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  • Wash Your Hands

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
     | 5,272 views

    WASH YOUR HANDS In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of "childbed fever." A doctor's daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the ...read more

  • The Flu

    Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Feb 21, 2020
     | 3,933 views

    After one of our members came down with the flu, was in intensive care for 10 days, we became very aware of how easily it is passed, especially to our elderly members. Which brought about these thoughts. 1) You are 70% Less likely to get the flu (or pass it) if you wash your hands properly. ...read more

  • A Small Child Is Someone Who Can Wash His Hands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 1,264 views

    A small child is someone who can wash his hands without getting the soap wet. The trouble with children is that when they’re not being a lump in your throat, they’re being a pain in your neck. Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. A child is a person who can’t ...read more

  • Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash My Hands!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 25, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 761 views

    "Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash my hands as a child. 2. People who wash their hands are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash my hands, but it got ...read more

  • Washing In The Bible

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
     | 2,964 views

    Washing in the Bible A worship station is set up. There are two but they are the same thing. Water is a powerful cleansing agent and symbol. In the temple, the priests washed their hands and their feet every time they led worship to symbolize their initial baptism when they were set apart for ...read more

  • Washing Dishes For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 2,578 views

    WASHING DISHES FOR GOD Brother Lawrence, a 17th century lay brother and a good cook, spent most of his years in a monastery as a cook. He did not have the education necessary to become a cleric and his mundane duties included cooking meals, running errands and scrubbing pots, anything but changing ...read more

  • Pressure Washing

    Contributed by Jack Kale on Apr 6, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,368 views

    Pressure Washing The wooden fence around our yard was black from mildew in parts, but it was mostly sun bleached gray. The grime was heaviest around the sprinkler heads where Florida humidity turns the porous wood into a mildew factory. I had grown accustomed to the funk and had gotten so ...read more

  • These Hands

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,768 views

    “These Hands” A young man and a young woman became engaged and were looking forward to a near wedding day, when the young man was suddenly called into the service of his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went, and love shined brightly in all of them. Then letters from ...read more

  • Hand In Hand, Not Eye To Eye

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 19, 2006
     | 3,026 views

    HAND IN HAND, NOT EYE TO EYE There is a study by James Dobson that reveals that men use about 25,000 words a day, but women use 50,000. Now, ladies when you say, "My husband just won’t listen to me..." You’ve got to realize he doesn’t have the brain with the capacity to hold as much as you can ...read more

  • Will You Wash My Dishes?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 10, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 4,680 views

    [Will You Wash My Dishes?] Sometimes we get a distorted idea about what love is. One night, a man decided to show his wife how much he loved her. After dinner he began to recite romantic poetry, telling her he would climb high mountains to be near her, swim wide oceans, cross deserts in the burning ...read more

  • Learning And Innovation Go Hand In Hand. The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,838 views

    Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did ...read more

  • Grandma's Hands

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 23, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,900 views

    Grandma’s Hands When I stand at the graveside for an elderly person, I think about the life they have lived, that dash between the birth date and date of death. I think about all they have seen, all they have experienced. And I think about this story that is told: Grandma, some 90+ years, sat ...read more

  • Daddy Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,385 views

    Daddy Hands Susan Fabncke I awoke in the night to find my husband, Marty, gently rocking our baby son, Noah. I stood for a moment in the doorway, watching this amazing man with whom I was so blessed to share my life, lovingly stroke Noah’s fat pink cheeks in an effort to comfort him. I felt in my ...read more

  • An Outstretched Hand

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,265 views

    AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND In Stockholm, Sweden, a woman was injured as she rushed to catch a streetcar. She stumbled in front of the moving car and was caught beneath it. The police sent for a crane to lift the car off her body. While waiting for the crane, a crowd of people gathered out of curiosity. ...read more

  • Ill<><hand ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,794 views

    Ill<><Hand Illustration There those that choose not to live under God’s hand. They don’t trust God lead & Control their lives so they live above His mighty hand. They make all the calls in their life. They are the boss. They know what is best. Some of them may hope that God we bless what they do ...read more

  • No Hands But Yours

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 7,127 views

    NO HANDS BUT YOURS In the courtyard of a quaint little church in a French village was standing a beautiful marble statue of Jesus with his hands outstretched. One day during the war, a bomb struck close to the statue and severely damaged it. After the battle was over, the citizens of the village ...read more

  • Empty Hands

    Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,348 views

    “Empty Hands” by Martha Nicholson One by one He took them from me, All the things I valued most; Until I was empty-handed, Every glittering toy was lost. And I walked earth’s highways, grieving, In my rage and poverty, Till I heard His voice inviting, “Lift your empty hands to me.” So I held my ...read more

  • Into Jesus Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,433 views

    INTO JESUS HANDS Billy Graham tells the story of the death of his grandmother in his book, Death and the Life After (pg. 169). He writes, “When my grandmother was dying she sat up in bed, smiled, and said, “I see Jesus, and he has his hand outstretched to me. And there’s Ben and he has both of his ...read more

  • The Master's Hand

    Contributed by James Kelly on Aug 11, 2012
     | 7,167 views

    THE MASTER'S HAND An auctioneer was taking bids on household items. He was tired and wanted to go home. There was only one item left an old violin. It wasn’t much to look at and no sound came from it. It was a seemingly worthless instrument. The auctioneer started the bid who will give me one ...read more

  • A Handful Of Suckers

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
     | 3,967 views

    The woman in the red skirt walked up to the counter and laid down two bags of flour. There beside the register were the rest of her groceries. "That everything?" asked the man behind the counter. He owned the general store, waited on her every Thursday as she came to town to do her shopping. He ...read more

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