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  • You Don't Know What You're Talking About!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,398 views

    YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT! Rejection comes in all forms. Steven was a young man that felt the call of God on his life. He came from a really close family. He finished his college and then went off to seminary. After finishing seminary he came back before going to his first church. ...read more

  • How To Build A Ladder To Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 2,779 views

    How To Build A Ladder To Your Dreams Years ago a young African-American child was growing up in Cleveland, in a home which he later described as "materially poor but spiritually rich." One day a famous athlete, Charlie Paddock, came to his school to speak to the students. At the time Paddock was ...read more

  • The Mouth Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,723 views

    THE MOUTH OF BABES Have you ever heard the phrase, "Out of the mouth of babes?" Certainly you have. It comes from the simple truth that sometimes it takes a child to reveal lasting wisdom. It seems foolish but it isn’t! For example: Patrick, age 10, said, "Never trust a dog to watch your ...read more

  • Be Ready, Have A Plan.

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2021
     | 2,139 views

    PEOPLE NEVER PLAN TO FAIL, THEY FAIL TO PLAN AND BECOME TRAPPED TO BE DOOMED. WHAT IS FAILURE? WHAT IS SUCCESS? LIFE OFTEN HAS MANY TEMPORARY SET BACKS? We must be ready! ALBERT EINSTEIN did not beginning talking until he was 4 years. Many of Einstein’s family and friends thought he was mentally ...read more

  • Orders Remain Unchanged!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 10, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,007 views

    There is a tomb of unknown soldiers in America which has a guard 24 hours a day. Every hour on the hour, 365 days a year, a new soldier reports for duty. When the new guard arrives, he receives his orders from the one who is leaving. The words are always the same: “Orders Remain Unchanged.” The ...read more

  • Why Did The Magi Come?  PRO

    Contributed by William Matthews on Nov 20, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,915 views

    Why did the Magi come? They were looking for “Messiah the Prince” of Daniel’s prophecy An examination of Daniel’s prophecy shows why they expected Jesus at this time Daniel 9:24-26 - “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make ...read more

  • Fontella Bass Grew Up In The Church Singing ...

    Contributed by George Rennau on Sep 9, 2006
     | 2,131 views

    Fontella Bass grew up in the church singing gospel music, and serving the Lord. Eventually her marvelous voice led her into a singing career. In 1965 her No. 1 R&B single "Rescue Me" placed her among the greatest. But she was a one hit wonder. Twenty-five years later Fontella was facing the ...read more

  • Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) Accompanied ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 1,154 views

    Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) accompanied Steelers chaplain Jay Wilson on a mission trip to Nicaragua in 2004 and said that trip, along with the knee injury he overcame to gain his Pro Bowl status, has changed his career. “God humbled me with the injury, but over last three years I’ve been able ...read more

  • Christmas Season  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,317 views

    ILL: Christmas Season Listen to this parody of the Christmas season that I read this past week: "And there were in the same country children keeping watch over there stockings by the fireplace. And lo! And was said unto them `Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that is for ...read more

  • Joy And Phyllis Diller  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,038 views

    JOY AND PHYLLIS DILLER A thirty-eight-year-old scrubwoman (cleaning lady) would go to the movies and sigh, "If only I had her looks." She would listen to a singer and moan, "If only I had her voice." Then one day someone gave her a copy of the book, The Magic of Believing. She stopped comparing ...read more

  • What Happened To King Neb Was Unique --- ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2012
     | 2,531 views

    What happened to King Neb was unique --- I’ve never heard of anything quite like it --- a King eating grass for 7 years like an animal. But on the other hand, the spiritual experience it represents is more common than we’d like to think. I remember a father of one of my youth group kids years ...read more

  • A Place In His Arms  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,895 views

    A PLACE IN HIS ARMS Monday I went to Redding to do my weekly shopping and to see my daughter, Monica and the grandkids. Monica is a single mom and works so hard at the bank, then has to come home and cook a meal for the kids and then entertain and care for them until bed time. Then she starts ...read more

  • Fun Facts About The Month Of March

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 515 views

    Undoubtedly, March is the best month of the year for many people. It is the month that can have a new climate as well as events that make March unique from other months. Every individual has something to appreciate this time of year. Did you know that March was considered the start of the New Year ...read more

  • Randy Travis Released Song In 2002 Entitled Pray ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 28, 2010
     | 2,233 views

    Randy Travis released song in 2002 entitled Pray for the Fish. Listen to the 2nd verse and the lyrics. Well, the preacher ducked him under that cool clear water, then he did it again. Eddie came up yellin': "Lord in Heaven, hallelujah! I'm a brand new man! Well, the water got to bubblin', sky got ...read more

  • Vitality Shows Not Only In The Ability To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,050 views

    Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ...read more

  • Go With The Flow  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,798 views

    6. YOU TRUST HIM WITH WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU. Anybody having anything trouble you these days? It’s probably part of God’s sense of humor that I went on a whale-watching trip this week, the week we start learning about Jonah. PICTURE OF WHALE TALE I’ve been on whale-watching tours only twice ...read more

  • Go With The Flow

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,861 views

    6. YOU TRUST HIM WITH WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU. Anybody having anything trouble you these days? It’s probably part of God’s sense of humor that I went on a whale-watching trip this week, the week we start learning about Jonah. PICTURE OF WHALE TALE I’ve been on whale-watching tours only twice ...read more

  • Connections

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
     | 5,600 views

    CONNECTIONS My truck would not start. I tried several things to fix it and even had the battery checked. I thought I was in for a big expense. I prayed for my truck. A friend told me to clean the terminals, which I already had done. But I cleaned them thoroughly again and the truck started ...read more

  • Spirituality And Justice

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,441 views

    SPIRITUALITY AND JUSTICE Quoting Major Campbell Roberts when he spoke at the launch of this TSMP goal, "Two hungers are emerging, a hunger for - Spirituality and a hunger for – Justice. If we can live out and help another find a relationship with Jesus that energises them to live and act justly ...read more

  • Rapture

    Contributed by Darlington Okereke on Apr 2, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,082 views

    Something happened recently in my area that was unprecedented, from far away there was an explosion or bomb blast on a Sunday morning and people inside the church ran out because the whole area shook, window glasses shattered, while in this pandamonium a certain man thinking that the rapture has ...read more

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