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  • A Young Pilot Had Just Passed The Point Of No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
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    A young pilot had just passed the point of no return when the weather changed for the worse. Visibility dropped to a matter of feet as fog descended to the earth. Putting total trust in the cockpit instruments was a new experience to him, for the ink was still wet on the certificate verifying that ...read more

  • Jimmy Stewart Shared The Story About The Filming ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lee Johnson on Dec 9, 2005
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    Jimmy Stewart shared the story about the filming of the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. “It’s hard to explain. I, for one, had things happen to me during the filming that never happened in any other picture I’ve made. In one scene, for example, George Bailey is faced with unjust criminal charges ...read more

  • Works Vs. Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
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    WORKS VS. FRUIT A machine in a factory works and turns out a product, but it could never manufacture "fruit." Fruit must grow out of life, and, in the case of the believer, it is the life of the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). When you think of "works," you think of effort, labor, strain, and toil; when you ...read more

  • Fruit Distribution

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
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    FRUIT DISTRIBUTION The Spirit's provision of fruit might be compared to a man standing on a ladder in an orchard, picking the fruit and dropping it into a basket held by a helper below. No matter how much fruit is picked and dropped, the helper ...read more

  • Moody Was To Have A Campaign In England. An ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 23, 2009
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    Moody was to have a campaign in England. An elderly pastor protested, “Why do we need this ‘Mr. Moody?’ He’s uneducated, inexperienced, etc. Who does he think he is anyway? Does he think he has a monopoly on the Holy Spirit?” A younger, ...read more

  • Where Fruit Begins

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
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    WHERE FRUIT BEGINS I believe with everything that is in me that fruit begins with each one of us. It begins with a decision, “I want to bear fruit. I want to honor Jesus. I want to walk in his ways. And I will do it no matter what. No matter what life throws at me. No matter what struggles I face. ...read more

  • On Gentleness

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 25, 2009
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    ON GENTLENESS 1. Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle. 2. Tact is thinking twice before saying nothing. 3. Tact is the ability to think of things far enough in advance not to say them. 4. Tact is the ability to stand on your ...read more

  • Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

  • Spiritual Fruit: "This Has Been Plastered"  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    SPIRITUAL FRUIT: "THIS HAS BEEN PLASTERED" Benjamin Franklin learned that plaster sown in the fields would make things grow. He told his neighbors, but they did not believe him and they argued with him trying to prove that plaster could be of no use at all to grass or grain. After a little while, ...read more

  • I Remember The Monarchy's Coronations And ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 23, 2009
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    I remember the monarchy’s coronations and highlights of marriages and awards. Images of rows of royal guards in their red and black, white horses and gloss black carriages, gold crowns and silk, velvety robes. As the pomp and ceremony captivate our eyes we hear Jesus saying, “Not even the queen, ...read more

  • Road Rage And Patience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    ROAD RAGE AND PATIENCE (From Bob Bob Mionske’s Blog on Cyclists and the Law) Charles Montgomery writes: "The driving experience primes car drivers for meltdowns. They are conditioned by popular culture to see cars as symbols of freedom, yet city driving is a slow-motion trap that subjects drivers ...read more

  • P = ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 12, 2010
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    P = Power R = Relationship A = ...read more

  • Beloved I Stand Here Today To Tell You...the ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
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    BELOVED I STAND HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU...THE CHURCH HAS TO REDISCOVER 2 THINGS...FIRST WE MUST REDISCOVER THE MAJESTY AND THE HOLINESS OF OUR GOD ... AND SECOND THE SINFULNESS OF OUR SIN. Believe me, those 2 things can only be found in convicted prayer with God and prayer is not the easiest thing ...read more

  • The Other Day I Met A Man With Inoperable Brain ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 22, 2010
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    The other day I met a man with INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMORS. John (not his real name) made a commitment to Christ many years ago and has an ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We had a great conversation together. He is an amazing person. And I prayed for him. When I read Matthew 10, I wonder about John. ...read more

  • Size Of Congregation Doesn't Guarantee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    Size of Congregation Doesn’t Guarantee Fruitfulness It is important to note that large crowds do not necessarily mean that a teacher has a fruitful ministry. He may have a “successful” ministry, in the sense that the world measures success: by buildings, budgets, and bodies. But a “successful” ...read more

  • The Root Bears The Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    THE ROOT BEARS THE FRUIT A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two ...read more

  • Pleading The Blood

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 24, 2011
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    "PLEADING THE BLOOD" The singles group at the church I joined in 1978 was fascinated by Mike Warnke's book, The Satan Seller. He wrote about being drawn into Satanism, advancing through the ranks, getting saved, and the struggles he had with other Satanists and even demons after leaving them. It ...read more

  • Sully And Second Nature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011
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    "SULLY" AND SECOND NATURE Thursday, January 15, 2009, was another ordinary day in New York City. Or so it seemed. But by that evening people were talking of a miracle. They may have been right. But the full explanation is, if anything, even more interesting and exciting. And it strikes just the ...read more

  • A White Man Would Come

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 12, 2011
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    A WHITE MAN WOULD COME At 2006 when the National Missionary Convention was held in Indianapolis, IN, the invited guest for the Bible study was a man named Mont Cox, a professor at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He told a story I think I will never forget. As a young man growing up he ...read more

  • Fruit Requires Effort And Dedication

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Jan 27, 2012
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    FRUIT REQUIRES EFFORT AND DEDICATION The young boy stood looking up at the naked ice-covered limbs of his favorite cherry tree. It was 4:30 in the morning and the full moon produced a silvery sheen in the ice, which almost seemed to originate within the branches themselves. The young man let out ...read more