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  • What God Has ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
     | 1,766 views

    What God Has Promised God hath not promised Skies always blue Flower-strewn pathways All our lives through. God hath not promised Sun without rain Joy without sorrow Peace without pain. But God hath promise Strength for the day Rest for the labor Light for the way; ...read more

  • God In Real Life

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 3, 2008
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    GOD IN REAL LIFE There is this Christian comedian who was sharing his testimony. He came to a point in his life when he was drinking, doing some drugs, had some money issues, his relationship with his wife was falling apart, and he said that he had even beat his small child for crying. When all ...read more

  • From Obscurity To Importance Because Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    From Obscurity to Importance Because of an Event Prior to June of 1815 hardly anyone in the world had heard of a small village in Belgium. It was in fact so small that it was scarcely found on any map. But after June 18, 1815 that microscopic village became infinitely important because of what ...read more

  • A Lesson On Purity From Ermine

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 9, 2020
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    In the forests of Northern Europe lives the ermine, a small animal best known for his snow-white fur, which is his protection and security. Instinctively, he protects his glossy coat with great care lest it become soiled. Hunters often capitalize on this trait. Instead of setting a mechanical trap ...read more

  • From Storm To Peaceful Scene.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 6, 2024
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    Another little me story, I went through a real struggle, mainly of my own making, thinking and due to anger and too much caffeine in Sri Lanka, where I was awake all night and ended up in hospital due to an atrial fibrillation that took 4 days to come right. Why do I share this with you, you are ...read more

  • Driven To God By Science  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2002
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    DRIVEN TO GOD BY SCIENCE The more deeply scientists see into the secrets of the universe, you’d expect, the more God would fade away from their hearts and minds. But that’s not how it went for Allan Sandage. Now slightly stooped and white-haired at 72, Sandage has spent a professional lifetime ...read more

  • A Risk-Taker For God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
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    A RISK-TAKER FOR GOD What does it mean to be a risk taker for God, for His Kingdom? 1. It means opening yourself up to change. 2. It is the acceptance of the fact that there is a need for change. 3. It is literally taking the behavioral steps necessary that will result in that change. 4. It is ...read more

  • God's Promise To Christ

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    God's Promise to Christ There are many truths to grasp in Isaiah 53. A truth worth grasping today is found in Isaiah 53:10, "But the Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief. If He would render Himself as a guilt offering. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His Days, and the ...read more

  • Misusing The Image Of God

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 27, 2022
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    Genesis 11:1-9… v1: as Noah and his family continues life from the ark (likely they had other children) A couple of things in context helps us: Genesis 10 talks about the nations of people and their own languages Gen 10:24 on – we only read about Joktan’s sons, not Peleg’s Gen 11:10 – only 2 ...read more

  • The One True God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
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    THE ONE TRUE GOD "Back in my Bible college days I struck up a friendship with a man from the Far East. Before his conversion to Christianity, the worship of man-made wooden images and human-like deities was a way of life. As a little boy, the question came to his mind one day, 'Why do I worship ...read more

  • A Heart Focused On God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
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    A HEART FOCUSED ON GOD One writer (Warren Wiersbe) wrote a book called Victorious Christian about a woman named Fanny Crosby. Crosby was the author of over 8000 songs including several that we sang today. In fact she wrote so many that she had to write under pseudonymns just so she could get more ...read more

  • The Person God Blesses

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    What do we notice about the person God blesses? The person God blesses has had a conversion to God’s ways. Where do I get this concept? I get it from Abram’s name change. When we first meet him he is known as "Abram." After an encounter with God (Gen. 17:5) he is known as "Abraham." In the Bible a ...read more

  • God Moved The Mountain

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Aug 7, 2025
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    A small church was growing very fast. Every Sunday, more and more people were coming to worship. But there was one big problem—there was no proper parking lot. Many people had to park far away and walk a long distance to the church. The pastor and the church members started praying. They asked God ...read more

  • From An Advertisement In Time Magazine In 1997- ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2005
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    From an advertisement in Time Magazine in 1997- My life is hectic! I’m running all day, meetings, phone calls, paperwork, and appointments. I push myself to the limit, fall into bed exhausted, and get up early the next morning to do it all again. My output is tremendous; I’m getting a lot done. ...read more

  • Prison Doors Open From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    PRISON DOORS OPEN FROM OUTSIDE Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned by Hitler during World War II, writes to his fiancé about one of the many lessons he learned from life in prison: “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely dependent on the fact ...read more

  • Lessons From A Banana Tree

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Aug 8, 2011
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    LESSONS FROM A BANANA TREE I once learned an interesting lessons from a retired pastor who grew banana trees in his backyard. Bananas will grow in our hot and humid Southern Illinois summers. But the season isn't long enough for them to produce much fruit. Some people tried to overcome this by ...read more

  • A Brief Excerpt From The Biography* Of ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 17, 2012
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    A brief excerpt from the Biography* of D.Livingstone that immortal missionary to Africa captures the essence of his ministry…on how he had modeled it on His master. ‘They (people to whom he ministered) had decided to go to Kolobeng, too, for they felt that they could not live without their white ...read more

  • Speak And Spell God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 3,092 views

    SPEAK AND SPELL GOD Mary Farwell of Green Castle, Missouri, told of the time she was listening to her 5-year-old son, Matthew, as he worked on his Speak and Spell™ computer. He was concentrating intensely, typing in words for the computer to say back to him. Matthew punched in the word "God." To ...read more

  • Barna: God's Truth

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2012
     | 1,895 views

    BARNA: GOD'S TRUTH George Barna from his book Turning Vision Into Action states, "Abraham was successful until God showed him that material wealth was poverty in eternity. Moses had it made as the adopted son of the Egyptian pharaoh, but he discovered that the finest clothing, the best education ...read more

  • Calling Others To God

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
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    CALLING OTHERS TO GOD A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They ...read more