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  • For Sheep To Relax

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    FOR SHEEP TO RELAX Philip Keller says that in order for sheep to lie down, four things are required: First, they must be free from all fear. Sheep are very easily frightened. A stray jackrabbit jumping out from behind a bush can stampede a whole flock. When one startled sheep runs in fright, all ...read more

  • The Tailor's Needle

    Contributed by Jacob Kutty on May 30, 2008
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    THE TAILOR'S NEEDLE A tailor was at work. He took a piece of cloth and with a pair of shining, costly, scissors, he cut the cloth into various bits. Then he put the pair of scissors at his feet. Then he took a small needle and thread and started to sew the bits of cloth, into a fine shirt. When ...read more

  • Victoriously Living Over The Flesh  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Victoriously Living Over the Flesh Romans 8:12-14, "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, ...read more

  • According To Tradition, This Is How An Eskimo ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Oct 13, 2008
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    According to tradition, this is how an Eskimo hunter kills a wolf. First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. He then adds layer after layer of blood until the blade is completely concealed by the frozen blood. Next, the hunter fixes his knife in the ...read more

  • You Ever Heard Of The Game Show Lets Make A Deal? ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 14, 2008
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    You ever heard of the game show lets make a deal? Let’s play it for a minute. Suitcase #1 you have the entire world all the people possessions, money, power. 2. You can do anything you want, have anything you want, live anywhere you want, travel anywhere you want. 3. Sounds pretty good, ...read more

  • How To Get A Sheep To Lie Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    HOW TO GET A SHEEP TO LIE DOWN Philip Keller says that in order for sheep to lie down, four things are required: 1. Sheep must be free from all fear. Sheep are very easily frightened. A stray jackrabbit jumping out from behind a bush can stampede a whole flock. When one startled sheep runs in ...read more

  • God Summons Us To Seek Our Best Creative Selves. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    "God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken to the creative possibilities of ...read more

  • He Endured To The End

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    HE ENDURED TO THE END We need to possess an enduring love. Endurance: the power to withstand hardship or stress, to keep on going despite all setbacks. I recently heard of a Leicester women who, after having four children, started running then entered marathons. This year, she is running the ...read more

  • So Be Careful How You Live. Don't Live Like ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    “So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do” (Eph. 5:15-17). To ignore that is to court disaster. The Winter 1991 issue of the ...read more

  • God Is A Jealous God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more

  • One Man That I Remember From Several Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 23, 2009
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    One man that I remember from several years ago talked about his drinking. He like to go to the bar after work and throw back a few brews at the end of the week. Sometimes he would get a little intoxicated but he wasn’t an alcoholic. At one point he felt the Lord telling him to give it up. He didn’t ...read more

  • The Scripture Texts We Will Be Looking At Today ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    The Scripture texts we will be looking at today continue to paint a portrait of two lives. These two life stories communicate to us today the importance of having integrity and a strong relationship with the Lord. David’s story shows how he was a man after God’s own heart. The result of this ...read more

  • Joy And Phyllis Diller  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    JOY AND PHYLLIS DILLER A thirty-eight-year-old scrubwoman (cleaning lady) would go to the movies and sigh, "If only I had her looks." She would listen to a singer and moan, "If only I had her voice." Then one day someone gave her a copy of the book, The Magic of Believing. She stopped comparing ...read more

  • Hurricane Katrina--Fema Leadership ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Hurricane Katrina--FEMA Leadership Failure On August 31, 2005, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regional director Marty Bahamonde emailed the FEMA director regarding the situation in New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Bahamonde wrote: “Sir, I know that you know the ...read more

  • Joy And Prayer In Suffering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    JOY AND PRAYER IN SUFFERING The fact that God chooses to love the unworthy should move us to loud praise frequently. Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote that in the mid-1950’s her father, British minister W.E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he ...read more

  • New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged With Words, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged with Words, "You’re One of Us" [YOU’RE ONE OF US] A new partner in the law firm was discouraged. The senior partners had set extremely high standards and had coached him carefully. He did well in some minor trials, but he lost his first big case. The partners ...read more

  • Office Worker Reads Bible In Secret At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
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    Office Worker Reads Bible In Secret at Work When I was a college student I worked for a time in a government office. I noticed after a while in that office that one of the engineers whose desk was back-to-back with mine would perform a little lunch hour ritual involving something in his desk ...read more

  • Open Our Eyes...?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Green on Feb 5, 2010
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    Open Our Eyes...? I have a book called 'Tall Tales of a Big God' written by a man called Maurice Smith. Maurice is (or at least was) an international Christian Speaker travelling all over the UK, and Europe and particularly the USA. And his book is a compilation of some of the most embarrassing ...read more

  • Wilma Rudolph, Stricken As A Child With Polio, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Wilma Rudolph, Stricken as a Child with Polio, Achieves Olympic Gold Wilma didn’t get much of a head start in life. A bout with polio left her left leg crooked and her foot twisted inward so she had to wear leg braces. After seven years of painful therapy, she could walk without her braces. At age ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    FOCUS ON CHRIST This bit of strange news was released by the Associated Press this past week: RIVERTON, Wyo. -- Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas ...read more