Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 26, 2025
                
                
                
                    
God's Ultimate Protection - Psalm 91
Judy Anderson grew up as a missionary kid in Zaire. As a little girl, she went to a day-long rally celebrating the 100th anniversary of Christian missionaries coming to that part of the country. After a full day of messages and music, an old man came
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FAITHFUL FOR A PROMISE
A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim. 
God’s presence -- "I will never leave thee" (Heb. 13:5)
God’s protection -- "I am thy shield" (Gen. 15:1)
God’s power -- "I will strengthen thee"
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Huffhine on May 27, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There were very few of these <Gilligan’s Island> episodes that you could consider emotionally touching.  But I do remember one.  Gilligan had gotten his feelings hurt and decided to move away to the other side of the Island to live alone in a cave.  Immediately, this became a miserable existence
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 18, 2007
                
                
                
                    Lois Pifer in the web site, Sermon Illustrations, relates the following: A few weeks ago, I was tested on my faith that "All things are possible with God." (Mark 10:27 NIV) I had been studying Genesis, and specifically, reading about Abraham and Sarah, and Abraham’s test with the sacrifice of
                    
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                    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A long time friend and associate of Billy Graham was Chuck Templeton.  He worked with Billy Graham in Youth for Christ in their early days of ministry.  Chuck Templeton helped organize Youth for Christ in Canada.
But over time Chuck Templeton became an Agnostic and renounced his faith in Christ. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 17, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some one has said, there are three kinds of givers -- the flint, the sponge and the honeycomb. To get anything out of a flint you must hammer it. And then you get only chips and sparks. To get water out of a sponge you must squeeze it, and the more you use pressure, the more you
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    My 4 year old daughter heard me talking about a national tragedy with my wife.  I made the comment that there truly was evil in this world.  My daughter suddenly perked up and said, "Daddy...Evil can only be replaced by good." Thrilled that my daughter had picked up such a profound idea and sure
                    
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                    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Francois Fenelon was the court preacher for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, "What does this mean?" Fenelon replied, "I had published
                    
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                    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One young man asked, "I am in earnest about forsaking ’the world’ and following Christ. But I am puzzled about worldly things. What is it I must forsake?” "Colored clothes, for one thing. Get rid of everything in your wardrobe that is not white. Stop sleeping on a soft pillow. Sell your musical
                    
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                    Contributed by Eric Muldoon on Nov 18, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Albert Barnes - " It is not enough for salvation without the benevolent and holy acts to which it would prompt, any more than the good wishes and kind words of the benevolent are enough to satisfy the wants
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I WILL SAVE YOU
John Piper puts it this way:
If we only knew it, every one of us is stranded on an ice face in Greenland, and the wind is blowing fiercely. Our position is so precarious that even if we inhale too deeply our weight will shift and we will plunge to our destruction. God comes to us
                    
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                    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 17, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I’m sure most of you know what an oxymoron is. It’s a figure of speech that seems to contradict itself. There are lists and lists of the things, and here are some of my favorites: Artificial Grass, boneless ribs, big town, harmless lie, communist party, green oranges, easy labor, fresh frozen,
                    
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