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  • Bag Of Candy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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     | 5,275 views

    Bag of Candy A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to say ...read more

  • Start Making Room

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,303 views

    Quote from, “Your Best Life Now!” “God has so much in store for you, too. Start making room for it in your thinking. Conceive it on the inside. Start seeing yourself ...read more

  • Wanted: Movers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
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     | 4,429 views

    WANTED: MOVERS Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store. He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the ...read more

  • The Sower

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The sower The story is told of a young man who had just started his new job in the produce department of a grocery store, when a woman came up to him asking to buy a half head of lettuce. As politely as he could, the young man said that “In this store, we don’t sell half heads of lettuce, we ...read more

  • Starbucks Will Launch A National Program This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,113 views

    Starbucks will launch a national program this fall promoting a novel with point-of-sale and on in-store tables for at least a 6-8 weeks and expect to sell at least ...read more

  • And When My Combats Over And My Flying Days Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,746 views

    "And when my combats over and my flying days are done, I will store my ship forever in the airdrome of the sun. Then Ill meet the referee, Great God, my Flying Boss, ...read more

  • I Have Served As A Volunteer Chaplain For The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Mar 4, 2005
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    I have served as a volunteer Chaplain for the Havelock Police Dept for many years. Still, I will never forget my first night out with them. I was completely green and had no idea how to act. I was trying to follow the lead of the other officers. We were called to the parking lot of a store in ...read more

  • Are You Being Served? Was A British Sitcom That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,935 views

    Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom that ran from 1972 to 1985. It was set in the very old-fashioned Grace Brothers department store, owned by Mr. Grace. The program deals with the working life of the staff of the Ladies’ and Gent’s outfitting departments. Captain Peacock is in overall ...read more

  • Purpose In Life

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    PURPOSE IN LIFE Many years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he was a store-keeper in Salem, Illinois. Abe had a rifle displayed in his store that was one of the most beautiful rifles ever made. The barrel was made from the finest steel, the stock from the best walnut wood; and a ...read more

  • A Better Pitcher

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    A BETTER PITCHER "There's a story from the late 1800s of English evangelist Henry Moorhouse who made several trips to America to preach. On one of these occasions, he was taking a walk through a poor section of the city when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk. Just ...read more

  • What Is Your Purpose?

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 2,466 views

    WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE? Many years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he was a store-keeper in Salem, Illinois. Abe had a rifle displayed in his store that was one of the most beautiful rifles ever made. The barrel was made from the finest steel, the stock from the best walnut wood; and a ...read more

  • A Darkened Mind

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Feb 15, 2012
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    A DARKENED MIND The god of this age, Satan, wants people to be blinded to the Truth. He loves a darkened mind. Sean Sellers was a willing mind. His parents were long haul truckers from Colorado. Sean filled the empty hours with the occult. He began with Dungeons and Dragons. The he began ...read more

  • How Much Does Prayer Weigh?

    Contributed by Robert Castile on Nov 24, 2003
     | 2,232 views

    How Much does Prayer Weigh? Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill ...read more

  • Channel Shift: Online Holiday Gift Spending Grew ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,623 views

    Channel Shift: Online holiday gift spending grew to 22% from 20% a year ago. Correspondingly, gift spending in brick and mortar stores dropped to 72% from 74%. Catalogs held ...read more

  • I Define Bitterness As 'internalized Anger.' I ...

    Contributed by David Tack on Dec 22, 2011
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    "I define bitterness as 'internalized anger.' I cite the old adage, 'Bitterness does more damage to the vessel in which it is stored than to anyone upon which it is poured.'" Ref: Sutton, Jerry. A ...read more

  • We Don't Have Time For That!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 6,616 views

    WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! Typical of last minute Christmas shoppers, a mother was running furiously from store to store. Suddenly she became aware that the pudgy little hand of her three year old son was no longer clutched in hers. In a panic she retraced her steps and found him standing with ...read more

  • God's Healing Power Heals Two Young Women With ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 8, 2007
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    GOD’S HEALING POWER HEALS TWO YOUNG WOMEN WITH CHRONIC INJURIES Four of our interns went into a clothing store and began ministering and encouraging one of the clerks. She began to open up, telling them that she used to be in the circus and ripped her tendons in both wrists by doing four back ...read more

  • Fear Of Bugs

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 3,847 views

    FEAR OF BUGS I hear the word camping and run for cover. Through the daily writings most of you know that a number of weird things happen to me. How much more in the open woods. Of all the times I camped OUTSIDE I have never had a good experience. If there are 1,000 people in a field and 1 ...read more

  • The Ugly Tie Contest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
     | 3,250 views

    THE UGLY TIE CONTEST George Hazlett's wife made him a necktie a few years ago that he rarely wore. In fact, George had forgotten about it until one day a local men's store in Salem, Ohio, announced an "ugly tie" contest. George secretly pulled the tie from its resting place and entered it. He ...read more

  • Tommy's Dog

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 2, 2011
     | 2,523 views

    TOMMY'S DOG Tommy, one of my neighbor's grandsons, walked into the convenience store and asked the clerk for a box of Tide so that he could wash his dog, Petey. The clerk was appalled and told the boy, "Son, you can't use Tide on a dog. It might hurt him. Are you sure you want Tide?" "Oh, yes," ...read more

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