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  • Guard Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    GUARD YOUR CORE After a violent storm one night, a large tree, which over the years had become a stately giant, was found lying across the pathway in a park. Nothing but a splintered stump was left. Closer examination showed that it was rotten at the core, because thousands of tiny insects had ...read more

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  • The Life Of Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    THE LIFE OF YOUR MIND "The French sculptor Auguste René Rodin, an innovative and sometimes controversial artist, created masterpieces such as The Man with the Broken Nose, St. John the Baptist, The Bronze Age, or the uncompleted Gates of Hell. But he is most likely known for his work entitled The ...read more

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  • Your Subconscious

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 27, 2012
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    YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS "Your subconscious actually sees, hears, smells, tastes, and senses everything going on around you. IT DOES NOT MISS ANYTHING. It doesn’t ever forget anything, either. But your conscious brain can’t handle all of these experiences at once, so your subconscious brain interprets ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • On Your Knees

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 1, 2012
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    ON YOUR KNEES A young stranger to the Alps was making his first climb, accompanied by two stalwart guides. It was a steep, hazardous ascent. But he felt secure with one guide ahead and one following. For hours they climbed. And now, breathless, they reached for those rocks protruding through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Your Legacy

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 2, 2014
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    What is the soil of your heart like? Is it growing and producing fruit for the Kingdom of Heaven – are you using your life for eternity? 1. Quote: “I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Where Is Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Where Is Your Treasure Intro: Long ago, in a kingdom far, far away, a rich king hired a “fool” to entertain him and make him laugh when he was sad. He gave the fool a golden scepter and told him that when he met a greater fool than he, to pass the golden scepter to that person. Years passed ...read more

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  • The Shadow Of Your ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 17, 2009
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    The shadow of your smile When you are gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn… The year was 1965. The movie was The Sandpiper. The stars were Elizabeth Taylor as the seductress and the late Richard Burton as the Episcopal priest she seduced. The sentiment in the song is that our ...read more

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  • Yours Is Mine

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 14, 2021
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    When my grandparents received their social security checks in the mail, my grandmother would tell my grandfather, “what’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own.” She was letting him know that what belonged to him also belonged to her. They shared what is known in legal language as “joint ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • W.a. Criswell Once Said, Jesus Said On The Cross ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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    W.A. Criswell once said, Jesus said on the cross “It is finished.” (Luke 19:30) What that means is that salvation is “Something outside of myself. Something with which I had nothing to do. I add nothing to it. I take nothing away. I just receive it as a gift from my Lord. And the rest of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jesus Was Thirsty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Jesus said, "I am thirsty." No wonder he was thirsty. Loss of blood. Exposure. Heat. Exhaustion. Dehydration. He’s been on the cross now for 6 hours. The sweat rolls off him like buckets. It’s hot. And the flies are buzzing around him. The crowds taunting him. The blood mixes with the sweat as it ...read more

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  • Being Crucified With Christ

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Aug 11, 2016
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    As I was typing up the many pages of notes I would use for my weekly podcast sermon, I needed to replace some letters in a name in part of my document with "M-E," so it would read correctly as I recorded. I was trying to use the ’Find & Replace’ command, but it looked a little ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Shake It Off And Step Up  PRO

    Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001
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    SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Hooking Up, Hanging Out  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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    HOOKING UP, HANGING OUT Scholars from the Institute for American Values conducted a survey, "Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Looking for Mr. Right," that asked 1,000 college women about courtship in the new millennium. The survey found that courtship—dating a male with the hopes of ...read more

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  • Someone Has To Grow Up  PRO

    Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 19, 2001
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    SOMEONE HAS TO GROW UP “We’re all selfish. Selfish to the core. God sometimes chooses to deal with our selfishness by giving us someone to care for who is infinitely more selfish than you. Babies are not only the cutest creatures on the face of the earth, they are by far the most selfish. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Nondisparagement Clauses Are Popping Up In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Nondisparagement Clauses are popping up in employment contracts. Here is an example; “Employee agrees not to make any derogatory comments in any format, whether written, electronic, or oral, to the press, or any individual or entity regarding the company that relates to the company’s business or ...read more

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  • Emptied Out And Filled Up  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 28, 2003
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    EMPTIED OUT AND FILLED UP D. L. Moody said, “I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God’s law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Who Came Up With This?  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
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    WHO CAME UP WITH THIS? A woman was in the mall doing her Christmas shopping. She was tired of walking through every aisle of every store to find just the right present. She was stressed out by the mounting debt on her credit card. She was tired of fighting the crowds and standing in lines for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Learn When To Shut Up  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
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    1) Learn when to Shut Up . It is commonly known in the world of advertising that the most successful ad campaigns don’t try to change people: they try to reflect how people are already feeling. Advertisers know that consumers won’t respond to an ad unless the ad is a response to them. This is why ...read more

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  • There Are Always Reasons For Giving Up. There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    There are always reasons for giving up. There is no such thing as failure except to those ...read more

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  • Church Cake Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
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    CHURCH CAKE COVER-UP It was time for the annual cake sale at a Presbyterian church not much different than our own. Ms. Billings always made the most beautiful cakes...she was expected to make another one this year. However, Ms. Billings was a very busy woman with the time she spent with her ...read more

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