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  • Christians Give In Too Easily To The Devil In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Christians Give In Too Easily to the Devil in Spiritual Warfare In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then ...read more

  • Faith Like That

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jul 2, 2012
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    FAITH LIKE THAT The bishop's car ran out of petrol. His wife, who was a passenger remembered seeing a garage half a mile back down the road. He got out the car and started to search the boot of the car for a container, but the only one he could find was his baby grandson's potty - so that had to ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • The Story Of Walt Disney

    Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Jun 7, 2008
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    The Story of Walt Disney A young man with an artistic talent was born in 1901. He tried to get a business going in 1919 and it crashed in less than a month. Later in 1923 he was at it again but it lasted less than a year and went under. Walt went from investor to investor with a sketch of a mouse ...read more

  • Good And Evil Kidneys

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 12, 2009
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    GOOD AND EVIL KIDNEYS According to the Talmud, "Our Rabbis taught: Man has two kidneys, one of which prompts him to good, the other to evil; and it is natural to suppose that the good one is on his right side and the bad one on his left, as it is written, ’A wise man’s ...read more

  • My Therapist Told Me The Way To Achieve True ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms ...read more

  • If We Could Make A Great Bonfire Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "If we could make a great bonfire of the thousands of laws we have in this country, and start all over again with only the Golden Rule and the Ten ...read more

  • Stop Procrastinating I Have Only To See Those ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 1,947 views

    "Stop procrastinating I have only to see those words and Im jerked into starting immediately, because I know only too well from personal experience ...read more

  • Better Opportunities

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 18, 2009
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    BETTER OPPORTUNITIES Pastor Greg Laurie preaches to thousands at Harvest Crusades, but Greg started in ministry as a janitor at a church. Our purpose in life may not seem big, but if we are ...read more

  • The Quartz Hill Football Team Won The Cif ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2008
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    The Quartz Hill football team won the CIF Championship. The head coach, Pat Degnan, told his team all year, "Its not the X's and the O, but the Jimmy's and the Joe's." In other words, plays don't win football games; players do. In the same way, church doctrines and programs do ...read more

  • The Hitchhiker

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 3, 2011
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    THE HITCHHIKER There was a man the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no cars were passing. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car coming towards him and stop. Without further ...read more

  • Your First Love

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 28, 2011
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    YOUR FIRST LOVE Jesus' first remedy for the Church in Ephesus was too "REMEMBER." Rev. 2:5 says, "Remember therefore from where you are fallen..." Remember what it was like during the honeymoon stage? Go back in your mind to a time when passion prevailed in your spiritual life. Relive it and ...read more

  • Irresponsibility

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 5, 2012
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    Bill Hybel’s in His book “Making Life Work” states this about this kind of mindset – he words it this way: 1. “Some way, some day my life will improve. Some way, someday I’ll drift into more satisfying circumstances. Some way, some day what I want will come to be. Built on the fantasy that rewards ...read more

  • Mvp Praises God For World Series

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    MVP PRAISES GOD FOR WORLD SERIES A number of years ago, Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named "The most valuable player of the series." One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the 9th ...read more

  • Patience  PRO

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
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    Patience This past week I read about a first-grade teacher who was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess, so they got more and more restless and hyperactive as the day wore on. The teacher couldn’t wait for the bell to ring at 3 ...read more

  • Ready Or Not, Here I Quit

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 18, 2021
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    I do not quit easily. When I start a project, I like to work until it's finished. I hate to quit before something is completed. One thing I have learned through the years is not to start something unless I have the time and resources to finish it. How many projects I started in the past and ...read more

  • Back In The Saddle Finally

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 17, 2026
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    After about three months of wrestling with a variety of bug thingamajigs, I ended up with a case of acute bronchitis. Believe me; it was not really cute at all. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I, during that time, competed in a coughing and sneezing contest. Unfortunately, she won the ...read more

  • Bob Russell Says, "When We Sin We Feel Dirty. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 19, 2002
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    Bob Russell says, “When we sin we feel dirty. We feel like we need a spiritual bath. Baptism provides this wonderful sense of cleansing and ...read more

  • Any Housewife Knows That The Best Way To Reme...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 28, 2010
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    Any housewife knows that the best way to remember the things she meant to do and forgot is to start praying. They will come to her mind to divert her from prayer. The devil will let a ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Was Trying To Demonstrate ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
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    A Sunday school teacher was trying to demonstrate the difference between right and wrong to her young teen class. She chose stealing for her example. The teacher said: "All right let’s use this example. If I were to go into a man’s pocket and take his wallet with all his ...read more