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  • Busy Schedule

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,334 views

    BUSY SCHEDULE Kim Larence, age 42, is a wife and a mother of three boys. She heads the math department at the private John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Texas. Here is her typical daily schedule. I wonder if it sounds anything like yours. 5:00 a.m. Wake Up 5:15 - 6:50 a.m. Wakes her three ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Family That Tragically ...  PRO

    Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Mar 28, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,890 views

    I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left – a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning the parents and the remaining child ...read more

  • Not In Vain

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Apr 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    NOT IN VAIN In Washington, a Sunday school class was disrupted by a boy who wouldn’t behave. He also kept the other children from paying attention. The faithful teacher became discouraged and felt that his efforts were in vain. The mischievous youngster grew to manhood and travelled west, where he ...read more

  • That's All I Want

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 2, 2013
     | 1,759 views

    THAT'S ALL I WANT Here, I am prompted to share a humorous yet insightful Church story involving a Sunday school girl. Given the task of reciting the first verse of Psalm 23 before a huge Church crowd (including her anxious parents), this girl is said to have uttered unwittingly out of nervousness ...read more

  • A Teacher Asked The Children In Her Sunday ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A teacher asked the children in her Sunday school class, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?" "NO" The children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would ...read more

  • In Point Man, Steve Farrar Tells The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,365 views

    In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Every ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Father Who Became ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,939 views

    There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school. The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance. The father settled on 20 minutes but ...read more

  • To Be Six Years Old  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,771 views

    TO BE SIX YEARS OLD There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school. The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance. The father ...read more

  • Shaved Heads Reaffirms A Friend!

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    SHAVED HEADS REAFFIRMS A FRIEND! A teenage boy was diagnosed with cancer and as a result was in the hospital for several weeks to undergo radiation treatments and chemotherapy. During that time, he lost all of his hair. On the way home from the hospital, he was worried-not about the cancer, but ...read more

  • Father's Day Is Almost Upon Us And It Reminded Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 13, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    FATHER’S DAY IS ALMOST UPON US and it reminded me of a story I read about a dad who really understood his role. Some years ago, in a military academy, the students mutinied, probably a reaction to the hard demands of such an environment. The students had struck in everything: lessons, study ...read more

  • Do You Remember Reading This Article In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,210 views

    ILL. Do you remember reading this article in the newspaper, "GIRL ACCUSED OF PRINCIPAL POISONING TRY"? It says, "An 11-year-old girl tried to poison her principal in an attempt to prevent her parents from learning that she had been in a fight at school, police said. The 5th grader had a ...read more

  • The Cost His Father Paid

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
     | 2,197 views

    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • Everything We Do Needs To Be A Part Of Our ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2007
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     | 1,713 views

    Everything we do needs to be a part of our service to God. A young boy by the name of James had a desire to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He planned on becoming rich and famous by making and selling cheese and began with a little buggy pulled by a pony named ...read more

  • Body Of Christ, Citation: Billy Waters, Teacher ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 5, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 3,483 views

    [Body of Christ, Citation: Billy Waters, Teacher Touch (Colorado Springs: Cook, 1999)] After an accident in which she lost her arm, a girl named Jamie refused to go to school or church for an entire year. Finally the young teen thought she could face her peers. In preparation, her mother called ...read more

  • So Thankful  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,761 views

    SO THANKFUL Chuck Swindoll writes: "I recall, as a little barefoot boy with a cowlick of snow-white hair on my forehead, standing erect in my classroom and repeating the "Pledge of Allegiance" one Thanksgiving season. Our nation was at war and times were hard. My teacher had lost her husband on ...read more

  • Jeremy Bassett's 5-Year-Old Niece, Olivia, And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on May 19, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 13,110 views

    Jeremy Bassett’s 5-year-old niece, Olivia, and her best friend, Claire, were participating in a nativity play at school. Claire was playing Mary, and Olivia was an angel. Before the show, a young boy was going around the dressing room repeating, "I’m a sheep, what are you?" Each child responded ...read more

  • Robert Moffatt, A Scottish Missionary To Africa, ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Nov 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    Robert Moffatt, a Scottish missionary to Africa, returned to England to recruit young men for the missionary field. He was greeted by the fury of a cold British winter. Arriving at the church where he was to speak, he noted only a small group had braved the elements to hear his appeal. What ...read more

  • He Lived A Life Of Dashed Hopes And Shattered ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 18, 2004
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    He lived a life of dashed hopes and shattered dreams. His mother died when just a boy. He had to work in the fields to help his family. He only attended school sporadically, but read every book he could get his hands on. His business ventures and political career failed, and he became a surveyor to ...read more

  • We Missed Him. Our Chance To Change Things Came ...

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 5, 2005
     | 3,190 views

    We missed him. Our chance to change things came and passed and we did not know it was there. A dark-skinned little boy sat through Sunday School classes for three years at a great Baptist Church (First Church, San Antonio) but some one missed him. His name was Sirhan Sirhan, and at age 24 he shot ...read more

  • The Command Came, "On Your Mark, Get Set," And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
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    The command came, "On your mark, get set," and then the pistol cracked and the race was on. A fine athlete sprang to the lead, and when the race was over he had broke the state record. Only a few other runners even finished the race. Many dropped out when they saw they could not win. As the field ...read more