The man who found the Pearl had already Sacrificed … just in his search for the Pearl. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. You don’t just walk along a beach to find them. Oysters generally thrive at a debth of about 40 feet, and it those days there was no scuba gear. Back in Jesus’ day, A
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Who among us hast not feared death at one time or another? The chorus of a Bluegrass Gospel Song recorded by such artists as Loretta Lynn and Decatur, Illinois’, Alison Krauss sums it up so well:
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Lord I wanna go to Heaven, but I don’t
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Methodist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007
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Separatists?
A church had a sign in front: JESUS ONLY. One night a storm blew out the first three letters and left US ONLY. Too many churches have come to that. (Vance Havner, from The Vance Havner
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 7, 2008
Who taught you how to fish? Hunt? Whittle? Skip a rock?
You didn’t learn those things as a child by yourself
Someone older taught you how
And we are to do that in the church as well
And how does Paul introduce this
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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God wants you to rejoice in your relationship!
*God wants our churches and our marriages to be alive and overflowing with joy. So the Old Testament tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength; the New Testament tells us to “rejoice in the Lord always.” Then in Proverbs 5 in words too vivid
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 21, 2024
[017] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - ALTOGETHER LOVELY ONE
There are times when we feel our hearts going out in worship to our Lord. What is the difference between praise and worship? This is not a sermon so I won’t be answering that question here, but I hope you think on it and that it might warm
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2008
Then God will give you salvation by Jesus here are four easy steps:
1. God Loves You!
The Bible says, "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"
The problem is that . . .
2. All of us have done, said or thought
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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The Rhone River begins its journey in the Switzerland Alps, some 5000 feet above sea level. It is one of the most important commercial waterways in France, stretching more than 500 miles in length. The river that glistens and sparkles through France, however, is much different than it was at its
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
In the nineteenth century,
lighthouses on the U.S. coasts
were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families.
If a man who tended the light became disabled,
often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis.
In 1853 he became the keeper of the light
on
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"Oh, this is a reality, not a fable, that the Lord Jesus Christ is our friend. And we should not be satisfied till we
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