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  • E. Stanley Jones Said, "If You Don't Surrender To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
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    E. Stanley Jones said, “If you don’t surrender to Christ, you’ll surrender to chaos.”(2) (2) Rick Warren. The Purpose Driven Life. Zonervan ...read more

  • Writing About The Importance Of Helping People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004
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    Writing about the importance of helping people become all they can be, author and speaker John Maxwell writes, "In 2000, Atlanta Braves star pitcher John Smoltz suffered a blow that could have ended his illustrious career. After battling various injuries for several seasons, he underwent ligament ...read more

  • I Love My Boys. I Thank God Everyday For Blessing ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Jul 24, 2004
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    I love my boys. I thank God everyday for blessing me with such good children. There is one thing that I believe all children go through. It is a sense of bewilderment when given a series of jobs. For instance; my children and I can be cleaning up the yard. I can tell Benjamin to go and pick up ...read more

  • One Of The People I Talked To Told Of An ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
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    One of the people I talked to told of an interesting incident that happened at a family gathering. She suddenly found herself under attack as some of the other family members decided to bring up everything that she had ever done wrong. They reminded her of things from long ago and accused her of ...read more

  • Where Is Your Compass?

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 1, 2008
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    WHERE IS YOUR COMPASS? Before the days of modern navigational aids, a traveler made the Atlantic crossing in a boat equipped with two compasses. One was fixed to the deck where the man at the wheel could see it. The other compass was fastened up on one of the masts, and often a sailor would be ...read more

  • If There Is One Thing God Wants Of Us Very ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
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    If there is one thing God wants of us very desperately in these days, that one thing is RELATIONSHIP. I sincerely believe God wants to renew our relationship with him and is looking to bridge the distance between us. For some, the first step of bridging the distance is having a relationship with ...read more

  • Public Opinion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,500 views

    PUBLIC OPINION Some of you may have seen the joke that circulated this week on e-mail that tries to explain why Moses and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years. The punch line of the e-mail read, "Even then, men would not stop for directions." While this may not really explain ...read more

  • God's Strategy Or Ours

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 26, 2008
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    GOD'S STRATEGY OR OURS Several years ago, I was visiting with two young men from Nagaland, a northeastern region of India. God had moved in a mighty way in the region sending revival to the area. Almost the entire population of the region had come to faith in Christ. The Holy Spirit blew through ...read more

  • Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    BE INTENTIONAL A guy stopped at a local gas station and, after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of men working along the roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other man ...read more

  • Worldly Distraction  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 13, 2008
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    WORLDLY DISTRACTION A man bought a new hunting dog. Eager to see how he would perform, he took him out to track a bear. No sooner had they gotten into the woods than the dog picked up the trail. Suddenly he stopped, sniffed the ground, and headed in a new direction. He had caught the scent of a ...read more

  • Running For Life

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 13, 2008
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    RUNNING FOR LIFE Recently I read a fable about a dog who loved to chase other animals. He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything. Well, it wasn’t long until his boastful claims were put to the test by a certain rabbit. With ease the little creature outran his ...read more

  • The Power Of A Cause

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jan 9, 2009
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    THE POWER OF A CAUSE On April 21, 1845 a Texas Army, who had been running from the Mexican Army since the defeat of the Alamo, came upon the Mexican Army led by Santa Anna just a few miles from here at Lynch’s Ferry, now called Lynchburg Ferry. General Sam Houston ordered that Vince’s Bridge be ...read more

  • The Gold Standard

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE GOLD STANDARD Leland was able to standardize Cadillac parts to precision standards. The development of these standards had such a profound impact that a member of the British Parliament, a wealthy lord named Sir Thomas Dewar, gave the company an award for standardization of parts. Having ...read more

  • One Baseball Player Who Made It To The Hall Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One baseball player who made it to the hall of fame was asked what he wished someone would have told him when he first started playing baseball, he relied, ”I wish someone had ...read more

  • Let Me Give You Some Practical Advice. Three ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,232 views

    Let me give you some practical advice. Three things that have tended to help me deal with my priorities and events that happen in my day. 1. There are only 24 hours in a day. There is only so much you can get done today – so be realistic when you schedule your day. Don’t schedule your day so ...read more

  • I'm Re-Reading A Great Book Entitle, A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I’m re-reading a great book entitle, A Man Called Peter, about Peter Marshall, who served as the Chaplain of the US Senate in the 1940’s. He was a Scottish immigrant who came to America convinced that he was to train for the ministry here. He came without much money, and for the next few years ...read more

  • Years Ago On A Tv Show, A Guest Appeared That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Years ago on a TV show, a guest appeared that was a body builder. As he entered the stage with his huge muscular body the crowd went crazy as the body builder began to flex his muscles and show his power. The first question asked of him was this: “What do you use all those muscles for?” Without ...read more

  • The Cover Story Of Time Magazine Once Featured ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The cover story of Time magazine once featured actor Peter Sellers (Mar 3, 1980). Appearing on The Muppet Show, he was told by Kermit the Frog that it was all right to "just relax and be yourself.’ To which Sellers replied, "I could never be myself. You see, there is no me. I do not exist." ...read more

  • Toyohiko Kagawa, The Japanese Christian Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Toyohiko Kagawa, the Japanese Christian who spent his life working with and for the poor, was speaking at Princeton. When he finished his talk, one student said to another, "He didn’t say much, did he?" A woman sitting nearby leaned ...read more

  • Several Years Ago A Schoolteacher Assigned To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago a schoolteacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy’s name and room number and was told by the teacher on the other end of the line, "We’re studying nouns and adverbs in his ...read more