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  • Steps Of Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Jan 4, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,118 views

    STEPS OF FAITH When my oldest daughter was about 5 years old, we went to spend an afternoon at a river. Some of the adults decided to walk out to an island in the middle of the river. My daughter wanted to come out with me. I returned to shore and took her hand. She stepped into the water but held ...read more

  • Winning For Another—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,087 views

    WINNING FOR ANOTHER--COMMUNION MEDITATION Giving your life for someone else is a powerful image. When it happens, it is impossible to miss the divine in it. Even when the sacrifice happens on a less than mortal level, it still echoes a spiritual truth. The world saw a little of this over the ...read more

  • Any Adults Here Remember The Television Show, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,728 views

    Any adults here remember the television show, "Emergency?"¨ That was my ultra-favorite show. And at times I wish I had TV Land on my TV so I could watch it still. But because of that show, I was planning to be a paramedic, like the guys on that show. I thought it was really cool to use the ...read more

  • There Are Times When People Are Not Ready For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,965 views

    There are times when people are not ready for what happens, even though they should be ready. My friend Curt Hatch went to Moody Bible Institute. He paid his own way by working at a night job. Curt had to choose, at times, which classes in which he would stay awake. One of those was not a first ...read more

  • Everyone Experiences Christmas A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 14, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
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    EVERYONE EXPERIENCES Christmas a little differently than others. Here are some quotes I found from women authors... "Evidently, Christmas was an unmitigated joy only for the people who inhabited department-store brochures and seasonal television specials. For everyone else the day seemed to be a ...read more

  • Once There Was This Man Who Was The "Picture ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,987 views

    Once there was this man who was the "picture perfect Christian". Tithes, attendance, participation in activities you name it, he was it! One day as he was praying, he asked the Lord, "Lord I wonder if I have been an obedient enough child that I might ask one favor when I die?" Well the Lord thought ...read more

  • One Person I Read This Week Was Talking About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 10, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,769 views

    One person I read this week was talking about growing up as a child in a rural community that specialized in growing tobacco. Their first summer job was to weed the crop, and most of the time he and his fellow workers would walk the seemingly endless rows with a hoe, scuffing out weeds in relative ...read more

  • Dick Alexander, Raw  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 15, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,846 views

    Dick Alexander, Raw It’s a word I never liked Raw carrots are too hard Raw oysters too slimy Raw humor is too dirty Raw skin is too painful In fact raw applied to anything human sounds painful But we live in a world of raw human need It’s all around us Do you ever wonder how many people struggle ...read more

  • During The Vietnam Area In Boot Camp You Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2004
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     | 1,753 views

    During the Vietnam area in Boot Camp you could have 25 or 30 companies eating during a two-hour period. That’s about 2000 Sailors. All theses companies are in formation and waiting their turn to eat. Company after company lined up about 3 or 4 feet apart. We had been in Boot Camp a little over a ...read more

  • Do Not Become Deceived By The World With The Top ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2004
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    Do not become deceived by the world with the Top Down Attitude management style in your leadership instead be servant leaders. a. Use the leadership style that Jesus role modeled. i. Finzel states, “When it comes to servant leadership there is no better model than that of Jesus Christ. On the night ...read more

  • When I Was Young Boy, My Brother Planted Brussels ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
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    When I was young boy, my brother planted brussels sprouts in his garden. We lived in a climate where the Brussels sprouts did not grow and so they just came up and never produced fruit. However a big leafy weed grew in the midst of the sickly Brussel sprouts row. Since the Brussel Sprouts row was ...read more

  • Lessons You've Learned  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    LESSONS YOU’VE LEARNED Mothers have taught us so much about life. But you have to admit, we, as your children, have taught you some things about life too. Here are a few of the lessons we might have taught you: (1) You have learned that a 3 year old’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a ...read more

  • There's The Story Of Two Brothers Who Were Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Jan 17, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
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    There’s the story of two brothers who were famous criminals in the city they lived in. there seemed to be no crime in which these two brothers were not involved in, whether it was murder, illegal gambling, prostitution rings-you name it, they were involved in it. As time would have it, the older of ...read more

  • Shackleton Found Them Ready  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 4, 2007
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    Shackleton Found Them Ready While on one of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on Elephant Island, with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to England. But he was unavoidably delayed, and by the time he could go ...read more

  • Lieghton Ford Tells This Story Of A Crusade With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lieghton Ford tells this story of a crusade with Billy Gtraham. I was speaking at an open-air crusade in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Billy Graham was to speak the next night and had arrived a day early. He came incognito and sat on the grass at the rear of the crowd. Because he was wearing a hat and dark ...read more

  • The People There Were A Labor Of Love For Paul, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The people there were a labor of love for Paul, and now, it looked like things might fall apart because of some insignificant argument or offense. Have you ever been there? You’ve put your heart and soul into some project or person, and something so small that it goes unnoticed or ignored gets in ...read more

  • George W. Truett  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,497 views

    George W. Truett George W. Truett, a well-know pastor in Texas, was invited to dinner at the home of a very wealthy Texas man. After the meal, the host led him to a place where they could get a good view of the surrounding area. • Pointing to the oil wells covering the landscape, the Texan ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Rich Man Who Loved ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
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    There’s a story about a rich man who loved horses. So he bought about a dozen beautiful, powerful horses. He hired a man to coach and train the horses. The guy happened to be inept and wasn’t very passionate about training horses. After a couple of weeks the horses were getting dull and lazy and ...read more

  • Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 23, 2007
     | 2,323 views

    Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - Stop: 46:16 Senior Chief Randall had a choice. He could have taught the recruits about hypothermia as an abstract theory during a lecture from the comfort of a classroom. Instead, Randall chose to fill the pool with freezing water and then share ...read more

  • God Warns Us Against Thinking We Can Help ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    God warns us against thinking we can help ourselves without him. In Jeremiah 17:5, the prophet tells us, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the Lord.’” And in Proverbs 28:26 (NIV), we read, “He who trusts in ...read more