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  • Back In 1994 The Featured Speaker At The National ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 1,255 views

    Back in 1994 the featured speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., was a small, fragile woman with no political credentials. Yet she spoke confidently at the podium, surrounded by President Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton and various other government officials. With a steady ...read more

  • Staying Too Busy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,772 views

    STAYING TOO BUSY Why do we live such harried, rushed, frantic lives? Why do some of us secretly fear the fact that school is out? How will we ever keep the kids occupied until August? How did this Happen? Essayist Anna Quindlen suggests some possible reasons. Perhaps, she suggests, it ...read more

  • A Christian Home  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,436 views

    “A CHRISTIAN HOME” O GIVE US HOMES BUILT FIRM UPON THE SAVIOR, WHERE CHRIST IS HEAD AND COUNSELLOR AND GUIDE; WHERE EVERY CHILD IS TAUGHT HIS LOVE AND FAVOR AND GIVES HIS HEART TO CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED: HOW SWEET TO KNOW THAT THOUGH HIS FOOTSTEPS WAVER HIS FAITHFUL LORD IS WALKING BY HIS SIDE! ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was A Freshmen In College, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,160 views

    I remember when I was a freshmen in college, having just got my draft notice to go in to the Vietnam War I was greatly distressed. A James Taylor Song had a powerful influence on my decision making when I reflected on its meaning, “When you’re down and troubled and you need some love and care. And ...read more

  • Marathon Runners Often Reach The Point Where They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,990 views

    Marathon runners often reach the point where they wonder whether they can keep going. They hit the wall. They doubt they can finish the race. Their muscles burn with pain; their strength is gone. They feel defeated. As we run our Christian lives, we can reach that point too. Faced with our sin, we ...read more

  • Rich As A King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2003
     | 3,102 views

    RICH AS A KING History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter ...read more

  • During His Reign, King Frederick William Iii Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 8, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 23,598 views

    During his reign, King Frederick William III of Prussia found himself in trouble. Wars had been costly, and in trying to build the nation, he was seriously short of finances. He couldn’t disappoint his people, and to capitulate to the enemy was unthinkable. After careful reflection, he decided to ...read more

  • Early In The Nineteenth Century, The King Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 24, 2007
     | 1,145 views

    Early in the nineteenth century, the King of Prussia, Frederick William III, found his nation in great trouble. He had been attempting to bring prosperity to his land, but constant wars had drained the treasury. After prayerful consideration, he wrote an open letter to the women of Prussia ...read more

  • Tomorrow I'll Be Big

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
     | 1,442 views

    TOMORROW I’LL BE BIG (anonymous). If only he’d say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let’s do it together, right now." But it’s always, "Wait a little. Can’t you see I’m busy? Just a minute, Timmy. Tomorrow." Tomorrow I’ll be big. I’m only little now. Now is when I need you, Daddy. Not ...read more

  • Action Speaks Louder

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 27, 2007
     | 2,533 views

    ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER A minister was being shown through a large weaving mill where one of his parishioners worked. Mentioning that particular employee to the foreman, the pastor said, "I suppose that John is one of your best workers." The foreman responded, ’No, I’m sorry to say he isn’t. The ...read more

  • Good Guys, But Not God's Guys

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
     | 1,659 views

    GOOD GUYS, BUT NOT GOD'S GUYS It is time for the NFL draft, and NFL teams are about to spend millions of dollars on unknown commodities called college players. Some of them pan out and many don’t. In order to narrow the risk with so much money at stake, they are now looking at the character of ...read more

  • If You Can Start The Day Without Caffeine, If You ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
     | 3,954 views

    If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains ... if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles ... if you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it ... if you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to ...read more

  • A Safe Place

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 3, 2012
     | 1,501 views

    A SAFE PLACE Some years ago, I used to see Project Safe Place signs. Perhaps you have seen them too. They were most often displayed on houses along residential streets, or on fire stations, or even on public library buildings. They are diamond-shaped with a yellow background and a black logo, ...read more

  • Out Of Ink?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
     | 3,520 views

    OUT OF INK? According to MSNBC, The British Medical Journal recently reported the case of a 76-year-old woman who visited her doctor complaining of stomach problems. When the scans came back, doctors were amazed to see a long object in her stomach. It was a pen! The woman remembered having put a ...read more

  • It Takes Two To Reconcile

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 26, 2013
     | 2,646 views

    IT TAKES TWO TO RECONCILE "Be reconciled to God" 2 Corinthians 5:20 is necessary part of the process. Let's say that we have had a quarrel between us and a friend. We forsake our pride and do whatever needs to be done to break down the barrier, to make it right. But, when we eat this humble ...read more

  • Intimacy: How Is Your Prayer Life?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 18, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,948 views

    INTIMACY: HOW IS YOUR PRAYER LIFE? Eugene Peterson: "She came to see me at the recommendation of a friend. She had been troubled for years, seeing psychiatrists and not getting any better. The consultation had been arranged on the telephone so that when she walked into my study it was as a first ...read more

  • The Inner Life - To Few Who Love The Cross

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 22, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,670 views

    Thomas a Kempis wrote: Jesus today has many who love his heavenly kingdom, but few who carry his cross; many who yearn for comfort, few who long for distress. Plenty of people he finds to share his banquet, few to share his fast. Everyone desires to take part in his rejoicing, but few are ...read more

  • Albert Schweitzer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 13, 2021
     | 2,053 views

    Dr. Albert Schweitzer was a famous musician, writer and teacher. He gave up all of this to become a medical doctor. When on October 13,1906, he sent letters to his parents and closest acquaintances announcing that he would enter Strasbourg University as a medical student to prepare for his ...read more

  • Jill Rigby Stated, "Respect For Ourselves Guides ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
     | 895 views

    Jill Rigby stated, “Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners” (Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World, page 11). Rigby makes this observation about our society today: “When I was growing up, people weren’t perfect, but society was certainly more ...read more

  • Teamwork: The Big Picture

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,194 views

    Teamwork: The Big Picture We've got to get together and work together to solve the problem. In his book Wind and Fire, Bruce Larson tells of a friend of his who lives near Hoyt Park in Madison, Wisconsin and who happens to be a great bird lover. Invariably, his yard is full of all kinds of birds ...read more

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