Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 21, 2006
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Returning Thanks is a LEARNED Trait.
We are not born grateful creatures. Take a baby for just a little while and you’ll probably hold in your arms what could be best described as a schizophrenic! One minute cooing, the next crying; one minute silent, the next screaming; one minute friendly
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
Quote: Peter Marshall:
• "You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period.
• You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do.
• You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do.
• But why not take the Pilot on boar;
• Who knows the nature of your sealed
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
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The tension between a Christian and SOCIETY is highlighted in the story Tony Compolo relates as a child who entered his house, not knowing the PREACHER was VISITING. Seeing his Mom, the boy came running in holding a RAT by the TAIL. With obvious EXCITEMENT he choked out: “Look, Mom! Look at
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
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Quote: J. C. Ryle’s observations on holy living still apply to all believers living in a world hostile to Christianity:
A holy man will follow after spiritual-mindedness. He will endeavor to set his affections entirely on things above, and to hold things on earth with a very loose hand. He will not
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Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
“Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If you hoard a thing
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Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
You may have heard of the Sunday school teacher who was just totally fed up with the misbehavior of one of her students. And finally she just lost it and she grabbed him and shook him as hard as she could and she said, Billy, I think the devil’s got ahold of you. And through chattering teeth
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 30, 2020
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There are 2 times when a deer develops tremendous thirst - one is when he is running from danger, the other is when he is facing an opponent in combat. When he is hunted, he will take to the river and stay submerged as long as he can hold his breath. He will then swim downstream in the middle so
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023
A "stronghold" is a mind-set that holds you hostage. It makes you believe that you are hopelessly locked in a situation, that you are powerless to change.
That’s when you hear people saying, “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” The only reason you say, “I can’t,” when God says, “You can” is
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 5, 2025
[121]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FROM WHERE DID GOD ORIGINATE?
The real title of this poem is HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER but the title is too long for SermonCentral to accept, so I changed the title.
This is a dialogue poem. There are 4 speakers. Speaker 1 is a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2001
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When a big time professional athlete (like Shaq or Jordan) commits to a team, he signs a contract which binds him to the team. Following this action there is usually a press confrence to announce the newly formed allegiance. They make the announcement, someone from the organization holds up a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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PURE AS IVORY
Early in her career, adult film star Marilyn Chambers appeared on Ivory Snow boxes, holding a sweet baby. As her screen popularity in X-rated movies grew, Ivory sought out a cover girl that better reflected its image of 99 44/100% purity.
Are you a good cover model for God’s
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 15, 2002
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[Sunday School]
When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8.
In the late 1700’s "Sabbath (or Sunday) School Societies" were started here and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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CHRISTMAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly non-memorable songs such as "Winter Wonderland," "Frosty the Snowman"
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 28, 2003
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Bob Carlyle, who sang Butterfly Kisses a few years back, also sang these words in the song Heaven: “Sometimes this tired old world starts bringing my heart down, but you gotta bear the cross if you want to wear the crown.” To have reward, you must first undergo hard times. Jesus told us that we too
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 9, 2005
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There was a show once called “Amos and Andy” in that show there was a big man who would slap Andy across the chest whenever they met. Finally, Andy got enough of it and said to Amos, “I am fixed for him. I put a stick of dynamite in my vest pocket and the next time he slaps me he is going to get
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