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  • Inspect Versus Expect

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 747 views

    There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on ...read more

  • Polish Things Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,900 views

    POLISH THINGS UP If you can’t see the bright side, then polish the dull ...read more

  • Filling Up With The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 6,192 views

    FILLING UP WITH THE SPIRIT Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, "How can I get the air out of this glass?" One man shouted, "Suck it out with a pump!" Moody replied, "That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass." After numerous other suggestions Moody smiled, ...read more

  • Filled Up Anew  PRO

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,349 views

    FILLED UP ANEW Imagine a sponge that has been used to wash the dishes. It’s all full of dirt and food and old water. It needs to be filled with clean water! But how can you do that? Easy. You wring it out, rinse it off, and wring it out again. Only when you have done this can you fill it with ...read more

  • Size Me Up

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2003
     | 2,740 views

    SIZE ME UP When Tom Haggai went off to college, his dad said to him: "Remember, son, God is more interested in you than anything you’ll do, but whatever you do, do it well, for you never know when ...read more

  • Hold Up The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,295 views

    Illustration: Hold Up the Light The famous Eddystone lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England, was first built in a fanciful way, by the learned and eccentric Winstanley. On its sides he put various boastful inscriptions. He was very proud of his structure, and from his lofty balcony used ...read more

  • Never Give Up  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,214 views

    NEVER GIVE UP Haddon Robinson tells the following story. I hope you appreciate it as I did. It was New Year’s Day, 1929, and Georgia Tech. and UCLA were battling it out in the Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech. fumbled the football late in the first half. Roy Riggles recovered for California. Picking up the ...read more

  • Which Way Is Up?

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,255 views

    Which Way Is Up? Some years ago I read about a speedboat driver who had recently survived a racing accident. He said that he had been at near top speeds when his boat veered slightly and hit a wave at a dangerous angle. The combined force of his speed and the size and angle of the wave sent the ...read more

  • Airport Pick Up

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 612 views

    Story – Airport Pick up. Dallas. Saw car circling, over and over. Where’s my ride I thought? Saw me talking with another pastor. Pulled up – You’re Peter? You looked so ...read more

  • Ups Cookie Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,355 views

    Story – UPS Cookie man. Took his own money and made awesome chocolate chip cookies. folks in the office could have the first one free, After that – memorize a bible verse. Boss – you must stop. So he went in to talk with the boss.... With a plate of cookies, Wow ...read more

  • Showing Up For Motherhood

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
     | 1,459 views

    Erma Bombeck: Sometimes we forget how important stability is to a child. I’ve always told mine, "The easiest part of being a mother is giving birth.... the hardest part is showing up for it each day..." Mother’s day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all ...read more

  • What's Up With Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,567 views

    WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more

  • Giving Up Cussing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,602 views

    GIVING UP CUSSING A little boy was sitting sadly on the curb beside his lawn mower, when along came a minister riding a bicycle. The minister noticed that the boy appeared discouraged, so he thought he would try to help. "Hello there!" said the minister. "How would you like to trade your lawn ...read more

  • Covering Up A Hole

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 18, 2010
     | 1,922 views

    COVERING UP A HOLE Katie and I had arrived in Oklahoma and were getting about the task of settling in. We were living in a cramped two-room apartment and desperately looking for a house to buy. We were looking to purchase our first house ever. As we looked at houses around town, there always ...read more

  • Love That Looks Up Is ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,494 views

    "Love that looks up is adoration. Love that looks across is affection. Love that ...read more

  • Get Up Stronger

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
     | 1,533 views

    GET UP STRONGER By the beginning of the nineteenth century, about three million African slaves had been transported to the Americas on British ships. People being stolen from their homes, ripped from their families, robbed of their dignity, transported on ships 3 decks deep, squalid conditions, ...read more

  • Armor That Holds Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,761 views

    ARMOR THAT HOLDS UP I came across what I thought was a rather interesting story this week as I was preparing for this message. It was a story detailing a class action law suit aimed at a company called Second Chance Body Armor. Second Chance manufactures bullet proof vests for police officers and ...read more

  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
     | 3,832 views

    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more

  • Wanting To Give Up

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 1, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,738 views

    WANTING TO GIVE UP "In 1965 a divorced mother of two found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris's steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the name 'Chris Steak House' ...read more

  • Never Give Up  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    NEVER GIVE UP Have you seen that cartoon with the pelican having a frog for dinner? His dinner is not agreeing with him. The frog’s head, shoulders, and most of his body are in the pelican’s beak. His back legs are outside, kicking for all they’re worth. His front legs stick out from both sides ...read more

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