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  • Difficulty Praying

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
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    And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works" ...read more

  • * Letter Coral Got From Another Pastor’s ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Aug 18, 2010
     | 2,207 views

    *** Letter Coral got from another pastor’s wife one day. She was writing my wife a note in a card telling her what was happening in life for her. At the end of the note she concluded by saying ..... “Well, the baby is in his high chair, his dirty nappy needs changing, he’s got food all over his ...read more

  • Let Your Adorning Be Hidden

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Oct 9, 2011
     | 2,631 views

    LET YOUR ADORNING BE HIDDEN Author Jennifer McBride wrote, "Ladies and gentlemen, I exhort you to dress in such a way that does not capture anyone’s gaze, but actually gives others something else, besides your attire, to think about. Discretion is a godly trait. At times, it is better to ...read more

  • 50-Somethings For Jesus

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    50-SOMETHINGS FOR JESUS At the age of 58, Tom and Elaine Samply cashed out their retirements and moved to the Czech Republic and opened a coffee shop called Common Grounds where he taught business principles to atheists. After they were there for six years, they had enough business that they ...read more

  • The Christian Sees Through Kinder Eyes-Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Christian sees through kinder eyes-like Jesus. He gives from a bigger heart-like God. He speaks with a purer tongue-like Christ. He serves with more willing hands-like Jesus. He walks with a greater faith-like his Lord. He thinks with a spiritual mind-like Christ. He sees the needs of ...read more

  • A Powerful Preacher Was Reported To Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A powerful preacher was reported to have preached on this passage from Luke’s Gospel and he had explained that not everyone that thinks they will, will get into heaven. Some people will be locked out and destined for eternal torment in Hell where, he said, “There will be weeping and gnashing of ...read more

  • On The Instrument Panel Of An Airplane There Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On the instrument panel of an airplane there are a number of different gauges, but did you know that one of those gauges is called the “attitude gauge”? What the attitude gauge does is it tells the pilot the planes position in relation to the horizon. If the plane is pointed below the horizon it is ...read more

  • A Woman Drove Her Pickup Truck To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A woman drove her pickup truck to the fairgrounds pulling a horse trailer. She was trying to back into a space. On one side was a ditch and it was a very narrow space she was trying to back into. She would pull up and then back up. Soon people began to stand around watching her. She was getting ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Was Once Asked If It Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Corrie ten Boom was once asked if it were difficult for her to remain humble. Her reply was simple. “When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the back of a donkey, and everyone was waving palm branches and throwing garments onto the road, and singing praises, do you think that for one ...read more

  • Author Bobb Biehl Said He Decided About Twenty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Author Bobb Biehl said he decided about twenty years ago to make a hobby of asking questions. Questions help us to focus. He began collecting them, and included an entire chapter of questions in his book, Increasing Your Leadership Confidence. Six that would help us are those Rudyard Kipling ...read more

  • A Chance To Warm Up?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dr. Ted Engstrom said, “A man tends to overestimate what he can do in a year, and underestimate what he can do in five.” In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re ...read more

  • What We Do For The Lord Is Important, But So Is ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 19, 2007
     | 1,288 views

    What we do for the Lord is important, but so is why we do it! …Just think of it: it is possible to serve, sacrifice, and suffer “for My name’s sake” and yet not really love Jesus Christ! The Ephesian believers were so busy maintaining their separation that they were neglecting adoration. Labor is ...read more

  • My Timer Is Set For 30 Minutes ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2007
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     | 780 views

    Illustration: My timer is set for 30 minutes again: You may be thinking, “How many people will die in the world in 30 minutes?” The answer is 3,240 people. But here is a major problem - It is estimated that only 7% of the world’s population is ready to go to Heaven. That means 3,024 go to Hell ...read more

  • We Can Never Gain An Accurate Measurement Of Our ...

    Contributed by Jason Duncan on Oct 30, 2007
     | 1,725 views

    We can never gain an accurate measurement of our own morality and righteousness by comparing ourselves to other people. It’s a bit like measuring out a mile with a 12 inch ruler. Chances are the mile that you think you’ve marked out with that ruler won’t really be anywhere close to an actual ...read more

  • Norman V Peale Wrote A Book Called, "The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Dec 24, 2007
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     | 3,227 views

    Norman V Peale wrote a book called, “The Power of Positive Thinking.” His manuscript was turned down by 18 different publishing companies. In his disgust he threw the manuscript in a trash can, but his wife Marquette went to get the manuscript out of the can. Rev. Peale dared her to, so she leaves ...read more

  • Charlie Peace, A Criminal In England, On The Day ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 25, 2007
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    Charlie Peace, a criminal in England, on the day he was being taken to his execution, listened to a minister reading from the Word. And when he found out he was reading about heaven and hell, he looked at the preacher and said, "Sir, if I believed what you and the church of God say, and even if ...read more

  • According To Research Done By George Barna, 75% ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
     | 1,225 views

    According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians believe the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves. It doesn’t. More than ½ of the people describing themselves as Christians believe that Satan is not a living entity, but just symbolic: and that a person can earn his ...read more

  • Have You Ever Found And Old Flashlight You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
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    Have you ever found and old flashlight you haven’t used in some time. And you got to get it and it doesn’t turn on. You think those batteries were new when I put them in. Then you unscrew the top of the flashlight and the batteries have corroded and there is acid everywhere. The problem was you ...read more

  • The Law Of Nature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 2,610 views

    Lewis ended the essay I quoted saying this: “These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. ...read more

  • Woman's Husband Gave Her A Hard Time… One Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,888 views

    Woman’s husband gave her a hard time… one day disconnected battery cables… car wouldn’t crank so without a word to her husband she started walking… he later felt bad, showed up at services & then obeyed the gospel They live in a Barbie world wanting everything their Barbie had! Think: “If Barbie ...read more