Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 28, 2002
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A Persian king was lifted out of a life of poverty and deposited into the luxury of the royal throne. After he became the king, he sent some servants to the old shack that he once lived in. The place of his birth and rearing. The servants were instructed to gather every relic of that part of his
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 7, 2003
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A man distributed tracts for many years on a street corner. Finally, seeing no visible results, he gave up. When he returned to the same spot two years later, he saw another individual handing out Gospel leaflets as he had done. Striking up a conversation, he discovered that the man had become a
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2003
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OUR HOPE OF RESCUE
Did you see the story on CNN this past Sunday of the rescued POWs? When Kenneth Krueger pulled his
big rig in front of former POW Shoshana Johnson’s home and began whooping and blowing on the horn, I understood the joy and relief that she was alive and would be home soon.
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Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 16, 2005
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A story has been told about a woman who received a letter from Jesus telling of his pending visit. Since she was of modest means, she cleaned her small apartment and took what money she had and went to the store to buy something to serve to Jesus when he arrived. On the way home from the store,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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We often don’t realize the impact of our acts of love in Jesus’ name. In 1994 our church sold Christmas trees in the parking lot. After Christmas there were a lot of trees left. The grower had parked his big trailer on the lot one night intending to load out the trees in the next few days. Then, on
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2006
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Humor: “The Only Prayer I Know”
Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull coming straight toward them. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The raging bull followed in hot pursuit and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make the fence in time to
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Wesleyan
Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 11, 2007
Can you imagine being in Time’s Square in New York City, and there on the jumbo-tron screen was every sin you have ever committed being displayed for all to see?
How horrible would that be? How humiliating would that be?
We all know we have sin in our life, we just don’t want everyone else to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Alan Tison on Mar 20, 2007
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Children have a way of controlling our life do they not – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle. After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica. With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica you gave me
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Apr 18, 2004
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In “Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage”, Lisa Beamer reflects on the loss of her dad. She says,
“Slowly, I began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include “good things”, but the whole array of human events. The “prospering” he talks about in the book of
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
I heard the true story the other day of a grandmother who was going to be baptized and her whole family was there to watch. They had tried to tell the 6 year old grandson what was happening, how Grandma was dying to sin and being baptized into Christ and so as they waited for Grandma to come out
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Christian Church
Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
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A pastor who lived for 18 years in a leper colony tell about an experience where a leper came running in from the field. The leper says to the pastor, “Look, look, one of my fingers fell off.? You are all aware of what happens when you have leprosy. You loose sense of pain, and your limbs begin
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Adventist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Rudyard Kipling was a great writer and poet. Many people enjoy reading The Jungle Book. Kipling, unlike many older writers was able to enjoy his success and his money.
Apparently one day a journalist approached him and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just read that the money you make from your writing
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Contributed by Aaron Hand on Dec 22, 2007
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[A Christmas Poem]
The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
Came to earth for you and me.
The salvation I could not afford
He paid for on Calvary.
What could I ever give Him
That would thank Him for His Son?
I’ll confess, and turn from my sin
And live in the victory won!
I often lose sight
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Baptist
Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
There is a story of a farm boy who accidentally overturned his wagonload of Corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate.
"Hey, Willis," he called out, "forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up."
"That’s
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Methodist