coming In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2007
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    Advent is about the coming of Christ. Coming in to your life so you can begin again and again. In order to symbolize as an act of worship, I want you to take the beach glass that you received early. Feel it. Feel it’s hardness. Feel it’s roughness. Let this be a symbol of your past. Your sins. Your ...read more

  • The Test Of A Truly Great Man

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
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    Quotes: The Test of a Truly Great Man It was John Riskin who said, “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion. But really great men have a ... feeling that the greatness is not in them but ...read more

  • In The Whisperer Test Mary Ann Bird Writes, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Dec 11, 2007
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    Ill. In the Whisperer Test Mary Ann Bird writes, “I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated it; I had a cleft pallet and a speech impediment. My second grade teacher was a short, round, happy, sparkling lady named Miss Leonard. Each year we had a hearing test and during that test she uttered ...read more