Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 3, 2006
A little boy was helping his father clear a lot. He was trying very hard but failing to lift a big stone. “Are you using all your strength?” asked the father. “Yes, sir,” answered the boy. “No,” said the father, “you are not. You have not asked me to help you.”
None us us all our strength, live
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration: One day a small boy was trying to lift a heavy stone, but he couldn’t budge it. His father, passing by, stopped to watch his efforts. Finally he said to his son: “Are you using all your strength?’
“Yes, I am,” the boy cried, exasperated.
“No,” the father said calmly, “You’re not.
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Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
A certain minister was demonstrating on what giving is. He showed true givers from the ‘hardcore’. the story goes that there are those who are like the sponge. You need to squeeze a sponge with water, a bit and it will give you everything! There are also those who are the stones in the quarries.
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The meek is like the mango tree. All its branches hang with fruit. Passer-by come and assails it with stones and sticks. It responds by dropping the fruit at every blow, at the feet of those who assail it. At the close of the season, it stands scarred and battered, its leaves torn off, its
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 12, 2007
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It is said that King Frederick William IV of Prussia once visited a school and spoke to the students. Holding up a stone he asked the children: to what kingdom does this belong? They responded: mineral. He then pointed to a flower and asked: to what kingdom does this belong? They answered: plant.
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Amazing Grace was written by a man who spent his early years as a captain of a slave ship. After his conversion, he served as the minister of a church for 44 years before his death at the age of 83. Here’s what he had inscribed on his tomb stone:
"John Newton, … once an Infidel and Libertine, a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Winners or Losers?
Let's go just a few years forward from Calvary. Another man in the prime of his youth, arrested for heresy by the Jews, a witness to Jesus, Stephen, the first deacon, was dragged out of the gates of Jerusalem and stoned, even as he forgave his murderers. The persecution that
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Catholic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003
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I’M NOT GENTLE, I’M ANGRY
"Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and
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Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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DEFEATED...
On June 15, 1815, as Napoleon came against England in the Battle of Waterloo, reports came back from the front lines... The last message before the fog rolled in: "Wellington Defeated." Later that day, their sorrow of defeat was transformed into the joy of victory when then were able
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Contributed by Perry Greene on May 17, 2012
CONNECTING WITH THE COMMON MAN
Sam Walton was in the mid 90s named as one of the richest men in America. You'd never know it! He drove a pickup and lived like a regular person. Asked why he didn't drive a Rolls Royce, he replied, "Where would I put my dogs?" He was successful at least in part
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next passenger stepped up to the desk, he glanced at the tot and rolled his eyes. "Don’t worry," I said to him
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
The arrogant skeptic is condescending. I remember a young man who grew up in a Christian church but was going through a period of doubts. He berated his mild-mannered girl friend regarding her faith by saying, “You don’t believe that for yourself. You’re just repeating what somebody else told
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Lay Man on Jun 18, 2008
Leonard Ravenhill said he could read Hebrews eleven everyday and weep over it. “Of whom the world was not worthy!” they wandered around, sojourning as a different race of men. “Not accepting deliverance!” Oh the stubbornness of their testimony and belief in Christ, they were not willing to accept
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Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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A Fly Doing The Impossible
Prop: Toy fly
I was driving down the road at about 75 mph on the interstate the other day and something happened that happens a lot unfortunately. There was a fly in my car. You know how annoying that can get with the fly just buzzing back and forth in the car. I was
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