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  • Watch Where You're Going!

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
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    I had just flown back home from attending a class for my Doctorate in Pasadena, CA. The week was filled with long days and short nights. I had an early morning flight and then flew most of the day. By the time I got home, I was exhausted. Yet I didn’t want to miss my workout so I headed to the gym. ...read more

  • Servant

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 27, 2018
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     | 6,893 views

    Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s, sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous ...read more

  • A Servant, Not A Celebrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2011
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    A SERVANT, NOT A CELEBRITY Colonel James Irving is a former astronaut who is part of the crew that made a successful moonwalk. He experienced the thrill connected with leaving this planet and seeing it shrink in size. He watched earth rise one day and thought how privileged he was to be a member ...read more

  • The Bamboo Servant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE BAMBOO SERVANT Once upon a time, in the heart of an ancient Kingdom, there was a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden would walk. Of all the plants of the garden, the most beautiful and beloved was a gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, Bamboo ...read more

  • Attributes Of A Servant…  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Attributes of a Servant… 1. Humility In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It ...read more

  • Servant's Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Servant’s Heart A minister shared how in his church they were in desperate need of a person to teach a junior high boys class. • Those willing to do it came down to a list with one name on it. • When the minister heard the name he said, ‘You have got to be kidding’. He says now ...read more

  • Volunteers And Servants  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Apr 29, 2008
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    VOLUNTEERS AND SERVANTS “Volunteers raise their hand to be called on. Servants are called by the Hand of God. Volunteers do work for God. Servants do work with God. Volunteers get tired of the work, Servants are tired in the work. Volunteers pray their work will succeed. Servants succeed as ...read more

  • Servants And Sons

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 2, 2009
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    SERVANTS AND SONS Imagine at Mt. Sinai with all the lightning, thunder, smoke and the threat of death to any person or animal that even came close to the mountain, and how the people shuddered with fear as God was soon to speak His commandments. How would it have been if, after God had spoken ...read more

  • How To Be A Servant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    HOW TO BE A SERVANT You need to answer a very important question this morning. Are you more interested in being served or being a servant? A first grade teacher asked her students, "What do you do to help at home?" One little girl said, "I dry the dishes." One of the boys said, "I sweep the ...read more

  • The Servant And The Child

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
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    THE SERVANT AND THE CHILD Think about the differences between a servant and a child: The servant is accepted and appreciated on the basis of what he does, the child on the basis of who he is. The servant starts the day anxious and worried, wondering if his work will really please his master. ...read more

  • Servant Of God

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jan 11, 2021
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    There was once a servant of God, who had gotten very depressed and tired and went to sleep. He had a vision of an ugly, unlikable frog coming towards him. In the beginning, he didn’t like it. However, the frog followed him, and, whenever he turned around, it was behind him. Finally, when man of ...read more

  • Watch?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 18, 2024
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    I read the story of a young boy that lived on a farm in the mountains. The grandparents, parents, his brothers and sisters lived in the old farm house. Every time the young boy got a chance he told anyone that would listen: HE WANTED A WATCH. His grandfather had a pocket watch, so did his dad. The ...read more

  • Moody's Servant's Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    MOODY'S SERVANT'S HEART A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

  • God Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 2, 2004
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    Notice what Malachi says; “…A child HONORS his father, and a servant HONORS his master. I am a father, so why don’t you respect me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me? But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’ You have shown it by ...read more

  • Watch A Spider?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 19, 2002
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    WATCH A SPIDER? Have you ever watched a spider? The spider will spend many hours, days, in great effort spinning a web. As the spider spins the web, the key factor will become patience. Many hours after the web is completed, the spider waits and waits. The spider must ...read more

  • Watch Out For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    WATCH OUT FOR FAKERS Sometimes the titles of news stories are so captivating that I just have to read them. One that caught my attention this week said: “‘World’s Greatest Dad’ Arrested As Predator.” It roused your curiosity too, didn’t it? Here’s the story from Lansing, Michigan: "Attorney ...read more

  • Who's Watching?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    WHO'S WATCHING? I remember the story of that man who wanted to steal a goat. He took his four children and said to them: "You hide there, you hide by my left, you hide at my back, you hide by my right. If you see anybody coming, give me a sign that I will quickly stop whatever I 'm doing." But as ...read more

  • Just Watch!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
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    JUST WATCH! A young boy looked up at his grandfather and wondered aloud, "Grandpa, how do you live for Jesus?" The respected grandfather stooped down and quietly told the boy, "Just watch." As the years went by the grandfather was an example to the boy of how to follow Jesus. He stayed ...read more

  • Habit Is Either The Best Of Servants Or The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Habit is either the best of servants or the ...read more

  • Habits Are About The Only Servants That Will ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Habits are about the only servants that will work for you for nothing. Just get them established, and they will operate ...read more