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  • Spiritual Fruit

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 27, 2008
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    Spiritual Fruit I have something in my treasure chest that you will recognize today. This small limb is from a very specific tree in my back yard. Do you know what kind of tree it is? Try and guess. This limb is from an apple tree. Every year this APPLE tree gives Vickie and me a lot of ...read more

  • Let's Play 'let's Pretend'. Let's Pretend That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    Let's play 'Let's Pretend'. Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I'm interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a new branch office gets ...read more

  • This Is One That Jesus Originally Told And Phil ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    This is one that Jesus originally told and Phil Yancey writes about it in his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? It’s a picture of what our church is, can be, will be, should be. One of the pictures Jesus often uses of grace is of a wedding banquet. So this is what Yancey writes: Accompanied ...read more

  • Statements From Actual Resumes And Job ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 23, 2008
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    Statements from actual resumes and job applications – ones you might want to file these under the category of “what not to use” on a resume or application. First this one – it was under the “qualifications” line on a resume. “I was wholly responsible for two failed financial institutions.” That ...read more

  • Good Soldiers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    GOOD SOLDIERS I am told as a young man Winston Churchhill was in a heated battle. The war planes were dropping bombs all around the soldiers assignments. Several died, but many were running away and hiding and not following commands. One soldier ran past Winston Churchhill. The soldier asked if ...read more

  • Keep Your Eyes On The Prize  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,586 views

    Keep Your Eyes on the Prize The year Pete Rose was about to break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record in spring training, he was being interviewed. One reporter blurted out, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to break the record. How many at-bats do you think you'll need to get the 78 hits?" Without ...read more

  • Attitude Can Be Changed Simply By Humbly Coming ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 24, 2008
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     | 2,213 views

    Attitude can be changed simply by humbly coming to God, ready to receive what He offers, even if it's not the answer we expected. The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the ...read more

  • Didn't You Get My Letters?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,548 views

    DIDN'T YOU GET MY LETTERS? Let's play “Let's Pretend". Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I’m interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a ...read more

  • Knowing Your Way To Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    KNOWING YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN The little church in the suburbs suddenly stopped buying from its regular office supply dealer. So, the dealer telephoned Deacon Brown to ask why. "I'll tell you why," said Deacon Brown, "Our church ordered some pencils from you to be used in the pews for visitors to ...read more

  • Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    GETTING WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER "Celente, who is CEO of Trends Research Institute, has the best track record in the professional forecasting industry, so when he speaks people listen. He was almost alone in predicting well in advance the 1987 stock market crash, the 1990 collapse of the Soviet ...read more

  • What Does God's Voice Sound Like?  PRO

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009
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    WHAT DOES GOD'S VOICE SOUND LIKE? Erwin McManus, a pastor in Los Angeles, tells a great story about recognizing God's voice. My son, Aaron, was five or six when he began asking me, "What does God's voice sound like?" I didn't know how to answer. A few years later, Aaron went off to his first ...read more

  • Stay In The Refuge For Protection

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    STAY IN THE REFUGE FOR PROTECTION As long as the accused remained within the refuge, they were safe and protected. [CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL] Castillo De San Marcos- Spanish fort, made of stone, protected town, during battle, all towns people ran to the fort, the town was ...read more

  • Living Together And Divorce

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
     | 2,934 views

    LIVING TOGETHER AND DIVORCE A recent study by the Penn State University interviewed 92 couples found, in general, those who lived together before marriage were • more verbally aggressive, • more hostile and • less supportive than those who waited until marriage to live ...read more

  • The Vessel God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE VESSEL GOD USES The Master was searching for a vessel to use; on the shelf there were many--which one would He choose? "Take me", cried the gold one, "I’m shiny and bright, I’m of great value and I do things just right. My beauty and luster will outshine the rest And for someone like ...read more

  • Dr. Meier Refuses Materialism And God Blesses His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Dr. Meier Refuses Materialism and God Blesses his Ministry In the mid – 1970’s, while Dr. Meier was a professor of pastoral counseling at Trinity Seminary near Chicago, he was offered a high-paying opportunity to leave his seminary position and become the administrator of a psychiatric clinic. “I ...read more

  • Receiving Confirmation For A Significant Event Or ...

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 19, 2009
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    Receiving confirmation for a significant event or activity is often important. When I was in the South African Air Force serving as an Air Traffic Controller, I used to tease the permanent force guys mercilessly. At a certain time each year they would receive news of promotions and new assignments. ...read more

  • Take A Young Man From A Wealthy Family, Strip Him ...

    Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
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    Take a young man from a wealthy family, strip him of all of his money until he finds himself homeless and has to beg on the street, hold him in a cell as a prisoner of war in a foreign land, and turn his family against him and what are the odds you would give for him to impact the world? Or ...read more

  • Community: A Lost Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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     | 4,156 views

    COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

  • Faster And Faster  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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     | 5,458 views

    FASTER AND FASTER Does anyone here know who "Million Dollar Bill" is? If you guessed Bill Gates, then you would be wrong. Another nickname is "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville." In the year 1987, at Talladega Motor Speedway, Bill Elliot set the fastest recorded speed for a qualifying lap at 212.809 ...read more

  • One Life At A Time: Rudy's Story

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    ONE LIFE AT A TIME: RUDY'S STORY Rudy Rasmus learned the family business from his father when he was just five years old. His dad brought home a set of blueprints and unveiled his business plans. He said, "This a motel and other people's husbands are going to come and give us money to spend time ...read more