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  • Listen Slowly  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 3,902 views

    LISTEN SLOWLY Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he ...read more

  • Duke University Did A Study On "Peace Of Mind." ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jul 20, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,796 views

    Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: 1. The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. 2. Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes ...read more

  • Dragged Through Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,605 views

    DRAGGED THROUGH LIFE We live in a very tense, uptight, and fast-paced world filled with hurry. A Tahoma, Washington newspaper carried the story of Tattoo the basset hound a while back. Tattoo didn’t intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut the dog’s leash in the car door and took ...read more

  • Gene A. Smith, An American Historian, Authored A ...

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 26, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,821 views

    Gene A. Smith, an American historian, authored a book entitled, “When The Cheering Stopped.” The book told of Woodrow Wilson, and the events surrounding WW1. Upon the end of the war, people were optimistic. They believed that the last war had been fought. The dream was that the world had at ...read more

  • Listen Slowly  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,561 views

    LISTEN SLOWLY Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he ...read more

  • In His Medical Practice, Dr. Richard Swenson Sees ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,789 views

    In his medical practice, Dr. Richard Swenson sees a steady stream of hurting people coming into his office. He claims that a majority of them suffer from a chronic ailment which has reached epidemic levels in our country. Do you know what it is? SARS, maybe? Or AIDS? The disease Dr. Swenson is ...read more

  • Beyond Our Daily Bread  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,848 views

    BEYOND OUR DAILY BREAD Author Jeanne Zornes writes: As a new Christian, I presumed Jesus’ main job was taking care of me. He led to me a job, roommates to share apartment costs, and a car that ran. But after a while my tastes got fussier. Like the Israelites waking up to manna every morning, I ...read more

  • Duke University Study  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 11, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,870 views

    INTRODUCTION... A Duke University Study A group at Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: 1. The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. 2. Not living in the ...read more

  • Let The Lower Lights Be Burning  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,350 views

    [Illustration] Jesus stressed the positive effect we can have on others when He said, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16 RSV). But if sin dims our testimony so that our “light” is no longer visible, ...read more

  • I Want To Begin This Morning With A Clip From The ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 1,420 views

    I want to begin this morning with a clip from the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen. In this movie Coach Tom (played by Steve Martin) and his wife Kate (Bonnie Hart) have twelve kids. They are doing fine until opportunity knocks—an opportunity for Tom to pursue his dream of coaching a successful Top ...read more

  • Take A Break: The World Health Organization ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,860 views

    Take A Break: The World health Organization reports that by ’20 clinical depression is expected to outrank cancer and follow only heart disease in causes of death and disability worldwide. 28% of U.S. adults feel overworked or overwhelmed by work often or very often. These feelings take a toll on ...read more

  • Patience In Waiting

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,397 views

    PATIENCE IN WAITING Here’s one I am sure you can relate to. You’re in a hurry to get somewhere and your wife or girlfriend, or kids don’t share your sense of urgency. There you are waiting at the door or in the car for them to get ready to go. Now what are you experiencing inside? Are you ...read more

  • Make Me!

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2011
     | 2,784 views

    "MAKE ME!" They had behaved badly in class but they were equally disruptive in the detention room, swearing, acting tough and defying anything I said with a smart comment. Unacceptable behaviour. I have never really had a problem with anger, but the closest I came was in that classroom. Teaching ...read more

  • The Impact Of Optimism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
     | 5,028 views

    THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more

  • Frank’s Combat Trauma

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,887 views

    Frank Bernadone bore the emotional wounds of his time in the military. His unit had already been through four years of battles when they came to Perugia. The town was heavily fortified, leading his unit’s assault against it to be disastrous. A bloody day of fighting culminated in what was almost ...read more

  • Yanking And Pulling.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 1,912 views

    A woman that had boarded a plane to visit family struggled to wedge her suitcase into the tight overhead bin. Eventually triumphantly closing the door and taking her seat. When the plane landed, she got up opened the bin and found her suitcase was struck so she began yanking and tugging. The ...read more

  • Resilience When Faced With Insurmountable Problems

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 2,160 views

    A woman that had boarded a plane to visit family struggled to wedge her suitcase into the tight overhead bin. Eventually triumphantly closing the door and taking her seat. When the plane landed, she got up opened the bin and found her suitcase was struck so she began yanking and tugging. The ...read more

  • Finding Peace Of Mind

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,188 views

    Finding Peace Of Mind Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: · The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. · Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation ...read more

  • Listen Slowly

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 6, 2007
     | 2,191 views

    Listen Slowly Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. “I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day,” he ...read more

  • The Glass Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,663 views

    The Glass Of Water A teacher was explaining stress management to his group of science students. He raised a glass of water and asked “How heavy is this glass of water?” Students answers ranged from 20 grams to 500 grams. The teacher replied “the absolute weight doesn’t matter—it depends on how ...read more