Fallen
I wanted to be the best you ever had.
Now, I am a lonesome, loathsome cad.
I once drank in Your holy truth.
Now, I drown myself in gin and vermouth.
I told others of the sacrifice you gave.
Now, it is my soul You need to save.
I sang the power of the Blood
Then dragged you Name
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2005
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A number of years ago a church member knocked on his preacher’s door and asked if he could talk to him. The preacher invited him in. The man took a seat and began his story. “Preacher, do you remember hearing about the death at the steel plant this past week?” “Yes, I heard about that,” the
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Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
SALVATION: THE THREE ENVELOPES
When a pastor was trying at assure a teen of her salvation during times she didn't feel it, the pastor asked her if she had ever trusted and called upon Jesus.
She said, "Yes, I did that."
The pastor asked, "Did God do His part and save you?"
She said, "Oh yes,
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
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THE PRICE OF A MIRACLE
Let me tell you about Tess. Tess was a precocious eight-year-old little girl. One day she heard her mom and dad talking in a serious and somber tone about her little brother, Andrew. Tess didn’t understand everything that they were saying, but she got the gist: Her little
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
A man, I’ll call him Ken, once wrote of a ‘chance’ encounter in his life. As a freshman in high school, he saw a boy from his class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. He had an arm full of books. Ken wondered why anyone would carry home so many books on a Friday. He wrote Kyle off as a
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Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 30, 2010
Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 9, 2002
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Warren Wiersbe, in his commentary on Ephesians, tells about Hetty Green, who left an estate valued over $100 million dollars. That’s not unusual, except she died in 1916, and she lived like a pauper. She ate cold oatmeal in order to save on heating cost. She would not take her son to get medical
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Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Jul 21, 2003
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I read this week of a house fire in the middle east where a man ran back into his burning house to get his valuables, but he didn’t make it out. He was found in the ashes clutching an ivory idol. The headlines read, "Man dies trying to save his god." Two thousand years ago on a hill called
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jul 3, 2004
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I read a story about a church member who had brought their parents to church with them. While they were waiting for the service to start an usher who was looking for seats for someone noticed that there were two empty seats on their row. He asked "Are those two saved", talking about the seats.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The Sabbath is Gods present to the working man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong his lifeThe savings bank
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
THE WAY IN A MANGER
To the tune of “Away in a Manger.”
The Way in a manger,
Was God’s only Son,
He came down to save us
From sin, we had done.
The world was made ready,
This child to receive.
God’s Gift sent from heaven
to all who believe.
The Angels around Him
looked down at His bed,
The little
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