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  • Go With The Flow

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,136 views

    6. YOU TRUST HIM WITH WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU. Anybody having anything trouble you these days? It’s probably part of God’s sense of humor that I went on a whale-watching trip this week, the week we start learning about Jonah. PICTURE OF WHALE TALE I’ve been on whale-watching tours only twice ...read more

  • Shake It Off And Step Up  PRO

    Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 270 ratings
     | 4,419 views

    SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that ...read more

  • Making A Difference  PRO

    Contributed by Al Schifano on Mar 25, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,053 views

    Making A Difference Don’t Look Back As you travel through life there are always those times when decisions just have to be made, when the choices are hard and solutions seem scarce and the rain seems to soak your parade! There are some situations where all you can do is to simply let go and ...read more

  • Once He Started Clamping Down, I Remember ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 10, 2004
     | 1,271 views

    "Once he started clamping down, I remember thinking, This is it. I’m going to die." These were Anne Hjelle’s words in an interview with Inside Edition. Riding her mountain bike in a Southern California wilderness park, Anne was ferociously attacked by a mountain lion. Thrown off her bike, Anne ...read more

  • Gifts Aren't Fair

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,137 views

    Gifts aren’t fair To receive a gift, really and truly for free, is a rare thing in this world, and may even make the receiver uncomfortable. Even the lotteries and sweepstakes have to go to a great deal of trouble to prove to everybody that it is chance that picks the winner—that the winner is ...read more

  • Oscar Did Not Know What Would Be In Store For His ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,254 views

    Oscar did not know what would be in store for his family as they disembarked at Ellis Island. There were times during their long journey from Sweden that young Oscar wondered if they would ever get to this wonderful place called America. Yet Oscar and his family settled in Minnesota and began to ...read more

  • When Larry Crabbe, Christian Psychologist And ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,609 views

    When Larry Crabbe, Christian psychologist and author, became a father, he decided he was going to do parenting right! So Larry made sure he hugged his sons and told them he loved them. He had father-son talks, dinners and camping trips. He personally saw to it that his sons had a thorough ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Was Having Some Very Serious ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Mar 3, 2008
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,802 views

    There was a man who was having some very serious financial problems. He went to his pastor and told him of all his troubles. The Pastor told him that if he would pray then God would provide for his needs. So the man went home that night and prayed “Dear Lord please let me win the lottery so that ...read more

  • The Unpublished Hymn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,606 views

    THE UNPUBLISHED HYMN The hymn writer Fanny Crosby gave us more than 6,000 gospel songs. Although blinded by an illness at the age of six weeks, she never became bitter. One time a preacher sympathetically remarked, "I think it is great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered ...read more

  • Five Finger ...

    Contributed by John Browning on Jan 31, 2009
     | 3,621 views

    Five Finger Prayer This is so neat. I had never heard this before. This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives. 1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our ...read more

  • Are You A Big-Godder Or A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,667 views

    Are You a Big-Godder or a Little Godder? Many years ago, there was a learned Hebrew professor at Princeton Seminary named Robert Dick Wilson. He could read more than 30 Semitic languages! One time about twelve years after Donald Grey Barnhouse had graduated; he went back to the seminary to preach ...read more

  • The Love Of A Sister

    Contributed by Rev.james Kelly on Aug 15, 2011
     | 4,293 views

    THE LOVE OF A SISTER What is love? This story was found while watching Crime Investigation Channel in our home here in the Philippines: Kip Kinkel was a troubled young men and at the time of this story I am about to tell you happened when Kep was seventeen. Kip lived with his parents, Faith and ...read more

  • Looking At The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,959 views

    LOOKING AT THE LIGHT A pastor told a story of a man in his congregation who had lost literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. He owed everybody. One day the pastor asked him, "How in the world are you even surviving? How can you smile? How can you be enthusiastic about Jesus and about life when ...read more

  • I Did A Google Image Search For The

    Contributed by James Jack on Apr 11, 2009
     | 3,811 views

    I did a google image search for the “armour of God.” It’s extraordinary the number of diagrams and pictures devoted to this theme. For our instruction and entertainment (well, actually more for our entertainment), I’ll show you a selection. • They normally involve someone decked out somewhat like ...read more

  • The Day Mom Turned Blue

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 20, 2014
     | 5,385 views

    Just after Thanksgiving last year, the family was gathered for a dinner at my house. Mom had just returned from visiting my sisters in New York. She was having trouble with her asthma and was tired and short of breath. While in NY, she felt poor enough to see the Doctor, so naturally, we were ...read more

  • What Happened To My Little Piggy Bank

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 7, 2024
     | 557 views

    This week, I had to do something I hadn't done before: go to the bank and deal with fraud in my checking account. Someone tried to write a check for $1800 from my account. Fortunately, I didn't have that much money in my account, and I was a little provoked by this incident. How dare ...read more

  • Author And Teacher, Dr. Howard Hendricks Tells ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 4, 2001
    based on 142 ratings
     | 6,470 views

    Author and teacher, Dr. Howard Hendricks tells the story of a young man who strayed from the Lord but was finally brought back by the help of a friend who really loved him. When there was full repentance and restoration, Dr. Hendricks asked this Christian how it felt away from the Lord. The young ...read more

  • A Farm Boy Accidentally Overturned His Wagonload ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,650 views

    “A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. "Hey, Willis," he called out, "forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up." "That’s mighty nice of you," Willis ...read more

  • On The Lord's Day A Group Of Missionaries And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,044 views

    On the Lord’s day a group of missionaries and believers in New Guinea were gathered together to observe the Lord’s Supper. After one young man sat down, a missionary recognized that a sudden tremor had passed through the young man’s body that indicated he was under a great nervous strain. Then in a ...read more

  • Two Men Were Walking Through A Field One Day When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 8, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 4,995 views

    Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Immediately they ran toward the nearest fence. The storming bull ran after them in hot pursuit, and they realized that they were not going to make it. Terrified, one man shouted to his friend, “Say a prayer, John. We’re ...read more