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                    There was once a pastor who decided he was going to do something different for a change, so instead of a sermon, he gave everyone two sheets of paper. 
On one sheet, the heading read, “THE PROBLEM IN THIS CHURCH IS …” and on the other sheet, the heading read, “WHAT THIS CHURCH NEEDS IS …”
He had
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Title: What’s in your heart? What’s in your wallet?
Matthew 7:24 
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 
(illustration ) Let me tell you a story of 2 men. One, we will call Jim, and the other we will
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The poet William Blake wrote a poem about Pentecost. Part of the poem says:
Unless the eye catch fire, God will not be seen.
Unless the ear catch fire, God will not be heard.
Unless the tongue catch fire, God will not be named.
Unless the Heart catch fire, God will
                    
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                    Contributed by Wes Richard on Sep 16, 2004
                
                
                
                    The temptation of pride affects all kinds of people. I read of a preacher, Reverend Obadiah Franklin, pastor at Zion United Brethren Church, who prepared a sermon on "humility," and then filed it away. According to the story, he wanted to save it for a special
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 2, 2005
                
                
                
                    Quote from Jerry Vines, http://elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+2567
	“Our churches are in serious trouble today. There is virtually no difference between the average church member and the person who is not a Christian. God meant for the Christian to be different, to live a different kind
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Temptation comes to us all, whether we’re in the pew or the pulpit! It can be pride in our Christian service in whatever form it takes, even, or perhaps especially, in preaching!  The well-known evangelist of few decades ago, Smith Wigglesworth descended a pulpit and responded
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    At a funeral service, the preacher got carried away and his sermon far exceeded the time limit.  Finally his assistant whispered, “It’s getting late sir!”  “I know,” the preacher said, “But this doctrine of the Resurrection is so important.”  “Yes, sir,” the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
                
                
                
                    Corrie Ten Boon, the marvelous Dutch Christian, whose family hid Jewish people during World War II once said “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. I you look within, you’ll be depressed, but if you look at
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some years ago before the death of Mother Theresa, a television special depicted the grim human conditions that were a part of her daily life. It showed all the horror of the slums of Calcutta and her love for these destitute people. The producer interviewed her as she made her rounds in that
                    
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