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  • Sheep Alive  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Jan 18, 2009
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    Sheep Alive In 1972, a shepherd had brought his sheep into a walled-off, enclosed area for the night, and he had just gone to sleep when he heard a commotion. He quickly rushed over to where the sound was coming from and to his horror he discovered that a wolf was in the process of dragging off ...read more

  • Shepherdless Sheep

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 2, 2009
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    SHEPHERDLESS SHEEP How pitiful shepherdless sheep are! Shepherdless sheep become easy prey for wolves, coyotes, and other predators. They can’t outrun them. They can’t outfight them. And what wolf would be scared off by a bleating: baaa? Sheep are left torn and bloodied and dead without a ...read more

  • A Purpose For Sheep

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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    A PURPOSE FOR SHEEP Sad to say, millions of people wander through life with no earthly idea what they’re here for. One of the abiding fascinations of my wife here in Germany are sheep. About once a year, a shepherd brings a flock of sheep near our village, and my wife goes out and makes as many ...read more

  • Wikipedia On Sheep

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 1, 2011
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    WIKIPEDIA ON SHEEP Wikipedia states, "Sheep have good hearing and are sensitive to noise when being handled. Sheep have horizontal slit-shaped pupils, possessing excellent peripheral vision with visual fields of approximately 270° to 320°, sheep can see behind themselves without turning their ...read more

  • Ignorance Of Sheep

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 16, 2022
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    City dwellers generally have limited knowledge of sheep; not usually pets. “What are you doing with that sheep? You should take it to the zoo,” the officer said. The following week, the same police officer sees the same man with the same sheep in the front seat, with both of them wearing ...read more

  • It Can Be Looked At As Episode Iii In A Trilogy ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    It can be looked at as Episode III in a trilogy of parables Episode I is the Lost Sheep It could be called A New Hope for the lost sheep is found and comes home With a new hope of continuing on Episode II, The Lost Coin could be called The Cleaning Lady Strikes Back For she turns her house upside ...read more

  • Lost ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 1, 2008
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    LOST IDENTITY --- Have you ever lost your driver’s license? --- Isn’t it a traumatic event? I have lost my driver’s license several times over the years and each time it made my life difficult. For all practical purposes I lost my identity. I couldn’t write a check – stores will not take a check ...read more

  • Lucky Dog

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 15, 2022
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    A family put the following ad in the "Lost and Found" section of the paper: "Lost Dog: Crippled in front paw, blind in left eye, mange on back and neck, tail missing. Recently neutered. Answers to the name 'Lucky'". He truly was a lucky dog, because in spite of all ...read more

  • Lessons From Sheep

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
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    LESSONS FROM SHEEP Sheep get lost by nibbling away at the grass and never looking up. The same can be said for us. We can focus so much on what is immediately before us that we fail to ...read more

  • The Choice Of Sheep And Goats

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Nov 27, 2012
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    THE CHOICE OF SHEEP AND GOATS I tried and tried to think of a common example that could be used to illustrate this separation of the sheep from the goats but was unable to do so because this situation is so unique and the reason it is so unique is because the sheep and the goats have chosen their ...read more

  • The Door Is Always Unlocked When You Come Home...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 15, 2022
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    J. C. Ryle tells of a mother whose daughter ran away and lived a life of sin. For a long time, no one knew where she was, but she finally came back, turned to Christ in repentance, and believed in Him. Someone asked the mother what she had done to bring her daughter back and she replied, “I prayed ...read more

  • Lost Forever

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
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    An Englishman once remarked: You need not tell me there is no hell, for I already feel my soul slipping into its fires! Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost ...read more

  • Lost In Wonder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,712 views

    Quote: 4819 When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I’m lost In wonder, ...read more

  • Identify With The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,343 views

    IDENTIFY WITH THE LOST In her famous book and film, "The Hiding Place" Corrie ten Boom tells the story of a Dutch Christian family, her family, who had a heart for the Jewish people. Her grandfather Wilhelm started a weekly prayer group in 1844 in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam for the ...read more

  • The Lost Ladle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE LOST LADLE Helen was a wonderful Christian woman, She was a single mother raising her only son Tom as best she could to love God. But Helen was very worried when Tom told her he was moving to the Big city. A year went by and all seemed well, when Tom called his mother one day and told her his ...read more

  • Heart For The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    HEART FOR THE LOST Throughout history, believers have had this heart for the lost. John Knox, for example, reflected Paul’s sorrow for his people when he said, "O God! Give me Scotland or I die!" David Brainerd, the great missionary to the North American Indians in the early years of the 18th ...read more

  • Praying For The Lost

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010
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    PRAYING FOR THE LOST Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the lost. Here’s part of a testimony from his book: When we begin to pray for someone’s salvation, God seems to draw a circle around that individual and then gets in the circle with him. That is what happened to Ricky Gresham when ...read more

  • Lost And Found

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
     | 4,766 views

    LOST AND FOUND Our tummies rumbled --it was time for lunch. "What do ya say we head-in," I asked, as the girls strapped in. We careened down the mountain and caught the chairlift. My baby and I rode on one chair, behind her two, older sisters in another. The view ahead would make a great shot, ...read more

  • Lost At The Corner

    Contributed by Merv Budd on May 10, 2011
     | 3,990 views

    LOST AT THE CORNER At a 1999 conference in Houston, speaker Marti Ensign, a missionary to Africa, told of bringing some African pastors to the United States for a big meeting. During their free time, these Africans wanted to go shopping. Even though they were in a small town, Marti knew there was ...read more

  • The Lost Son

    Contributed by Brent Kirby on May 27, 2011
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    THE LOST SON A young boy, around the age of eight, lived in Alaska with his parents. His dad was the Boy Scout leader of the area. The troop of the young boy decided to go mountain climbing up a two mile high mountain called Bald Eagle. The boy loved to climb and made a competition with the other ...read more