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  • If Only I Could Sleep Again  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,408 views

    IF ONLY I COULD SLEEP AGAIN David Jeremiah, the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency tells a story about Bob Pierce. Pierce had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they ...read more

  • I Know Ive Never Told You In The Hurried Rush ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,492 views

    "I know Ive never told you In the hurried rush of days How much your friendship helps me In a thousand little ways; But youve played such a part In all I do or try to ...read more

  • According To A Baptist Press Release, 16 Year Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,732 views

    According to a Baptist Press release, 16 year old Jennifer Cody attended a youth camp in July 1987, sponsored by the Southern Baptists. She had missed the registration deadline at The Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona, where she attended, but a boy canceled his and that made it possible for her to ...read more

  • Let Me Read A Part Of The List That Several ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 178 ratings
     | 4,606 views

    ILL. Let me read a part of the list that several housewives compiled. They wrote that they were especially thankful: "For automatic dishwashers because they make it possible for us to get out of the kitchen before the family comes back in for their after-dinner snacks. "For husbands ...read more

  • My Dilapidated House  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,248 views

    MY DILAPIDATED HOUSE On his eightieth birthday, John Quincy Adams was walking slowly along a Boston street. A friend asked him "How is John Quincy Adams today?" The former president replied graciously, "Thank you, John Quincy Adams is well, sir, quite well, I thank you. But the house in which ...read more

  • It Is Clear That The Writer Of Psalm 100 Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Nov 28, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,263 views

    It is clear that the writer of Psalm 100 is calling us to look up, and see the blessings of our God. Warren Wiersbe puts it well when he writes: Some people are appreciative by nature, but some are not; and it is these latter people who especially need God’s power to express thanksgiving. We ...read more

  • Fr James Keller, The Founder Of The Christophers ...

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Apr 9, 2006
     | 1,837 views

    Fr James Keller, the founder of the Christophers Movement, narrates an incident he witnessed when he was a chaplain in the US army. He went to bury a soldier who died while trying to save a companion. After the funeral was over and everybody departed, the man who was saved by the dead soldier ...read more

  • Because I Have Been Given Much

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,256 views

    Because I Have Been Given Much By Grace Nowell Crowell Because I have been given much, I too must give Because of Thy great bounty Lord, each day I live. I shall divide my gifts from Thee With every brother that I see Who has need of help from me. Because I have been sheltered, fed, by Thy good ...read more

  • Priority Lesson  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
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    Priority Lesson At a nursing home in Florida a resident group was discussing ailments. "My arms are so weak I can hardly life this cup of coffee," said one. "Yes I know, my cataracts are so bad I can't even see my coffee," replied another. "I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my ...read more

  • Thou Wast A Bond-Man

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2009
     | 2,476 views

    Thou Wast a Bond-Man John Newton, the former slave-ship captain, was so grateful for God’s gracious dealings with him that when the vicarage at Olney was refurbished he had two sentences from Isaiah 43:4 and Deuteronomy 15:15 painted over the fireplace of his study: ’Since thou wast precious in my ...read more

  • Seeing You For Real

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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    SEEING YOU FOR REAL Just a few years ago, Leadership Journal did an interview with Saul Cruz, who along with his wife founded Armonia (Harmony) Ministries in Mexico City. They minister to hundreds of poor people all over Mexico today, but they began their ministry by planting a church on the edge ...read more

  • The Movie "Thirteen" Retells The Life Story Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bumble Ho on Sep 26, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,376 views

    The movie “Thirteen” retells the life story of a typical thirteen-years-old girl in LA. In one scene, the girl was depressed, so she got into a bathroom and start getting a razor and cut her arms with it and inflicted pain on herself so that she could feel better. “What!” I was shocked and could ...read more

  • A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,994 views

    A Beautiful Prayer “I asked God to take away my pain. God said, ‘No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.’ I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, ‘No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.’ I asked God to grant me patience. God said, ‘No. Patience ...read more

  • Limited Understanding

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    LIMITED UNDERSTANDING Suppose I take my 2 year old to the doctor and he gets a shot in the arm and it really hurts. He doesn’t understand that the shot is to help him get better. All he knows is that shot hurt. And daddy just stood there. Doesn’t dad know how bad a shot hurts? Was he unable to ...read more

  • What A 95-Year-Old Woman Worries About  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,564 views

    WHAT A 95-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WORRIES ABOUT A ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received a visit from one of her fellow church members. "How are you feeling?" the visitor asked. "Oh," said the lady, "I'm just worried sick!" "What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked. "You look ...read more

  • Bryon's Story

    Contributed by Arron Chambers on Dec 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,014 views

    BRYON'S STORY Do you know that Jesus is still in the life-changing business? Bryon Widner does. Bryon used to be one of the leaders of the white power movement as the found of the Vinlanders gang of skinheads. He’d covered his body and face with tattoos that were designed to communicate hate and ...read more

  • If It Don't Rain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 2,714 views

    If It Don’t Rain I would climb the highest mountain Swim the deepest ocean too I would crawl the hottest desert I’d do anything for you I would leap the tallest building I’d bear any trial or pain There’s no limit to my love And ...read more

  • It Has Been Said That Christians Use Christ As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 22, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,628 views

    It has been said that Christians use Christ as a crutch. If that be the case than so be it, I have to use a crutch. But crutches are used to for use purposes… 1) To ease the pain 2) To bring allow healing My challenge to those who make the claim that Christians are weak and use the church as a ...read more

  • Satan Is A Terrible Taskmaster. Here's A Helpful ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,411 views

    Satan is a terrible taskmaster. Here’s a helpful quotation which summarizes his deceit: ‘He promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure and pays with pain; he promises profit and pays with loss; he promises life and pays with death’ ...read more

  • Loren Mead: The Mission Of God And His Church Is ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
     | 1,146 views

    Loren Mead: The mission of God and His church is “to see that no pain is unshared, not hurt unnoticed, no hunger untouched, no loss grieved alone, no death unknown, and no joy uncelebrated…The Church is to identify itself with the suffering that creeps into every life, every home, every ...read more